Edd Mair
@edwardmair.bsky.social
Historian of slavery in the Native South. Also interested in empires and anti-slavery. Lecturer in Early American History at KCL.
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Never thought I’d live to see a winning candidate in a major election open their victory speech with a shout out to this guy.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Never thought I’d live to see a winning candidate in a major election open their victory speech with a shout out to this guy.
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1) At last! Having submitted last April, the gears of academic publishing have finally ground round and my article on Twilight: 2000 in the Journal of American Studies is now available! And it's open access, so anyone can engage with it!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces | Journal of American Studie...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces
www.cambridge.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
1) At last! Having submitted last April, the gears of academic publishing have finally ground round and my article on Twilight: 2000 in the Journal of American Studies is now available! And it's open access, so anyone can engage with it!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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“Their place in history is settled.” These dipshits have absolutely no idea how history works.
(And the vast majority of ‘history’, as @karl-jacoby.bsky.social explains here, has been pretty clear-eyes that Wounded Knee was a massacre anyway.)
(And the vast majority of ‘history’, as @karl-jacoby.bsky.social explains here, has been pretty clear-eyes that Wounded Knee was a massacre anyway.)
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Their place in history is settled.” These dipshits have absolutely no idea how history works.
(And the vast majority of ‘history’, as @karl-jacoby.bsky.social explains here, has been pretty clear-eyes that Wounded Knee was a massacre anyway.)
(And the vast majority of ‘history’, as @karl-jacoby.bsky.social explains here, has been pretty clear-eyes that Wounded Knee was a massacre anyway.)
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We have two jobs at KCL History!
16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...
And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...
(both to start in January 2026)
16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...
And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...
(both to start in January 2026)
Lecturer in Irish/British History at King's College London
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Irish/British History on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We have two jobs at KCL History!
16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...
And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...
(both to start in January 2026)
16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...
And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...
(both to start in January 2026)
A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
Evergreen. theonion.com/left-wing-gr...
Left-Wing Group Too Disorganized For FBI Agents To Infiltrate
NEW YORK—Admitting that they had been working for several years without any discernible success, FBI agents confirmed Wednesday that a local left-wing political group was too disorganized to infiltrat...
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September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Evergreen. theonion.com/left-wing-gr...
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In 2014, I wrote an article about the Scourged Back photo for @anchistjournal.bsky.social which has generated more public interest than nearly anything I've written. The erasure of this image, which remains as powerful today and when it was taken, horrifies me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
In 2014, I wrote an article about the Scourged Back photo for @anchistjournal.bsky.social which has generated more public interest than nearly anything I've written. The erasure of this image, which remains as powerful today and when it was taken, horrifies me. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Both happy and relieved to say I’ll be lecturing at @kingshistory.bsky.social for the next academic year!
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Both happy and relieved to say I’ll be lecturing at @kingshistory.bsky.social for the next academic year!
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We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
A Peter Mandelson humiliation is the exact thing this fractured and beleaguered nation needed.
September 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A Peter Mandelson humiliation is the exact thing this fractured and beleaguered nation needed.
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Myself and the amazing @lauracforster.bsky.social are doing a joint event to launch our books in York. Come to learn about Liverpool, the aftershocks of the Paris Commune and the new kinds of histories our present crisis demands! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
When and where was Britain’s radical tradition?
A discussion explores Britain’s radical politics through global, anti-colonial, and transnational networks, launching two books rethinking history’s local myths.
www.york.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Myself and the amazing @lauracforster.bsky.social are doing a joint event to launch our books in York. Come to learn about Liverpool, the aftershocks of the Paris Commune and the new kinds of histories our present crisis demands! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
On my last few days in Cambridge. I’ll miss my college and faculty colleagues and all the great students I’ve taught. I will not miss the militant cyclists and the perpetual anxiety of wondering if I should be wearing a gown.
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
On my last few days in Cambridge. I’ll miss my college and faculty colleagues and all the great students I’ve taught. I will not miss the militant cyclists and the perpetual anxiety of wondering if I should be wearing a gown.
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Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
July 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
It is not a threat.
It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people.
Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.
Yet another example of the intellectual dearth that defines UK news media.
'Even the people that want to defend her have to call her a liar.'
Diane Abbott's 'objectively stupid and indefensible' remarks have impacted what should have been a 'glorious legacy' for all she overcame as an MP, says @mrjamesob.bsky.social.
Diane Abbott's 'objectively stupid and indefensible' remarks have impacted what should have been a 'glorious legacy' for all she overcame as an MP, says @mrjamesob.bsky.social.
July 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yet another example of the intellectual dearth that defines UK news media.
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🔊 I'm as shocked as anyone that Rogue Agent is available from today in a convenient, hand-held form. I believe the kids call this a "paperback"
#history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝
#history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝
July 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🔊 I'm as shocked as anyone that Rogue Agent is available from today in a convenient, hand-held form. I believe the kids call this a "paperback"
#history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝
#history #historybookchat #writing #writingcommunity 🗃️📝
Surreal to finally see our edited collection on US imperialism in the long nineteenth century up on Routledge’s website, with a list of the sources we’ve compiled.
Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books!
www.routledge.com/American-Imp...
Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books!
www.routledge.com/American-Imp...
American Imperialism in the Long Nineteenth Century: A Documentary History, 1775–1919
This four-volume collection brings together a diverse array of primary sources that help contextualise the impacts of American imperialism across the long nineteenth century. These fascinating volumes...
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July 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Surreal to finally see our edited collection on US imperialism in the long nineteenth century up on Routledge’s website, with a list of the sources we’ve compiled.
Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books!
www.routledge.com/American-Imp...
Out in December - nothing says Christmas like overpriced academic books!
www.routledge.com/American-Imp...
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I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives:
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...
July 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives:
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/are-uk...
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Now live! I'm teaching a five week course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (November-December 25). This is an exciting opportunity to engage with an array of primary materials and to consider slavery from the perspective of those forcibly enslaved. Please share!
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
This course explores the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the perspective of those who were forcibly uprooted and enslaved on European ships...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Now live! I'm teaching a five week course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (November-December 25). This is an exciting opportunity to engage with an array of primary materials and to consider slavery from the perspective of those forcibly enslaved. Please share!
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...
www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...
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My latest article just published and is open access, for now at least.
It’s about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. 🗃️
direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...
It’s about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. 🗃️
direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...
Justice for the Edifice: Praying Compensation for Rhode Island College, 1770–1800
In 1770, Rhode Island College, now Brown University, erected the biggest building in Providence. Donations tied to the slave trade funded the College Edifice, now University Hall. Some donors grew ric...
direct.mit.edu
June 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My latest article just published and is open access, for now at least.
It’s about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. 🗃️
direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...
It’s about how Brown got reparations for property made by slaves after the American Revolution. 🗃️
direct.mit.edu/tneq/article...
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“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked brian wilson and he showed me the sound of god
June 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“i asked chatgpt” “i asked grok” well i asked brian wilson and he showed me the sound of god
Brian Wilson was one of the best. I don’t think one artist has made more of an impact on me. youtu.be/EPSDiUL25JU?...
I'll Bet He's Nice (Remastered 2000)
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
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June 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Brian Wilson was one of the best. I don’t think one artist has made more of an impact on me. youtu.be/EPSDiUL25JU?...
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📢 #Academic #Job Klaxon 📢 - @ljmuhistory.bsky.social is hiring a #historian of modern #Africa. The application deadline is very tight on 15 June, though!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...
Lecturer in African History (Fixed term for 12 months) at Liverpool John Moores University
Discover Lecturer in African History (Fixed term for 12 months) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
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June 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📢 #Academic #Job Klaxon 📢 - @ljmuhistory.bsky.social is hiring a #historian of modern #Africa. The application deadline is very tight on 15 June, though!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNH697/l...
Between this and Grover Cleveland losing his status as the only president who served non-consecutive terms, it's been a devastating year for inane facts I tell students in seminars.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Harrison Tyler, preservationist and grandson of 10th president, dies at 96
He restored a Civil War fort and the Virginia home of his grandfather President John Tyler, who served from 1841 to 1845.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Between this and Grover Cleveland losing his status as the only president who served non-consecutive terms, it's been a devastating year for inane facts I tell students in seminars.
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Lecturer in American History - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Lecturer in American HistorySchool of History, Archaeology and ReligionAn exciting new opportunity has arisen
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May 28, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Feels a bit absurd to be promoting this, but there's a 12 month 18/19th C American history post at Cardiff. Deadline 15.06.25. Feel free to msg or contact me via email - doddingtond@cardiff.ac.uk - for further information: krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...