Miguel Hernandez
@miguelhernandez.bsky.social
Lecturer in American History at Aberystwyth University, specializing in the history of white supremacy, nativism and organized violence in the United States - Committee Secretary for HOTCUS
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We are here for the last day of #HOTCUS2025, and still thinking through Professor Andrew Preston's thoughtful keynote of the emergence of national security.
June 20, 2025 at 8:39 AM
We are here for the last day of #HOTCUS2025, and still thinking through Professor Andrew Preston's thoughtful keynote of the emergence of national security.
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Time for Day 2 of the @hotcus.bsky.social 2025 conference. Lots of exciting panels and sessions to come today 🇺🇸
June 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Time for Day 2 of the @hotcus.bsky.social 2025 conference. Lots of exciting panels and sessions to come today 🇺🇸
Serving on the HOTCUS committee has been rewarding and fulfilling, and more selfishly, great for my CV! I am happy to answer any questions about the roles and the process for anyone with doubts, but please do share!
🚨HOTCUS Committee Elections!🚨
It's that time of the year, when the HOTCUS Committee step down and we invite members to nominate themselves for one of the positions.The deadline for nominations is Friday May 23rd at 17:00 (BST), and all the information is on the website. hotcus.org.uk/about-hotcus...
It's that time of the year, when the HOTCUS Committee step down and we invite members to nominate themselves for one of the positions.The deadline for nominations is Friday May 23rd at 17:00 (BST), and all the information is on the website. hotcus.org.uk/about-hotcus...
Committee Elections
hotcus.org.uk
May 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Serving on the HOTCUS committee has been rewarding and fulfilling, and more selfishly, great for my CV! I am happy to answer any questions about the roles and the process for anyone with doubts, but please do share!
Visiting Japan recently has been such experience, and not just because it was quite a shock to the system to be in a country with a functioning public transport system.
April 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Visiting Japan recently has been such experience, and not just because it was quite a shock to the system to be in a country with a functioning public transport system.
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✨ no better time but the present to get on bluesky!
🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️
Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️
🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️
Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️
Here's the schedule for 'Laughter as a Political Coping Mechanism', a conference that
@drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are organizing on March 28-29 for @durhamhistory.bsky.social. We'll spark fresh conversations about resistance to power—and have a few laughs too! Please join us!
@drhelenroche.bsky.social and I are organizing on March 28-29 for @durhamhistory.bsky.social. We'll spark fresh conversations about resistance to power—and have a few laughs too! Please join us!
March 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
✨ no better time but the present to get on bluesky!
🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️
Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️
🎵excited to speak tomorrow at @durhamhistory.bsky.social's conference "laughter as a political coping mechanism!"where I'll share my research on the Andrews Sisters. 🎙️
Excited to hear about everyone's work and chat in-person! ☺️
Several new and standing items in the HOTCUS newsletter, including a job post in US History!
We have one new , and reminders for four others
1. IHR North American History Seminar Iwan Morgan Lecture Prize, DUE TODAY
Prize is awarded to a current or recently-completed doctoral student working on any aspect of North American History. For further information, check our website's front page.
1. IHR North American History Seminar Iwan Morgan Lecture Prize, DUE TODAY
Prize is awarded to a current or recently-completed doctoral student working on any aspect of North American History. For further information, check our website's front page.
March 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Several new and standing items in the HOTCUS newsletter, including a job post in US History!
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Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
March 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
A harrowing account of the experiences of colleagues at Cardiff Uni facing job losses is infuriating, and a terrifying portent of what is to come for many. Will the government do anything to save what is one of the areas where the UK can truly say they are world-leading? voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -
Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…
voice.cymru
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A harrowing account of the experiences of colleagues at Cardiff Uni facing job losses is infuriating, and a terrifying portent of what is to come for many. Will the government do anything to save what is one of the areas where the UK can truly say they are world-leading? voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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A reminder that the deadline for the Call for Papers for the HOTCUS Annual Conference (18-20 June 2025 - Lancaster University) is this Sunday, March 2! All the details are on our website at hotcus.org.uk/events/annua...
The deadline for our PG/ECR workshop led by Andrew Prescott is also on Sunday.
The deadline for our PG/ECR workshop led by Andrew Prescott is also on Sunday.
2025 Annual Conference
hotcus.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A reminder that the deadline for the Call for Papers for the HOTCUS Annual Conference (18-20 June 2025 - Lancaster University) is this Sunday, March 2! All the details are on our website at hotcus.org.uk/events/annua...
The deadline for our PG/ECR workshop led by Andrew Prescott is also on Sunday.
The deadline for our PG/ECR workshop led by Andrew Prescott is also on Sunday.
With increasingly fewer funds available for PhD students and ECRs, we at @hotcus.bsky.social are delighted to continue offering our Research Awards to assist budding scholarship in the history of the 20th century US!
HOTCUS is pleased to announce that the application round for our 2025 Doctoral and Early Career Research Awards is open, offering up to £500 for research expenses and/or research travel to take place within a year after the date of application. Deadline is April 4 2025!
February 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
With increasingly fewer funds available for PhD students and ECRs, we at @hotcus.bsky.social are delighted to continue offering our Research Awards to assist budding scholarship in the history of the 20th century US!
HOTCUS have made the plunge and joined us here at Bluesky! Give them a follow if you're interested in 20th Century US history, as the account will publicize any events we host or hear of.
Now that we have the account up and running, here's our first post, with a few announcements from our weekly newsletter. You can find full details of each announcement on our website - hotcus.org.uk
Article Prize
hotcus.org.uk
January 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
HOTCUS have made the plunge and joined us here at Bluesky! Give them a follow if you're interested in 20th Century US history, as the account will publicize any events we host or hear of.
I've spent the last few weeks poring over Klan newspapers for my AHRC project, and while I am no stranger to their odd cartoons, this one might be one of the weirder ones I've come across....
April 4, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I've spent the last few weeks poring over Klan newspapers for my AHRC project, and while I am no stranger to their odd cartoons, this one might be one of the weirder ones I've come across....
Had a wonderful time watching the Lion Dancers at Birmingham yesterday for the Lunar New Year!
February 12, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Had a wonderful time watching the Lion Dancers at Birmingham yesterday for the Lunar New Year!
All of us in UK HE know all this already, but what I think is missing here is the fact that the funding crisis can only be interpreted as intentional, much like the crisis in the NHS and pretty much any public service remaining on this godforsaken island - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s not about ‘woke’ or foreign students – the truth is that UK universities are starved of...
We need to have a frank conversation about higher education. These confected rows benefit nobody, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2024 at 3:06 PM
All of us in UK HE know all this already, but what I think is missing here is the fact that the funding crisis can only be interpreted as intentional, much like the crisis in the NHS and pretty much any public service remaining on this godforsaken island - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Frosty morning in Aberystwyth, with an ominous Eye of Sauron sunrise to boot
January 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Frosty morning in Aberystwyth, with an ominous Eye of Sauron sunrise to boot
Got my first IMDB credit appearing in a documentary on Al Capone recently. Watching it has made gain a new appreciation for my students' patience putting up with my lecturing style and repeated use of filler words and phrases...
January 9, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Got my first IMDB credit appearing in a documentary on Al Capone recently. Watching it has made gain a new appreciation for my students' patience putting up with my lecturing style and repeated use of filler words and phrases...
Finally taken the plunge and abandoned ship. I expect to post as regularly and inanely as I used to on Twitter....
January 4, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Finally taken the plunge and abandoned ship. I expect to post as regularly and inanely as I used to on Twitter....