Sandra Scanlon
@sandrascanlon.bsky.social
Historian of the US at University College Dublin
Social Movements, Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq, History of American Conservatism, author The Pro-War Movement
http://umasspress.com/9781625340184/…
Social Movements, Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq, History of American Conservatism, author The Pro-War Movement
http://umasspress.com/9781625340184/…
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🎺 Congratulations to Gabby Treglia, it's publication day for her book *Education for Preservation: Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933–1945*! 🎉
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
Education for Preservation?
A groundbreaking new examination of federal Indian boarding schools in the New Deal era and the threats it posed to Indigenous sovereignty, from the old dang...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🎺 Congratulations to Gabby Treglia, it's publication day for her book *Education for Preservation: Examining Native American Education Policy in the New Deal, 1933–1945*! 🎉
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640737/
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Today was my last day at the Eisenhower Library. I came across a 1964 letter Dwight Eisenhower wrote warning against “hate-filled people who set themselves up as super-patriots and, so doing, try to destroy the rights, liberties and opportunities of the average loyal American.” Worth heeding 🗃️
September 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Today was my last day at the Eisenhower Library. I came across a 1964 letter Dwight Eisenhower wrote warning against “hate-filled people who set themselves up as super-patriots and, so doing, try to destroy the rights, liberties and opportunities of the average loyal American.” Worth heeding 🗃️
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How one woman uncovered a dark secret that shocked Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Fe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Fe...
How one woman uncovered a dark secret that shocked Ireland
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July 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
How one woman uncovered a dark secret that shocked Ireland
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Fe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9Fe...
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Excited about this one. @historyandrew.bsky.social 's very soon to be published book about the PR industry and US foreign relations. @universitypress.cambridge.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Excited about this one. @historyandrew.bsky.social 's very soon to be published book about the PR industry and US foreign relations. @universitypress.cambridge.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
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excellent few days at the @hotcus.bsky.social conference in lancaster! got some excellent feedback on my chapter at the pgr/ecr workshop with andrew preston, met a series of very lovely people, and, most importantly, got this sweet mug. had a blast at my first hotcus and will be back!
June 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
excellent few days at the @hotcus.bsky.social conference in lancaster! got some excellent feedback on my chapter at the pgr/ecr workshop with andrew preston, met a series of very lovely people, and, most importantly, got this sweet mug. had a blast at my first hotcus and will be back!
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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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I know there’s a lot going on but…
I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social!
Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic...
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I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social!
Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic...
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April 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I know there’s a lot going on but…
I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social!
Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic...
🗃️
I am very excited to share the cover for my book - “The Republican House Divided: Civil War Memory, Civil Rights, and the Transformation of the GOP” - which is forthcoming this Fall with @uscpress.bsky.social!
Pre-order here: uscpress.com/The-Republic...
🗃️
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Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History
Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...
Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...
Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History at Queen's University Belfast
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June 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Lecturer (Education) in Modern US History
Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...
Queen's University Belfast #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI397/l...
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Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries
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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June 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reminder re: 12 month post in American history at Cardiff University. For, erm well publicized reasons, we don't have budget for external advertising so you need access to the link below to apply. Please do think about applying/sharing with possible candidates. Happy to take queries
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If you're a historian of modern Ireland, we are currently welcoming applications for a temporary position in @ljmuhistory.bsky.social. This is to cover my esteemed colleague @gillianobrien.bsky.social, who will be on research leave in AY2025-26.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB992/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB992/l...
Lecturer in Modern Irish History (Fixed term for up to ten months) at Liverpool John Moores University
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May 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If you're a historian of modern Ireland, we are currently welcoming applications for a temporary position in @ljmuhistory.bsky.social. This is to cover my esteemed colleague @gillianobrien.bsky.social, who will be on research leave in AY2025-26.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB992/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNB992/l...
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Assistant Professor in Modern European History- Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY230/a...
Assistant Professor in Modern European History at Dublin City University
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May 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Assistant Professor in Modern European History- Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY230/a...
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It’s the last day of class. Students in my African American history course have created community and inspired me in a time of backlash and rising fascism. Today, we’re reading John Lewis’s timeless, posthumously published op-ed. Revisit it with us: www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/o...
Opinion | John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation (Published 2020)
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May 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s the last day of class. Students in my African American history course have created community and inspired me in a time of backlash and rising fascism. Today, we’re reading John Lewis’s timeless, posthumously published op-ed. Revisit it with us: www.nytimes.com/2020/07/30/o...
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The Faculty of History and the RAI are delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now invited for the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History for the academic years 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30. Details: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.
Jobs and Vacancies
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April 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The Faculty of History and the RAI are delighted to announce that expressions of interest are now invited for the Harmsworth Visiting Professorship of American History for the academic years 2027-28, 2028-29, and 2029-30. Details: www.rai.ox.ac.uk/vacancies.
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Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
April 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
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This is kind of important: he is saying the law allows you to be a bigot, but it doesn't require you to be.
Anyone, including the government, who chooses, say, to stop trans women using female toilets is doing so because they want to, not because they are forced to.
Anyone, including the government, who chooses, say, to stop trans women using female toilets is doing so because they want to, not because they are forced to.
Former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption explains why @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social has got it completely wrong when she says trans women must be placed in danger by using the men's toilets.
April 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This is kind of important: he is saying the law allows you to be a bigot, but it doesn't require you to be.
Anyone, including the government, who chooses, say, to stop trans women using female toilets is doing so because they want to, not because they are forced to.
Anyone, including the government, who chooses, say, to stop trans women using female toilets is doing so because they want to, not because they are forced to.
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Our book is out in the world! If you want to hear more about the process of writing a truly global history of WWII—as well as some reflections on the memory of the war today—join me and @alexfortes66.bsky.social at the National Army Museum on 11 June for SWWRG's mega 80th anniversary conf. ✨
ICYMI, Team #MilitaryHistory - the stellar volume edited expertly by Andrew Buchanan and Ruth Lawlor, "The Greater Second World War: Global Perspectives," has reached its publication date! Head to @cornellupress.bsky.social's page to get one. I'll wait...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
April 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Our book is out in the world! If you want to hear more about the process of writing a truly global history of WWII—as well as some reflections on the memory of the war today—join me and @alexfortes66.bsky.social at the National Army Museum on 11 June for SWWRG's mega 80th anniversary conf. ✨
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Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
April 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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It’s difficult to express without expletives how much the vast majority of people in Ireland are utterly disgusted by this … total f**king disgrace www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Donald Trump praises Conor McGregor’s work ethic during St Patrick’s Day meeting at the White House
MMA fighter’s immigration remarks ‘wrong’ says Taoiseach, as Tánaiste says fighter has ‘no mandate’ to speak for people of Ireland during Washington visit
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March 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s difficult to express without expletives how much the vast majority of people in Ireland are utterly disgusted by this … total f**king disgrace www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 at University of Oxford
An opportunity for an academic position as a Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job open...
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March 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Broadbent Career Development Fellow in American History Since 1600
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
University of Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DME724/b...
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My books finally arrived! Very grateful to the team at @cambridgeup.bsky.social for the superb production and supporting the project.
Thinking today of the late David Fitzpatrick who began this project and to whom it is dedicated, and also of my mother who would have loved to see it in print.
Thinking today of the late David Fitzpatrick who began this project and to whom it is dedicated, and also of my mother who would have loved to see it in print.
March 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My books finally arrived! Very grateful to the team at @cambridgeup.bsky.social for the superb production and supporting the project.
Thinking today of the late David Fitzpatrick who began this project and to whom it is dedicated, and also of my mother who would have loved to see it in print.
Thinking today of the late David Fitzpatrick who began this project and to whom it is dedicated, and also of my mother who would have loved to see it in print.
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🧵 🗃️ It saddens me to have to bring you news of yet another casualty of the Trump administration's war on any history that does not conform to a white-centered narrative.
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
March 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🧵 🗃️ It saddens me to have to bring you news of yet another casualty of the Trump administration's war on any history that does not conform to a white-centered narrative.
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
For the past few summers I've worked with teachers at Arlington National Cemetery. The historians and educational staff...
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I think people are missing the reality of the growing US-Russian alliance under Putin and Trump. Its not going to force a ceasefire on Ukraine, it will be to help Russia try to win the war. The US is now an active enemy of freedom.
February 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I think people are missing the reality of the growing US-Russian alliance under Putin and Trump. Its not going to force a ceasefire on Ukraine, it will be to help Russia try to win the war. The US is now an active enemy of freedom.
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Recent PhD in 20th century US history, or planning to defend before Sept 2025?
We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/
We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/
February 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Recent PhD in 20th century US history, or planning to defend before Sept 2025?
We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/
We are looking for the next *Mellon Research Fellow*, a three-year postdoc with our large and thriving American history group. Deadline 9 March so don't delay!
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50345/
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NYU's History Department is accepting applications for the Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History! The committee welcomes applications from historians of war and the military, broadly defined, in any geographical area. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/161728
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February 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
NYU's History Department is accepting applications for the Elihu Rose Scholar in Modern Military History! The committee welcomes applications from historians of war and the military, broadly defined, in any geographical area. Learn more and apply: apply.interfolio.com/161728