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The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
est. 1967

#SHAFR2026 - The Ohio State University - June 25-27, 2026
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jjjcameron.bsky.social
Calling all historians of US foreign relations. @shafrhistorians.bsky.social
hlmurray.bsky.social Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 4d
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.

Sign the petition here to save jobs:
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Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Do I have any followers who research the Post-WWII decolonization of Africa? I've got a few questions for an episode and I'd love to connect!
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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renatakeller.bsky.social
Huge thanks to all the folks @notredame.bsky.social who came out on a sunny Friday afternoon to hear me talk about The Fate of the Americas! I had a blast!! #History 🗃️
Students and faculty listening to a talk
November 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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briandelay.bsky.social
CFP: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL" - Huntington Library, Nov. 6-7, 2006. With generous support from the Early Modern Studies Institute at USC, my co-conspirators & I look forward to two days of generative conversation. Travel & lodging included! Proposals due 1/10. Please spread the word! 🙏
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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mwpalen.bsky.social
So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!

@princetonupress.bsky.social
uoearchhist.bsky.social University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · 5d
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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marydudziak.bsky.social
Important CFP!
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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lizcovart.bsky.social
Ken Burns’ new documentary about the American Revolution premieres on Sunday at 8pm Eastern, and @herberthistory.bsky.social, @michaelhattem.bsky.social, & I are hosting a watch party!

It’s free to join and you can chat with and ask us questions throughout the premiere.
Ken Burns' The American Revolution Watch Party
Watch the premiere of Ken Burns' The American Revolution on PBS with historians Liz Covart, Jason Herbert, and Michael Hattem.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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juliairwin.bsky.social
Happy news: My new book -- Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction -- now has a cover and is available for preorder! The book is a concise history of humanitarianism in an international and global perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
The November Dispatch is out now!

mailchi.mp/shafr.org/sh...
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Proposals for #SHAFR2026 are due December 1!

www.shafr.org/shafr2026
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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lydiawalker.bsky.social
Those interested in a potential roundtable on "Historical Research and Artificial Intelligence: Critical Reflections on Method, Power, and Possibility in International History" that @zoeleblanc.bsky.social and I are planning for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social 2026 - please send us your abstracts!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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hartmann-villalta.bsky.social
We are at it again! Myself & the wonderful @rcolesworthy.bsky.social😍

Seeking pubs -- articles, book chapters, monographs -- by contingent lit scholars for the 2025 list 👇👇 please spread the word!!!

contingentmagazine.org/2024/12/08/2...
2024 Literary Studies Book and Journal Article List
A companion list for lit studies scholars.
contingentmagazine.org
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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getsea.bsky.social
CFA: SHAFR Summer Institute on “Strategic Cultures” at The Ohio State University-Mershon Center for International Security Studies (June 20-24, 2026)

This week-long summer session is geared towards advanced grad students and newly minted PhDs.

App Deadline: Dec. 1st
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November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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hdichter.bsky.social
Super excited for this future special issue of @ijhs.bsky.social on women’s basketball 🏀 - any #sporthistory scholars working on women’s hoops, submit an abstract for what will be an excellent issue! #skystorians 🗃️
November 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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cmcknichols.bsky.social
Just after the election let's talk executive authority and the history of how we got to this era of enormous presidential power + party politics ... honored & delighted to be involved, Thurs Nov 6 6pm Center for Presidential History at SMU, with some amazing panelists blog.smu.edu/cph/event/th...
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Don't forget the deadline for applications to the June 2026 #SHAFR Summer Institute at The Ohio State University @mershoncenter.bsky.social is Dec. 15. Open to advanced PhD students & early career scholars
www.shafr.org/index.php?op...
CFP- SHAFR Summer Institute 2026
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November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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bridgingthegap.bsky.social
Now accepting applications: Foreign Policy for America’s NextGen Initiative is a unique opportunity for young foreign policy leaders to take action, engage with a strong community, and grow professionally.

Learn more: www.fp4america.org/nextgen-init...
Apply by Nov. 24: forms.gle/GwTraNgQQqeq...
NextGen Initiative - Foreign Policy for America
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November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
Great opportunity!! Contact our own Chris Hulshof for more details on how you can get your campus set up for a screening.
#SHAFR #skystorians #diplo #intlhist
getsea.bsky.social GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 14d
GETSEA's Simulcast initiative is back! 25+ universities will watch "Vietnamerica" & connect to the Exec. Producer for a discussion afterwards.

If you are interested in holding a screening on your campus, contact Chris Hulshof @ chulshof@wisc.edu.

bit.ly/GETSEASimulc....
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
shafrhistorians.bsky.social
ATTN: SHAFR grad students and early career scholars
Applications for the Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy at the @belfercenter.bsky.social are due 12/1.
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Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy
The Ernest May Fellowship in History and Policy of the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs aims to help build the next generation of men and women who will bri...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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chlcologne.bsky.social
Kölner Vorträge, 4.11.2025: Miloš Vec (Univ. Wien), „Nationalsozialistisches Völkerrecht im Kontext, 1920–1950“. Einer der profiliertesten Rechtshistoriker Europas spricht in Köln. #KölnerVorträge #InternationalLaw
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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renatakeller.bsky.social
This one on Wednesday will be streamed!
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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mikeneagle.bsky.social
It’s alive!
October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
OMG, how amazing can a conference calls for papers be? This looks amazing!
cjapieters.bsky.social Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 23d
I'm so pleased to share this Call for Papers for a conference on Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries, organised with my colleagues Chris Batten and @rfhodge.bsky.social, kindly supported by @fwwsoc.bsky.social. Submissions to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by 22/12/25!
CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com. CALL FOR PAPERS Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World, 19th-21st centuries 16-17 April 2026 We welcome papers with a historical focus on a range of food and nutrition-related topics, including, but not limited to: Technological and productive innovations in food production in war Food and nutrition as a site of technocratic and bureaucratic developments Food and nutrition science in wartime Turning points in the development of bureaucratic, legal, social, political, etc approaches to food management e.g. the impact of the First World War blockade on the Second World War or wartime rationing on subsequent wars Social, cultural and legal perspectives on feeding of civilian, combatant and incarcerated/prisoner populations in war. Civilian, individual and/or community responses to food shortages. Survival strategies for populations facing difficulties accessing food and malnutrition in war, including generational and demographic cohort effects e.g. the elderly, marginalised and minority populations, such as those living in asylums, etc. Humanitarian interventions; including logistics, organisations, distribution on the ground and the use of humanitarian aid for religious, social or political aims. The weaponisation of food and nutrition in war in colonial and civil war contexts. The changing uses of food and nutrition in local, regional, national or international contexts over the period. Proposed panels (submissions do not need to be limited by these themes): Feeding incarcerated populations in wartime. Wartime occupations. Humanitarian interventions. Feeding fighters and civilians during asymmetric warfare, civil wars, guerrilla wars and/or anticolonial wars. Please submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words to foodandwarconf@gmail.com by Monday 22 December 2025, 5pm (UK time). Informal enquiries may be sent to foodandwarconf@gmail.com.
October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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marcus1984.bsky.social
This @shafrhistorians.bsky.social event is TONIGHT (8:30 PM EST). You can still register and join us. Listen to a panel of folks offer travel and funding advice about conducting research abroad. We got plenty to share so just please join us on Zoom. See you there!

#history #skystorians #hdiplo
shafrhistorians.bsky.social SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 24d
REMINDER:
Panelists will discuss their approaches to archival research & the challenges of conducting research abroad. Helpful for grad students in the early stages of planning your dissertation research or if you are in the thick of it and looking for new tips! Register here: bit.ly/SHAFR-Archives
shafrhistorians.bsky.social SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · Oct 13
Join the Graduate Student Committee for a virtual session on Conducting Research in International Archives!
Monday, October 27 at 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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getsea.bsky.social
@shafrhistorians.bsky.social will hold a virtual roundtable on How to Conduct Research in International Archives featuring Historians from various Area Studies around the world (including SEA!). Very useful for those leaving their home country for research!

Oct 27 @ 8:30p (ET)
bit.ly/SHAFR-Archives
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM