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Are you feeling Eel at ease about what you should include in your CV and Diversity Statement for #SHEAR2026? Program Committee Co-Chair Mark Boonshoft is here to give you tips on luring in the Program Committee. Check this space weekly for more tips and tricks for a successful proposal. #GRWS

It is time to enter the “MANOSHEAR” with Program Committee Co-Chair @benwright.bsky.social to read and get jacked for the #SHEAR2026 Call for Papers. And don’t forget to join us every Wednesday for even more in-depth tips on best practices for putting together a successful proposal. #GRWS

Are you struggling with your proposals for #SHEAR2026 and looking for tips on how to make those proposals stand out? President @carolyneastman.bsky.social introduces our new weekly video series: Getting Ready with SHEAR - #GRWS. Join us weekly for a new video sharing tips for a successful proposal.

Reminder: The #SHEAR2026 CFP is open!
During the semiquincentennial of American Independence the Program Committee invites proposals for sessions and papers considering this epochal event in the early American republic.
Deadline: December 1.
CFP details: shear.org/annual-meeti...
📸:Timothy Brown

Announcing the SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize – SHEAR About SHEAR

@shearites.bsky.social Thanks to the generosity of @robynlilyphd.bsky.social, we have renamed this annual prize the SHEAR Robyn Lily Davis Dissertation Prize. Now it'll come with a $1000 prize as well as a book contract and ms. workshop. Thank you, Robyn & Bill! shear.org/shear-book-p...

The @thejerpano.bsky.social Conference Paper-to-Article Workshop is a favorite summer event. Thank you @shearites.bsky.social President @carolyneastman.bsky.social for joining us. The state of early US history scholarship is strong!

The #SHEAR2026 CFP is open! During the semiquincentennial of American Independence the Program Committee invites proposals for sessions and papers considering this epochal event in the early American republic. Deadline: December 1. CFP details: shear.org/annual-meeti...

SO thrilled, honoured and grateful to have received this prize for my JER article - especially from SHEAR, which has become my home conference over the last few years. If anyone wants to read the article, you can find it here: muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...

Our “Clothes Make the Man” panel was standing room only at the SHEAR conference in Providence, RI this weekend!

Plus, my attempt to cite the contemporary relevance of the sartorial legacy of George Washington got the biggest laugh of the conference 💅

#SHEAR2025

The #SHEAR2025 conference is over, but we wanted to highlight some of the great moments of this year’s conference: from the President’s Plenary and Address to the Book Exhibit and Early Career Mentorship Reception. SHEAR would like to thank everyone who attended and participated this year!

So #SHEAR2025 was memorable, being President a great honor. Shout out to our conference coordinator Erika Huckestein and @kawulf.bsky.social for making this conference such a success. Kabria and Peter put together a great program. 470 attendees, 10 ex and current students from UMass and UConn!

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#SHEAR2025 presidential plenary kicks off! Slavery emancipation in the early American republic. @profmsinha.bsky.social introducing Mia Bay, Lin Fisher, @sethrockman.bsky.social ventriloquizing @adamrothman.bsky.social, Jim Oakes.

Large crowd seated in auditorium facing a stage with a large screen showing Thomas Jefferson and Touissant Louverture and Manisha Sinha at podium.

Big #SHEAR2025 audience for @profmsinha.bsky.social’s presidential address on an alternate genealogy of the first American republic. Super interesting in context of her work on rise and fall of the second, and global context of alternative visions and govts.

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Many highlights of @shearites.bsky.social #SHEAR2025 but elated by the tremendous (3 minute!) talks at “10 Things to Know about the American Revolution” spotlight at the Providence Public Library! So grateful to have worked on this with the inimitable @kawulf.bsky.social & @jcblibrary.bsky.social

Thank you for attending the #SHEAR2025 Conference! We hope to see you all next year at #SHEAR2026 in Philadelphia.

Our final sessions of the #SHEAR2025 conference are about to begin!

We have a fantastic group of sessions to start our final day of the #SHEAR2025 Conference!

In the need for coffee? Stop by the Narragansett Ballroom A for coffee and snacks. Coffee will be served from 8:30-11:00am.

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Paine and “Common Sense” make an appearance in @shearites.bsky.social President Manisha Sinha’s address⬇️

We’re running late but please make your way to the John Carter Brown Library for the Awards Reception to continue celebrating our winners and the #SHEAR2025 conference.

Congratulations to Mary Kelley on receiving the SHEAR Distinguished Service Award. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Alison LaCroix on winning The SHEAR Book Prize. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Patrick Spero on winning The James C. Bradford Biography Prize for blank. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Shannon Eaves on winning The Mary Kelley Prize in the History of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Adam McNeil on winning The SHEAR Dissertation Prize. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Meg Roberts on winning The Ralph D. Gray Article Prize. #SHEAR2025

Congratulations to Sarah L.H. Gronningsater on winning The James H. Broussard Best First Book Prize. #SHEAR2025

SHEAR is pleased to announce and congratulate the winners of the SHEAR prizes which will be announced here in this 🧵.

The Presidential Address and SHEAR Awards Ceremony will be taking place at 6:30pm at Brown University (same location as the Plenary).

There will be a shuttle service taking conference attendees from the Omni to the destination.

SHEAR is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 SHEAR elections. Congratulations to SHEAR’s newly elected officers!

In addition, SHEAR would like to thank all of the candidates in this year’s election as well as the Nominating Committee, co-chaired by James Ambuske and Jennifer Dorsey.