Throughout the Holocaust, letters were sent in their millions.
A new book, Holocaust Letters: Methodologies, Cases and Reflections marks the first volume of its kind to examine collectively letter writing during this period and draws on evidence from our archive.
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Calling all K-12 History educators! Applications are DUE MARCH 6 for our Summer 2026 Seminar on the Declaration of Independence!
Join us & 100 teachers at SMU in Dallas, all expenses paid.
You can find all application info at www.smu.edu/cph/A250
Myrna F. Bernath Book Award deadline extended to March 15! SHAFR members apply/nominate books published in 2024/2025 and written by a woman, non-binary, and/or trans scholar in the field. Instructions for submission can be found here: www.shafr.org/myrna-f--ber...
Still time to join us tonight for this event with @renfro.bsky.social! SMU, Dallas Hall, 6pm.
Congratulations @oscarwinberg.bsky.social 🎉👏
Applications are now open for our American History & Civics Summer Seminar for K-12 educators.
Topic: The Declaration of Independence:
Info: Summer 2026, SMU, Dallas, TX!
We welcome applications from educators across the country!
Deadline: March 6
Details & application: smu.edu/cph/A250
SAVE THE DATE 🇳🇱
#SHAFR2028
cc: @dariofazzi.bsky.social
No. 1 Best? The Marshall Plan.
Just sit with that for a moment.
www.cfr.org/ten-best-ten...
Don't forget, the deadline for several #SHAFR prizes is February 1!
Click here for more info: www.shafr.org/prizes
SHAFR is pleased to announce the launch of the William Burr Prize in Nuclear History with @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Deadline is April 1
More info: www.shafr.org/burr-prize
Food power is real and it’s essential to understanding our current moment
CFR expert James Lindsay asked hundreds of historians what they considered to be the 10 best and worst foreign policy decisions in U.S. history.
Here is what they said:
Working hard to create a forum where we can celebrate our members, share opportunities, and advance forward-thinking scholarship without sacrificing the past. If you have feedback or ideas, please reach out!
Come on out tomorrow morning for a great panel on food, power, and policy #AHA26
That vision shaped how Americans imagined food, security, and global responsibility during and after #WWII. Those ideas are at the heart of my book, Recipe for Democracy, out later this year with UVA Press! #foodhist
But it's a bizarre painting, aside from the turkey, there's barely any food (celery!?). The emphasis isn't abundance but community. The family matters more than the feast.
In 1943, Norman Rockwell brought the Four Freedoms to life in a series of covers for the Saturday Evening Post that were later used to sell war bonds. His painting for Freedom from Want, a family gathered for a turkey dinner, became iconic.
Freedom from Want was the most tangible. Material well-being--wages, prices, calories--were proof that democracy could deliver security. Prosperity was safety.
85 years ago, #FDR introduced the Four Freedoms in his 1941 State of the Union: freedom of speech, of worship, from fear, and from want. It was a vision that defined national security in terms everyday Americans could understand and aspire to.
www.fdrlibrary.org/four-freedoms
Really enjoyed the opportunity to read and think about a different sort of American intervention abroad. Highly recommend Tammy Proctor's Saving Europe. #wwi #foodaid #skystorians
Thinking about what to put on your reading list to kick off the new year? My book, Saving Apartheid: White Internationalism at the End of the Cold War is officially available for preorder (for release March 2026) wherever books are sold. Beyond excited!
cup.columbia.edu/book/saving-...
Join me Friday for a morning chat on hot dogs! Yes, I'm a scholar of US foreign relations. #iykyk #AHA26 #AHS #SHAFR #aghistory #WWII
Thank you!!
REMINDER: The deadline for #SHAFR2026 travel awards is January 1!
The Kinder Institute is offering a special travel award in connection with the nation's semiquincentennial for intl participants.
To learn more and apply visit www.shafr.org/shafr2026
Looking for #skystorians rec’s on the Battle of the Bulge. What book offers the best & most accessible overview? Also looking for candid memoirs/diaries #history #WWII @smh-historians.bsky.social
Finally booked my flights for #AHA26, which means I will now publicly advertise that I'll be in Chicago, eating my way through the city, and enjoying all aspects of academic conferencing that I no longer indulge in at #SHAFR cause it's my job.
This year’s #SHAFR conference is in Columbus and, given the John Glenn connection, I’ll be sorely disappointed if there’s no panel on Space, esp since RL Stine’s work doesn’t translate to foreign relations and we can’t have a Goosebumps panel #SHAFR2026
🎉 Diplomatic History turns 50 in 2027!
RIAS is hosting a workshop for a special anniversary issue on European perspectives on the U.S.’s global interactions. Read the CFP here: tinyurl.com/mry26zx2
cc: @diplomatichistory.bsky.social
Proposals for #SHAFR2026 are due December 1!
www.shafr.org/shafr2026
