Connie Thomas

Just to add my 2p onto the UCU ballot failure: I and so many other precarious colleagues feel let down by a decade of strike action in which we have not seen any real movement on issues of precarity.

When I stood on picket lines for pensions I will likely never see I expected more solidarity.

✅ Rare experience to study at the world-class Kinder Institute in Missouri

✅ Fully-funded, including health insurance and stipend

✅ Opportunity to develop skills, make friends, travel, & more!

Time is running out to apply for the Kinder-BrANCh MA Fellowship in Atlantic History & Politics (12 Dec)

Deadline to apply is December 12, 2025

So if you are a student who has recently completed, or is slated to complete, your undergraduate studies at a British University, do check it out 🎉

And if you are an academic who knows of any students who might be interested, do please share 😊

Kinder-BrANCH MA Fellowship — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

An unrivaled opportunity to study in the ‘show me’ state:

Thanks to the generosity of the Kinder Institute at the University of Missouri, BrANCH is once again pleased to offer a fully-funded place on their MA program in Atlantic History and Politics for 2026-27!

www.branch.org.uk/kinderbranch...

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

No ! That’s sacrilege

It could be worse, could you imagine if it was Dean !

Truly maddening isn’t it

Two weeks until the “Beyond Academia” online panel!!!

Should be a good discussion, especially for PGRs and ECRs, whether you are thinking of alternative paths to a career beyond academia or not 😄

Very excited to get my hands on this!

A message from our friends @royalhistsoc.org about ECR prizes!

Awards Overview Visit the post for more.

At BrANCH this year in Cardiff, I was struck by so many rich presentations exploring migration and borders, both timely and timeless subjects!

For those interested, the Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a range of prestigious prizes, a few with deadlines coming up

iehs.org/awards/

Speaking of, mark your calendars for a fantastic discussion with Dr. Catriona Byers and Dr. Laura Wilson about exploring alternative careers beyond academia, such as with libraries, archives, media and publishing!

🗓️ Wednesday, 15 October

🕐 17:30 - 18:30 (GMT)

📍 Online

Another fantastic BrANCH conference for the ages (our first in Cymru/Wales!)

A big thank you to organisers David and Gareth, Emily and the BrANCH Committee, the kind staff at the Leonardo Hotel, and all of you for making it such a success!

Too scary !

Gutted to not be joining #SHEAR2025 in person this year, but very much looking forward to zooming in from across the pond!

(And yes, isn't it deeply ironic that a British historian of US migration/borders can't make it this year because of - you guessed it - the US border!)

Matt Walsh's imaginary professor: "good morning student-comrades. today we learn how to bayonet a white Christian capitalist while taking trans hormones"

actual average professor: "folks, I am begging you, please do the reading for tomorrow this time. it is five pages"

2025 PGR/ECR Workshop — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Calling all PGRs/ECRs 📣

In collaboration with @hotcus.bsky.social we are hosting a workshop at the Rothermere Americation Institute this November!

Participants can meet other junior scholars, get feedback on works-in-progress, and take part in academic publishing and ‘viva survivor’ sessions 💪📚

2025 Conference — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Registration is now open for our 2025 conference in Cardiff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hosted in collaboration with BGEAH, this year's conference has an excellent programme of speakers, including keynotes from @timlockley.bsky.social (Warwick) and Catherine Kelly (William & Mary/OIEAHC)!

Check it out 👇

Parish Travel Grants — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Calling all UK-based PGRs/ECRs 📣 Are you planning your next conference visit or research trip stateside? Apply for one of our Peter Parish Travel Grants for up to £1000 towards your trip!

Our next round closes in TWO WEEKS on July 1st - don't miss out!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

And here is the UCL SELCS-CMII PhD studentship. Please repost to maximise knowledge of this funding for both studentships. 2/2

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Two 4-year fully-funded PhD studentships available at UCL for Black British candidates. One in History of the legacy of Transatlantic slavery and reparations; the other on reparations and the media/culture focusing on reparations and the media/culture. Here's the History one. 1/2

Closes today!!

Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Our Harriet Tubman Essay Prize closes this Friday - 13th June! 🚨

The prize celebrates the best undergrad essay on 19thC US History written by a BAME student. There's lots of amazing work out there - make sure to encourage your students to submit!

More details 👇

A vibrant retail space featuring the Migrant Makers Market, with blue walls and flooring. The shop is filled with colourful handmade goods, including woven baskets, printed t-shirts, tote bags, books, prints, and other crafts by migrant makers. Items are displayed on blue metal frames and tables, with art and posters lining the walls. A potted plant sits on the floor, adding a natural touch to the lively, creative setup.

Our award-winning Migrant Makers Market is back online! 🎉
Shop work by 30+ migrant makers sharing migration stories through craft.

Enjoy 15% off with code MMSHOPAGAIN15 🛍️
Support the museum & independent makers 💛
#ShopWithPurpose #MigrantMakers

Rituals of Migration Italian and Irish immigrant experiencesWhen people migrate, they often perform social and cultural rituals along the way. The idea of rites of passage—with...

🗃️ What do migrants think, feel, do, and pack on the eve of departure, in transit, and when returning home? See "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513... @gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵1/5

Workers Day of Action for Trans Rights

⏰ Today!
📍Your workplace!

It is incumbent on trade unionists to resist the Supreme Court ruling and EHRC interim update.

Trans rights are human rights. Trans rights are workers rights.

A thread of inspiration, ideas, and action.

Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

Today is the final day to submit a proposal for our upcoming conference in Cardiff! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

You can find more info and details of how to apply on our website 👇

“The master whished to reproduce”: slavery, forced intimacy, and enslavers’ interference in sexual relationships in the antebellum South, 1808–1861 This article examines the extent to which enslavers across the antebellum South forced enslaved men and women to reproduce. Using a spectrum of violence as a tool of coercion, enslavers coerced, ca...

Fascinating OPEN ACCESS article by @aishadjelid.bsky.social in ANCH on forced reproduction in the antebellum South, filling an important gap in the historiography of American slavery - read and share free of charge using this link:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

@branchuk.bsky.social

Today’s Supreme Court ruling on the For Women Scotland case is a disgraceful attack on trans rights. In a process that excluded trans voices and centred anti-trans groups, this is not justice — it’s erasure. We will never stop fighting for our trans community 🏳️‍⚧️