Amanda Demmer

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

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...

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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A friendly reminder that applications for @shafrhistorians.bsky.social's William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grants are due TOMORROW Oct 15th.

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🎉 Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social who was awarded the inaugural Paul and Linda Austin Military History Professorship by the @virginiatech.bsky.social Board of Visitors!

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The 2026 SHAFR Summer Institute call for papers is out! What an awesome *fully funded* opportunity for grad students and early career scholars! www.shafr.org/index.php?op... 🗃️ @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @cmcknichols.bsky.social #historians

Had a terrific two days at my first ever @biographersintl.bsky.social conference. So many wonderful people, so many incredible projects!

Are you a grad student or early career scholar attending #SHAFR2025? Check out our careers workshop featuring mentors working in tenure track jobs in the US and UK, PMEs, DOD and State roles, Brookings, PBS, and countless research centers.
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VT is hiring an Instructor in Modern Military History. Review date is June 1st! @smh-historians.bsky.social @shafrhistorians.bsky.social

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"It means that one woman, working alone on a shoestring budget has more complete, accurate, and up-to-date information about the internal political situation in Vietnam than the combined intelligence resources of the United States Government. Please write me, Bill, and say it ain't so."

Today's fun research find from the National Archives- A letter from Elliot Abrams (Assist Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs) to CIA Director Bill Casey re: Ginetta Sagan's research into reeducation camps in Vietnam post-1975.

I'd love to be added!

George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award Visit the post for more.

***Attention graduate students***

Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!

IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history, broadly defined.

More info: iehs.org/awards/georg...

If you're interested in talking to your students about this major anniversary and what I call the "many ends" of the Vietnam War, here is a short piece I wrote for the @oah.org: www.oah.org/process/demm...

During this talk, I shared some of the most meaningful research and conclusions from my @cambridgeup.bsky.social book, After Saigon's Fall: Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations, 1975-2000
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Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. Recently, it was my genuine honor and pleasure to give a keynote at The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Archive at TTU's Annual Conference, www.vietnam.ttu.edu/events/2025_...

Check this out, historians!

"The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration."

Gutted to learn of the loss of my NEH Fellowship and to see so many others in the same boat - not to mention the @nehgov.bsky.social employees whose jobs are on the line. A brutal day for the humanities.

We’re looking for volunteers to staff the registration desk at #SHAFR2025. In exchange, we’ll comp your registration fee, keep you fed, and guarantee you’ll meet some cool people 😎

With fellowship, history professor to record life of human rights legend Amanda Demmer, associate professor of history, has received a research fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to write a biography on Ginetta Sagan, a leader in the international hu...

Thanks for the great writeup, @virginiatechnews.bsky.social !

CALL FOR PAPERS!

I'm co-organising a conference in September on women's work in the Second World War, with a graduate research forum in the afternoon for PGRs to present their work.

Please share with any postgrads who might be interested!

More details here ⬇️

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So deeply honored to receive this recognition from my SHAFR colleagues. Also, welcome to Bluesky, @shafrhistorians.bsky.social !

Congratulations to @amandademmer.bsky.social and welcome to Bluesky to the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations @shafrhistorians.bsky.social!

The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War Cambridge Core - History after 1945 (General) - The Cambridge History of the Vietnam War

Happy to share that the @cambridgeup.bsky.social Three-Volume History of the Vietnam War is now available, including a chapter on "Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations" that I wrote for Volume 3 "Endings and Aftermaths."

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Review date now extended to Feb 24! Please apply/share widely!

Amanda C. Demmer @amandademmer.bsky.social and Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social's new research article uses case studies of U.S. relations with China, Vietnam, and Cuba to examine the idea of normalization, its history, and its consequences.

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SAME!! my bestie and I also give real-talk, no-holding-back feedback on each other's drafts, which works because we also write things like "YASSSS QUEEEEN" in the margins, too. *balance*

Details | Postdoctoral Associate | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech

The Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and the History Department of Virginia Tech invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral associate position in the history of the American Civil War era that will begin in August 2025. Review date Feb 10th.
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SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.

SCREAMING!!!! Beyond grateful to the @nehgov.bsky.social for supporting my work, and absolutely overjoyed that I'll be able to devote a full year to my next book, which explores the life and legacy of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for sharing this terrific postdoc @jcblibrary.bsky.social! I'm testing your generosity here but would love to also share that we have TWO additional senior research fellowships for BROWN2026. Details at apply.interfolio.com/159128 and see number 2 below for terms... 1/