Nerves are a real thing but everyone NCPH and the #NCPHUHS2024 have been extremely helpful in showing me that conferences do not have to be scary and that I can showcase my research to advance the field. Looking forward to Denver with the NACBS!

'There is no shame in being nervous, but don’t let it stop you from sharing your work!' In the latest for Broadsides, Katie Cordell discusses some of the anxieties graduate students can face when it comes to attending conferences
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Check out Sarah Waurechen’s “Imagined Polities, Failed Dreams, and the Beginnings of an Unacknowledged Britain: English Responses to James VI and I’s Vision of Perfect Union.”
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Join us today!

#OTDIH Gen Lee surrendered to Gen Grant at the Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War. We’re dipping into the JBS archives for a British city’s take on the war: D. G. Wright’s “Bradford and the American Civil War.” (1969)
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Join NACBS this Thursday to celebrate the publication of Radhika Natarajan 's new co-authored history for children: Hear Our Voices: A Powerful Retelling of the British Empire in 20 Stories.

April 11
This event will take place online.

Info and RSVP here: nacbs.org/event-details/…

We have 2 vacancies for Bibliography of British and Irish History ( #BBIH ) section editors buff.ly/4aiAD48 We’re seeking historians with expertise in post-1783 Imperial, Colonial, Commonwealth, Indigenous histories, and post-1960 British history. Closing date: 31 May 2024

Update: Alice McKimm (she/her) and I are now looking for a third panellist, working on #histchild and/or #histyouth in late modern Britain (post c.1945?), potentially also on intersection with gender, sexuality and/or feminist movements NACBS

Hello #twitterstorians , the d/line for NACBS this year has been extended to April 26 and I'd love to put together a #histchild panel. Could be thematic (children's voices/sources, child activism, #histed , #histmed ) or chronological (C20th/C21st). Let me know! Children's History Society

So honored to be part of this NACBS panel on #Orwell with historians Peter Stansky & Laura Beers. Recording here:

📢JBS Event
📅April 29
'How I Wrote This,' featuring Amy Bell

Amy Bell will join journal editors Tammy Proctor and Nadja Durbach for a conversation and Q & A about the writing of her article 'Crime Scene Photography in England, 1895-1960.'

Info & RSVP: nacbs.org/event-details/…

#NACBS panel call from Geoff Spurr and I. Please do get in touch.

Want to join a panel on India at NACBS Denver 2024? My colleague and collaborator, Richard Hornsey is doing a shout out.

📢Spread the word! Richard Hornsey and Geoff Spurr are putting together a panel on C20th British India for #NACBS Denver 2024. They are seeking participants interested in themes of nationalism, urban spaces, business, & print culture.👇Reach out to Richard or Geoff to get involved!

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