Hi #twitterstorians & #BlackStudies colleagues, I'm helping a student who's writing about photographs of the New York ballroom scene in the late 80s/early 90s. Does anyone know of writing on photos of ballroom culture? Refs for ballroom culture generally also welcome! Thank you.

Pleased to see my first article on forced reproduction out with American Nineteenth Century History ! BrANCH

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The UK government could literally pay every refugee a £30,000 annual salary for life, and it would be cheaper than sending them to Rwanda. We're burning money just to enjoy the cruelty.

With another semester ending, here's your annual reminder that teaching evaluations systemically disadvantage women. Even when controlling for grades and other factors, students (esp. males) consistently give female professors lower scores. This can have serious ramifications.🧵

With all the hectic planning of BAAS (British Association for American Studies), I completely forgot to share that last month I signed the contract for my first ever book with UGA Press ! Now to actually finish writing it ✍️

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us at Digital BAAS this week! Organising a conference is a wild ride, but it’s been so wonderful to hear from so many fantastic speakers! Here’s to the next one! BAAS (British Association for American Studies) #BAAS2024

Thank you everyone that came to #BAAS2024 and made it so great! Award for my favourite interaction of the week goes to Dr. Emily Brady and Chris Lloyd BAAS (British Association for American Studies)

That’s a wrap! Thank you to all who attended, spoke at, or otherwise contributed to making #BAAS2024 a roaring success! Roll on 2025! 🥳

We hope you had a good lunch – maybe while attending the WomenInAmericanStudies session!

Up next this afternoon is the targeted research panel “Racial (De/Re)Generation: Technologies of Capture in Nineteenth-Century America”, chaired by Dr. Xine Yao (she/they) #longCOVID.

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We're proud supporters of the #BAAS2024 digital conference, which starts today ⏰

Delegates, check out our BAAS reading list and 30% discounts👇
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The BAAS (British Association for American Studies) 2024 digital conference kicks off today!

This year’s fully online conference is packed with research panels, roundtables, career development sessions, and networking.

Up first for PGs - a BAAS PGR roundtable chaired by outgoing Postgraduate Rep Emma A Hall!

Today’s the day! ⏰ #BAAS2024

The #DigitalBAAS conference starts tomorrow!

Browse the CAP BAAS (British Association for American Studies) virtual exhibit for some of the best new American Studies publications from Duke University Press NYU Press Indiana University Press Rutgers University Press Cornell University Press Stanford Press and more! ⬇️
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Okay folks Brookes History has got another online seminar for you! Join us to hear edge_law Dr. Alex Powell and Catriona Mackie discuss 'Women in Manx Politics, 1933 - 2001.' 12pm 11th April. All welcome. DM me for the Zoom link.

Just TWO weeks until #BAAS2024 ! Learn more and view the conference programme here: tinyurl.com/digital-BAAS-24 #digitalBAAS

📍Looking forward to talking about my PhD research at CRoLAC research seminar next Tuesday at 12pm at QMUL.

I will specifically thinking through my methodology and sharing some of the initial findings of the oral histories I have done so far.

a very exciting CfP for all postgraduate research students at UK institutions. Send in your abstracts by 1 April and join us for the BASEES Forum for Czech and Slovak Studies at the University of Bristol on Thursday 16th May 2024 🇨🇿🇸🇰

On 10-12 April 2024 BAAS (British Association for American Studies) will host its annual conference *online* in line with its commitments to lower its carbon emissions.
Based on our calculations, we'll save 80 tons CO2 equivalent by taking this decision 💚
And every 3 years, our annual conference will be online

There’s only one week left to submit paper/panel proposals for this year’s conference at Madingley! ⏰

You can find details of how to apply below, don’t miss out!

thinking about this monologue on international womens day and also every other day