Writing Editing

Never have I seen Reviewer 2 use the word "brilliant" so much as the project that @CindyErmus and company have cooking!

New global early modern focus for the HLQ - now under the excellent stewardship of Brett Rushforth as editor. A great option to consider when you are pondering your journal submission options: pennpress.org/journals/journ…

Congrats to Sara E. Johnson for winning the American Historical Association J. Russell Major Prize in French History for Encyclopédie Noire: The Making of Moreau de Saint-Méry’s Intellectual World! Check out Dr Alyssa #MovingWhereTheSkyIsBlue Sepinwall 's review of the book here: ageofrevolutions.com/2024/02/12/fle…

In a class yesterday, a student asked if Napoleon was holding a baby deer during the coup of 18 Brumaire or whether this was some kind of symbolism by the artist. Even though I *know* it’s his hat (right?), I now can’t unsee this.

The CFP for the upcoming Consoetium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 has an extended deadline for submission of December 1! Send us your proposals! revolutionaryera.org/conference

With the end of the semester approaching, you may be wondering how to get useful feedback from your students. Here’s how I’ve gone about it. Inside Higher Ed insidehighered.com/advice/2022/04…

“just a little more reading then I can start writing”

Several new books have come out on the Age of Revolutions. Roberto Breña's review of two books points towards obvious gaps and new directions. Check it out! ageofrevolutions.com/2024/12/16/the…

How can Charles Tilly's socio-historical theories help us to understand counter revolution? Jiří Juhász explores Tilly, revolution, and the Arab Spring. ageofrevolutions.com/2024/12/23/los…

It's been a great year in publishing revolutionary content. Want to see what the top articles of 2024 on Age of Revolutions? Click the link! ageofrevolutions.com/2024/12/30/top…

First up from the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era's 2024 Selected Papers is Joanna Gorska's "Identifying the Siberian Indigene: The Intersection of Class and Ethnicity in mid-19th Century Russia"!!! ageofrevolutions.com/2025/02/10/ide…

Peter Hicks (Fondation Napoléon) explores a new angle to Napoleon's clandestine activities while in exile. Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 ageofrevolutions.com/2025/02/17/new…

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars forced military strategists to reconsider all aspects of war. Michael Rastaszański explores how William Duane imagined the future of war in our next selected paper from the 2024 Consortium on the Revolutionary Era, 1750-1850 ageofrevolutions.com/2025/02/24/pro…

Erica Johnson explores sociologist Nathan Hare revolutionary roots in Oklahoma and his role in the rise of Black Studies in her essay “From Oklahoma to San Francisco: Nathan Hare and the Unexpected Origins of Black Studies in the United States.” ageofrevolutions.com/2025/04/21/fro…

James A. Dun shares a record of 4,428 discrete voyages between Philadelphia and a variety of Dominguan/Haitian ports for scholars to explore. Click for Dun's introduction to the project (with a BONUS StoryMap!) ageofrevolutions.com/2025/04/28/ame…

Check out our review of Mother Country Radicals, a podcast about the Weather Underground Organization, who declared war on the United States government. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/07/21/pod…

What happens when justice becomes performance? Dive into the British Army’s use of show trials and the legal theater behind military discipline. ageofrevolutions.com/2025/09/02/sho…

My kid has a great opportunity to play in the Marching Band at Dollywood at the end of the year. If you like to support these kinds of things, consider buying some popcorn or something else! poppinpopcornonline.com/store/store.ph…

Time travel! Pre order a copy of our Age of Revolutions book, coming with UVA Press in February 2026! upress.virginia.edu/title/10176/