To kick-start the Winter Term programme, our first seminar will be taking place on Zoom next week on Tuesday 16 January at 5:30pm (GMT). The paper will be given by Isaac Stephens, Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi umhistory, 3/

'The Oxford Visitation (1647-48): News, Memory and Martyrdom', with a copy of his abstract below: 'Two strands of scholarly enquiry – one on the history of news and the other on the history of martyrdom and persecution – have enriched our understanding of early modern 4/

England. This paper will attempt to link these strands through a case study of the Oxford Visitation, Parliament’s program initiated in the late 1640s to reform and purge the university of supporters of the crown and episcopacy. Contemporary coverage of the program by 5/

Reformation’ as an interpretive device.' To sign up for Isaac's paper to receive the Zoom link, please go to this link history.ac.uk/events/oxford-… and follow the signing up instructions there. We look forward to seeing you there! 8/

Ready to turn your summer into a career-building adventure?☀️ Check out these 4 tips and tricks for navigating your internship search like a pro!🙌🏻

Just over three weeks remain to submit your work for our Wiley-Silver Prize for the best first book in Civil War history! Deadline is 2/23. Please share widely! The Society of Civil War Historians SCWHECC UNC Press LSU Press @UGAPress @OUPHistory UVA Press Cambridge University Press civilwarcenter.olemiss.edu/wileysilverboo…

Happy to share that I've been accepted to transition directly into the doctoral program in history here at Ole Miss starting this fall! umhistory

Estherine Adams 🇬🇾 Dr. Estherine Adams 🇬🇾 scoops Guyana Prize for Literature 2023 for non-fiction. Estherine was an outstanding researcher on the University of Guyana - OFFICIAL University of Leicester Guyana collaboration funded by Economic and Social Research Council, also completing her PhD at umhistory. Congrats! History at Leicester College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Mark your calendars for our 2024 Burnham Lecture! On March 28, Dr. Joseph Glatthaar (UNC History) will speak on Union soldiers' interactions with and attitudes toward African Americans. Please join us at 5pm in the Overby Auditorium! umhistory UM Liberal Arts

Happy Spring Break Pharm Rebs! We miss you ❤️

It's official! My first book, An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South, is real and out in the world. I'm delighted to share this project with you all via @OUPHistory. You can get 30% with the code AAFLYG6 through Friday, 3/20, here: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

I owe much to many people for making this book possible. Thanks to Susan Ferber and the team @OUPHistory for doing such a great job with the book, and to Caroline Janney of Nau Civil War Center, @R_J_Bell, and @DainaRameyBerry for their extremely generous blurbs.

@OUPHistory Nau Civil War Center @R_J_Bell @DainaRameyBerry I'm grateful to the faculty UVA History who helped set me on this path, to those UNC History who trained me as a student of history, and to my friends and colleagues Christopher Newport University and Center for American Studies at CNU for their extraordinary support and to those umhistory for helping make Oxford home.

Big congratulations to Dr. Robert Colby on the publication of his first book 🎉📚👏🏻 It’s titled “An Unholy Traffic: Slave Trading in the Civil War South.” We are so proud of him for achieving this incredible milestone!

What a pleasure it was to host Dr. Joseph Glatthaar last week for our 2024 Burnham Lecture! Thanks to Dr. Glatthaar for a stimulating talk, and to all those who attended.

Next Thursday (4/25), please join us for a lecture by Dr. Caroline Janney of Nau Civil War Center and UVA History drawing on her award winning book Ends of War! The event will take place at 5pm in the Overby Center Auditorium. All are welcome! umhistory UM Liberal Arts

What a pleasure to have my book, An Unholy Traffic, reviewed in The Guardian today. Check it out and pick up a copy via @OUPHistory. theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

It was a pleasure to have Dr. Caroline Janney of Nau Civil War Center and UVA History visit Oxford last week to speak on her award-winning book Ends of War. Thanks to all who came out to the lecture, and stay tuned for more exciting events in the coming months!

Happy #pubday to "EMPIRE OF COMMERCE: The Closing of the Mississippi and the Opening of Atlantic Trade" by Susan Gaunt Stearns! A groundbreaking study situating the Mississippi River valley at the heart of the early American republic’s political economy upress.virginia.edu/title/5845/

Closing out the week with this exciting new book by my umhistory colleague Susan Gaunt Stearns via UVA Press.