Great afternoon in Cambridge at a Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center alumni gathering - really interesting to hear about the importance of arts and humanities libraries & archives today! I loved my time as an AHRC fellow at the Kluge Center in 2008 - invaluable to my PhD studies 📚 👨‍🎓

Really valuable day at the Association for Citizenship Teaching Conference today - my first time attending, even though I finished my PGCE in History and Citizenship 20 years ago! 😬 Lots of new ideas, links and contacts #ACTCON25 #Citizenship

Great to hear from Rory Stewart and Sonia Sodha about the state of the UK and the world tonight - lots to discuss in Politics lessons between now and the end of term! Plus a signed copy of Rory’s book to read on my way home! Thanks to Duolingo for organising it all!

Almost the end of term - many conferences and meetings at this time of year!

JOB ALERT: a position on the editorial board of American Nineteenth Century History Journal - please do apply and/or repost and share this with colleagues! #twitterstorians 📚 ✒️ branch.org.uk/anch

Excellent History & Politics school trip first day in Belfast - the powerful Titanic Experience, the harrowing Crumlin Road Gaol, and great talks from Ashok Malhotra at Queen's University Belfast and Scott Cuthbertson from The Rainbow Project 😃

Fascinating tour of Derry-Londonderry today (School Trip, Day Two) with Jimmy Toye - a really outstanding guide with firsthand experience of Bloody Sunday - followed by a trip to the Museum of Free Derry - quite a day

Great final day on our school trip to Northern Ireland - a visit to the Northern Ireland Assembly where we had a fascinating Q&A with David Brooks MLA and then a brilliant walking tour of the city - exhausted but a real learning experience all round!

25 years of researching US history and politics and my fifth book is almost done - Happy Birthday USA and thanks for being endlessly fascinating 🇺🇸 🥳

On a rainy day, here are the historical highlights of Roscommon - Sacred Heart Church, Castle and Abbey 🏰 ⛪️ 🇮🇪

Great tour of the marvellous Exeter Cathedral - well worth a visit for any historians in the West Country ⛪️

Lovely afternoon in Totnes and Teignmouth today - Devon is looking good 🏰 🏖️the volunteer at the Totnes Guildhall tried to recruit me for a local rugby team - I’ll take that as a compliment 😂 🏉

Really interesting to hear two of the Green Party leadership hopefuls at a hustings in Brighton tonight - Ellie Chowns and Zack Polanski - as a non member it was a privilege to be able to hear their visions for the party - many thanks 🙏

Was great fun to talk with Education Week about presidents, sports and fitness a few days ago 🏉 ⚾️ 🇺🇸

Excited to see the proofs of our edited document collection arrive today from Routledge Books - almost there! 😃 📚 routledge.com/American-Imper…

🎉Great news 🎉 We (UT Knoxville) are hiring in American Political Institutions! Join our amazing dept on Rocky Top! I am not on the committee, but am happy to answer questions and will be at APSA! apply.interfolio.com/171457