Erin Shearer

Erin Shearer’s ( @erinshearer.bsky.social ) review of Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance ( @cambridge.org ) by Nikki M. Taylor

Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...

The second new article is an OPEN ACCESS piece examining violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men by Dr @erinshearer.bsky.social of the @raioxford.bsky.social at the University of Oxford:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Challenging the overseer: enslaved women’s violent resistance in the US antebellum South This article examines violent confrontations between enslaved women and white overseeing men, exploring how enslaved women opposed overseers through the weaponization of objects and fixtures on sit...

Thrilled to see my research published in @anchistjournal.bsky.social!

'Enslaved women were not only violent in their interactions with Southern overseers through avenues of assault, homicide, and attempted murder, they were also armed.'

You can read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Another fantastic BrANCH conference for the ages (our first in Cymru/Wales!)

A big thank you to organisers David and Gareth, Emily and the BrANCH Committee, the kind staff at the Leonardo Hotel, and all of you for making it such a success!

The Transatlantic Slave Trade This course explores the history of the Transatlantic Slave Trade between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the perspective of those who were forcibly uprooted and enslaved on European ships...

Now live! I'm teaching a five week course on the Transatlantic Slave Trade (November-December 25). This is an exciting opportunity to engage with an array of primary materials and to consider slavery from the perspective of those forcibly enslaved. Please share!

www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/the-...

Harriet Tubman Essay Prize — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

The @royalhistsoc.org sponsored @branchuk.bsky.social Harriet Tubman Essay closes soon on the 13th June! Please do get students to submit - details here: www.branch.org.uk/tubmanessayp...

The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective This article centers on the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicized, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery. It argues that ...

@branchuk.bsky.social @baasusso.bsky.social As part of an all too pertinent special edition of American Nineteenth Century History, see: The price of Knowledge: Universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective: "https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14664658.2025.2455208?src=exp-la

A huge thank you to everyone who came to my talk at the IHR last week on enslaved women's poisoning practices in the antebellum South. It was followed by some great questions and discussions! @ihr.bsky.social

Cardiff 2025 — British American Nineteenth Century Historians

We're thrilled to open the call for papers for the 2025 BrANCH Conference, to be held jointly with the British Group in Early American History (BGEAH). This year’s conference will be hosted in Cardiff, Wales on September 12-14, 2025! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Find out more info & how to apply on our website 👇

This paper discusses the imaginative ways enslaved women obtained and used manufactured pharmaceuticals for their own resistive endeavours. In tracing these violent themes, this study showcases enslaved women's knowledge of the scientific and commercial medical culture of the antebellum south.

Dangerous Drugs and Household Toxins: Enslaved Women, Homicide, and Poison in the Antebellum US South

If you want to hear more about the relationship between the burgeoning US pharmaceutical sector of the nineteenth century and enslaved women’s poisoning practices, please sign up for my talk next week at the IHR!

www.history.ac.uk/events/dange...

Women were at the centre of iron age Britain – new find reminds us how misogyny has shaped our view of the past Roman writers found the relative empowerment of Celtic women in British society remarkable. People today shouldn’t.

An interesting study highlighting how modern gender standards influence our understanding of history. I'm reminded of Rebecca Hall's important work on how historical thought exists within an 'echo chamber' which perpetuates gendered understandings on the roles of women in the past.

Serious work event - the annual RAI Bake Off. Fierce competition and delicious bakes. @raioxford.bsky.social

(Special shout out to my own 'Yee-Haw Cupcakes')

Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World This book explores the history of slavery in the Atlantic World through the lens of emotion. Combining methods from the history of emotions with those from slavery studies often for the first time, th...

Excited that our edited collection 'Slavery and Emotions in the Atlantic World' has been published today in book form by Routledge! Thanks to my co-editor Emily West and all the amazing contributors. www.routledge.com/Slavery-and-...

Current work spot @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social 📚 Today I'm researching feminist theories of harm and violence for my next research project

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

16 month US history job going at UCL, with a great selection of modules to boot: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

To help rebuild our community here on bluesky, we've put together a starter pack of UK-based American historians.

Follow along to see what scholars across the pond have to say, and of course do get in touch if you'd like to be added!