Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.

The odds are getting better every day.

‘If I go home, we don’t have enough money’: the low-paid Filipino workers caught up in the war on Iran Filipino carer Mary Ann De Vera was the first victim of the war in Israel, while thousands of others remain in vulnerable positions across the Middle East

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Sad but true. A people forever in the present, looking forever to the future.

Great technique! I was urged to read Coetzee, "Waiting for the Barbarians," while dissertating! Contemporary music doesn't hurt, either!

Thrilled that this joint special forum with @oieahc.bsky.social's William and Mary Quarterly will be out soon! An all-star lineup of scholars offering new interpretations of themes such as religious liberty, citizenship and belonging, sovereignty, and the rule of law during the Revolution

Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2026)

New book review published advance access.

Ryan Hall reviews 'Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States' by Emilie Connolly (Princeton University Press, 2025): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Top three (non-historian) prose stylists?

The empire of rational-choice theory.

Secretary of Tautology.

So excited for this!!

Our American History Sales starts today! Save 30% plus get free shipping on orders over $75 📚

Browse American History titles 👇

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I just wrote a book about a bunch of people whose unfulfilled dreams shaped history. Among the many reasons that we need to study dreams, especially ones that don't come true, is that we need to empower ourselves to dream regardless of the outcome. @adapalmer.bsky.social

Adrian De Leon is a great writer—and prolific! Learned a ton working with him to publish his book “Bundok” and this looks terrific, too.

***Online Virtual Book Event***

Please join our spring Online IEHS Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman.

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My first podcast appearance 🥹

Thank you to @katecarp.bsky.social for having me on to demystify book publicity! I had so much fun yapping about it all and I’m glad we ended on the hill I will die on: books will ALWAYS matter. Culture doesn’t move without ideas and ideas still start on the page.

What a terrible loss - and superb scholar. So very sorry to hear this, and my condolences.

Looking for historical context on tariffs?

Watch the AHA’s Congressional Briefing on C-SPAN, featuring historians @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social.

They explore how federal tariff policy has shaped domestic & global economies. 🗃️

America on Fire &#8220;Not since Angela Davis&#8217;s 2003 book, <em>Are Prisons Obsolete?</em>, has a scholar so persuasively challenged our conventional understanding of the criminal legal system.&#8221; &#8212;Ron...

Elizabeth Hinton, AMERICA ON FIRE: THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF POLICE VIOLENCE AND BLACK REBELLION SINCE THE 1960s

The Cambridge History of War and Society in America | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

My co-editor Jennifer Keene and I are very excited for our volume to come out this summer! Click through the link to see the amazing roster of contributors.

Anti-Colonial Revolution and US Intervention: The Guerra de los Diez Años in Cuba and the Irish American Press, 1868–1878 In 1875, a brutal war had been raging for seven years in Cuba, between the forces of the Spanish regime and nationalist rebels seeking independence. About

Should the US intervene to promote ‘liberty’ in the Western hemisphere? My new article in @diplomatichistory.bsky.social considers Irish Americans as active participants in the debate over whether the US should intervene in the Ten Years War in Cuba (1868-1878)
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Congrats Adrian! Can’t wait to read this!

Balikbayan How migrants imagined a country through their acts of returnWhat does it mean to go back home, especially when “home” is shaped by conquest, labor, and l...

Happy book birthday to BALIKBAYAN: A REVENANT HISTORY OF THE FILIPINO HOMELAND, published with the University of Washington Press (@uwapress.uw.edu).

If you've ordered already, the supply chain fulfillment is taking some time, but it'll get to yall ASAP. :)

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"War and Society: A State of the Field Review," by William Michael Schmidli.
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He's plying his vocation.

What Is To Be Done? Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis a special Issue of @jcwe.bsky.social is available to READ FOR FREE now on @projectmuse.bsky.social.

18 Civil War–era historians reflect on scholarship, teaching & today’s political crisis. Read it now👇

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Employment Positions Available  Acquisitions Editor, History IT & Infrastructure Manager Office Coordinator General Inquiries  If you are seeking

Interested in working in publishing? We have a few open positions right now! Check them out 👇

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I'm not worried, I've seen all the Terminator films.

Book cover of Empire with a Vengeance, by Mark Condos. The coveri mage is a reproduction from the cover of Le Petit Journal, depicting the allied punitive expedition to Baoding during the Boxer Rebellion in China, featuring the execution of a Chinese official and destruction of the city's walls.

Are you interested in how revenge and honour shaped British and French colonial warfare? Then check out my new book, Empire with a Vengeance, published with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.

Available now for pre-order from Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...

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Congrats! Can’t wait to read this!

No standing armies, please.