Historian of class and capital in the American Revolution. *Empire Ablaze* out in summer 2026 https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/3442-empire-ablaze. Previously, *Gentlemen Revolutionaries* (Princeton, 2017).
Tom Cutterham
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Permanent lectureship in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. FT, £42-58k, closing date 30 June 26, starting Sept 26 onwards.
For international people, this is equivalent to a tenure-track Assistant Lectureship.
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(May also be of interest to @long18thsem.bsky.social colleagues!)
Hello London! This Thursday (4 June, 5.30pm) I'll be talking at the @ihr.bsky.social North American History Seminar about "Liberty, Dissent, and the Internal Enemy in Britain's American Revolution" www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
The American Revolution was linked to a surge of working-class political activity on both sides of the Atlantic.
The struggle against British rule unfolded in tandem with another struggle over who would dominate the post-independence US.
For @jacobinmag.bsky.social, I wrote about the transatlantic class struggle entangled with the American Revolution: jacobin.com/2026/05/amer...
Shedding 608 academic posts but creating 75 new managerial posts. No clear answers as to what those posts are, who they will go to, and why we need them.
Solidarity with University of Nottingham staff beginning their 61 days of strike action today.
I share their deep concerns about the impacts of 600+ proposed job cuts and 40+ proposed course closures on staff, students, and our city. [1/2]
Today someone from Marketing put up a list of courses that deserve marketing. Obviously humanities subjects weren’t on it. Only courses that don’t need marketing will be marketed because the market decides. Everyone else in the room applauded.
