Historian of slavery, resistance, and gender.
Fellow-in-Residence at the Rothermere American Institute; Associate Tutor at Oxford Lifelong Learning; Associate Tutor at the University of Warwick.
Erin Shearer
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The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW
This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
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....
Delighted that my latest article in @anchistjournal.bsky.social, 'Challenging the Overseer', has been shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize ⭐
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-...
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....
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!
Erin Shearer’s ( @erinshearer.bsky.social ) review of Brooding Over Bloody Revenge: Enslaved Women’s Lethal Resistance ( @cambridge.org ) by Nikki M. Taylor
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...
@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
Thrilled that @erinshearer.bsky.social's article from ANCH @anchistjournal.bsky.social is shortlisted for this award. 2 years in a row ANCH authors have been listed here, and we're proud to support ECR colleagues getting their work published. Do think of us for your work! @branchuk.bsky.social
Royal Historical Society
Erin Shearer
Erin Shearer
Erin Shearer
American Nineteenth Century History Journal
BrANCH
The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW
This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
LABOR: Studies in Working-Class History
Aisha Djelid
The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW
This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
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...
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...
www.tandfonline.com
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...
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 ...
