Dr Megan Hunt
@_Megan_Hunt_
US South, civil rights, whiteness & cinema @HCAatEdinburgh📕SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD (2024). Committee @HOTCUS Views own, obvz. She/her.
My book has a cover (and proofs!). See you in November! @UGAPress @HCAatEdinburgh
Call for Papers University of Edinburgh Southern History Workshop Coming through the Fire: Change and Continuity in the American South June 6, 2025 Submission deadline: Feb 28, 2025
7th day of @Phil_Football Christmas reads 'Anti-Racism in Britain' most timely historical survey of anti-racism in Britain. Just one request to publisher @ManchesterUP tho', this excellent title deserves cheaper paperback edition, pronto. philosophyfootball.com/news.html @theopwilliams
We're hiring! Just advertised a new Research Fellow post - 3 years, £40,247/annum - funded via the AHRC-DFG project ‘University Students as Migrants: A New History of Educational Mobility in Western Europe, 1960s–1980s’. Deadline for application is 2 Jan. work4.northumbria.ac.uk/#en/sites/CX_1…
*Anti-racism in Britain: traditions, histories and trajectories*, edited by @saffdoeshistory @GraceRedhead and me, is out with @ManchesterUP this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171115/
Lovely surprise to receive my copy of this important volume today! Thanks and congrats to the editors @theopwilliams @saffdoeshistory @GraceRedhead
I'm delighted that @sgsah is going to be funding an internship at @natlibscot looking at one of our "hidden collections" of US politics material!! It's open to any 2nd/3rd year PhDs in Scotland (no need to be SGSAH-funded)- closing date 15th Nov!😊 sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/i_ar/2025/…
Our annual conference CfP is open for submissions! This year we offer BOTH a postgrad workshop (Feb 28) & conference the next day (March 1) hosted @EdinburghUni. See details at buff.ly/3r0Da1V & attached! Submit by January 10! #AmericanStudies #Conference #Callforpapers
And while you're on the @UGAPress website, why not pick up a copy of @_Megan_Hunt_'s "Southern By the Grace of God," also published today! ugapress.org/book/978082036…
It’s publication day for Southern by the Grace of God! Spotted here in the wild at the recent @TheSouthernSHA. If you’re interested in cinema, civil rights, whiteness and southern stereotypes, then this might just be the book for you!
We're hiring in early American history (pre-1820)! We're only asking for a CV and a cover letter at this stage, and applications are due two weeks from today. I'm chairing the search, so please feel free to reach out with any questions. h-net.org/jobs/job_displ…
Teaching and Research Fellowship in modern Latin American History at the University of Edinburgh elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… (18 months from January, because this is a replacement post for a colleague who will be away on a fellowship. Closing date 31 October.
Another reminder that we are hosting an info-session on Friday at 10am (BST) for anyone interested in participating in the HOTCUS sponsored panel at @SHAFRhistorians 2025 which is due to take place between the 26-28 June in Washington DC
4. Save the date: HOTCUS Annual Conference, June 18-20, 2025. The 2025 Annual HOTCUS Conference will take place at Lancaster University on June 18-20, 2025. The CFP will be released in December 2024
3. HOTCUS Winter Symposium, Friday February 21, 2025 - Gloucestershire The Symposium will reflect on the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and the significant impact of the war on American life, history, and culture. Please look out for the CFP soon. hotcus.org.uk/events/winter-…
CFP: 1945/2025. Reflections on the Second World War. One-day colloquium @SWWStudiesEdin Edinburgh, 9 May 2025. Keynote @CPenistonBird. Deadline for abstracts 6 Dec 2024; details below:
The American History Workshop at Edinburgh is underway for another year, and all sessions will be available to join online. View our Semester 1 schedule here & get in touch if you'd like to join our mailing list!: hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/ev… @HCAatEdinburgh