Historians of American Foreign Relations
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@historyandrew.bsky.social
@lawlorruth.bsky.social
U.S. and global diplomatic and military history | teaching at Cornell, formerly at Cambridge
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@lizingleson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International History at London School of Economics Author of MADE IN CHINA (Harvard University Press, 2024)
@drlauraabelmonte.bsky.social
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech|swimmer|traveler|hiker|golfer|news junkie|dog lover|foodie
@loriclune.bsky.social
Author of Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World (OUP, 2016). Featured in Netflix's Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War. Professor at California State University, Fresno
@fractalpast9.bsky.social
Historian, writer, and editor. Author of "American Power in the Netherlands" (Bloomsbury, 2025). I blog about US empire, history, and culture at fractalpast.com/blog. For editing inquiries: www.fractalpast.com
@davidjmilne.bsky.social
Author of Worldmaking (FSG, 2015) and America's Rasputin (Hill and Wang, 2008). For more see davidmilne.info.
@jrhuntx.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Operations, US Naval War College. Author of THE NUCLEAR CLUB and co-editor of THE REAGAN MOMENT. Views represent neither the US Navy, Department of Defense, nor US government.
@briandelay.bsky.social
Berkeley Historian. Author of War of a Thousand Deserts. For Norton, finishing Aim at Empire: An international History of American Revolutions, through the Barrel of a Gun. Also 2nd Amendment cases. Birds, too. https://history.berkeley.edu/brian-delay
@willgray.bsky.social
Professor of history at Purdue: 20th-Century international history & the global economy. Author of TRADING POWER and GERMANY'S COLD WAR. Current book project follows German economic engagement in Brazil.
@byrnesms.bsky.social
Professor of History at Wofford College. Author, _Radio and the Great Debate over US Involvement in World War II_ (2022)
@vivienlchang.bsky.social
Postdoc at Dartmouth. Historian of decolonization, development, postcolonial Africa, US & the world.
@vgonzalezmaltes.bsky.social
PhD candidate in History - 20th c US immigration and refugee history @ehess, living in Philadelphia
@andreimamolea.bsky.social
Historian of international law and politics | asst prof at BU https://www.bu.edu/pardeeschool/profile/andrei-mamolea/
@ostrovdoktora.bsky.social
Professor of History, University of Oslo| global social policy| working conditions| ILO |humanitarianism| Quaker relief| New book: The Politics of Service. American Quakers and international humanitarian relief 1917-1945 (2024)
@samuelhelfont.bsky.social
Middle East/International history. Newest book: Iraq against the World (OUP, 2023). Naval War College@Naval Postgraduate School. PhD@Princeton. Views my own. https://www.samuelhelfont.com
@hilaryfrancis.bsky.social
Historian @ Northumbria Uni. Nicaragua, oral history, plus side quests
@alexinternational.bsky.social
International historian at UCL. Author of Loyalty and Liberty (2013) and The Open Door Era (2017). Current project is on late-nineteenth-century US imperialism in the Caribbean from the bottom up.
@srmeiners.bsky.social
PhD in History from Cornell studying refugee policy and territorial status adjustment // sometimes a historian of childhood
@zachtayler.bsky.social
Ohio University History Graduate Candidate | US-Vietnamese Relations I Contemporary History Institute (he/him/his)
@amandademmer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Virginia Tech. Current project: a biography of international human rights activist Ginetta Sagan.
@robertkbrigham.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign relations, particularly the Vietnam War. Author most recently of - Reckless: Henry Kissinger and the Tragedy of Vietnam- (PublicAffairs, 2018) and -This is a True War Story: My Improbable History with Vietnam- (Chicago, 2026).
@sarageorgini.bsky.social
Historian & Series Editor, The Adams Papers, MHS. PhD.📚Household Gods, Our Library in Paris, Oxford Handbook of Family History & Genealogy, Americans in Revolution. President, @susih.bsky.social. Views mine, history for all.
@mikeneagle.bsky.social
Historian; Former Reporter; Dad; Husband; Author of “America’s Forgotten Colony: Cuba’s Isle of Pines” (Cambridge University Press) and forthcoming “Chasing Bandits: America’s Long War on Terror” (UNC Press); VP of New England Historical Association
@quraishiphd.bsky.social
Historian of Asian immigration, transnational US, & Cold War (uquraishi.com). New project: US propaganda in Pk. Living near the Gulf of Mexico. Is this the new void into which I 😱?
@renatakeller.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of Latin American History, University of Nevada, Reno. Author of *Mexico’s Cold War*. Co-editor of InterConnections: The Global 20th Century book series at UNC. Forthcoming book on Cuban Missile Crisis https://tinyurl.com/FateAmericas
@honeckmischa.bsky.social
Historian, United States, empire, childhood, gender. Professor, University of Kassel. Mostly nice.
@vietnamwarsongs.bsky.social
Vietnam War Song Project (VWSP) - archive and research on the music of the Vietnam War, 6,000+ songs identified. Founding Editor Dr. Justin A. Brummer - on the hunt for new songs 🎵 🧐 Austin, TX. Est. 2007 https://linktr.ee/vietnamwarsongproject
@isadeli.bsky.social
Researcher, Policy Advisor | United States Foreign Affairs and the Middle East | Security and Defense Policy | PhD in International Relations | usinmena.substack.com
@richardmaass.bsky.social
International Relations prof @ODU @GPIS_ODU US Foreign Policy, Security, Int'l Law, etc. Books: 🦅 The Picky Eagle 🦅 🇺🇸 The US + International Law 🌐
@danmargolies.bsky.social
Historian thinking about música del coronavirus, conjunto, bees, huapangos, cultural sustainability & submerged land. https://danmargolies.com/
@marcus1984.bsky.social
Historian (modern India, technology, foreign relations); editor (Contingent Magazine); advisor (scholarships, fellowships, research)
@vanhoef.bsky.social
IR and political history @erasmusuni | Expert on friendship in international politics, especially US politics and Franco-German relations | #History #International #Relations #Politics | PhD @UniversityLeeds
@tunstallallcock.bsky.social
Historian of the United States at the University of Manchester
@hmaar.bsky.social
Historian, humorist, beer enthusiast! H-Diplo Review Editor. Board Member, Peace History Society. Cold War/Arms Control/abolition/peace activism. Author of Freeze! The Grassroots Movement to Halt the Arms Race and End the Cold War (Cornell UP, 2022)
@nellstra.bsky.social
Historian of transnational politics & religion between US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. Co-founder, histcatmex.bsky.social. Social justice. Foodie. https://nathanellstrand.com/
@syrussolojin.bsky.social
UChicago PhD, historian of the US military in Asia, war, empire, and the everyday work of global power. Kyra's personal chef. Journal article in Diplomatic History, "Afterlives of Orientalism" https://doi.org/10.1093/dh/dhae049
@dovlevin.bsky.social
Asso. Professor of IR, HKU. Foreign election interference (& interventions)|Strategic Public Diplomacy| FP preferences| US Foreign Policy| War & Peace. Book on foreign election interference "Meddling in the Ballot Box" at OUP. Opinions are mine only
@sandipto.bsky.social
Political theorist, @thenewschool.bsky.social Currently, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Author: Legalizing the Revolution, @cambridgeup.bsky.social sandiptodasgupta.com
@jasonhiggins.bsky.social
Digital Scholarship Coordinator/Assistant Prof at Virginia Tech. Author of Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration (UMass Press). Editor. Oral historian. I teach the Vietnam War and African American history. https://shorturl.at/HpPO7
@davidjustice.bsky.social
Historian & educator of US pop culture and diplomacy. First-gen. Husband & dog dad. Music & film aficionado. Not the baseball player.
@stschrader1.bsky.social
cops, counterinsurgency, the cold war, & the color line | author of Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing
@joestieb.bsky.social
Currently asst prof at US Naval war college, soon Asst Prof. of US History at UNC Chapel Hill (incoming, Fall 2025). Basketball, running, cats. Go celtics go heels.
@h-diplo.bsky.social
H-Diplo: diplomatic & international history, and international relations.
@hdichter.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sport History & Sport Management 📚 Bidding for the 1968 Olympic Games; Soccer Diplomacy; Diplomatic Games; Berlin Sports 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, or traveling somewhere www.dmu.ac.uk/heatherdichter
@mwpalen.bsky.social
Historian. Editor, The Imperial & Global Forum. Author, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica. New Yorker “Best Books” list 2024. Financial Times “Best Books of 2024.”
@lydiawalker.bsky.social
Historian of global decolonization at Ohio State Author of STATES-IN-WAITING https://linktr.ee/lydia_walker
@susancolbourn.net
Historian at Duke. Latest book: EUROMISSILES. Still writing about NATO and European security since 1945.
@benjamincoates.bsky.social
History Prof at Wake Forest studying US & the World, empire, law. Writing a history of the Us and economic sanctions. Co-editor, US in the World book series w/Cornell UP. Wrote a book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/legalist-empire-9780190055585
@smacekura.bsky.social
Historian of the United States and the twentieth century world. Professor at Indiana University. Most recent book: The Mismeasure of Progress (Chicago UP). Now working on consultants, contracting, and the U.S. state
@ilariascaglia.bsky.social
History Senior Lecturer at Aston University in Birmingham, UK. Author of The Emotions of Internationalism (OUP, 2020) and co-editor of Archives and Emotions (2024). Internationalism, culture, archives, emotions. Views are mine. https://ilariascaglia.com
@davidfitzgerald.bsky.social
Historian of war, militarization and the US in the world at University College Cork. Author of Uncertain Warriors: The United States Army betwen the Cold War and the War on Terror (https://cambridge.org/9781009235808).
@asamckercher.bsky.social
Hudson Chair in 🇨🇦-🇺🇸 Relations History and Public Policy @Mulroney Institute @St. FX Editor @International Journal Mostly Canada in the World
@sandrascanlon.bsky.social
Historian of the US at University College Dublin Social Movements, Cold War, Vietnam, Iraq, History of American Conservatism, author The Pro-War Movement http://umasspress.com/9781625340184/…
@thegingerprof.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign relations, Iran, & women’s human rights. Author of US Foreign Policy and Muslim Women’s Human Rights @ Penn Press. Writing a book on early 20th c. US-Iran relations. Philly sports fan. Visiting Scholar @ GWU IMES ‘24-‘25 🗃️
@willhitch.bsky.social
Historian | NYT best-selling author | UVa Prof. | Now writing "A SHADOW OVER THE WORLD: FDR, the Rise of Fascism, and America's Road to WW2.” | podcast: https://www.dindanger.org/
@mitchelllerner.bsky.social
Diplomatic historian, Director of East Asian Studies at Ohio State. Former director of Institute for Korean Studies, former SHAFR president. Boxer, hockey player, beer drinker, Democrat, Red Sox fan. Gets hurt a lot (especially lately).
@karinewalther.bsky.social
Historian of US Foreign Relations, Saudi Arabia, missionaries, medicine and development @ Georgetown Qatar 🇵🇸
@laurenfturek.bsky.social
Historian of U.S. foreign relations, human rights, & religion. Associate Professor of History & Director of Museum Studies at Trinity University. Musician and sci fi fan.
@juliairwin.bsky.social
Historian of US foreign aid, disasters, and international humanitarianism. Author of *Making the World Safe* (OUP ’13) and *Catastrophic Diplomacy* (UNC ’24). Co-editor of *InterConnections: The Global 20th Century* (UNC) and *Journal of Disaster Studies*
@robrakove.bsky.social
Historian at Stanford University, author of "Kennedy, Johnson, and the Nonaligned World" and "Days of Opportunity: The United States and Afghanistan Before the Soviet Invasion." It's good to have options.
@mhindley.bsky.social
Rogue history Ph.D. Public servant. World War II, hockey, lipstick, and classic movies. Colorado and Wyoming bred. DC dweller. Author of DESTINATION CASABLANCA (PublicAffairs). Opinions my own.
@econroykrutz.bsky.social
Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)
@malcolmcraig.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in US History @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, historian of the nuclear age, researching #ColdWar era post-apocalypse roleplaying games. #TTRPG designer. You may remember me from such games as #astaterpg, #ColdCity, and #HotWar
@mikecullinane.bsky.social
NJ by birth, Cork by marriage, historian, NY Yankees fan, cocktail lover. Let's talk about Theodore Roosevelt. Or the Gilded Age. Or whiskey. https://shows.acast.com/gildedageandprogressiveera
@meganthrelkeld.bsky.social
Historian of 20thC US; women/gender/law/US & world. Writing a book on legal battles over the draft during Vietnam. She/her; views my own. Books are my happy place.
@dexterfergie.bsky.social
@mbrenes.bsky.social
Historian at Yale.Non-Resident Fellow @cipolicy.bsky.social. New book: “The Rivalry Peril: How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy.” Next: a history of the War on Terror for Grove Atlantic. Avi by @seanandrewmurray.bsky.social.
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
Historian of self-determination, US foreign policy, human rights, decolonization, Indonesia, development, Univ. Connecticut, DIPG dad. #DefeatDIPG
@emleake.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History, Tufts University; chief editor, Journal of Global History; decolonization, borders, South Asian internationalism; www.elisabethmarikoleake.com
@jjjcameron.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Modern North American History at the University of Oslo, Norway. Nuclear strategy and arms control.
@mikekoncewicz.bsky.social
Political Historian of the 1960s and 1970s, Associate Director of NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge (@ipk.bsky.social), Author of They Said No to Nixon and Tom Hayden Biography (forthcoming).
@drewmckevitt.bsky.social
John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
@marydudziak.bsky.social
Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism. https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ #lawsky 🗃
@cmcknichols.bsky.social
Historian, Hayes Chair @OhioState Mershon Ctr Carnegie Fellow 6 Books: Ideology in US Foreign Relations, Rethinking American Grand Strategy, Promise & Peril. Isolationism, Internationalism, Globalization. ⚾️
@historyandrew.bsky.social
Now available on bluesky. Mostly history. Occasional Yacht Rock and sport. Forthcoming 2025: Spinning the World: The Public Relations Industry and American Foreign Relations (Cambridge University Press)