Ronald Angelo Johnson

I’m excited that *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) received the Honor Award for Most Significant Scholarly Book from the Texas Institute of Letters! 📚

Tomorrow in SAN ANTONIO, l’ll be talking about *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) with @laurenfturek.bsky.social & the Trinity University community. Join the conversation! events.trinity.edu/event/lennox...

CNN legend Christiane Amanpour, the network’s chief international anchor, said that she will sign off from CNN next June

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my book *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social)🎂📚 It’s been a great first year! Thanks to my @baylorhistory.bsky.social colleagues & the American Antiquarian Society team for celebrating with me. 🙏🏾

TWO WEEKS! Join the conversation with the @baylor.bsky.social community about the American Revolution & my book *Entangled Alliances* @cornellupress.bsky.social 📚🇺🇸🎙️ library.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2...

I’m SO looking forward to this discussion!

Academic here, yeah I know it’s September still!

Enjoyed talking about Diplomacy & the Declaration at Museum of the American Revolution’s “The Declaration’s Journey” convening 📜🌍

PSA from the New Hampshire and Vermont Journal, 1794: “Universal justice is universal interest. The most enlarged happiness of one people, by no means require the degradation or destruction of another.” 📰🇺🇸 Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society

Tonight at the American Antiquarian Society 📚🎙️ Join the conversation: www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...

Sincere thanks to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute community for a warm & engaging Constitution Day Lecture event. 🙏🏾📜🇺🇸

“Loving a subject is a true advantage in a teacher. If you enjoy talking about your field, you will never treat a question or a questioner as dumb.” ~ Stephen L. Carter

Honored to be a part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute Scholarly Advisory Board.

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Looking forward to sharing this Thursday’s #constitutionday event with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute community. 📜

My gratitude to the British, Irish, and Empire Studies Program at the University of Texas at Austin for an AMAZING Friday afternoon gathering to discuss my book *Entangled Alliances* @cornellupress.bsky.social as part of the 1776 Lecture Series. 📚🎙️

Looking forward to discussing parts of my book (@cornellupress.bsky.social) with the @utaustin.bsky.social community this Friday. 📚🎙️ liberalarts.utexas.edu/bies/events/...

A joy to join panel to discuss African Americans & the fate of democracy during the Age of Revolutions at the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) conference in Bologna with scholars Ousmane Power-Greene, Claire Bourhis-Mariotti & Cristina Bon.

A joy to join panel to discuss African Americans & the fate of democracy during the Age of Revolutions at the European Association for American Studies (EAAS) conference in Bologna with scholars Ousmane Power-Greene, Claire Bourhis-Mariotti & Cristina Bon.

New job: Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship 2027-2028: Humanities Plural Emory University jobs.h-net.org/jobs/70286

Come be my colleague! My department is searching for an assistant professor of the history of science. I am chairing the search and am happy to answer questions. Deadline is tomorrow! networks.h-net.org/jobs/70099/a...

#ICYMI: The Pentagon agreed to keep three Stars and Stripes employees on administrative leave for another week to allow the court to weigh in on their lawsuit alleging wrongful termination. #Flashes

In a couple of weeks I will be talking about COMMON SENSE at the Institute for Thomas Paine Studies at Iona University, alongside NY State Supreme Court Justice the Hon. Mark Dillon. We will discuss Paine and Constitution, and how in America (you guessed it), THE LAW IS KING!

Unsolicited Writing Advice, no. 20: We do so many things mindlessly: background music; scrolling; TV; eating and drinking without really thinking what we're doing. Stop for a minute. Go for a walk. Leave your phone behind. Find some greenery. Listen. Breathe. Feel. Reconnect. The WIP will thank you.

I'm excited to begin this year as the 2026-27 Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the American Antiquarian Society.

Carrying this legacy means everything. #MacalesterCollege

Wonderful time talking about my book *Entangled Alliances* (@cornellupress.bsky.social) in relation to the American Revolution Institute’s #America250 exhibit “Voices of Revolution.” 📚

I’m talking about *Entangled Alliances* @cornellupress.bsky.social in Washington DC on 13 August at the Society of the Cincinnati. 📚 www.societyofthecincinnati.org/event/lectur...

“Bad Bunny’s performance reflects strength of Puerto Rican roots in music & the Black Atlantic as resistance to empire.” @baylorhistory.bsky.social PhD student Kayla Becknuss has great piece in *Black Perspectives* on the Super Bowl, empire & cultural resistance. www.aaihs.org/rhythms-of-r...

Author @wemilteer.bsky.social talking about his latest book 📚🎙️

"Miss the vernacular roots of the 4th of July speech & you miss why it has lasted. That's the lineage worth claiming on the country’s 250th birthday." An engaging essay on Frederick Douglass's famous speech from @baylorhistory.bsky.social PhD student Russell Crosthwait. www.aaihs.org/the-black-in...

Excited to get an advance copy of @laurenarrington.bsky.social’s book, out in December from @stmartinspress.bsky.social!

Excited about this @shearites.bsky.social 2026 panel “Validating the Medical Profession: Patients, Practitioners, and Clashing Epistemologies in the Early Republic” featuring @baylorhistory.bsky.social PhD candidate Savannah Flanagan.

Looking forward to delivering the @oieahc.bsky.social keynote lecture “DIPLOMATIC DISAGREEMENT: REVOLUTIONARY FOUNDATIONS FOR DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES IN US FOREIGN POLICY” next week at the Transatlantic Studies Association conference in Williamsburg, VA.

“Black Catholics formed the Society of the Holy Family, a center of Catholic & Black religious life in Baltimore.” @baylorhistory.bsky.social PhD student Philip Chivily published this lovely research piece in America - The Jesuit Review. Nice work, Phil! www.americamagazine.org/faith-and-re...

“The library is a place that promotes intellectual curiosity. Books inspire people to learn, to seek the truth, to verify information, instead of simply accepting what we’re told.” 📚 ~ Patricia Sargeant / Olivia Matthews

Haitian scholar-diplomat Weibert Arthus wrote a piece in @lenouvelliste.bsky.social about our @oah.org 2026 conference panel—including @dawnd.bsky.social—on Rayford Logan’s *The Diplomatic History of the United States with Haiti* from @uncpress.bsky.social. 🇺🇸🇭🇹📚 lenouvelliste.com/en/article/2...

*Entangled Alliances* spotted hanging out at the Monticello bookstore, just in time for the 4th of July. 📚🇺🇸🎆

Delighted to share I’ll be the 2026-27 Mellon Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the @amantiquarian.bsky.social completing my book “We Are All Equal” (under contract with @princetonupress.bsky.social)

Exciting! 📚

The 2026 SHAFR Summer Institute is underway! 16 junior scholars, 5 days, and a steady supply of buckeyes!

Missed our recent conversation with Paul Polgar and Ronald A. Johnson? Then visit https://vastearly.am/4uIvlcU to watch the replay of “Teaching about Slavery & Emancipation in the Age of Revolutions”. #Slavery #Emancipation #VastEarlyAmerica #Juneteenth @tuftshistorydept @baylorhistory

Enjoyed talking with Paul Polgar about each other’s books. 📚🎙️ Listen in: youtu.be/JR7j0ZrNryw?...

Join us as we team up with the @amphilsociety.bsky.social for the launch of the SHEAR Civics Exchange! The event titled: "Civic Engagement in the Revolutionary City, 1776 and 2026," will take place on Wednesday 7/15 from 6pm-7:30pm. Register to attend here: www.amphilsoc.org/events/civic...

This phenomenal documentary film featuring some brilliant scholars & artists is streaming NOW on @pbs.org across the United States. 🎥🇺🇸🍿Check it out: www.pbs.org/video/becomi...

New book loading from @rachelshelden.bsky.social with @uncpress.bsky.social 📚

“While Galveston is rightly renowned as the birthplace of #Juneteenth, Houstonians played an equally foundational role in the origins of the holiday.” New research on #Juneteenth from @wcaleb.org: www.alliancefortexashistory.org/juneteenth