And we're off... halfway through our first panel on Enslavement and Forced Mobilities. Grateful to @anastruillou.bsky.social for organising such a great workshop!

Tomorrow! Join us for a workshop on connections between North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Organised by Dr. @anastruillou.bsky.social (KCL) and Dr. Kaja Cook (Royal Holloway). Online and in person! We still have some in person tickets available. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/mexic...

We're delighted to be launching Prof. Jonathan Sheehan's latest book - On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice from the Sacred to the Secular. Join us on 10th June at 17:30. Full details below. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/on-th...

I'll be discussing some of my work on John Satia and London's 1731 ban on Black apprenticeship next Monday. If you'd like to attend, get in touch and I can forward along the Zoom details and the work in progress.

⭐️ Our final Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshop of the 2025-26 year is on 3rd June! ⭐️ Are you doing archival research for a degree or work? Or just want to learn more about how to research at TLA? Then come along! Book your place using the link 👇

Friday 22nd May! A one-day workshop on the Iberian Atlantic and North Africa. Organised by Dr. @anastruillou.bsky.social and Dr. Kaja Cook. Full details below. Online spaces still available, waiting list active for in person attendance. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/mexic...

Join us next week for our next 'Race and the Early Modern' seminar. We'll be discussing a paper by @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social on John Satia and the ban on Black Apprenticeship. The pre-circulated materials will be sent out later today. Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Join UCL's Early Modern Exchanges to celebrate the launch of 'The Radical Spanish Empire' by Jorge Canizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters. 13th May @ 6pm. Full details below!

A reminder that the 'Race in the Early Modern Seminar' is hosting PGR lightning talks on 8th June. If you'd like to present, please submit a bio and paper abstract by 1st May. Full details below! @folger.edu @kingsartshums.bsky.social kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Dr. Moosa's work-in-progress has been circulated. If you'd like to attend, please register below. Email us and we'll send over the link to the WIP.

Looking forward to discussing this paper next week. Still time to sign up and receive the WIP...

Our MA Early Modern Studies trains you in palaeography, book history & archival research skills, plus options in information & literary studies, history & language. Join us for a taster lecture, learn more about the course & ask questions 📅1 May 2-3:30pm BST online app.geckoform.com/events-embed...

We are pleased to be supporting the "Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions Between the Iberian Atlantic and the Magreb" workshop Taking place 22 May 2026 @cemskcl.bsky.social For programme and registration see: pastandpresent.org.uk/registration...

Join us next Monday at 17:00GMT/12:00EST for our next 'Race in the Early Modern' seminar. We're delighted to be joined by Dr. @hassanamoosa.bsky.social. Dr. Moosa's WIP will be circulated later this week. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Join us on May 22nd for a workshop on early modern North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Online and in person!

Deadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. Deadline: 7th April kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

Great theme for this year's CEMS Colloquium. We'll be thinking about periodisation. What do we mean by early modernity? How do we periodise across disciplines? What is the point of early modern studies in 2026? CfP currently live - deadline 07.04 kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

#CfP: Annual @cemskcl.bsky.social "Periodizing the Early/Modern", KCL, 11 June 2026. Abstracts by 7 April 2026 This year’s colloquium is on ‘Periodizing the Early/Modern' & organised by Hannah Crawforth, Sarah Lewis, Lucy Munro, & @hsmurphy.bsky.social rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #Skystorians

Jeunes chercheurs en histoire moderne, la deadline est fixée à la semaine prochaine !

CEMS workshop on interactions between North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Organised by Dr. Ana Struillou and Dr. Kaja Cook. A day of panels on subjects ranging from forced labour to knowledge exchange to migration. Scheduled 22nd May. Sign up below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/mexic...

Deadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. Deadline: 7th April kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

⚠️Register before 12 April ⚠️ Marking Music: the Use of Music Books in Early Modern Europe 11–12 May 2026 @cemskcl.bsky.social & online For scholars of music, book history & related to explore how people engaged with books containing music in early modern period. www.tickettailor.com/events/aheve...

CfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs. Deadline: 7th April Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

The intimacies of calligraphy, self-actualisation through writing, and fiction in life writing. A wonderful evening in a great setting with Prof. Abigail Williams on non-elite reading and writing in the long eighteenth century. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social

Really looking forward to our event next week. Come along to hear about non-elite reading practices in the long eighteenth century.

A reminder that our talk with Prof. Abigail Williams takes place next Wednesday at 17:30! Prof. Williams will be speaking about her work on non-elite reading practices in the long 18th century. Full details and registration details available below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/in-th...

It's world book day! To celebrate, here are three recent publications by incredible colleagues @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingschostm.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social running the gamut from #EarlyModern to #HistSTM 🗃️

We're delighted to be welcoming Prof. Abigail Williams to CEMS on 18th March. She'll be delivering a talk on the reading practices of non-elites in the long eighteenth century. Join us if you can. Full details below! 18 March, 17:30 kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/in-th...

Deadline tomorrow! Send in your expressions of interest.

Working on a first journal article? We're hosting our annual first article workshop in May. A great opportunity to receive and understand the peer review process. Apply by Feb 27th. Full details below! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-f...

📖 On 18 March, Professor Abigail Williams explores how we might use the material traces of past non-elite readers to better understand the relationship between literacy and selfhood in early modern England. 🔗 Register ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/events/in-th... @kingsenglish.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social

Our next seminar takes place 2nd March. We'll be discussing a WIP by Dr. Elise Mitchell (Swarthmore College (@bydreamphd.bsky.social). To receive the WIP in advance, please register by next Monday! kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

The Song of Songs: Poetry in History 10 April 2-5pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social How does poetry work in the medieval and early modern and other worlds? This workshop will take the example of the Biblical Song of Songs. www.ucl.ac.uk/early-modern...

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026 We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700). www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026. Please see the poster for further information!

We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up! Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections. 📍 The London Archives 📅 1 April + 3 June 🕛️ 1-4:30pm

Tomorrow at 14:00! CEMS online workshop on applying for early modern postdocs. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/apply...

Excellent start to this new seminar this evening as Dr. Patricia Akhimie spoke about her work on the upcoming Folger exhibition on Black women and Shakespeare. #EarlyModern 🗃️ This thread contains details about future seminars - sign up now! 👇

Thanks to everyone who came to our inaugural seminar! It was wonderful to hear from Dr. Akhimie and to discuss the upcoming exhibition @folger.edu. Our next session will be on 2nd March. We'll be joined by Dr. Elise Mitchell. Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

Really pleased to see this come together. Particularly keen to highlight our CfP for PGR lightning talks in June.

This looks excellent #earlymodern

Delighted to announce our seminar - 'Race and the Early Modern' - now has a full schedule of events. We'll be convening monthly to discuss research on race, racemaking, and racialisation across #earlymodern studies. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @folger.edu kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the...

An opportunity to get practical and constructive feedback on postdoc applications, workshopped anonymously in this online webinar - deadline for drafts tomorrow! #EarlyModern #ECR 🗃️

Deadline to submit draft application is this Wednesday (4th Feb)! We're hosting a webinar on drafting applications for postdoc fellowships on 12th Feb. Your application will be reviewed and discussed by assessors and successful applicants. Full details below.

Just a few days left to submit a draft application! This is an opportunity to receive feedback on postdoc applications from assessors. We'll discuss this feedback during the session. Online and open to all!

Tomorrow at 15:00 we'll be hosting a workshop on Doing a PhD in Early Modern Studies. Join us to hear from current and recent PhD students. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/doing...

Join TLA for PGR lightning talks - 11th Feb @ 17:00!

Some great workshops this term. Join us if you can.

A 🧵 of CEMS events and opportunities this term! Next Tuesday at 14:00 we'll be hosting a workshop on doing a PhD. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/doing...