De gegevens van duizenden WIC-opvarenden zijn nu online te doorzoeken #wicopvarenden wic-opvarenden.dekok.xyz/browse

I'm excited to share that my new book ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS: Constructing Religion and Criminalizing Obeah in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica is coming out with @dukepress.bsky.social in October!

Konf: Österreich-Ungarn im weltweiten Kolonialsystem https://www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-157014 Wien, 10.10.2025-11.10.2025, Doctoral School of Historical and Cultural Studies, Universität Wien; Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte, Collegium Hungaricum Wien; ELTE Forschungszentrum …

#CallforPapers #CfP AI AND ARTWORKS: OBJECT DETECTION, IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND ICONOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS Vienna, 16-17 April 2026 We address our call to all researchers and scientists. Proposal (approximately 300 words) and a short CV (maximum 100 words) by 31 October 2025 to indico.global/event/15085/

The Institute for Habsburg and #BalkanStudies ist looking for a new DIRECTOR WITH TENURE (F/M/X). The successful candidate will bring expertise primarily in the history of the #earlymodern #HabsburgMonarchy in its #CentralEuropean context. For further information see: www.oeaw.ac.at/jobs?jh=xad3...

Delighted to announce that my new article, "Dialogic Depositions: Finding Black Women’s Presence in Spanish Colonial Legal Records," is here! Thanks to the RQ editors and staff for their assistance and support.

Is it possible to survive a violent system without becoming part of it? Drivers—enslaved people forced to discipline others—walked this tightrope every day. In Ep. 418, historian Randy Browne brings us into their world. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/418 #SlaveryStudies #EarlyAmerica #History

🎧 If you missed our last Joseph C. Miller Memorial #Lecture by Phil Withington, you can now find the #recording on #Youtube! Follow the link 👉https://youtu.be/clxMJRv4GDM @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Congratulations to David Brandon Smith, who is the first one to complete the DEI Certificate offered by the BCDSS! You can read his personal reflection here 👇 www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/en/outreach/...

Born free in 1766, James Forten helped build the nation—and challenged it to live up to its promises. 📜 Ep. 352 tells the story of one man’s fight for liberty, equality, and justice. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/352 #FoundingEra #VastEarlyAmerica #History #Revolution250

Demain au #Jeudi de l'institut avec Rebekka von Mallinckrodt (univ. Brême) : Entre altérité et intimité. L’#esclavage en Allemagne à l’#époquemoderne Commentaire: Myriam Cottias (EHESS) 12 juin | 18h | format hybride | ALL-FR […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

Don’t miss our #JCMM #Lecture with Marcy Norton on how colonial views of animals shaped understandings of Indigenous practices and their impact on communities before and after colonization. 🗓️17 June 2025 ⏱️16:15 CET 📍In person: Adenauerallee 131, 53113 Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @upenn.edu

Enfances coloniales, apprentissages transculturels & trajectoires de vie dans l’#Atlantique français (XVIIe–XVIIIe siècles). Ulrike Krampl (univ. Tours) au prochain séminaire d'#histoiremoderne 17.06. | 16h | format hybride […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

My book launch @dependencybonn.de on June 12 follows by a reception!! See you if you are around.

It’s here! And it matches the colour of my living room! A huge thank you to everyone who helped get to this point. It is quite surreal to have it sitting on my shelf. If you, too, want a copy (matching walls not provided) head over to edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-transat...

Call for Papers is out! I'm co-organizing a transdiciplinary workshop on "Officer Disobedience in Military Organizations across Epochs and Cultures" next year in Bonn (subject to funding coming through). If you're working on this or know someone who does we'd be very pleased to hear from you.

Are you a student and would you like to work at the IISH? This is your chance! Apply now for one of our student assistant positions: 👉 Two Student Assistant Positions for Projects on Slave Trade in Maritime Asia: buff.ly/QEaj9HE 👉 Student assistant Travel Journals: buff.ly/6Z1Ok0l

📚The latest addition to the #Dependency and #Slavery Studies book series has been released: "Norms of Dependency in Late Antique and Early Medieval Societies: Contextualising Roman Legal Terminology." More info: ow.ly/wgKV50VYL42 @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

#EngagedAnthropologyPodcast: We're excited to share two new podcast episodes featuring BCDSS Researchers Kristina Großmann and Sinah Kloß! Listen to the episodes on Spotify 👉 ow.ly/79ay50W2t4M @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Dear #Skystorians, as Book Review Editor @journalslavery.bsky.social, I'm always looking for colleagues who'd like to write #reviews that deal with #slavery in the broadest sense. Non-English books are very welcome & so are junior scholars! Interested? Get in touch: brill.com/view/journal...

Today's marginal #musicians are a selection of #trumpeters from Zeghere van Male's #chansonnier, c1542 Ca Ms 125-128. www.diamm.ac.uk/sources/1669/ #earlymusic #earlymodern #marginaliamonday #trumpet #trumpeter #16thCentury #sixteenthcentury #nakedtrumpeters #musiciansofcolour #johnblanke

If you missed the #Slaveryarchive Book Club today (tonight) with our dear Chloe Ireton on her great book Slavery and Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2025), you can watch the entire discussion on our channel www.youtube.com/live/oVrV5ah...

Ausschreibung: Online Seminarreihe »Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History« Die DHI Rom und Paris organisieren eine Online-Seminarreihe, die im Zweimonatsrhythmus stattfindet. Interessierte Forschende aller mediävistischen Disziplinen sind […] [Original post on wisskomm.social]

🎉The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies (BCDSS) has been awarded an additional seven years of funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of Germany’s prestigious Clusters of Excellence program. @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Obviously correct #ErrantScience

Call for applications: Turin Humanities Programme Summer School for doctoral candidates, postdocs, and ECRs. “Slavery and Serfdom in Europe and the Americas in the Early Modern Period” 10-12 September 2025, Turin Deadline: 15 June #earlymodern #skystorians www.fondazione1563.it/progetti/en-...

With plans for the coming academic year being firmed up: non-UK-based #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: let us know when & where you're passing through this little island. Would be lovely to grab a coffee or to get you to present your work where feasible.

Call for Papers for our interdisciplinary conference exploring Dialogues of Nonconformity across the British Atlantic World, 1500-1800, taking place at the University of Birmingham on 12 September 2025. Keynote delivered by Professor Alec Ryrie. Papers welcome from researchers at any career stage.

V. proud of this issue which is, in more ways than one, a culmination of my postdoc work at the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies @dependencybonn.de: have a look at the issue here <https://lnkd.in/eB6_Egsa> and enjoy our open-access intro and of course all of the fantastic articles.

very proud to be included in a brand new special issue edited by Pia Wiegmink and @jennyleetsch.bsky.social! My paper explores the memoirs of enslaved or formerly enslaved members of the eighteenth-century Moravian Church. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Join us for a fascinating lecture exploring the extraordinary life of Crispina Peres, the most powerful trader in Cacheu, a major West African slave port in the 17th century. The talk will be given by historian Toby Green. For more info: ow.ly/ErZm50VBtPh @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Call for applications for PhD researchers in #GenderStudies: The Innsbruck Doctoral College “Gender and Gender Relations in Transformation” at #UniInnsbruck is looking for new fellows as of October 1, 2025 (unfortunately, this is not a job offer): www.uibk.ac.at/en/dk-gender