In celebration of the recent anniversary of the Portuguese Revolution (25th of April), Cambridge Centre member @pramospinto.bsky.social will be discussing 'Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution'. Drinks will be provided after the talk. 11 May 2026, 5pm, Trinity Hall, Bridgetower Room.

Looking forward to an important roundtable exploring the links betwee histories of #enslavement and experiences of violence in #Liberia snd #Haiti event on 6 May in person and online #history #slavery www.legaciesofenslavement.cam.ac.uk/news/convers...

The Cambridge Centre is pleased to announce its Easter Term 2026 seminar schedule. Speakers include: Sophie FitzMaurice (Cambridge), Charles Troup (Yale) and @mattinbiglari.bsky.social (Bristol). Please join us! Click for dates, times and abstracts! www.histecon.magd.cam.ac.uk/seminar_hec....

1/ Explore the NEW website for the Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative ⬇️ A central online hub for all research, collaboration and public engagement exploring @cam.ac.uk's historical links to slavery & the wider afterlives of enslavement and colonialism. 🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/new-web...

*Conference announcement* Modern Enquiries into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations: International Prosperity and Development 250 Years After Adam Smith. King's College, Cambridge. 5-6 MARCH 2026. Further information & to register via Eventbrite: www.econsoc.hist.cam.ac.uk/docs/Camb_WO...

Calling our early career historians of contemporary Europe - submit blog posts for the journal’a New Voices blog!

The Cambridge Centre is pleased to announce its Lent Term 2026 seminar schedule. Speakers include: Mariia Koskina (Cambridge), Marta Macedo (NOVA Lisbon) and Giacomo Bonan (Turin). Please join us! Click for further details.

Read about Emily's life-changing move across subjects and continents: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/califor... Emily Chung is a PhD student in History at @stjohnscollege.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk and @camunicampop.bsky.social, supervised by @pramospinto.bsky.social

From California to Cambridge When architecture student @emvchung.bsky.social left the US for a Master’s in History, she expected a brief detour before returning. Instead, the move unlocked a new academic direction, life-changing funding and a passion for uncovering the hidden stories of cities...⬇️

The Legacies of Enslavement Initiative invites you to the launch of Nicolas Bell Romero's The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery - a brilliant overview of Cambridge's links to enslavement. Tuesday 18th Nov, sign up here: tinyurl.com/mpnjrz3m @camhistory.bsky.social

***Please Note*** The application submission deadline for the Prize Research Grants at the Cambridge Centre for History and Economics has been extended to Monday 15 September 2025, 23.59 UK time.

Job alert! @camhistory.bsky.social and @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social have teamed up to hire a Social and/or Economic Historian of Europe post-1800. translating Cambridge jargon, a full time 4-year post, duties shared between Faculty and college. Closing date: 13 July! www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51802/

'Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution' - co-edited by @camhistory.bsky.social's @pramospinto.bsky.social - goes beyond the limits of national history to locate the revolution at the intersection of transnational historical phenomena. A new global approach to this still understudied event ⬇️

Missed the Ellen McArthur Lectures delivered by Prof Thomas Piketty? The lectures showcased Piketty's unparalleled capacity to relate comparative historical research on economic history to urgent global public policy and political issues. ➡️Catch up now bit.ly/3HPK4is

This is horrific yet recognisable if you have visited schools in recent years. We are failing children and creating inequality blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

"Global Histories of the Portuguese Revolution," @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, eds. Luís Trindade, Rita Lucas Narra, Ricardo Noronha, @pramospinto.bsky.social. An awesome book! Have a chapter in there that writes the "retornados" aka decolonization, Cold War, and refugeeness back into the picture.

❕New WP from Emily Chung❕ 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟖𝟓𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟎𝟏 ⬇️

The 2025 Ellen McArthur Lectures @camhistory.bsky.social will be delivered by @thomaspiketty.bsky.social on the theme of Global inequality in Historical and Comparative Perspective. 21, 22 and 23 May 2025. #inequality #history See: inequalityandhistory.blogspot.com/2025/03/elle...

I'm delighted that Felix Roemer is coming to Cambridge on Wednesday 12 February to talk about his book Inequality Knowledge - a landmark history of poverty and inequality statistics in modern Britain. 5.30pm, Sidney Sussex College, with a response by @pramospinto.bsky.social. All welcome!

If you are in Cambridge (UK) on 3 February 2025, come hear @ugentilini.bsky.social talk about his recent book about the #history of cash transfers #ubi #inequality: www.politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk/events/what-...

Just moved across from you know where. Hello Bluesky.