Featuring (inevitably?) Samuel V*ssall @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social , 'Insolence' @deborahhamer.bsky.social @jorisvdt.bsky.social @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social @henklooijesteijn.bsky.social , Cartagena/Habsburg America @amandajsummers.bsky.social @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social @csschmitt.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow! We'll be in the @ihr.bsky.social from 17:30 to talk all about English Imperial Formation. Join us, either in Bloomsbury or on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyMdoern #Skystorians

THIS TERM's PROGRAMME! Join us for 2 exciting events with Mélanie Lamotte, @lrhodges.bsky.social, @juliehardwick.bsky.social, and @roperlou.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Everybody welcome, in person or online--register for the zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern

Our RSVP is up for the public portion of Who Owns Black Data III: The Fight for Black Futures. If you're in New Orleans last week of May, come listen, learn and dialogue with Andrea Armstrong, Jo Banner from The Descendants Project, and Gia Hamilton. wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/amistad/

Standing room only tonight for @petermandler.bsky.social’s Neale Lecture at @uclhistory.bsky.social, a Tour de Force on the rise (& fall?) of History and its place in/as education.

A brilliant @uclhistory.bsky.social Neale lecture Thursday by Peter Mandler on '8 reasons to study history: the rise (and fall?) of history as an undergraduate degree'. This provocatively, was #7… A wonderful exploration of the discipline's development, with super use of @ucl.ac.uk's own archive.

The Centre for Central and East Asian Studies has been established at the @uclhistory.bsky.social. Welcome to join us for inaugural workshop, Qing China in Global Perspectives 5–6 June. We bring twenty scholars from across the globe, keynote by @camerondcampbell.blog www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

No os imagináis mi ilusión al recibir en Londres el nuevo libro de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera! 📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞ También OPEN ACCESS🔥👉🏼 bit.ly/44PFZ6L

What does memory and its commemoration entail in the context of plurality of experiences? Fascinating discussion between students, alumni and academics and @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Matt Smith @cslbs.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi @uclhistory.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Matthew J. Smith and the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) on receiving a $575k grant to build a database of enslaved people in the British Caribbean! 👏 shorturl.at/41YNd

TONIGHT! We can still sneak you in on a clandestine zoom link if you want! Or join us in Bloomsbury which is even more glorious in Springtime #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

MONDAY! Join us for an exciting paper about the Early Atlantic Slave trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality by Pablo Gómez! 23 March, 17:30 (UK) @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom -- register for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

NEXT MONDAY! Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid. 9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link. #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed

We still can smuggle you in if you didn't sign up for the official zoom link on time! Or make your way to Bloomsbury to come and enjoy the paper in real life. #EarlyModern #Skystorians #HistMed #HistSTM

Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke) at 17:00 at SOAS, University of London, Main Building (10 Thornhaugh St), Room C 277. hybrid.Sign up and find further details here: forms.gle/9JxWZsQwTNha...

Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for:: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke).

NEXT SESSION COMING UP! Federica Gigante will talk about "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the #EarlyModern Mediterranean" MON 16 FEB, 17:30. Join us @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom -- sign up for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians

As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, we invite colleagues, students, alumni and history enthusiasts to a special roundtable on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts 💬 📅 05 March 2026 ⏰ 18:00–20:30 📍 All welcome 👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/3pDEC 👈

Happy birthday to UCL, founded 200 years ago today! Join us to celebrate the bicentenary at our special roundtable with Matt Smith, Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi ✨

Upcoming Seminars: IHR Europe and the World, 1500-1800 Join us in-Person in London or online Registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three! Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Calling all UCL History alumni! 📣 Share your memories of student life at UCL History as part of our bicentenary photo competition! 📸 Up to 3 photos 🏆 Winner announced 5 March 2026 👉 Submit here: tinyurl.com/4bt9dm3n

Today at 17:30! Join the IHR's Europe and the World seminar for a paper by Dr. Yahya Nurgat on the politics of sacred space in the Islamicate World. In person and online!

FIRST SEMINAR TODAY! We'll hear from Yahya Nurgat about "The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf" Join us in Bloomsbury or on zoom! #EarlyModen #SkyStorians www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

TOMORROW! Join us, in person or online!

UPCOMING SEMINAR 12 Jan 2026 -- The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf -- Yahya Nurgat (Sabanci University) @ihreurope1500.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

PROGRAMME FOR THE TERM UP! Exciting papers coming you way, on zoom & @ihr.bsky.social, #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: sacred spaces, epidemics, and corporeality. Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

More accolades for @chloeireton.bsky.social's Slavery & Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic, it's a finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History from the AAIHS. @universitypress.cambridge.org www.aaihs.org/2026-finalis...

NOVEDAD-OPEN ACCESS🔥🔥🔥 📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞ 🗣️ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera Consulta el E-Book 🔗👉🏼 bit.ly/44PFZ6L Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa

We are so happy for @chloeireton.bsky.social and Shantel George who are both included in @slaveryarchive.bsky.social's Ten Best Books of 2025! Much deserved recognition for these stellar books. @universitypress.cambridge.org

Huge congratulations to Chloe L. Ireton (Associate Professor of the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500-1800), whose monograph Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic has earned an Honorable Mention from the Sixteenth Century Society! 📚👏 shorturl.at/WZKQJ

MONDAY! Looking forward to welcoming @rogerleejesus.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social seminar for a talk on "Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia 17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern

This term card is on 🔥🔥🔥 📍📍The London History of Anticolonial Political Thought Seminar📍📍 ⌛️Seminars are hybrid and take place in-person in London & Zoom, 5:30-7:00pm (GMT).⌛️ 📲To sign up to our mailing list for the seminar, please email [email protected]

🎓 Holden Lecture 2025 📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England 🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm 📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history. 👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1

HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History 29 Oct 5:30–7:30 pm A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

If you’re in London on 29 October, make sure you don’t miss this celebration of Iberian history books!

Just a reminder of this event later this month, taking place in person and on zoom. Don't forget to register!

FIRST SESSION THIS MONDAY! Join us for "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule", a paper by @eicathomefinn.bsky.social with comment by @jhowesuk.bsky.social All welcome in person @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)

JUST A WEEK FROM NOW! We'll host the marvellous Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social who will speak about "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule" 6 Oct, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

The September issue of Slavery & Abolition is a Special Issue: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling & Esteban Salas www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...

Upcoming Seminars @ihreurope1500.bsky.social We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is! We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAMME 🤩 And more excitement to come in 2026 as well. I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that

We have two jobs at KCL History! 16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l... And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l... (both to start in January 2026)

@uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

My review of @chloeireton.bsky.social's impressive debut monograph is out. It was a pleasure reading the book and writing the review, and you all should read it as well! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KXRFJ...

My Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery is one of the two finalists of the @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social, am lucky and grateful to get this honor in times when the study of the history of slavery is being attacked on all fronts in this country. #slaveryarchive

We are happy to announce the three finalists of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024! The winner will be announced at the end of September. To know more about the three finalists, visit our website www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...