🧠 Today is Time to Talk Day 🧠 Professor Alana Harris' work at @kingshistory.bsky.social seeks to recover the names and stories of those buried anonymously in former asylum cemeteries to be respectfully remembered. Read more 👇 www.lbc.co.uk/article/asyl...

Well done to our colleague David Brydan who has just published his new book 'Smart: a history of #intelligence' #skystorians

TOMORROW! The next session of our seminar series will be a discussion of @davidedgerton.bsky.social manuscript of his upcoming book on the global history of production since 1900 (2027). #histtech #histsci #histmed #histstm @kingshistory.bsky.social

What changes were made to REF2029 as part of last December's 'unpausing'; and what are the likely implications - positive and negative - for History and the wider humanities? New on the RHS blog: bit.ly/3ZIfe0P #Skystorians @artsandhums.bsky.social

New article! Ella Sbaraini @ellasbaraini.bsky.social on 'Everyday Giving: Food, Emotions and Community in England, 1760–1850' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @kingshistory.bsky.social

Our department seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Early Medieval History. You will be expected to undertake teaching and research in early medieval history (600–1150 CE) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH751/l...

👨‍👧‍👧 Professor Lara Feigel (@kingsenglish.bsky.social) discusses child custody cases of the past and today, and the relationship between motherhood and feminism with Dr Hannah Dawson (@kingshistory.bsky.social). 📆 29 January ⏰ 19:00-21:00 📍 Second Home, Spitalfields secondhome.io/event/custod...

A new Master’s degree by the Department of History is now open for applications. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l... #MA #History

📚 Abdoolkarim Vakil from @kingsdllc.bsky.social and @kingshistory.bsky.social analyses Miguel Real's O Ultimo Europeu – 2284 (The Last European – 2284) and its strands of orientalist and racialised invasion and race-war speculative fiction on 4 February. 🔗 Learn more 👇

The Department of History will host a Memorial Evensong for Professor Peter James Marshall FBA CB next week.

Last year some of our members collaborated with our colleagues Sabers en Acció, a fantastic initiative by the Societat Catalana d’Història de la Ciència i de la Tècnica and the Institut Interuniversitari López Piñero. More here: tinyurl.com/3c94tpsa @angarbelmar.bsky.social @jrbsjrbs.bsky.social

"It's a morbid symptom, Anglo-futurism, and that's where British politics is, it is stuck with the fantasies of world leadership and renewal through deregulation. I mean, it's tragic. That's where we are." www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSxc...

Want to study the history of science and/or technology? We invite applications for fully-funded MA+PhD (1-3 years) or PhD-only (3 years) Hans Rausing scholarships. Deadline is 17 April 2026 (we advise to check @kingshistory.bsky.social application deadlines) Find out more: tinyurl.com/mw84w7py

Our colleague David Brydan talked to Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social about the bombing of #Guernica for the History Hit podcast shows.acast.com/c939f8d1-c4b...? #Gernika

Its hard to talk sense about progress - with many others I had a go .... @kingschostm.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🌟 We have launched a suite of new doctoral studentships through our new Doctoral School 🌟 Over 30 places are now open for applications for the new Doctoral School for Arts & Humanities. More details and how to apply 👇 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu... @komldsp.bsky.social @adaptai.bsky.social

We have a new Modern World History MA! www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-l...

Congratulations to @marie-trcht.bsky.social, a 3rd year doctoral student in our department, who is the winner of the inaugural Mabel Mills prize awarded by the Pipe Roll Society. Her essay will be published in the next volume of Thirteenth Century England in 2026 #medieval #medievalsky #skystorians

Great publicity for the next phase of 'Us and Them' with Freewheelers, @kingshistory.bsky.social and Surrey History Centre: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well done to our colleague @davidedgerton.bsky.social who appears in the 3rd episode of @davidolusoga.bsky.social #empire series on #BBC2 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

By our colleague @davidedgerton.bsky.social with Karel Williams: a call for a new way of doing things, starting with water www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab... @newstatesman1913.bsky.social

Our colleague @fayboundalberti.bsky.social has spent six years interviewing patients and their loved ones, and working with surgeons to understand the history and ethics of face transplants www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.

📽️ Shape the future of audiences, AI, and creative technologies Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026. "Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson By @kingsartshums.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social & LSBU

Well done to our colleagues in the History Department www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...

Well done to our former student Berry Pillot de Chenecey @berrypillot.bsky.social who has just won the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social (IHR) Pollard Prize for best postgraduate paper delivered in any IHR seminar series during the past year.

Our colleague Alice Taylor @ajt55.bsky.social shares insights on changes to the #PhD #funding landscape in the UK and how early career scholars can maximise their chances of securing support. #ECR www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...

See the fantastic work of our colleague Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social on the history of Horton cemetery #Epsom #London www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #WorldMentalHealthDay

By our colleague David Brydan refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/9/...

Full details on all of our events can be found on our website. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events @hsmurphy.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingsenglish.bsky.social @kingsartshums.bsky.social

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (closing date 13 October) . This post is a five-year appointment, starting on 1 January 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Lecturer in Irish/British History (closing date 6 October). This post is a 16 month temporary appointment (1 January 2026 – 30 April 2027). my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia. On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️

📻 Listen to Dr Vincent Hiribarren on BBC Focus on Africa discussing Emmanuel Macron's response to France's colonial era crimes in Cameroon ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Our colleague Prof. Peter Marshall passed away last month. He became an assistant lecturer in our department in 1959 and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History in 1980. In 2009, we celebrated his 50th consecutive year of lecturing @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.

We have a wonderful new blog post written by our MA History intern all about Imperial Scholarship and the East. During his time with us, Kamal looked at letters and minutes in our College Archive relating to Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a Victorian orientalist and polyglot. 🧵 #Victorian #Empire

Our colleague Dr Sundeep Lidher was invited to speak at today's #FestivalofEducation! In a session on 'teacher professionalism' Sundeep shared findings from her recent ESRC-funded work on the role of teacher education in supporting engagement with British histories of migration & empire in schools

New article by @abdulwando.bsky.social, one of our former #PhD students

We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in Early American History my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in the History of Political Thought my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

Such a pleasure to have colleagues from Tsinghua University and King’s College London come together in Beijing for our first Tsinghua-KCL China Forum. Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!

I've written for the Guardian on Labour's nostalgia for the warfare state. @kingshistory.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Last night, our colleague Simon Sleight @slowhistorian.bsky.social was on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre with Will Young! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

It's been a wonderful first term at @kingshistory.bsky.social teaching the histories of science, the environment and the senses to a hugely engaged bunch of students! Managed to get some field-trip sensory walking action in which went down a treat: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sensory...

🇩🇪 What caused the fall of the Berlin wall? Dr @katrinschreiter.bsky.social asks whether it all began with a small slip up during a routine press conference in the 'No One Saw It Coming' podcast with @marcfennell.bsky.social. 🎧 Listen here ⤵️ @kingsdllc.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

It was a great privilege to attend Jinty Nelson's memorial event this afternoon, organised by @kingshistory.bsky.social. Speakers reflected on Jinty as a teacher, researcher, mentor, collaborator, friend, colleague, and defender and promoter of the historical discipline and profession 1/2