🏆🌿 Clare Hall has won the University of Cambridge Environmental Sustainability Award for Best Environmental Impact (College Category)! We're also proud that our Kitchens Team received a Highly Commended award for Best Environmental Improvement.

A huge thank you to everyone across the College whose dedication helps make these achievements possible. Congratulations to all involved! 💚 Read more: www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/news/clare-h...

'The Mirror of Great Britain: A Life of James VI & I' by Professor Clare Jackson wins 2026 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, beating a “formidable” shortlist 👏👏 The judges praised "a masterwork by a historian uniquely equipped to reinterpret James VI and I and his times".

L’Italien Carlo Ginzburg, figure fondatrice de la microhistoire, est mort

'Francis Bacon and the crisis of the palatinate' Quentin Skinner Lecture, 19 June https://bit.ly/442lfre Dr Samuel Zeitlin (UCL) will discuss Bacon’s evolving responses to the crisis of the Palatinate through writing and civil histories, in response to the onset of the Thirty Years War

Prof Eugenio Biagini elected to the Academia Europaea recognising his outstanding contributions to research 👏👏 Biagini, Professor of Modern and Contemporary History and Fellow of @sidneysussex.bsky.social, is a leading historian of liberalism and democracy, with a particular focus on Irish history.

Explore new books from Cambridge historians: ➡Selling the Word of God by @harryspillane.bsky.social ➡The Oxford Illustrated History of the United States ed. by @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social ➡Frenzy in Early Modern England: Madness, Brain Disease and the Soul by @extispex.bsky.social Discover more⬇️

Helen McCarthy, Professor of Modern and Contemporary British History @cam.ac.uk, has joined the judging panel for the Wolfson History Prize 👏👏 @historianhelen.bsky.social @stjohnscollege.bsky.social

📢 Approaching fast: join Professor Caroline Humfress (Uni. of St Andrews) next week for the first of the Seeley Lectures. These are given biennially by a distinguished visitor to Cambridge on a topic in political thought and its history. Her four lectures start next week on 19 & 21 May ⬇️⬇️

Save the date for the Cambridge American History Workshop Conference Researchers from across the UK and Ireland will present new work spanning the long 19th century to the late Cold War. 📅 22 May ⏲️ 9am-5pm 🏢 Jesus College, Cambridge Free, open to all 🔗Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridge-...

📢 Join us for 2026 Seeley Lectures from Prof Caroline Humfress (Uni. of St Andrews) “Constitutional Imaginaries, Ancient and Modern” 📅 19, 21, 26, 28 May ⏲️ All 4 lectures start @ 5pm 🏢 McCrum Lecture Theatre, Cambridge 🔎 Free, no booking needed Please share🙏 @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr Samuel Garrett Zeitlin (Modern Intellectual History, UCL) who has been selected as Quentin Skinner Fellow 2026 The Quentin Skinner lecture 'Francis Bacon and the Crisis of the Palatinate' will take place on 19 June, details to follow soon With @cam-english-fac.bsky.social

Published! "[My work has been] in dialogue with two powerful minds, Quentin Skinner and István Hont... Over those six decades, I have made two discoveries that I still think really matter". Read the autobiographical reflections of John Dunn here (open access): www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🎥 As Clare Hall marks its 60th Anniversary, Professor David Cope, Foundation Fellow, reflects on his time at the College and the values that have shaped it over the decades. With the 60th Anniversary Giving Week and Festival of Events just around the corner, the celebrations are about to begin.

Tuesday, 14 April 2026, at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, roundtable discussion “Machiavellian Democracy? Conversations with John P. McCormick” #Machiavelli #HistoryOfPoliticalThought #Republicanism #Democracy #JohnMcCormick

📢 Doctoral and early career historians: submit your abstracts for the 1-day Cambridge-based workshop examining the history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain. Submission deadline: 1 April Workshop date: 29 May More info and contact info👉 histmed.org/call-for-par...

Yesterday 19 March 2026, this term's The Betty Behrens Seminar ended with a discussion on E.P. Thompson, introduced by Emma Griffin. Previously, successful as well were the seminars introduced by Youssef M. Choueiri and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social

Meaning and Understanding in the History of Ideas and Beyond, edited by Adrian Blau, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Quentin Skinner’s seminal essay. @adrianblau.bsky.social Now Open Access: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Now out in OA: "Can Democracy be Rehabilitated?" by John Dunn (@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social): "[It] will be a heroic challenge... The stakes in meeting it are the possibility of democracy itself, a citizenry that has recovered the capacity to keep itself free" www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

‪📕Compte rendu / Review Oswyn Murray, The Muse of History: The Ancient #Greeks from the #Enlightenment to the Present, Allen Lane, 2024. par Alain Schnapp (@sorbonneparis1.bsky.social) et Annie Schnapp (@univ-paris8.fr) 👉 dx.doi.org/10.1017/ahss...

Congratulations to Clare Hall Professorial Fellow Prof George van Kooten on his new book "Reverberations of Good News: The Gospels in Context" 📚 He will present the work at major conferences this year, including the British New Testament Conference, EABS and the Society of Biblical Literature.

Last chance to register: major conference celebrating 250 years of 'The Wealth of Nations': the most famous text in the history of political economy and economics. Leading historians and economists will assess its legacy & ask what it means for the next century. Free, open to public, link below ⬇️⬇️

Today, a packed room at the University of Milan, with Peter Burke (University of Cambridge) @camhistory.bsky.social speaking about "The Annales School: Three, Four or Five Generations?", followed by an intense debate! @britishacademy.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org @annales.ehess.fr

The Betty Behrens Seminar series returns next Thursday, 26 Feb., at Clare Hall, Cambridge. Y.M. Choueiri, A. Wallace-Hadrill and E. Griffin will treat, in turn, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Suetonius and E.P. Thompson. @davidecadeddu.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social

The Betty Behrens Seminar resumes at Clare Hall, Cambridge, discussing the works by Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Suetonius and E.P. Thompson, presented by Y.M. Choueiri, A. Wallace-Hadrill and E. Griffin | @camhistory.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social

Members of the History Faculty are deeply saddened to learn of the news of the death of Professor David Abulafia (1949-2026). David is remembered for his innovative and wide-ranging scholarship on the Mediterranean sea and region in the medieval and early modern periods, and his warm collegiality.

🔎 Read the Anniversary Lectures in The Historical Journal or watch on YouTube: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/how-his...

Now available: @camhistory.bsky.social anniversary lectures in original video and revised texts @historicaljnl.bsky.social, both found at www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/how-his.... Not just about Cambridge but about the development of History: as a profession, a degree subject, a literature.

Professor Lucy Delap has begun her History Faculty Chairship with a simple conviction. Effective leadership is grounded in the quiet, behind-the-scenes work that builds connection and shapes consensus. Read the full interview to discover how @lucydelap.bsky.social is leading through connection...⬇️

At the University of Milan, lecture series on the “Annales school”, from November 2025 to March 2026, with great speakers such as Müller, Rubin, Calafat, Burke and Abulafia! @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @historysorbonne.bsky.social

The Betty Behrens Seminar resumes at Clare Hall, Cambridge, discussing the works by Benedetto Croce, José de Acosta and Robert Lowth, presented by R. Bellamy, G. Ramos and V. Davis | @camhistory.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social

Stefan Collini, FBA - Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature. (The Donald Winch Lecture in Intellectual History, 2022). open.substack.com/pub/standrew...

The IHR Philosophy of History seminar now has a Bluesky account. Please follow! ‪@ihrphilosophyhist.bsky.social‬

Packed room at the seminar on Arnaldo Momigliano, on Friday 16 May 2025, Clare Hall, Cambridge, with lectures by Oswyn Murray (Oxford @ballioloxford.bsky.social) and Carlo Ginzburg (UCLA @uclalibrary.bsky.social ) | @oxfordcih.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social

The Betty Behrens Seminar goes on at Clare Hall, Cambridge, discussing the works by Polybius, Orosius, Bryce and Bloch, presented by J. Marincola, V. Leonard, R. Evans and C. Ginzburg | @camhistory.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social @clarehallcambridge.bsky.social

‘More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach' bit.ly/4iddCU8 In advocacy, the Royal Historical Society works closely with fellow #history organisations. Today we release a statement with @histassoc.bsky.social, @ihr.bsky.social and History UK. #skystorians

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The Betty Behrens Seminar resumes at Clare Hall, Cambridge, with works of Quintus Fabius Pictor, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, presented by T. Cornell, J.H. Arnold and K. Harloe @camhistory.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @oxfordcih.bsky.social @theul.bsky.social

#CarloGinzburg will speak about Italian historicism, #microhistory and global history at the University of Milan on Wednesday 4 December 2024

#DuncanKelly (@jesuscollegecam.bsky.social @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social) will speak about "Global Intellectual History" at the University of Milan on Wednesday 27 November 2024 | @global-ih.bsky.social @gpolthought.bsky.social | studistorici.unimi.it/it/global-in...

Kathleen Burk (Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History, University College London) will speak about "English History 1914–1945" by A.J.P. Taylor at Clare Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday 21 November 2024, 4.30 pm-6 pm | www.clarehall.cam.ac.uk/events/the-b...

To get around the limit, I have made a Part 2! If you think I should add anyone or I missed you do let me know & I will add you go.bsky.app/7DTVem6

I have created a "starter pack" for intellectual history, broadly construed, composed of historians, philosophers, political theorists, literary scholars, & more! Sorry for those I missed & cannot add (limit 150), but do reply, like, & share this post so that people can find you! go.bsky.app/77uSk3m

Join us this May for the 2024 Seeley Lectures, to be delivered by Eric Nelson (Harvard). More info: www.polthought.cam.ac.uk/seeley-lectu... @camhistory.bsky.social

For those of you who missed David Cannadine's 1st anniversary lecture in Cambridge - celebrating 100 years of the Historical Journal and giving as context the history of history publishing over the last 100 years - a video of the lecture is now online at youtu.be/Qr_jHSNPSZ4?...

Cambridge constellation in the lecture series "Revolutions and Democracy in the Modern Era" at the University of Milan, featuring Richard Bourke, Shruti Kapila and Eugenio Biagini @camhistory.bsky.social

Cambridge Contemporary Political Thought seminar   Kimberley Hutchings (QMUL)   "Futures of Critique in International Political Theory"   Friday 20th of October, 1.00-2.30 Webb Library, West Court, Jesus College @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social talks.cam.ac.uk/show/index/2...