IN THE SAME SEA's team and Dr. Joy Lewis have guest-edited the special issue “Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean” of the Journal of Caribbean History. See: www.uwipress.com/journals/the... Thanks to all contributors and the journal’s main editor Kathleen Monteith.

Former researcher at IN THE SAME SEA, Lucas Marin is co-convener of the seminar series “ÉCRIRE L’HISTOIRE DE LA CARAÏBE” for young scholars. Seminars are open, see the exciting program here:

Hey #skyhistorians #dutchhistorians, how would you translate "Raad van Civiele en Criminele Justitie" when it pertains to a person not the institution as a whole?

I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this

FYI: In 1916 the U.S. signed an agreement for control of St. Thomas, St. John & St. Croix, known as the “Danish West Indies,” in exchange for $25 million & a declaration that the U.S. would “not object to the Danish Govt extending their political & economic interests to the whole of Greenland.

❓Question please for #Skystorians - has anyone come across examples of people being baptised in punch bowls in 17th and 18th-century England? We've found one in a will ... 🗃️

Just a few more spots available to attend the EHS Women’s Commitee Workshop – Women & Entrepreneurship on Friday 12 December at UCL. Researchers from all over Europe coming to present and workshop new and innovative research on women. Come discuss and please share! ehs.org.uk/event/womens...

We're pleased to share this call for papers for our upcoming conference! 📍Online via Zoom 🗓️Thursday 5 - Friday 6 February 2026 ⏱️Abstract deadline Saturday 1 November 2025 See our website for full details 👇 voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk/index.php/news-and-resources/updates-from-the-project

Deze petitie mag dan zijn georganiseerd door een politieke partij, ze heeft niets te maken met politiek. Het gaat hier om beschaving, om fatsoen, om humaniteit. Niet meer, niet minder. Dus, als u een mens bent, teken deze petitie + RT. groenlinkspvda.nl/bedankt-asie...

#booksky #writingcommunity

Great opportunity for graduate students to share their work here in Copenhagen!

*VACANCY* PhD in the study of religion and slavery in the context of Dutch colonialism and its afterlives at KITLV. Deadline: 16 May 2025 👇 vacatures.knaw.nl/job/Leiden-P...

Associate Professorship in Economic and Social History- University of Oxford - Faculty of History and All Souls College, Oxford #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DML579/a...

I'm very pleased to share news of a new project I am leading at The National Archives. PASSAGE combines archival research on the transatlantic trade of enslaved people with an international programme that centres the research of West African & Caribbean scholars. Read more here: shorturl.at/XLyC8

When your alma mater has to cut 25% of their employees 🥲 www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/dutc...

Hey #DutchHistorians, does anyone know where I might be able to find a list of the first group of Dutch colonists on St. Eustatius?

Welcome to the IN THE SAME SEA Bluesky account! 🤗 Follow us for project updates and random historical findings from the eastern #Caribbean ✒️🌎

Plenty of room still in this for anyone who wants to be added. Just let me know (and remind me if I missed you, please) go.bsky.app/QtDAL67

The University of Copenhagen is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in economic history! Join us here at the Saxo Institute: jobportal.ku.dk/tenure-track...

Proefschriftschrijvers: hoe lang was jullie conclusie in vergelijking met jullie hoofdtekst? Ik weet niet zo goed hoe uitgebreid dat nou ammal moet.