Curaçao complete fairytale with battling draw in Jamaica to qualify for World Cup

#CfP - "Privacy and Slavery, Past and Present: Academic and Artistic Perspectives on an Urgent Issue". Deadline for abstracts: 1st April 2026 📨 teol.ku.dk/privacy/news...

Really pleased that this article, a collaboration between many of the members of CoCAH (www.cocah.net) is now available from @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🎉 We propose practical ways to improve #Caribbean #archaeology in the 21st century: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....

Unfortunately this is cancelled due to illness 😥 really sorry to those who signed up, hopefully I will present on this another time!

Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

Friends and family #discount code for the new edited volume "Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology" - valid until 30 Nov at @floridapress.bsky.social www.upf.com or from www.mngbookshop.co.uk ✨ #Caribbean #Archaeology #Ethics #Book

We are excited to have Professor Sue Peabody @profpeabs.bsky.social join us for a talk about methods and microhistory. Join us on 20 November 2025, 1-3 PM at UCPH @ucph.bsky.social , South Campus, room 12.3.39.

This week! @feliciafricke.bsky.social is giving our next Concurrences seminar - 'The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800' 6 Nov 2025 14:15- 16:00 Dacke, or register at the link below to attend on zoom lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...

In the face of disaster, consider this:

Now published in the Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social - had a great experience with them: peer led, free, fast, and open-access. Would recommend! ✨️

1/4 New recommendation: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social et al. (2025) Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice. ver.3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social osf.io/4ge5j

The ACH Executive Committee announces its 57th Annual Conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.) #skystorians #histodons #caribbean https://associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeting/

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

1/3 New recommendation: @feliciafricke.bsky.social & Laffoon J. E.‬ (2025) Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. ver. 3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publicati... 🧪🏺

‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... The database itself: www.depthsofparadise.co.uk #History 🗃️

On 18 Nov I will be giving a guest lecture about my work on fugitive motherhood in the #Caribbean at @lund-university.bsky.social in the #GlobalHistory Seminar Series. Sign up here! www.sol.lu.se/en/the-depar...

New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social will be presenting in #Sweden at @lnuccon.bsky.social Linnaeus University on 6 November! 🥳 Come along to hear about how long-lived widows contributed to colonial stability in the #Caribbean 🌎

Well done @idalvos.bsky.social! Sounds like it was a really interesting and important event.

Including 'Ethics in #Caribbean #Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future', which I co-edit with Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal 🎉 It will arrive in January 2026! ✨️

Interested in the #Indigenous #Caribbean and how is it represented in museums and (not) in education? Join our discussions and hands-on activities on 23-24 June in Liverpool! Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th) ‪@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social

In March 1804, Juliana Sophia ran from her enslaver in St. Croix, Danish West Indies, seeking freedom for her unborn child. Hers is one of many instances where women sought freedom for the next generation in the #Caribbean - either alone, or with their children, parents, partners, and friends.

Yesterday project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social was at the opening event for the new Centre for #Digital and Computational #Humanities here in #Copenhagen! Exciting to see the start of this new hub where scholars can come together and learn from each other 😊 cdch.ku.dk

I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it. Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You. Done.

Next week @feliciafricke.bsky.social will leave the ITSS🌊 team! 😥 She has been an important part of the project, making key contributions to #history in the #Caribbean. Luckily it's not goodbye though 😊 You can read a message from her here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/a-messa...

'Slavery and The Dutch State: Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives', the English translation of "Staat en slavernij: het Nederlandse koloniale slavernijverleden en zijn doorwerkingen' is now available. #openaccess www.jstor.org/stable/jj.27...

This is some of the least offensive language referred to in my blog post. Prepare for your ears to burn 🫣😅

Calling #ECRs in #History! 🥳 You can apply to attend the workshop 'From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism' at IISH in #Amsterdam! Deadline is April 29, 2025 📨 Email IISH for more information 😊

Apply for a #postdoc fellowship in #maritime #history at Trier University! Deadline 1st April 📨See: transmare.uni-trier.de

Calling all postdocs & scholars in the Caribbean! The Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies (YPCCS), University of Warwick is offering a Visiting Fellowship 2025/26. The Fellowship covers return travel & accommodation up to £4,000. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/ccs/

ITSS🌊 Postdoc @heatherfreund.bsky.social has published an open access article in 'Slavery & Abolition' - she writes about Black Rangers and the routes enslaved people took to seek freedom in 19th century #Grenada. Read more here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/new-pub...

Great news for #Caribbean #students! ✨ @uniofbradford.bsky.social is offering a scholarship for MSc courses in #archaeology #osteology or #forensics for 2025/6. Students from #Anguilla #BVI #CaymanIslands #Montserrat and #TurksandCaicos are eligible to apply! 📑 www.bradford.ac.uk/scholarships...

ITSS🌊 PI @gunvorsimonsen.bsky.social recently returned from a research trip to archives and libraries in #Martinique and #Dominica - in this blog post, you can read about the working life of a #historian in the #Caribbean 📚🌎 inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/pi-gunv...

The Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage (CoCAH) now has a website! 🥳 Developed during workshops in 2023 and 2024, this network supports #Caribbean and #ECR scholars and practitioners. You can read about it here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/new-web...

HUM:Global at the University of Copenhagen introduces our very own @gunvorsimonsen.bsky.social! ✨ Read her reflections about #Caribbean #history here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/introd...

We are excited to announce that ITSS🌊 PI @gunvorsimonsen.bsky.social has received funding from @carlsbergfondet.dk for the 'Mapping Freedom' project setting up essential research infrastructure in the former Danish West Indies 🌎 - read more here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/itss-pi...