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The Early Modern History subject group at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge | News about conferences, seminars, workshops, publications, and more
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
The Eighteenth Century Seminar - Michaelmas Term 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5-7 pm on Tuesday 21 October (Long Room, @caiuscollege.bsky.social):
Regina Grafe (Cambridge) - How to fashion a colonial moral economy? Lending and borrowing in Spanish Latin America
The Eighteenth Century | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
www.hist.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
Core seminar in economic and social history - Michaelmas Term 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5.15 pm on Thursday 17 October (Room 6, Faculty of History @CamHistory):
Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Oxford) - Servanthood and the European Marriage Pattern, 1500-1900
Core seminar in economic and social history | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
www.hist.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
Venue: Graham Storey Room, Trinity Hall
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
Early Modern British and Irish History - Michaelmas 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5.15 pm on Wednesday 22 October in @TrinityHallCamb:
Paul Cavill (Cambridge) - The Two Swords: Spiritual and Temporal Jurisdiction in Henrician England /followed by a drinks reception/
Early Modern British and Irish History | Faculty of History University of Cambridge
www.hist.cam.ac.uk
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
Venue: Senior Parlour, Gonville and Caius College (@caiuscollege.bsky.social)
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Cambridge Early Modernists @emodcam.bsky.social · 14d
Early Modern World History Seminar – Michaelmas Term 2025: hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

3.00–4.30 pm on Thursday 16 October:
Elizabeth Currie (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London) – The Urban Poor in Early Modern Rome: Art, Dress and Popular Imagination
hist.cam.ac.uk
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · 18d
Event video now available! Geopolitics & journalism

Jeremy Adelman, Mary Hockaday, and Roger Mosey discuss how journalists build trust and credibility while shaping public understanding of global conflicts.

Watch now via www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZoG...
Geopolitics & Journalism
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
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Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social · 27d
Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...
Brotherton Fellowship | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · 27d
One day to go! Geopolitics & journalism

Jeremy Adelman, Mary Hockaday, and Roger Mosey explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones, the politics of information, and the role of media in framing global events.

📷 18 Sept, 5–6:30 pm
🌍 Zoom
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22
New event! Geopolitics & journalism

Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events.

🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...
Geopolitics & journalism - Centre for Geopolitics
www.cfg.cam.ac.uk
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Trinity Hall, Cambridge @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social · Sep 9
In an insightful webinar with the Centre for Geopolitics, Master Mary Hockaday, Roger Mosey (Master of Selwyn College) and Jeremy Adelman (Director of the Global History Lab at the @cam.ac.uk) will explore how journalism shapes public understanding of global events.

Make sure to register below 👇
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22
New event! Geopolitics & journalism

Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events.

🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...
Geopolitics & journalism - Centre for Geopolitics
www.cfg.cam.ac.uk
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Sep 9
📣 Registration is open for 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social on 26&27 Sept

Become part of a network of scholars and experts in Religious Studies, material culture, and Medieval to Modern collections
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Sep 2
Keep registering!
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22
New event! Geopolitics & journalism

Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events.

🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...
Geopolitics & journalism - Centre for Geopolitics
www.cfg.cam.ac.uk
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Aug 22
New event! Geopolitics & journalism

Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events.

🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...
Geopolitics & journalism - Centre for Geopolitics
www.cfg.cam.ac.uk
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Aug 6
This #WaybackWednesday, we're revisiting our February event exploring the evolution of photojournalism and strategic communications during war and emergencies from the early 20th century to the present.

Watch the full discussion on YouTube: youtu.be/-yEWpSAUKrU?...
Documentary & War
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
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Olivia Formby @oliviaformby.bsky.social · Aug 4
📣Call for Papers 📣

I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊

Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Jul 23
Congratulations to Cambridge History's Annabel Brett (Prof of Political Thought and History) and Prof Jeremy Adelman (Director of the Global History Lab), both made Fellows of the @britishacademy.bsky.social

They are among 12 academics from @cam.ac.uk to be elected to the prestigious fellowship.
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Jul 22
British Academy elects twelve Cambridge researchers to Fellowship in 2025

We are thrilled to announce that both CRASSH Director Professor Joanna Page and Global History Lab Director Jeremy Adelman are on the list of elected Fellows! 🎉

www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
British Academy elects twelve Cambridge researchers to Fellowship in 2025
Twelve academics from the University of Cambridge have been made Fellows of the prestigious British Academy for the humanities and social science
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Cambridge Digital Humanities @camdighum.bsky.social · Jul 14
Gain teaching experience and access a supportive platform for sharing research, approaches and critical perspectives as a CDH Methods Fellow in the 2025-26 academic year.

Deadline: 16 July

Apply online: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/learning/met...
Methods Fellowships 2025/26 - CDH
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · Jul 12
📣Exciting News 📣
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM
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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jul 1
1 decade of Open Access, now 300 titles 🔓

Introducing 'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - freely available to all students and institutions.

A magnificent feat for research in Renaissance art & #histmed

Read it here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

#Renaissance #OpenAccess
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CSMBR Pisa @csmbr-pisa.bsky.social · Jul 15
Reminder

𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇: 𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 «𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢»
Massimo Sbarbaro

Register Now: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #medicalhistory #middleages #Merchants #Health
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Jul 15
Event video now available! Geopolitics & memory

Dr Richard Latham Lechowick (@crasshlive.bsky.social‬, ‪@cam.ac.uk‬) discusses memory as a collective political act, a survival mechanism, and a site for personal negotiation.

Watch now via YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyco...
Geopolitics & Memory
YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Jul 11
There's still time to register for: Shrinking 'Middle'? The geopolitics of Central Europe!

Luka Ivan Jukic talks about his forthcoming book (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) and interrogates the idea of a European ‘Middle’ with Barnabás Szabó.

Wed 23 July at 5pm
Online
Reg & info: lnkd.in/d-44GTFZ
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Centre for Geopolitics @camgeopolitics.bsky.social · Jul 8
One day to go! Geopolitics and memory

Dr Richard Latham Lechowick and Dr Jade McGlynn will discuss how historical memory shapes people’s understanding of and response to geopolitical issues.

Wed 9 Jul, 5pm to 6:30pm (BST)
Online
Reg & info: lnkd.in/dAs6hcX4
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Jun 19
Wondering what it is like to study history at Cambridge, and what we are looking for in potential students? Watch this!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC6T...

More detail about the course here: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/course/histo...
Cambridge History Faculty
Faculty of History, University of Cambridge The Faculty of History is one of the largest history departments in the world. Over one hundred people pursue teaching and research within the History Facu...
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Ecclesiastical History Society @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 19
We are thrilled to speak with Prof Mary Laven @marylaven.bsky.social about her research on the Italian #Renaissance (can we call it Italian? 🤔) and what it means to work closely with #museums as an historian. Check out our latest podcast episode ⬇️

open.spotify.com/episode/0QWb... #Skystorians
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