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➡️ What is it like to study History at Cambridge?
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
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One week to go until: Historica
Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time.
Make sure not to miss it!
🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH
Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time.
Make sure not to miss it!
🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
One week to go until: Historica
Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time.
Make sure not to miss it!
🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH
Dr Alexander Tsikhilov & Nikita Balabanov present exciting developments of historica.org, an AI-based tool to view historical maps and records throughout time.
Make sure not to miss it!
🗓️ Tue 2nd Dec 17:30-19:00
🗺️ Ramsden Room, St Cat's
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4hTedLH
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A reminder that our Salon symposium is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 26 November! Our theme is ‘The Senses’ and we’re taking an embodied, medical history, musical, and craft-based approach to the long eighteenth century.
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A reminder that our Salon symposium is tomorrow afternoon, Wednesday 26 November! Our theme is ‘The Senses’ and we’re taking an embodied, medical history, musical, and craft-based approach to the long eighteenth century.
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The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
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ICYMI here's the recording of my chat last week about law, politics and autocracy in America with Jim Zirin, author and talk-show host. Some great questions from the audience and a persistent effort from yours truly to find some hope in the current moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3o...
Autocracy in America: Law and Politics in the Second Trump Administration
YouTube video by Cambridge Development & Alumni Relations
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November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
ICYMI here's the recording of my chat last week about law, politics and autocracy in America with Jim Zirin, author and talk-show host. Some great questions from the audience and a persistent effort from yours truly to find some hope in the current moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3o...
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We loved hosting our annual visit for students studying the Modern British History MPhil here in Cambridge.
In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We loved hosting our annual visit for students studying the Modern British History MPhil here in Cambridge.
In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
In our 2 hour session, we worked with students to explore what it means to look after collections, from when they enter our sorting room to going out to researchers in our reading room!
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Want to know how to move your ideas beyond academia to shape society? 🧰
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
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November 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Want to know how to move your ideas beyond academia to shape society? 🧰
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
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I am truly honoured to share that my book “Hegel and Italian Political Thought” has been selected as one of the finalists for the Giuseppe Galasso Prize. The jury recognised the “excellent scientific quality and the valuable contribution to the international historiographical debate.”
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am truly honoured to share that my book “Hegel and Italian Political Thought” has been selected as one of the finalists for the Giuseppe Galasso Prize. The jury recognised the “excellent scientific quality and the valuable contribution to the international historiographical debate.”
Calling Year 12 students! Nominations open for @corpuscambridge.bsky.social’s outreach scheme designed to stretch, challenge and sharpen oracy & problem solving skills.
The programme introduces students to new & exciting super-curricular resources & themes through a sustained 6-month programme...⬇️
The programme introduces students to new & exciting super-curricular resources & themes through a sustained 6-month programme...⬇️
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Calling Year 12 students! Nominations open for @corpuscambridge.bsky.social’s outreach scheme designed to stretch, challenge and sharpen oracy & problem solving skills.
The programme introduces students to new & exciting super-curricular resources & themes through a sustained 6-month programme...⬇️
The programme introduces students to new & exciting super-curricular resources & themes through a sustained 6-month programme...⬇️
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On behalf of the family, can I extend our thanks to the Faculty, Trustees and Board of
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
Tánaiste announces endowment of Chair of Irish History at University of Cambridge
www.gov.ie
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
On behalf of the family, can I extend our thanks to the Faculty, Trustees and Board of
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
@camhistory.bsky.social @lucydelap.bsky.social
at the announcement of the Permanent " Childers Chair " of Irish History. My grandfather was incredibly proud to be an alumnus
www.gov.ie/en/departmen...
We are honoured and delighted to be recipients of the endowed Childers Professorship in Irish History.
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We are honoured and delighted to be recipients of the endowed Childers Professorship in Irish History.
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
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🎙 NEW EPISODE: “What plume of feathers is he?” — Love’s Labour’s Lost
Feathers signaled wealth, rank, romance, and sometimes ridiculous vanity. This week, Professor Ulinka Rublack @CamHistory explains about plumed hats and the bold identities they created.
🎧 Listen here → cassidycash.com/ep395
Feathers signaled wealth, rank, romance, and sometimes ridiculous vanity. This week, Professor Ulinka Rublack @CamHistory explains about plumed hats and the bold identities they created.
🎧 Listen here → cassidycash.com/ep395
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🎙 NEW EPISODE: “What plume of feathers is he?” — Love’s Labour’s Lost
Feathers signaled wealth, rank, romance, and sometimes ridiculous vanity. This week, Professor Ulinka Rublack @CamHistory explains about plumed hats and the bold identities they created.
🎧 Listen here → cassidycash.com/ep395
Feathers signaled wealth, rank, romance, and sometimes ridiculous vanity. This week, Professor Ulinka Rublack @CamHistory explains about plumed hats and the bold identities they created.
🎧 Listen here → cassidycash.com/ep395
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Want to know how to move your ideas beyond academia to shape society? 🧰
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
November 13, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Want to know how to move your ideas beyond academia to shape society? 🧰
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
Learn from leading innovators and entrepreneurs in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences who have successfully translated research into real-world products
5 Dec 2025, 12.30-2.30pm
🎟️ Register at bit.ly/3WQVN4M
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We look forward to welcoming you *today* Thurs 13 Nov for the Core Seminar in Economic and Social History, at 5:15 PM in St John's Lightfoot Room. Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester) will discuss: 'War and prices: austerity and the cost of living index in Britain (c. 1939-1950)'.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We look forward to welcoming you *today* Thurs 13 Nov for the Core Seminar in Economic and Social History, at 5:15 PM in St John's Lightfoot Room. Aashish Velkar (University of Manchester) will discuss: 'War and prices: austerity and the cost of living index in Britain (c. 1939-1950)'.
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Join us next week, Tues 18th Nov for our second meeting of term. Author and journalist Mark O'Connell will be in conversation with the Guardian's Ireland Correspondent Rory Carroll. All welcome, refreshments will be served.
5pm at the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John's College
5pm at the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John's College
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Join us next week, Tues 18th Nov for our second meeting of term. Author and journalist Mark O'Connell will be in conversation with the Guardian's Ireland Correspondent Rory Carroll. All welcome, refreshments will be served.
5pm at the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John's College
5pm at the Lightfoot Room, Old Divinity School, St John's College
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The Legacies of Enslavement Initiative invites you to the launch of Nicolas Bell Romero's The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery - a brilliant overview of Cambridge's links to enslavement. Tuesday 18th Nov, sign up here: tinyurl.com/mpnjrz3m @camhistory.bsky.social
Book Launch: The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery
Join us for the launch of this ground breaking book by Dr Nicolas Bell-Romero followed by a discussion of its key themes.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Legacies of Enslavement Initiative invites you to the launch of Nicolas Bell Romero's The University of Cambridge in the Age of Atlantic Slavery - a brilliant overview of Cambridge's links to enslavement. Tuesday 18th Nov, sign up here: tinyurl.com/mpnjrz3m @camhistory.bsky.social
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Are you in Year 11 or 12? Are you interested in studying a humanities subject at university, but not sure which one is right for you?
Come along to this free event on 9 December to experience taster lectures and hear from staff and students at Cambridge.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Come along to this free event on 9 December to experience taster lectures and hear from staff and students at Cambridge.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
November 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Are you in Year 11 or 12? Are you interested in studying a humanities subject at university, but not sure which one is right for you?
Come along to this free event on 9 December to experience taster lectures and hear from staff and students at Cambridge.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
Come along to this free event on 9 December to experience taster lectures and hear from staff and students at Cambridge.
www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...
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We are pleased to announce our next speaker for this term's seminar series! Join us on 18th November for Dr Lorenzo Posocco's talk on his new book.
Location 📍:Sociology Seminar Room,
Date and time 🕕:12:30-2pm
Location 📍:Sociology Seminar Room,
Date and time 🕕:12:30-2pm
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We are pleased to announce our next speaker for this term's seminar series! Join us on 18th November for Dr Lorenzo Posocco's talk on his new book.
Location 📍:Sociology Seminar Room,
Date and time 🕕:12:30-2pm
Location 📍:Sociology Seminar Room,
Date and time 🕕:12:30-2pm
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Applications now open 🎓
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Applications now open 🎓
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
Spend 9 weeks at Cambridge University with the CRASSH & @cw-indiatrust.bsky.social, supporting scholars from India in the arts, humanities, and heritage conservation
Funding includes travel, accommodation & research expenses
Apply by 19 Jan 2026
bit.ly/3tw6OuI
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If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
Charles Parker Prize | Showcase Your Audio Talent — Charles Parker Archive Trust
Discover top student audio features and enter the Charles Parker Prize for a chance to broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
www.cpatrust.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
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📣 British Academy Early Career Researchers Network launch event
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
November 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
📣 British Academy Early Career Researchers Network launch event
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
Are you an Early Career Researcher? You are invited to the network launch on 24 Nov from 10.30am-5pm at the Cambridge Union, to hear about the fantastic opportunities the network offers
Join and register at https://bit.ly/43byupL
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Join our research group "Caste as Practice" on 7 November, 4–6 PM (UK time), for a critical conversation on the caste census and the upcoming Bihar elections, featuring Trina Vithayathil, Christophe Guilmoto, YogendraYadav and Jusmeet S. Sihra. Register here: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 6, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Join our research group "Caste as Practice" on 7 November, 4–6 PM (UK time), for a critical conversation on the caste census and the upcoming Bihar elections, featuring Trina Vithayathil, Christophe Guilmoto, YogendraYadav and Jusmeet S. Sihra. Register here: cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
A successful fieldtrip to the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, staffed by the enthusiastic NRC volunteers 🙌
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A successful fieldtrip to the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, staffed by the enthusiastic NRC volunteers 🙌
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
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New event! Britain and the Balkans – 30 years after the Dayton Agreement
Award-winning filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies’, and head of the FCDO Western Balkans Department Helen Smith, will discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans.
🗓️20th Nov, 17:00
🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
Award-winning filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies’, and head of the FCDO Western Balkans Department Helen Smith, will discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans.
🗓️20th Nov, 17:00
🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
October 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
New event! Britain and the Balkans – 30 years after the Dayton Agreement
Award-winning filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies’, and head of the FCDO Western Balkans Department Helen Smith, will discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans.
🗓️20th Nov, 17:00
🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
Award-winning filmmaker Fiona Lloyd-Davies’, and head of the FCDO Western Balkans Department Helen Smith, will discuss Britain’s presence in the Balkans.
🗓️20th Nov, 17:00
🗺️Bateman Auditorium, G&C
✒️ Reg & info: bit.ly/4nsk3EZ
We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
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Great opportunity for history postgrads to do some public-facing work with their research!
If you’re a postgraduate student or ECR researching any aspect of post-1914 European history (including the UK and Europe’s overseas empires), we’d love to hear from you. To submit a blog idea, or for more information about New Voices, please email [email protected]
October 27, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Great opportunity for history postgrads to do some public-facing work with their research!