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Iberian History at Oxford @iberiahistoryox.bsky.social · 2d

If you’re in London on 29 October, make sure you don’t miss this celebration of Iberian history books!

Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder of this event later this month, taking place in person and on zoom. Don't forget to register!

Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder of this event later this month, taking place in person and on zoom. Don't forget to register!

Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Poster image for "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic. Image of book covers and authors. More information on authors and books at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2025/oct/space-mobility-and-subjecthood-early-modern-history

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 8d

FIRST SESSION THIS MONDAY! Join us for "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule", a paper by @eicathomefinn.bsky.social with comment by @jhowesuk.bsky.social

All welcome in person @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)

Europe and the world, 1500-1800, IHR seminar, Mondays, 17:30.
6 October: Margot Finn: At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule
10 November: Sari Nauman: Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the Early Modern Baltic Sea
17 November Roger Lee Jesus: Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia
1 December: Ana Lucia Araujo: Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 11d

JUST A WEEK FROM NOW! We'll host the marvellous Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social who will speak about "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule"

6 Oct, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 14d

NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Gad Heuman @gadheuman.bsky.social · 16d

The September issue of Slavery & Abolition is a Special Issue:

Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present
Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling & Esteban Salas

www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...

Slavery & Abolition

Special Issue: Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present. Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling, and Esteban Salas. Volume 46, Issue 3 of Slavery & Abolition

www.tandfonline.com

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 13d

Upcoming Seminars @ihreurope1500.bsky.social
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All welcome!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 14d

NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 14d

NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 14d

WOULD YOU LOOK AT THIS PROGRAMME 🤩
And more excitement to come in 2026 as well.

I often get driven to despair about the health of #earlymodern studies because of how it's deemed 'not useful' and 'unpopular in recruitment' and then I see just how much brilliant and varied work we do despite all that

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 14d

NEW PROGRAMME! What an exciting one it is!
We're looking forward to thinking with @eicathomefinn.bsky.social, Sari Nauman, @rogerleejesus.bsky.social & @araujohistorian.bsky.social

Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & zoom. All very welcome! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 18d

We have two jobs at KCL History!

16-month post in Modern Irish and/or British History: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU178/l...

And 5-year post in Early Modern Europe & The World: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOU182/l...

(both to start in January 2026)

Lecturer in Irish/British History at King's College London

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Irish/British History on jobs.ac.uk!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

@uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social @uclhistory.bsky.social @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 18d

Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History” with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Thiago Krause @thiagokrause.bsky.social · 21d

My review of @chloeireton.bsky.social's impressive debut monograph is out. It was a pleasure reading the book and writing the review, and you all should read it as well!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/KXRFJ...

Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic

Published in Slavery & Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies (Vol. 46, No. 3, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 21d

thank you so much for this review, and for sharing the link! a wonderful gift! Thanks

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Sep 9

My Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery is one of the two finalists of the @maahstonebookaward.bsky.social, am lucky and grateful to get this honor in times when the study of the history of slavery is being attacked on all fronts in this country. #slaveryarchive

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#Slaveryarchive Digital Initiative @slaveryarchive.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are happy to announce the three finalists of the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize 2024! The winner will be announced at the end of September. To know more about the three finalists, visit our website www.slaveryarchive.com/slaveryarchi...

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Sep 7

FIVE YEARS of #Slaveryarchive Book Club! More than ever, it's time to read, assign, discuss, share, buy, and gift books that tell the history of slavery in the Americas (and elsewhere) The book club has been doing this for full five years. Join us www.slaveryarchive.com/book-club/20...

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Karen Graubart @kbgraubart.bsky.social · Aug 5

Delighted to announce that my new article, "Dialogic Depositions: Finding Black Women’s Presence in Spanish Colonial Legal Records," is here! Thanks to the RQ editors and staff for their assistance and support.

Renaissance Society of America @rsaorg.bsky.social · Aug 5

We are thrilled to announce that the Summer 2025 issue of Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78.2) has been published online. Take a look: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #RenTwitter #earlymodern #Renaissance @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 31

If you're in Aberdeen on 17 September don't miss my colleague Professor Matt Smith's lecture on 'Twice Removed: Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories'.

Digital history both opens up new vistas and obscures 'the knotted histories of empire'. #Skystorians

Slavery, Big Data, and the Cultures of Caribbean Ancestral Histories

Royal Historical Society public lecture at the University of Aberdeen

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 10

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Jul 1

Here is my review of Chloe Ireton's book Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic just published in the Hispanic American Historical Review. Check it out and go get the book! #slaveryarchive

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you @araujohistorian.bsky.social for this generous review of Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic (Cambridge University Press 2025) that will appear in Hispanic American Historical Review.
doi.org/10.1215/0018...

Ana Lucia Araujo @araujohistorian.bsky.social · Jul 1

Here is my review of Chloe Ireton's book Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic just published in the Hispanic American Historical Review. Check it out and go get the book! #slaveryarchive

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Nathalie Miraval @nathaliemiraval.bsky.social · Jun 10

My review on @chloeireton.bsky.social new book, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic is out on Ler Historia! Fantastic work and incredible research. journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/...

Chloe L. Ireton, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early ...

In 2023, the Nigerian-based artist El Anatsui premiered a three-part installation, Behind the Red Moon, in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London. In its materiality, form, and scale, Behind...

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · Jun 10

“Scholars across disciplines who study the African diaspora, transatlantic slave trade, early modern Iberia and Latin America, legal history, and questions of political identity and belonging will benefit tremendously from Ireton’s acute insights and rigorous research.”
Thank you Nathalie Miraval!

Nathalie Miraval @nathaliemiraval.bsky.social · Jun 10

My review on @chloeireton.bsky.social new book, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic is out on Ler Historia! Fantastic work and incredible research. journals.openedition.org/lerhistoria/...

Chloe L. Ireton, Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early ...

In 2023, the Nigerian-based artist El Anatsui premiered a three-part installation, Behind the Red Moon, in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London. In its materiality, form, and scale, Behind...

journals.openedition.org

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · Jun 10

Thank you so much, @nathaliemiraval.bsky.social So honoured to read your careful review of the book an dto hear that you found it useful, and I am so thrilled to learn that El Anatsui's wonderful exhibition resonated with you too! Many thanks for writing this, & thank you for sharing this with me!

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