Dr. Felicia Fricke
@feliciafricke.bsky.social
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Archaeologist | Osteologist | Historian | British/Dutch | Assistant Professor @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social | 1800s Eastern Caribbean
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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! ✨️
floridapress.bsky.social
New Books Alert! 📣 Our Fall & Winter 2025 season is here! Visit upress.ufl.edu/Fall2025 to browse our new books scheduled to be published between Sep 2025 and Feb 2026.

🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
Artwork composed of a collection of angular shapes in pinks, blues, and oranges appears behind a purple box that contains the words “New Books Fall and Winter 2025.” Logos for University Press of Florida and UF Press appear in a solid blue sidebar on the left.
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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/
Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians
associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org
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pciarchaeology.bsky.social
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... 🧪🏺
Figure 1 from the manuscript: location of the Fort Amsterdam site on St. Eustatius, ine the Northern Lesser Antilles.
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anterotesis.bsky.social
‘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 🗃️
‘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
feliciafricke.bsky.social
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...
GLOBAL HISTORY SEMINAR SERIES. November 18, 10:15-12:00. Felicia J. Fricke, University of Copenhagen. "Fugitive Motherhood: Women Running from Slavery in the Insular Caribbean, 1770s-1870s". Contact Natacha Klein Kafer (natacha.klein_kafer@hist.lu.se) or Cecilia Lundstrom (cecilia.lundstrom@hist.lu.se) for Zoom link.
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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 🌎
A white woman in black leaning against a plinth with a white urn. She holds the hand of a little white girl, also dressed in black, whose doll has fallen to the floor (Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1809, Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://archive.org/details/repositoryofarts21809acke/page/n237/mode/2up).
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Well done @idalvos.bsky.social! Sounds like it was a really interesting and important event.
rm-project.bsky.social
Project PhD student @idalvos.bsky.social recently presented her research at the 9th Global Meeting of Slavery Past, Present and Future, which was held at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. She talked about the role of religion in Dutch and Spanish free womb discussions in the 1850s and 1870s.
Ida stands in front of her PowerPoint presentation, which is currently on a slide about Dutch bills in the East Indies. She is wearing a pink jacket and a white conference nametag, and she looks up at the slide while she talks.
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And I forgot to add that it will be open access!! 😅💕
feliciafricke.bsky.social
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! ✨️
floridapress.bsky.social
New Books Alert! 📣 Our Fall & Winter 2025 season is here! Visit upress.ufl.edu/Fall2025 to browse our new books scheduled to be published between Sep 2025 and Feb 2026.

🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
Artwork composed of a collection of angular shapes in pinks, blues, and oranges appears behind a purple box that contains the words “New Books Fall and Winter 2025.” Logos for University Press of Florida and UF Press appear in a solid blue sidebar on the left.
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archaeotext.bsky.social
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
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rm-project.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.
"Run away from the Subscriber about 20 days ago, A Small, slender made, negro woman named Juliana Sophia, has a mark on the left ancle, and is far advanced in pregnancy. If she returns in eight days she will be forgiven; if not, she will be given over to Justice; no person must harbour her, or they must abide by the consequences of the Law. A reward of one Joe will be given to any person who will take and deliver her to REBECCA STALLARD. 3d Feb. 1804." DANSK VESTINDISK REGIERINGS AVIS, 1804-02-07, available from Mediestream.
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rm-project.bsky.social
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
Centre for Digital and Computational Humanities – University of Copenhagen
cdch.ku.dk
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elliemackinroberts.net
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.
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inthesamesea.bsky.social
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...
Felicia begins her keynote speech at the Reuvensdagen in Hoorn, the Netherlands, November 2023. She is wearing a blue dress and standing at a white lectern. In front of the lectern is a bouquet of red, orange, and purple flowers and green leaves. Behind her is the first slide of her presentation. The title reads "Archaeology, Ethics, and Society: Exploring Slavery in the Dutch Colonial Context".
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'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...
Slavery and The Dutch State: Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives on JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
www.jstor.org
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This is some of the least offensive language referred to in my blog post. Prepare for your ears to burn 🫣😅
inthesamesea.bsky.social
ITSS🌊 Postdoctoral Fellow @feliciafricke.bsky.social has written a short blog post about free women's bad language and the idea of the colonial gentleman in early nineteenth century St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean! 🪶 Read more here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/blog/curse-w...
The documents examined include a letter from Mary Sadler to her brother Christopher, whom she addresses as "Villinous Kitt at the whores Shop."
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inthesamesea.bsky.social
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 😊
From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism. Organization: Eva Seuntjens, IISH/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bart van Holsteijn, ISSH/University of Gothenburg. Workshop abstract: Recent years have seen the proliferation of projects dealing with topics that broadly fit the category of business history of slavery and colonialism. [...] We intend to organize a workshop for early-career researchers to explore new perspectives on business history in relation to the histories of slavery and colonialism. This workshop will provide extensive peer discussion and feedback from senior experts in the field field. The workshop aims to encourage and strengthen ties among early-career researchers in the field of business history. The event will be hosted by the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam on Thursday and Friday 20-21 November, 2025.
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inthesamesea.bsky.social
Apply for a #postdoc fellowship in #maritime #history at Trier University! Deadline 1st April 📨See: transmare.uni-trier.de
2 postdoctoral start-up fellowships in early modern maritime history for 8 months (2125 euros per month) that provide support to write a grant application, mentoring provided by the university's Grant Office and the chair holder, Prof. Dr. Damien Tricoire. Trier University has a major center of maritime history, TRANSMARE. We expect: a PhD in a relevant field, an innovative research project idea, a good command of English, willingness to learn German, willingness to integrate at TRANSMARE. Please send a letter of motivation, a CV, a list of publications, and a 2 page project description to tricoire@uni-trier.de by 1st April 2025.
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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/
Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies - University of Warwick
warwick.ac.uk
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inthesamesea.bsky.social
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...
Map edited by the author using Gavin Smith, ‘Map of the Island of Grenada Divided into Parishes and Including a Plan of The Harbor of St. George. Taken from an Actual Survey Made by Gavin Smith in the Year 1801.’ Courtesy of the Map Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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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...
Archaeological and Forensic Sciences Endowed Scholarship (2025/26) - Scholarship
Apply for Archaeological and Forensic Sciences Endowed Scholarship (2025/26). Available to postgraduate taught students.
www.bradford.ac.uk
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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...
Small boats known as 'yoles' (or in Danish, 'joller') along the Martinican shoreline, 2025, photo: G. Simonsen.
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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...
A graphic with a dark blue background, covered in organically shaped overlapping circles in bright blue, autumnal orange, brownish red, duck egg blue, and pale cream. A cream-coloured box in the centre of the graphic includes the Coalition for Caribbean Archaeological Heritage (CoCAH)'s logo, which is presented in a rounded, friendly font. Beneath this, the URL of the website can be found: www.cocah.net