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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 4d

This was such a delight! Thinking about family and its (il)legibility as essential to politics. Thank you @eicathomefinn.bsky.social for a marvellous paper and @jhowesuk.bsky.social for wonderful response.

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 · 5d

Have zoom link, can smuggle you in under our big coat if you didn't sign up clandestinely. #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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/...)

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 5d

THIS EVENING! You've still got time to get to lovely (SUNNY!) Bloomsbury. Or poke for a zoom link.

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 & 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/...)

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 17d

Don't forget about History Lab's regular seminar series, which has a rolling deadline and includes all topics and periods of history! See below for more information and to apply!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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History Lab Call for Papers: Seminar Series 2025/26

Topics of Interest:
- 40 minute papers on any period or aspect of historical study
- themed panels of two 20 minute papers, or three 10-15 minute papers
- papers from all UK-based PGRs
- we welcome first time presenters and innovative presentation styles including panels, poster presentations, and more.

All submissions will be rigorously reviewed by our team to ensure quality, innovation and relevance. Abstracts accepted on a rolling basis - apply anytime!

Taking place online, Thursdays from 5.30pm onwards.

Dates:
- Autumn term: 2nd October to 11th December
- Winter term: 22nd January to 30th March
- Spring term: 16th April to 25th June

Submission Requirements:
- abstracts of 250-350 words detailing research objectives, methodology, and key findings
- five key words outlining your research interests
- a personal biography of approximately 100 words 9one for each person for group panels)
- social media handles, if applicable

To apply, scan the QR code or use the link in the post.

Seminar Convenors:
Megan Schlanker (University of Lincoln) Joe Colm Jones and Patrick O'Dare (QMUL).

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 17d

Abstracts of 250 words and a short bio for 20 minute papers can be sent to @kabcommons.bsky.social by 5pm on 15th November! We are very excited to read through your abstracts on such an important part of history.

Please DM us or Kathleen if you have any questions, and share widely!

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 17d

📢 New Seminar Series!

We are thrilled to be working alongside @ihr.bsky.social on a brand new seminar series titled Migration and Mobility. We are coming together for a special edition of the seminar to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs on migration and mobility history (1/3)

Migration and Mobility History

Call for Papers: IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility Seminar

Taking place at the IHR Senate House and online, 10th February 2026, 5.30pm-7.30pm. The IHR History Lab and Migration and Mobility are coming together for a special edition of our seminar series to showcase the work of PGRs and ECRs working on migration and mobility history.

We invite submissions of 20 minute papers from PGRs and ECRs on the topic of migration and mobility (broadly defined), focusing on any period or place.

This is an opportunity to share your research with, and recieve feedback from, established and emerging scholars working on migration and mobility studies. To apply, send abstracts of under 250 words, with a short bio, to Kathleen Commons at kabcommons@gmail.com by 5pm on 15th November.

Migration and Mobility History

About the Seminars

History Lab is the national network for postgraduate students in history and related disciplines. Based at the Institute of Historical Research, it serves as an intellectual and social forum that connects, empowers, and supports the postgraduate community.

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history. The seminar seeks to attract papers on a diverse range of themes and periods in migration and mobility history, including the emerging field of pre-modern migration histories, and histories of migration within the Global South. We will take an interdisciplinary approach, working with sociologists, legal scholars, and geographers with an interest in historical migration and mobility.

if you have any queries about this seminar, contact Kathleen at kabcommons@gmail.com

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 10d

Our first online seminar of the academic year is happening tomorrow evening!

See below for more information on this fantastic talk and how to sign up...

HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 13d

Our first seminar of the academic year is taking place on Thursday 2nd October! 🤩 Tawana Kunaka will be presenting her research titled British Brute and Benevolence which investigates the role of colonial violence and the mystique of British anti-racism in sustaining imperial authority.

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History Lab Presents "British brute and Benevolence: An Investigation into the use of Colonial Violence and the Mystique of Anti-British Racism During British Imperialism in Relation to the Baptist War (1831-1) and the Morant Bay Rebellion (1865) by Tawana Kunaka. 2nd October, 5.45pm-7pm, online via Zoom.

Tawana Kunaka holds a BA in History and Politics from the University of Liverpool. She is now pursuing an MA in Contemporary British History at King’s College London, focusing on the impact of colonialism on Britain and its influence on racialised perceptions of immigrants and non-white Britons. In 2025, she presented at the Lancaster Postgraduate Conference on her paper ‘Stella Dadzie and the Significance of experience on the Black radical tradition’. Tawana’s research seeks to contribute as a progressive force in academia, using historical inquiry not only to understand the past but also to envision more equitable futures.

This research investigates the role of colonial violence and the mystique of British anti-racism in sustaining imperial authority. Popular memory of the British Empire often omits the violence found within the colonial period, instead Britain is often presented as a benevolent power committed to justice and humanitarian progress. By using Perry’s conception of the ‘mystique of British anti-racism’, this study examines how such myths were constructed and maintained despite repeated episodes of colonial brutality.

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HistoryLab @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social · 10d

You can now follow us on these other places as well! Go ahead and give us a follow, we'll see you over there!

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IHR Black British History Seminar @ihrblackbritish.bsky.social · 11d

Kicking off our fantastic line up with a showcase of new research! Get in touch if you are a postgraduate or early career researcher who would like to introduce their work to the field.

📍 Hybrid: N304, IHR, Senate House, WC1E 7HU and Online
📅 Thursday 16th October, 2025
⏰ 17:30
🔗 bit.ly/3INwCfO

Email Olivia.Wyatt@ed.ac.uk or Meleisa.Ono-George@history.ox.ac.uk to present online or in-person

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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 12d

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 · 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 · 12d

We've all wished this decade away... 🤭

Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 13d

Very grateful for that and sorry I couldn't squeeze it in in the initial post -- have put a follow up one.

(though I do wish we could get back to October 2015 and try to stave off the worst of the past decade 🤭)

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Dr Jennifer Howes @jhowesuk.bsky.social · 14d

I’m pleased to be taking part in the first seminar in this series, on 6 October 2015, with Margot Finn!!

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 · 13d

And very grateful we'll have commentary on these papers by @jhowesuk.bsky.social, Linda Newson, and Toby Green #EarlyModern #SkyStorians @ihr.bsky.social

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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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 14d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):

memorients.com/news/lecture...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London) | MEMOs

King's College London - Department of History

memorients.com

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14d

ANZAMEMS Reading Group #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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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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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 16d

WE ARE OFF!

If you're still on commute or school run, you should be able to pick this up later as it's recorded. But always lovely to be able to actually ask questions of our brilliant post-docs.
#SkyStorians #EarlyModern

Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Aug 30

POSTDOCTORAL SHOWCASE!

Come and hear all about the exciting work our post-doctoral fellows have done this past year! Starring @claireturner.bsky.social & Jean David Eynard.

25 September, 5-6pm, Crowdcast. Register here: www.crowdcast.io/c/postdoctor... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

postdoctoral showcase
Jean David Eynard, ‘Hearing Colours, Seeing Noises: Sensory Disability & Synaesthesia in Seventeenth-Century England’

Claire Turner, ‘Cancer, Identity, & the Senses in Early Modern England, c.1583-1699’

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · Aug 6

CFP: @rebpaf.bsky.social’s “Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures” With keynote speakers @wynkenhimself.bsky.social @renskehoff.bsky.social and Aditi Nafde

Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 23-25 June 2026
Deadline: 15 December 2025

All info: www.rensoc.org.uk/event/re-med...

Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures (REBPAF) is a Marie Curie Doctoral Training Network coordinated by the University of Galway, which focuses on the ways in which 15th- and 16th-century book producers (scribes, printers, entrepreneurs) negotiated the dynamic relations between the manuscript and the printed book and adapted to the evolving challenges of the market. It also explores the continuing relevance of these cultural and economic negotiations to the modern world.

The network will be hosting an international conference at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin from 23-25 June 2026. We invite papers or posters on late medieval and early modern book culture, broadly conceived.

Selection. What shapes a book producer’s choices in form or language? How do physical features reflect meaning or ideology? How do design and content choices reveal cultural values—and how are these reimagined in modern editions?
Value. What determines the cultural or monetary value of certain texts over others? How do producers, sellers, and collectors influence these shifting values? How can citation, adaptation, or performance reshape a book’s worth? What is the role of canonicity, and how has it changed? Why and how do we reevaluate texts over time?
Accessibility. How does changing a text’s medium—manuscript, print, or digital—affect its reading? How do material or linguistic changes interact with content? How does greater access reshape how readers interpret texts? What are the ethical issues around accessibility and cultural ownership? Can re-mediation serve as critique or recovery? How can we open historical texts to new audiences?
Survival. Why do some texts survive while others do not? How do past choices shape their transmission today? What meanings are tied to survival, loss, or rediscovery? How do texts respond to fragility? What roles do preservation or adaptation play in ensuring their future?

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 12

Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA

We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and develop...

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · Aug 12

📣We're into the FINAL WEEK for applications for two Editorial Fellowship positions 2025-27!📣

Deadline is midnight 15th August (that's this Friday!), and the fellowships are open to any early career historians. See the post below for the full details:

www.historyworkshop....

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025

History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · Jun 20

📢 REGISTRATION OPEN!
Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library
9–10 Sep UCL @livesandletters.bsky.social
This symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives & methodologies.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Built with books: shaping the shelves of the early modern library

This 2-day symposium will explore the rich field of early modern library studies, inviting fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives and methodologies to open up existing narratives and bodies of evidence...

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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · Jun 20

Not one, but two keynote lectures! Join CEMS and MMoR next week.

25.06, 17:00 - @profjennyshaw.bsky.social on "The Women of Rendezvous"

26.06, 17:00 - @sdamussen.bsky.social on "Seeing Racial Patriarchy"

Full details below.

kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/carib...

Caribbean Connections: Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Britain — CEMS KCL Blog

Join King's Medicine and the Making of Race for two keynote lectures by Dr. Jenny Shaw (University of Alabama) and Prof. Susan D. Amussen (University of California Merced). Each keynote will think thr...

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