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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚨 JOB ALERT🚨
We are looking to hire an Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern). This Grade 8 open-ended position has an application deadline of 28/09/2025. Click below to learn more and apply. Please share widely!

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Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) at Durham University

Apply now for the Assistant Professor in Histories of the Islamicate World (Medieval/Early Modern) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Aug 4

From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"

by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya

Abstract. The colonial state in Kenya offered its African subjects a novel tool for imagining a future life. The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was meant

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jul 29

Huge congratulations to @hibbertsalex.bsky.social for the publication of a new article in the @royalhistsoc.org journal 'Transactions'!
Alex's article is available here: doi.org/10.1017/S008...
See also the blog post that Alex has written to mark its release: blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/07/27/f...

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jul 27

Huge congratulations to our student Ben Sharp for winning the DC Watt Prize with the Transatlantic Studies Association (TSA). Ben's paper will now be published as an article in the TSA's Journal of Transatlantic Studies. 🥳

More info can be found here: www.transatlanticstudies.com/dc-watt-prize

DC Watt Prize — Transatlantic Studies Association

DC WATT PRIZE

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 27

We're recruiting for the role of Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections, deadline 7 July, as part of the Heritage 360 funded project, with full details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK253/p...

Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections at Durham University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Professor in Pre-Modern Heritage Collections opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 24

The event will be followed by a postgraduate workshop on 'From the Archive to the Screen: The Opportunities, Process and Pitfalls of Performing History in Public', 10.00-11.30, Elvet Riverside ER152

Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 24

We're excited that Amanda Vickery is coming to Durham this Thursday 26 June to talk about 'Making and Visualising British Beauty: Provincial Women and Miss Great Britain, 1945–1970'

All welcome! Takes place at 15.30-17.00 in Elvet Riverside ER140

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 16

Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? Benedetta Carnaghi (@benecarnaghi.bsky.social) features in this BBC feature: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzXM...

Why does Hitler still cast a shadow over the world? - BBC World Service

YouTube video by BBC World Service

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 16

Still time to apply for this 24-month post as Career Development Fellow in Modern World History – deadline 23 June www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNJ236/c...

Career Development Fellow in Modern World History at Durham University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Career Development Fellow in Modern World History opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · Jun 10

If you published your first book in French history in 2024, you might like to submit it for the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize, deadline 31 July 2025 and more details here: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/ssfh-book-pr...

@frenchhistory.bsky.social

SSFH Book Prize – SSFH

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Jun 11

From the current issue: "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"

by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya

Abstract. The colonial state in Kenya offered its African subjects a novel tool for imagining a future life. The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was meant

doi.org

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 9

We are proud to announce that the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of which we are a part has been granted the Athena Swan Silver Award! Massive thanks to our colleagues Dr Alex Barber and Prof. Rebecca Clifford for all their hard work in putting together our contribution. 🎉

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 4

And what a fabulous event it was, thank you Siobhan for coming!

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Radha Kapuria @radhakapuria.bsky.social · Jun 3

Last month we hosted the amazing Siobhan Lambert-Hurley @sheffielduni.bsky.social for the @durhamhistory.bsky.social Seminar. She spoke on royal women's relationship to food & shaping of a discourse on ideal diets in princely India, with great insights on doing Gender & Food Histories in South Asia.

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Jun 2

Christian Liddy is part of this wide-ranging feature on 'Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion' @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social academic.oup.com/past/article...

Lordship in the Later Middle Ages: A Round Table Discussion

Abstract. Over the last few years, a number of articles have featured in Past and Present on the subject of late medieval lordship. Three were accepted wit

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · May 28

Calling all undergraduates! Are you not ready to put down the books yet? Got a topic, time period, or theme that you want to explore further? Want to hone your critical thinking skills? Then come along on to the Confluence Building on June 10th to find out more about doing a History MA with us.

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Durham University Collections @ducollections.bsky.social · May 21

We are delighted to be involved in this British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant funded workshop ‘Religious History and Catholic Archives: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach’, which includes an archives showcase using our collections!

Diploma of the Prince Bishop of Liège (Ferdinand von Bayern) granting admission to the English nuns to found a convent of the Holy Sepulchre, 1 December 1642

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Christina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · May 20

Undergraduate dissertations are always rewarding to mark - but especially when the acknowledgements thank you for (and I quote) 'talking about cats with me'. 😻🐈🐈‍⬛🗃️

I do feel that is an important part of a supervisor's role. Many colleagues @durhamhistory.bsky.social will no doubt agree.

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations to Graham Barrett, who has won the La corónica International Book Award for his book, *Text, and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: The Written and The World, 711-1031*!

Full details here with a snap of Graham at Kalamazoo to receive the award:
lcclacoronica.org/journal/winn...

Winner of the 2025 La corónica International Book Award - La corónica Commons

Winner of the 2025 La corónica International Book Award: Graham Barrett Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: The Written and The World, 711-1031 (Oxford UP, 2023) Graham Barrett, assistant ...

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · May 13

Congratulations to Graham Barrett, who has won the La corónica International Book Award for his book, *Text, and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: The Written and The World, 711-1031*!

Full details here with a snap of Graham at Kalamazoo to receive the award:
lcclacoronica.org/journal/winn...

Winner of the 2025 La corónica International Book Award - La corónica Commons

Winner of the 2025 La corónica International Book Award: Graham Barrett Text and Textuality in Early Medieval Iberia: The Written and The World, 711-1031 (Oxford UP, 2023) Graham Barrett, assistant ...

lcclacoronica.org

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · May 7

6/ "Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya"

by Christian Velasco (CIDE, Ciudad de México) and Justin Willis (@durhamhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Saving, Inheritance and Future-Making in 1940s Kenya

Abstract. The colonial state in Kenya offered its African subjects a novel tool for imagining a future life. The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) was meant

doi.org

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · May 8

On Saturday 10th May 2025, Blackfriars and @imems.bsky.social will host the 25th Public lecture on 'Fit for a Kaiser: feeding the Holy Roman Emperor' delivered by our very own @lenscales.bsky.social. Tickets for this fabulous event are available here:
blackfriarsrestaurant.co.uk/product/medi...

MEDIEVAL LECTURE: FIT FOR A KAISER: FEEDING THE HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR - 10 MAY 2025 - Blackfriars

On Saturday 10 May 2025, Blackfriars will host, in partnership with Durham University's IMEMS (*), the 25th Public lecture on Fit for a Kaiser: feeding the Holy Roman Emperor.

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · May 6

New article by Antonia Perna! 🎉📚 'Schoolbooks Printed in Revolutionary and Napoleonic Milan: Education and cultural imperialism, 1796–1814' doi.org/10.4000/13om9

Schoolbooks printed in Revolutionary and Napoleonic Milan

When the French Revolutionary armies crossed the Alps in 1796, they initiated a period of significant cultural – as well as political – change on the Italian peninsula. One understudied area in whi...

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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Apr 21

A thought-provoking interview with Professor Markian Prokopovych on the war in Ukraine has been published in the Palatinate.
▶️ www.palatinate.org.uk/ukraine-east...

Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and the media: a conversation with Professor Markian Prokopovych - Palatinate

Interview Editor Samara Patel speaks to Professor Markian Prokopovych about the study of Ukraine in unprecedented times.

www.palatinate.org.uk

Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · Apr 7

Delighted to listen one of our alumni Danielle Giles discussing her wonderful new book, Mere, in conversation with fellow historical novelist Naomi Kelsey, author of The Burnings and forthcoming The Darkening Globe, at Collected Books. Congratulations Danielle!
collectedbooks.co.uk/products/dan...

Danielle Giles - Mere | Monday 7 April, 6.30pm

Come along for what promises to be a brilliant evening in the company of debut novelist Danielle Giles as she discusses Mere - a strikingly beautiful historical novel about a community bound by faith ...

collectedbooks.co.uk

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