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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 15d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (closing date 13 October) . This post is a five-year appointment, starting on 1 January 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 15d

Lecturer in Irish/British History (closing date 6 October). This post is a 16 month temporary appointment (1 January 2026 – 30 April 2027). my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 20d

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History | King's College London

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 20d

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of History | King's College London

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · 22d

PhD Studentship: Wordsworth Blackwell Mather PhD Studentship (UK Home Students only) at King's College London

Discover a PhD Studentship: Wordsworth Blackwell Mather PhD Studentship (UK Home Students only) on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 29d

🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia.

On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️

All Other Passports: shapes and sounds of visa inequality | King's College London

Mark the beginning of LDF25 with an exhibition by LAGO Collective & King’s College London in the historic Bush House.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · Aug 18

📻 Listen to Dr Vincent Hiribarren on BBC Focus on Africa discussing Emmanuel Macron's response to France's colonial era crimes in Cameroon ⬇️

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Aug 5

History PhD students attend 2025 Sandbjerg Summer School co-organised by King's and 5 European universities

The annual summer school in global history took place in Sandbjerg, Denmark from 18-21 June.

Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025) - RHS

King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Aug 4

Our colleague Prof. Peter Marshall passed away last month. He became an assistant lecturer in our department in 1959 and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History in 1980. In 2009, we celebrated his 50th consecutive year of lecturing @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.

Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jul 28

We are very sorry to learn of the death last Saturday of Professor Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025), former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History @kingshistory.bsky.social and President of the Royal Historical Society, 1996-2000 bit.ly/4lUl74K

Peter will be greatly missed by many #Skystorians

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death, on Saturday, of Professor Peter Marshall, former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London and President of the Royal Historical Socie...

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King's College London Archives @kingsarchives.bsky.social · Jul 9

We have a wonderful new blog post written by our MA History intern all about Imperial Scholarship and the East. During his time with us, Kamal looked at letters and minutes in our College Archive relating to Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a Victorian orientalist and polyglot. 🧵
#Victorian #Empire

A fold-out ink map showing mountains and rivers covering parts of Baltistan.

A blue photograph album page, with three black-and-white photographs of mountains and captions.

A blue piece of lined paper with handwriting, part of a letter from Gottleib Leitner.

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our colleague Dr Sundeep Lidher was invited to speak at today's #FestivalofEducation! In a session on 'teacher professionalism' Sundeep shared findings from her recent ESRC-funded work on the role of teacher education in supporting engagement with British histories of migration & empire in schools

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jul 1

New article by @abdulwando.bsky.social, one of our former #PhD students

Dr. Abdul Wando @abdulwando.bsky.social · Jul 1

Pleased to share my recent Development in Practice publication which examines impartiality and humanity in Borno's humanitarian response. Utilising in-depth interviews with humanitarian and government workers, and Borno residents-

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in Early American History my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in the History of Political Thought my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

No Place to be a Child? | Children's Play during the Second World War

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jun 13

@berrypillot.bsky.social will also be speaking online on 25 June at 1pm @sheffielduni.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/no-place-t...

Berry Pillot de Chenecey joins us for an online seminar on the persistence and peculiarities of children's play in WW2.

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jun 13

@berrypillot.bsky.social just published a blog post based on her dissertation shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/the-curr...

The Currency of Wartime Childhood - Digital Childhoods

During the Second World War, the material worlds and realities of children were transformed entirely, from the everyday spaces they occupied to the objects they encountered on their way to school. Alt...

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Ziang Liu @ziangliu.bsky.social · Jun 9

Such a pleasure to have colleagues from Tsinghua University and King’s College London come together in Beijing for our first Tsinghua-KCL China Forum.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!

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David Edgerton @davidedgerton.bsky.social · Jun 4

I've written for the Guardian on Labour's nostalgia for the warfare state. @kingshistory.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour claims to be defending Britain from new threats, but its warfare state is steeped in old thinking | David Edgerton

For every sensible proposal, there’s a failure to think through the UK’s place in the world – and a promised ‘defence dividend’ that won’t materialise, says academic and author David Edgerton

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King's College London, History Department @kingshistory.bsky.social · Jun 4

Last night, our colleague Simon Sleight @slowhistorian.bsky.social was on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre with Will Young! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 22: 7. Will Young

Will Young learns about his grandfather’s time as a prisoner of war in World War II. Delving further back, Will finds a connection to one of medieval history’s biggest villains and a king.

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Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · May 30

It's been a wonderful first term at @kingshistory.bsky.social teaching the histories of science, the environment and the senses to a hugely engaged bunch of students! Managed to get some field-trip sensory walking action in which went down a treat: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/sensory...

Sensory walks help develop students' skills for history degrees

Undergraduate History students completed a sensory walk, part of a fieldtrip, recording their sensory experiences at a series of historical sites in London.

The Blunder that Broke the Berlin Wall - ABC listen

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · May 29

🇩🇪 What caused the fall of the Berlin wall? Dr @katrinschreiter.bsky.social asks whether it all began with a small slip up during a routine press conference in the 'No One Saw It Coming' podcast with @marcfennell.bsky.social.

🎧 Listen here ⤵️ @kingsdllc.bsky.social @kingshistory.bsky.social

It's one of the most famous events of modern history, but what if the fall of the Berlin Wall began with a small slip up during a routine press conference? Guest: Dr Katrin Schreiter - Senior…

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · May 20

It was a great privilege to attend Jinty Nelson's memorial event this afternoon, organised by @kingshistory.bsky.social.

Speakers reflected on Jinty as a teacher, researcher, mentor, collaborator, friend, colleague, and defender and promoter of the historical discipline and profession 1/2

Attendees of the Jinty Nelson memorial event at King's College London with a large banner image of Jinty Nelson. Speakers are Pauline Stafford and Peter Mandler.

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · May 12

🎉 The Global Cultures Institute is delighted to announce two Fellows for 2025-26 – Dr @saramarzagora.bsky.social (@kingsdllc.bsky.social) and Dr @rezaziaebrahimi.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social).

🔗 Find out more about their research ⤵️
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Global Cultures Institute announces Fellows for 2025-26

Dr Sara Marzagora and Dr Reza Zia-Ebrahimi will be undertaking research fellowships with the Global Cultures Institute.