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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 12d

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928"

by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928*

Abstract. This article examines changes in the bodies and environment of labourers carrying timber imported into London’s docks in the 1860s to the 1920s t

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 12d

As covered in his book, 'Windrush Cricket', Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social reflects on the role of cricket clubs as safe spaces for the #WindrushGeneration.

He also considers the impact of a 1982 game between the Met Police CC and Brixton West Indies CC.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cricket's healing role after the Brixton Riots

A year after the Brixton riots, the Brixton West Indies Cricket Club and the Metropolitan Police came together.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19d

Wonderfully timely: week 1 of @uclhistory.bsky.social 's core 1st-year Approaching History lecture in c. 10 days includes an interactive group research exercise using BBIH.

Individual subscriptions available & discounted for @ihr.bsky.social , @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social members. 1/2

Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 19d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has published new tutorial videos focusing on searching BBIH and using BBIH to research the histories of race and ethnicity, gender, LGBTQ+, emotions, social class, and health.

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 16d

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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 16d

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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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 20d

🔊"For de Valera this is really a key part of being an independent country. He really believes this is essential for sovereignty."

Prof Heather Jones @uclhistory.bsky.social examines Irish Taoiseach Éamon de Valera's WWII neutrality policy in 'Dev: Rise and Rule' @rte.ie.
www.rte.ie/player/serie...

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 22d

We’re honoured to welcome renowned journalist and SOAS President Zeinab Badawi for the launch of the new African History Seminar at the Institute of Historical Research✨

🗓️ 14 Oct 2025
🕠 5:30–7:30 pm
📍 Hybrid: Zoom & Senate House, London

All welcome and free, register here: shorturl.at/vyAMN

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just ordered Michael Collins's new book on the history of Caribbean cricket in Britain, out now. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Michael's been doing fantastic work on cricket and the experience of ethnic minorities in Britain. See, for eg
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/black-c...

Black Cricket, the College at Haringey and the England and Wales Cricket Board

Analysis, insight and informed opinion on politics and public policy

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

🏏 Windrush Cricket by Dr Michael Collins — OUT NOW from @oxunipress.bsky.social!
Imperial culture, Caribbean migration & the remaking of postwar England.

📘 Get your copy: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

💸 Use code AUFLY30 for hardback at £21.00!

#Cricket #Caribbean #Empire #decolonisation #Britain

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌍 Professor Pat Hudson’s lecture was a powerful reminder: modern finance has roots in slavery and colonialism. Building on Aaron Graham’s work, she showed how 18th-century profits shaped the world we live in now.

🎥Watch the full lecture!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=poTk...

Aaron Graham Memorial Lecture 2025

YouTube video by UCLHistory

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our Fellow Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor at UCL History Department (@uclhistory.bsky.social), recently appeared in the BBC’s ‘You’re Dead to Me’ podcast series, in an episode entitled ‘India Between Empires: The Long 18th Century’: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

You're Dead to Me - India between empires: the long 18th century - BBC Sounds

Join Greg and his guests to learn about India’s dynamic 18th century.

www.bbc.co.uk

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dr Jagjeet Lally, Associate Professor of the History of Early Modern and Colonial India, joins the latest episode of You’re Dead to Me - the comedy podcast that takes history seriously!

🎧Listen now: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · Aug 15

What is the significance of Indian textiles in global economic history? Co-organising a one-day workshop with Tirthankar Roy on the topic, to mark the launch of the new book ‘Textiles from Bengal’. Limited places available, book via link👇
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jul 30

🖼️ Could museums be more transparent?

🕵️‍♀️ Dr Eva Miller dives into the practices of collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum.

🔍 A must-read for anyone curious about what happens behind the glass.

Could museums be more transparent? - Dr Eva Miller

Could museums be more transparent? Exploring collecting, curating, and labelling at the Ashmolean Museum

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jul 28

🚨 Fellowship Opportunities at UCL History 🚨

Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step?

⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26)

Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025

⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships

Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025

👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jul 15

📜 New World Royalists is a new digital humanities project from CSLBS, exploring 19th-century Port Royal Parish, Jamaica.⁠
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Through three creatively reconstructed stories, it sheds light on Black lives during and after British slavery.⁠

👉 Step into the past right here: shorturl.at/hO3dH

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · Jul 10

Fantastic colleagues across many periods, regions & specialisms @uclhistory.bsky.social who could mentor you or your students. Do get in touch if you've questions.

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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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jun 18

🎉 Congratulations to Dr Yağmur Heffron on being awarded a prestigious research grant by the Gerald Averay Wainwright Fund for Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Oxford! This support will further archaeological fieldwork at the remarkable site of Uşaklı Höyük in Türkiye: shorturl.at/SygYV

Dr Yağmur Heffron Receives Prestigious Research Grant from the Gerald Averay Wainwright Fund

Dr Yağmur Heffron has been awarded a prestigious research grant by the Gerald Averay Wainwright Fund for Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Oxford, in support of archaeological fieldwork at...

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jun 12

📢 Fully funded 4-year #PhD: The Legacies of Transatlantic Slavery & Reparations 🌍✊

🔍 Join cutting-edge research, work with UCL SELCS + SPRC, & conduct overseas fieldwork.

🎓 Starts Oct 2025 | 🗓️ Apply by 7 July
📍 London | 💼 Fixed-term

🔗 shorturl.at/1KZvV

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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · Jun 9

Delighted beyond measure to be a part of the UCL India Summer School @ucl.bsky.social with brilliant colleagues, delivering the pathway ‘Globalisation and Technology’ through an Indian lens for @UCLHistory.bsky.social Thrilled that so many got excited by this new perspective on India and the world!

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Dr. William A. Booth @williamabooth.bsky.social · Jun 11

Delighted to welcome @yararf.bsky.social to @uclhistory.bsky.social on 20/6 for a public reading and Q&A. Full info and free registration here: bit.ly/3HyYCTx - please share.

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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · Jun 11

It was a great pleasure to see Pat Hudson deliver the Aaron Graham Lecture @uclhistory.bsky.social, supported by the @echistsoc.bsky.social, on how British investments in the Caribbean helped boost financial capacity in the British economy during the 18th century.

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · Apr 30

Excited to announce our project conference "Landscapes of Sanctity in the Medieval World", which will take place on 2nd & 3rd July, kindly hosted by @ucl-ias.bsky.social

For more information and to book: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

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Conference: Landscapes of Sanctity in the Medieval World

A two-day conference exploring the multiple ways in which saints and their cults are connected to landscape, both as physical reality and as experienced and constructed in cultural memory and imaginat...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · Jun 3

📚 Sacred Wars? Religion, Violence & Cold War Politics 🔥✝️

Join us for a seminar on the entanglement of religion, ideology, and violence in Cold War-era Mexico and Colombia.

📍 Hybrid
📅 12 June 2025 | 5:30–7:00PM
🎙️ Dr. Gema Kloppe-Santamaría (UCC & UCL History)

Free & open to all: shorturl.at/WwPCk

Sacred Wars? The Politics of Religious Violence in Cold War Mexico and Colombia

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · May 30

Congrats to Dr Michael Collins @uclhistory.bsky.social who will be the lunchtime interview guest with Alison Mitchell on Test Match Special during Sunday's England-West Indies ODI to discuss Caribbean cricket past, present & future, and his 'Windrush Cricket' book
global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · Jun 3

Absolute pleasure to be back in Delhi, for the UCL India Summer School, for @uclhistory.bsky.social. I’m delivering a pathway entitled ‘Globalisation and Technology: India and the World, 1700-present.’ Bright students, deep discussions and a chance to share new research on India, in India!

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