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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Amazing opportunity at one of my two UK 'temples': the British Library. Dive in the archive!

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University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

You can find out a little bit more about our fantastic new accession to the Stirling District Asylum Archive in this month's Archives Hub feature blog: blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2026/03/02/s...

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Guess what Caribbean 'creature' is being described here: The soldier, so called from having the fore part armed with a shell like a lobster; the hinder part being naked, which he hides in other fishes' shells, and as he grows in bigness, shifts his cover.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I've become such a Prince Rupert fangirl that I totally get that when Basil Lubbock was writing a biography about him (never published!!!), he chose to title his first chapter: "The Man", because Rupert really was the man.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Imagine receiving a personalised love-anagram. 'Oh I'me all mercy' From a BL volume that contained very juicy letters alongside the dry naval correspondence I was powering through.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Just a few more spots available to attend the EHS Women’s Commitee Workshop – Women & Entrepreneurship on Friday 12 December at UCL. Researchers from all over Europe coming to present and workshop new and innovative research on women. Come discuss and please share! ehs.org.uk/event/womens...

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A well wish from James II to his friend Thomas Butler in 1673: '[I] am very glad you escaped so well as you did, I hope it will always be your fortune to do so'.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Also, a prime example of female entrepreneurship, in my opinion, is Louise Renée de Kérouaille, who became one of King Charles II's mistresses. In 1681, she extracted £132,000 from the Treasury for her 'Secret Services'. A hussler if you ask me. (1/2)

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Economic History Society @echistsoc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Applications for the EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students close 16:00 (UK time) Friday, 12 September. 12 part-funded places are available on this course which will be held at the University of Warwick, 3–6 December 2025. For more info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/society/stud...

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Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society

University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre 3 – 6 December 2025 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and ana...

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

On the subject of Women & Entrepreneurship, the woman of the week is Peggy Jones. A notorious mudlarker who was immortalised in this print. She utilised her knowledge of the river and its tides to scrape a living together. In her special skirt, she gathered valuables and coal, which she sold. (1/2)

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

One more week to get your proposals in for what will be a very exciting day! Share your research, feedback a chapter, pitch your new archival finds at the WomCom Workshop.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Our Call for Papers for the Women's Committee workshop I'm very excited about. Join us in sharing your research on everything Women & Entrepreneurship. Please share widely and reach out if you have any questions!

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Great function with such amazing records! In one of my favourite places on earth to boot

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

CfP is out! Sign up, share, come visit, very excited about this. Let's get some great female case-studies!

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Athenaeum Boekhandel @athenaeum.nl · 01/07/2025

Het is Keti Koti! Herdenk, vier, lees de 3 boekentips van Janice Deul: @fatahblack.bsky.social & ‪@camilladekoning.bsky.social‬, Ooggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij, Leo Balai, Herengracht 502 en ‪@mrspillybean.bsky.social‬, Dobberen. Klik door, lees waarom & koop: athenaeumscheltema.n...

Janice Deul met haar Keti Koti-boekentips voor Athenaeum Boekhandel Zuidoost

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Op Keti Koti dit jaar mag ik in gesprek met een geweldige line-up in het Teylermuseum in Haarlem, en ik hoop dat jullie komen luisteren! O.a. in gesprek over: Hoe kunnen we Teylers investering in de slavenhandel plaatsen in een breder gesprek over erfgoed, musea, kennis, collecties en nalatenschap?

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Lezingenreeks: De paradox van ongelijkheid in de Verlichtingsideeën — Dipsaus Podcast

Ontdek de lezingenreeks Een Nieuwe Geschiedenis van Nederland en de Wereld, een samenwerking tussen Dipsaus en historicus Karwan Fatah-Black . Experts delen inzichten over koloniale consumptie, sla...

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

The real question is, will I make it through a second day in Cambridge without pronouncing Pepys as pep-is i.o. peeps (which I was convinced was correct for years)?

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Finally gathered the academic courage to venture to Cambridge, but where to stay for a tiny archiving stint. Any tips for ultimate Cambridge vibes?

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 10/03/2025

Eight weeks ago, I jokingly imagined a podcast where scholars could (expertly) hate on historical figures. Almost 100,000 people thought it was a good idea. I am so incredibly excited to announce that the first episodes of my brand new show This Guy Sucked will be released March 20th!

A podcast cover featuring Franz Halz' 'Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff,' his face covered with a turquoise scribble and handwritten yellow script reading 'This Guy Sucked'

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

My dearest friend and esteemed colleague Ramona Negrón is at the helm of this Dutch account where historians share their work! Use the translate option and get in there, her work is fascinating and innovative!

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Ooggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij is genomineerd voor een prachtige prijs: de Kleio Klassenprijs 2025. Geweldig dat het boek dat @fatahblack.bsky.social en ik schreven 'onmisbaar is in de klas'. Help ons alsjeblieft een handje door voor ons te stemmen op de link! Delen heel graag.

vgnkleio.nl

Stem voor de Kleio Klasseprijs! - VGN Kleio

Welk boek is onmisbaar voor het geschiedenisonderwijs in de klas? Breng uw stem uit voor 1 maart.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Digging through works on monarchy, empire and slave trade, never ceases to baffle me. First, a general excusing of Royal involvement is the standard. Second, phrases like this, which concluded a paragraph on the TSAT published in 1976: "All were victims in the first place of their fellow-Africans."

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Misha Ewen @drmishaewen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I will post about this properly tomorrow, including sharing a piece written by Dr Tara Inniss at UWI, but if you care about Caribbean history & heritage please read, sign & share.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...

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Past & Present Fellowships

Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

De officiële presentatie van ons boek zal plaatsvinden in Het Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam! In samenwerking met hun indrukwekkende nieuwe tentoonstelling Schaduwen op de Atlantische Oceaan zullen vijf presentaties een link leggen tussen historisch onderzoek en erfgoed. Meld je hier nú aan:

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Boekpresentatie | Het Scheepvaartmuseum

7 februari vindt in Het Scheepvaartmuseum de presentatie van het boek The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade: New Methods, Perspectives, and Sources plaats.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

It's here, it's happening, it's out! @ramonanegron.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social and I present to you as editors a three part volume: West Africa, At Sea and Conflict Management and Discourse. New and exciting research on the Dutch Transatlantic Slave trade!

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

RIP, this little guy that was squashed in an 18th-century inventory. I'm still feeling a bit squashed myself, but on we go, back to the sources, while wondering what kind of bug this was.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Played around with georeferencing and importing John Rocque’s 1746 map of London, inspired by @locatinglondon. Interface below: @latest.allmaps.org, now on to @nodegoat.net to put my own data in. Cool stuff imho!

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Helped someone turn of the sound of their camera in the archive after asking if they could turn it off (they didn’t know how). And the lady came back to me a little later and thanked me for being nice and polite?! So sweet. Am I becoming Britishly polite?

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Reasonable workload of the day. A cheeky bulk order of Royal African Company records. Just keep flipping

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

'Found' this, unknown to me, beautiful and interesting painting, by Jurriaen van Streeck, presumably from the 1670s. Described as a still life, but in many ways a portrait. Van Streeck lived and died in Amsterdam. Was this young man part of the established Afro-Dutch community in Amsterdam?

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Is there anyone here who can help me navigate a way to find wills and possible other ‘personal’ documents (such as affadavids, notarial deeds etc) of captains in 1675-1700 England? UK archives do nót work like Dutch ones in this quest!

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Ramona Negrón @ramonanegron.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

* NEW PUBLICATION * The official publication date is January 6, however, the Open Access version is already available. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @camilladekoning.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social @ilsejosepha.bsky.social

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This painting was made 123 years after Edward Colston died. In the foreground, a woman called Mary (or Black Mary in his testament), kneels. Why did the painter R.J. Lewis choose to include her? What is the painting we can spot in the background? Questions from some research I'm working on.

collections.bristolmuseums.org.uk

The Death of Edward Colston (painting) - Bristol Museums Collections

an oil painting, framed and glazed

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Very excited for this upcoming publication. From MA-student papers to peer-reviewed articles in an edited volume. Amazing research on a wide range of subjects, if I do say so myself as editor!

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 08/11/2023

Looking for research on the position of elderly enslaved people in the Atlantic colonies. Found great work on the US South, but what about the Caribbean and South America? I want a more elaborate image of their lives than 'elders most likely cared for children'. Tips?

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 07/11/2023

Marking is making my morning, these answers are either hilarious or insightful.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Frustration of the day, why is publishing open access so expensive, and why are there barely any options for funding? Does anyone have a few thousand euros lying around for a great cause (amazing new data and research by talented students on Dutch slave ships)?

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Gem of the archives. Letters annotated with a summary of the response. Thank you, dear sirs. I especially love that the two sets of handwriting almost seem to come from a different century. Both men complained about the quality of the sugar coming off of the plantation L'Esperance in Suriname.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

I love how this 18th-century clerk was like, you're gonna make me count shovels? I'll give you a shovel.

A sketch of a shovel in a 18th-century document accompanied by an inventory list on the right side.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

It's a third coffee kind of day. Diving deep into the Surinamese archives in hopes of tracing an old formerly enslaved man called Benjamin, father's name (unique to be mentioned) Coffij. Looking for everything on the plantations Arnhem, Klein Chatillion, and Gelderland.

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Camilla de Koning @camilladekoning.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Starting out with the best book I've read this year: The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Prof. Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. Amazing family history, it's fiction, but wonderfully researched, showing the complexity and effects of slavery on (family) life. Must read!

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