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Chloe Ireton

@chloeireton.bsky.social
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Historian / writer / university lecturer. Author of 'Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic' (CUP, 2024) cambridge.org/core_title/gb/613004 & lecturer @uclhistory

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Join us Wednesday 7 October at 5:30 pm at the Institute of Historical Research, London or on Zoom, for Miles Ogborn's "Law, Violence and Empire: Understanding the Jamaican Uprising Trials of 1832". Free and welcoming to researchers, students & the public. Please register in advance. #Skystorians
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Miles Ogborn, ‘Law, violence and empire: Understanding the Jamaican uprising trials of 1832’
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
'The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London.' Leaps and bounds forward in our understanding of the histories of the British enslaved. #Skystorians
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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online
Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UCL History research centre and @Ancestry make nearly 4m records documenting enslaved people across 20 former British colonies searchable online. Via The Guardian: bit.ly/4cWAqY2
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Thank you so much to Ana Lucia Araujo, Toby Green, and Marcus Rediker for these generous words about my forthcoming trade book *Plotting for Freedom.* It has meant so much to read these over the last few days. Out in November, More info & Pre-Order here hurstpublishers.com/book/plottin...
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‘A moving portrayal of one couple’s tenacity and pain in the quest for securing freedom from Atlantic slavery. Unusual and distinctive because of the early period which it deals with, Plotting for Freedom is a remarkable act of historical rescue.’ — Toby Green, author of The Heretic of Cacheu

‘A poignant lesson in resilience, Plotting for Freedom beautifully shows how love drove an enslaved couple to fight for their freedom, while exposing how deeply slavery and the trade in enslaved Africans were ingrained in Spain—a country that still refuses to fully confront its role in these human atrocities.’ — Ana Lucia Araujo, author of Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery

‘Chloe Ireton has brought to vivid life a love story in Plotting for Freedom and thereby made a unique, moving, deeply human, and lasting contribution to Atlantic history.’ — Marcus Rediker, author of The Slave Ship: A Human History
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
v. honored to learn that Society for Renaissance Studies awarded the Biennial 2026 Book Prize to *Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic.* Very grateful to the judges for their work, & congratulations to fellow shortlisted authors. More here: rensoc.org.uk/srs-book-pri...
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is such amazing news! Thank you @srsrensoc.bsky.social and many thanks to the judges for their hard work on this prize, and thank you for writing such a generous citation about the book. Many congratulations to fellow shortlisted authors. What a stellar line up! @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My blurb for Chloe Ireton’s new book, forthcoming from Hurst in November: “Chloe Ireton has brought to vivid life a love story in *Plotting for Freedom* and thereby made a unique, moving, deeply human, and sure to be lasting contribution to Atlantic history.” hurstpublishers.com/book/plottin...
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Such a wonderful book and scholar, such a well-deserved winner!! Congratulations @chloeireton.bsky.social well have to get in champagne rather than wine for our first @ihreurope1500.bsky.social seminar! #earlymodern #skystorians
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is such amazing news! Thank you @srsrensoc.bsky.social and many thanks to the judges for their hard work on this prize, and thank you for writing such a generous citation about the book. Many congratulations to fellow shortlisted authors. What a stellar line up! @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social
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Josh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...
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Ninety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shape
According to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
An insight into how staff are being treated across the sector while trying to convince students all will be well while expecting staff to also perpetuate the fiction. Staggering.
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Very honored that Slavery and Freedom is a finalist for the #Slaveryarchive Book Prize. Thank you to the judges for their work, & many congratulations to fellow finalists Miranda Spieler, María Elena Díaz, and Marcus Rediker!
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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thrilled that we published two of the four finalists for the @slaveryarchive.bsky.social 2025 book prize. Big congratulations to @chloeireton.bsky.social and Maria Elena Diaz. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
SEVENTY-ONE SUBMISSIONS. #Earlymodern studies alive and kicking. Our poor book prize committee slightly less so...
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Some amazing late summer news: Slavery & Freedom in Black Thought was shortlisted for the biennial SRS 2026 Book Prize. Looking forward to reading these excellent books on the shortlist! @universitypress.cambridge.org @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
WHAT A SHORTLIST! Excited to get to celebrate with these brilliant authors on 18 September! Join us!
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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I am SO very excited about this one, having heard Chloe talk about its process and purpose. Simultaneously important stories to tell, and caring ethics to navigate. Congratulations @chloeireton.bsky.social , can’t wait to throw champagne over this! 🍾
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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Welcome to my new followers! Before I was put at risk of redundancy last month I was working on a chapter on 16th-18th-century finger rings. 💍 My sample is around 10,000 rings mentioned in 30,000 English wills from 1540-1790. 1/
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Hannah Murphy @hsmurphy.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️
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AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London
The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
UK: @waterstones.bsky.social bookshop is running a summer promotion for pre-orders on my book Plotting for Freedom, soon to be published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social There is a 25% discount from today until 25 July with the code "SUMMER 26" #WPreorder www.waterstones.com/book/plottin...
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UK: @waterstones.bsky.social  bookshop is running a summer promotion for pre-orders on my book Plotting for Freedom, soon to be published by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social 

There is a 25% discount from today until 25 July with the code "SUMMER 26" #WPreorder
 https://www.waterstones.com/book/plotting-for-freedom/chloe-l-ireton/9781805266778
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CEMS KCL @cemskcl.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
A new special issue in P&P on medicine, race, and slavery edited by our Director!
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Our 2026 Supplement (#18) "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" Edited by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) Has now been published by @academic.oup.com academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...
Cover of the 18th Past & Present history journal suppment "Medicine, Race and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600-1850" edited by Hannah Murphy. It is in the journal's standard colours of red and grey with text providing key bibliographic information in white. Most of the lower half of the cover is taken up by a historical pen drawing likely from a medical handbook of various surgical and other medical instruments
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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
1/ "Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850" by @hsmurphy.bsky.social (@kingshistory.bsky.social @cemskcl.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Medicine, Race, and Slavery in the Transatlantic World, 1600–1850
As the title suggests, the provocation of this Supplement is simple: that the histories of medicine, transatlantic slavery, and race cannot, and should not
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A grim day in a grim week in a grim month for UK higher education, with Dundee, Exeter and Hertfordshire all making major announcements of planned redundancies. Shrinkage of the research & teaching base by the invisible hand's visible fist is not an 'us' or 'them', SHAPE or STEM phenomenon. 1/2
Photo of an open hand, with part of 4 fingers showing.
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Thank you @tomaashby.bsky.social for visualizing this whole issue and for being such a wonderful editor and curator for this, and for shepherding us through to publication. I really enjoyed working with you ! Cc: @uclhistory.bsky.social
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Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー @tomaashby.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I am delighted that an issue I edited on @chloeireton.bsky.social's "Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic" is now online at GIH. Reading this pioneering work and editing these thoughtful papers was valuable, revelatory, and provoking www.tandfonline.com/journals/rgi...
The cover of the bookAn image map of early modern Sevilla
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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
*Call for Papers* @srsrensoc.bsky.social has announced its next #conference. 'The Renaissance beyond Borders' frames the #Renaissance as a dynamic, interconnected process that transcends the chrono-geographical limitations of a fixed European moment. Share your paper ➡️ rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie...
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This was a dreamy opportunity to engage w/ incredible scholars Pedro Cardim, Adriana Chira, Nelson Fernando González Martínez, Karen Graubart, Lisa Kattenberg & Clifton Sorrell III & their rich & incisive responses. Thanks to @tomaashby.bsky.social for curating www.tandfonline.com/journals/rgi...
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Special Issue on Chloe L. Ireton's <i>Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic</i>
Explore the article collection: Special Issue on Chloe L. Ireton's Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic. Published in Global Intellectual History.
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Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Featuring (inevitably?) Samuel V*ssall @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social , 'Insolence' @deborahhamer.bsky.social @jorisvdt.bsky.social @bramvanleuveren.bsky.social @henklooijesteijn.bsky.social , Cartagena/Habsburg America @amandajsummers.bsky.social @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social @csschmitt.bsky.social
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Join us tomorrow! We'll be in the @ihr.bsky.social from 17:30 to talk all about English Imperial Formation. Join us, either in Bloomsbury or on zoom: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyMdoern #Skystorians
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The Guinea Trade and English Imperial Formation, 1624-1664
Europe and the World, 1500-1800 Seminar
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
THIS TERM's PROGRAMME! Join us for 2 exciting events with Mélanie Lamotte, @lrhodges.bsky.social, @juliehardwick.bsky.social, and @roperlou.bsky.social Mondays, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social Everybody welcome, in person or online--register for the zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern
programme Europe and the world: 
18 May: By Flesh and Toil: How Sex, Race, and Labor Shaped the Early French Empire with Mélanie Lamotte (Duke), as well as Lenny Hodges (Durham) and Julie Hardwick (Univerdsity of Texas at Austin).
1 June: The Guinea Trade and English Imperial Formation, 1624-1664 with Lou Roper
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Alex Gil @elotroalex.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Our RSVP is up for the public portion of Who Owns Black Data III: The Fight for Black Futures. If you're in New Orleans last week of May, come listen, learn and dialogue with Andrea Armstrong, Jo Banner from The Descendants Project, and Gia Hamilton. wobd.blackbeyonddata.org/amistad/
Card for WOBD3. The card announces that registration is now open.
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Daniel Wilson @danielwilson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Standing room only tonight for @petermandler.bsky.social’s Neale Lecture at @uclhistory.bsky.social, a Tour de Force on the rise (& fall?) of History and its place in/as education.
Peter lecturing about why students have chosen History

Peter lecturing about why students have chosen History
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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A brilliant @uclhistory.bsky.social Neale lecture Thursday by Peter Mandler on '8 reasons to study history: the rise (and fall?) of history as an undergraduate degree'. This provocatively, was #7… A wonderful exploration of the discipline's development, with super use of @ucl.ac.uk's own archive.
One of Mandler's suggested reasons—'to make money?'
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Nora Yitong Qiu 仇乙彤 @norayitongqiu.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The Centre for Central and East Asian Studies has been established at the @uclhistory.bsky.social. Welcome to join us for inaugural workshop, Qing China in Global Perspectives 5–6 June. We bring twenty scholars from across the globe, keynote by @camerondcampbell.blog www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
No os imagináis mi ilusión al recibir en Londres el nuevo libro de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera! 📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞ También OPEN ACCESS🔥👉🏼 bit.ly/44PFZ6L
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Alka Raman @alkaraman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
What does memory and its commemoration entail in the context of plurality of experiences? Fascinating discussion between students, alumni and academics and @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Matt Smith @cslbs.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi @uclhistory.bsky.social
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Congratulations to Professor Matthew J. Smith and the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) on receiving a $575k grant to build a database of enslaved people in the British Caribbean! 👏 shorturl.at/41YNd
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UCL History Secures $575k Grant for Caribbean Enslaved People Database
A $575,000 grant from a North American funder will support the development of a database of enslaved people at the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS).
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
TONIGHT! We can still sneak you in on a clandestine zoom link if you want! Or join us in Bloomsbury which is even more glorious in Springtime #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
MONDAY! Join us for an exciting paper about the Early Atlantic Slave trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality by Pablo Gómez! 23 March, 17:30 (UK) @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom -- register for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive
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The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
NEXT MONDAY! Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid. 9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link. #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed
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Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We still can smuggle you in if you didn't sign up for the official zoom link on time! Or make your way to Bloomsbury to come and enjoy the paper in real life. #EarlyModern #Skystorians #HistMed #HistSTM
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke) at 17:00 at SOAS, University of London, Main Building (10 Thornhaugh St), Room C 277. hybrid.Sign up and find further details here: forms.gle/9JxWZsQwTNha...
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for:: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke).
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
NEXT SESSION COMING UP! Federica Gigante will talk about "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the #EarlyModern Mediterranean" MON 16 FEB, 17:30. Join us @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom -- sign up for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, we invite colleagues, students, alumni and history enthusiasts to a special roundtable on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts 💬 📅 05 March 2026 ⏰ 18:00–20:30 📍 All welcome 👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/3pDEC 👈
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2026 UCL History Roundtable on ‘Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts'
As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, the History Department invites colleagues, students, alumni and history fans to a roundtable with UCL historians on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts.
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Happy birthday to UCL, founded 200 years ago today! Join us to celebrate the bicentenary at our special roundtable with Matt Smith, Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi ✨
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Chloe Ireton @chloeireton.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Upcoming Seminars: IHR Europe and the World, 1500-1800 Join us in-Person in London or online Registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Europe & the World at the IHR @ihreurope1500.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three! Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar
12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf
16 February: Frederica Gigante on "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the Early Modern Mediterranean"
9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid
23 March: Pablo Gómez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality
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UCL History @uclhistory.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Calling all UCL History alumni! 📣 Share your memories of student life at UCL History as part of our bicentenary photo competition! 📸 Up to 3 photos 🏆 Winner announced 5 March 2026 👉 Submit here: tinyurl.com/4bt9dm3n
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