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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Book cover of Richard Thomas Bell, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society

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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

CLaSP is hosting a two-part series on 'classes of capital' and 'classes of labour'. The first part examines business dynamics in agriculture in Latin America, and the second part more broadly on the relationship to capitalism of people in the countryside. P 1: 17 Jun 3-5 BST. P 2: 24 Jun 4-6 BST.

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Nick Lloyd @spaincivilwartours.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I love this one. Photo by British ambulance driver Alec Wainman of two Brit International Brigaders having a bit of deserved rest+rec away from front at Benicàssim, May1937. They'd already been through hell of Jarama.Wainman took some brilliant photos Colourised by Julius Backman

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The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

📣Out now on #firstview Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social on 'Discovering ‘Immigration Control’ in England, c. 1540 – c. 1640' #Migration #History #EarlyModern #England #Immigration 📜 16thc 17thc 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Migration history is a growing field – yet the legal status of migrants in early modern England has not yet been investigated in detail. Reconstructing the legal system that governed migrants in early modern England does not just add significant depth and nuance to histories of migration and migrants, but also provides fresh insight into the status of English subjects. Furthermore, it enables historians to trace longer histories of the exclusion of migrants from rights in England and Britain. This article reconstructs the common law governance of migrants between c. 1540 and c. 1640, showing how common law principles and practices excluded migrants from the rights-bearing status of English subjects. Rather than being governed by the law, migrants were substantively governed under prerogative, a form of governance repeatedly resisted by English subjects. Although some migrants could access (unstable) liberties granted under prerogative, for the most part migrants were also subject to discriminatory local byelaws and licences and commissions granted by the crown for their exploitation. The repeated ‘molestation’ of migrants by informers for working contrary to statute, and petitions against this harassment from migrants suggest this early modern system of immigration control was relatively well understood by both subjects and migrants.

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Exeter City FC @officialecfc.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

IT'S MATCHDAY 🏆 @mancity.com in the third round of the @emiratesfacup.bsky.social, backed by 7️⃣,8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Grecians 👊 Powered by Switch Car Rental 🤝 #ECFC #SemperFidelis

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Exeter City FC @officialecfc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

DEVON IS RED 🔴

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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Interested about financialisation and why states foster policies that lead to the dominance of financial capital? Come to CLaSP's seminar: Event: Financial Capital, the State, and Politics When: 30th October, 2025; 4-530 PM Where: Graduate Centre, QMUL Mile End Campus Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Bernards

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Kathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Really pleased and proud to announce a new @ihr.bsky.social seminar - Migration and Mobility History. We want to cover migration across time and space and speak with colleagues across disciplines. If you're interested in attending/presenting, get in touch: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Migration and Mobility History

The IHR Migration and Mobility seminar provides a space for historians and scholars from other disciplines to come together to discuss migration and mobility in history.

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Isadora Cruxên @icruxen.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Wonderful conversations in Day 2 today on the challenges of studying the #MaterialitiesOfAI and on the politics of how we transform and/or resist them. Thanks to @anavaldi.bsky.social and @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social for brilliant interventions and to everyone who participated! @clasp-qmul.bsky.social

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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Some photos from Day 1 of our #MaterialitiesOfAI workshop with @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social and @katecrawford.bsky.social. Two session exploring the ecological, social and material implications of AI. On Day 2, we move on to workshops on the methodologies of studying AI!

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CLaSP @clasp-qmul.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Our end of the year event is just two weeks away! Over two days and four sessions, we will be covering the social and environmental aspects of the AI industry, including the politics and methodologies for researching AI. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr... (1/3)

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The London Journal @thelondonjournal.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

It's here. Our 50th anniversary special issue, on 'London's Past Today', edited by @aidannorrie.bsky.social and Robert Shoemaker: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yldn20/c.... 🧵

"The London Journal
A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present
Vol. 1 No. 1 May 1975"

Text over red cover based on historical map of London near Thames.

"The London Journal
A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present
50th Anniversary Special Issue: London's Past Today
Editors: Aidan Norrie and Robert Shoemaker."

Red cover composed of illustration of London on Thames, accompanied by other historical illustrations and photos of London.

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