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Historian of the Irish in the Caribbean. Volunteer bookseller.

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Nini spent her whole academic career in QUB until her retirement in 2007, but continued to be an active member of the research community well after that. A memorial event will follow in due course.
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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We have heard the very sad news that Nini Rodgers died yesterday, after a period spent in a nursing home. Her former colleagues in the School remember her fondly, while others will have known Nini through her ground-breaking research on the history of slavery and Ireland.
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drhelendoe.bsky.social @drhelendoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Call for papers for online conference on the history of maritime businesswomen. Please circulate. @globalmarhist.bsky.social @robb51.bsky.social @nmireland.bsky.social @plymprivateer.bsky.social @journalmaritime.bsky.social
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Our wonderful small grants scheme is open again offering up to £10k to humanities and social sciences researchers. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 mont...
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deborahhamer.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The schedule for the 2026-2027 NNI's Scholars Seminar is live at newnetherlandinstitute.org/programs/nni... Our first meeting will be Wednesday, 9/16; Giovanna Montenegro (Binghamton) will present "Indigenous and Afro-Descendant Contributions to European Naturalists’ New World Ecology."
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NNI Scholar's Seminar
NNI Scholars’ Seminar The New Netherland Institute hosts a Zoom seminar where academics, public historians, and graduate students meet to discuss a piece of chapter-...
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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for 'Imagining Difference in Early Modern London', a conference exploring how EM Londoners experienced and negotiated forms of difference.
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Congratulations to Sarah Joan Moran on the publication of her new book Unconventual Women in the Habsburg Low Countries, 1585–1794 Visual Culture at the Court Beguinages www.routledge.com/Unconventual...
The front cover of a book. The featured image is a soberly dressed woman wearing a white head covering, with her right hand resting on her left, both hands held in front of her. Her right forefinger is inserted into the pages of a small book with a black cover that she holds in her right hand.
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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This Women in Translation Month, we celebrate women writers and translators who open the world of literature, allowing stories, ideas, and voices to cross linguistic and cultural boundaries. #womenintranslation
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Women In Translation Month: A Reading List - Yale University Press
Yale University Press celebrates Women in Translation month by identifying works from the Margellos World Republic of Letters series.
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I was one of the manuscript readers of this excellent study, and I'm very glad to see it in print. #earlymodern #reformationinthelowcountries
Blue and red book cover: "War, Revolt, and Saced Space," by Andew Spicer
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
50 percent discount deadline 22 August #medievalsky
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Adam Crymble @adamcrymble.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Donald McRaild, a great historian of migration has passed away. I’ve written that name so many times in my footnotes. 🕊️ www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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Don McRaild obituary
Other lives: Historian who produced groundbreaking research on Irish Catholic and Protestant immigration, and labour history
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Karst de Jong @karstdejong.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Excellent article by Susan Manly (St Andrews) on Maria Edgeworth and her Jamaican connections. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Maria Edgeworth and “the iniquities in Jamaica”
Maria Edgeworth’s fictional responses to slavery and abolition have been extensively discussed since the publication of Susan C. Greenfield’s 1997 essay, “‘Abroad and at Home.’” A hitherto unexamin...
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Postdoc Opportunity! Harvard University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global American Studies (2027-28) networks.h-net.org/jobs/70211/h...
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Harvard University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in Global American Studies (2027-28) | H-Net
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Danielle Terrazas Williams @drdanielletw.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Job Opportunity! The University of Maryland, College Park Department of History, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in 20th century U.S. women/gender history. Applicants must demonstrate a broad knowledge of U.S. women’s history. networks.h-net.org/jobs/70209/u...
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University of Maryland - College Park - Assistant Professor | H-Net
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New book - publication date April 2027 - #booksky #medievalsky
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The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/07/2026
We have the following 3 calls for research funding for RHS Fellows & Members: bit.ly/4wwSMGu > 'Open Research Grants', for mid & later career historians > 'Early Career Fellowship Grants', for postdocs > Martin Lynn Scholarship', for PhD research in African history Closing 4 September #Skystorians
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Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: September 2026 deadlines - RHS
The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates of 4 September 2026. Early Career Fellowship Grants, 2026-27* off...
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Do listen to this masterful exposition of the links between trans-Atlantic slavery and Australian settler colonisation from the brilliant & meticulous Zoe Laidlaw (working with @janelydon.bsky.social) www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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How British slave money flowed to colonial Australia - ABC listen
In 1833, slavery in the British Empire was abolished, but not without a massive compensation scheme paid out to slave owners. Some of that money flowed to colonial Australia. Two-thirds of Australia's...
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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
LOL just reading through comments from the copy-editor and, well, let's just say I'm not convinced that the copy-editor has really been doing much actual reading of my text here with these queries.. Screenshot of my paragraph for context here... Snort.
Screenshot of copy-editor queries, where they ask:

AU: 'Armada (1588)' is cited in the text, but not provided in the list. Please provide complete reference details.

AU: 'Gunpowder Plot (1605)' is cited in the text, but not provided in the list. Please provide complete reference details.

The screenshot includes my replies, which explain that 'Ha, the Armada is an event, not an author. Readers will understand this'. And 'Another haha from me - the Gunpowder Plot is an event, not a reference.... Readers will understand this'. This providential script is intensified in the central panel. Below, scenes of the Armada (1588) and the Gunpowder Plot (1605) figured national deliverance. Above, under the citation of Numbers 9:17, the Israelites are visualised as an early modern army wielding pikes and muskets. At the summit, Apocalypse 21 and Hebrews 11 (‘Thes were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. God hath prepared for them a city’) presented a New Jerusalem as the eschatological horizon. Read bottom to top, the central panel invited viewers to see recent English preservations and future arrival in the heavenly city as a
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Who doesn't love a bit of gossip?
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowships are open. This fellowship is a three-year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early-career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. Learn more: bit.ly/4xWduAS
A colour block banner promoting Postdoctoral Fellowships funding. Deadline: Wednesday 30 September 2026
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/07/2026
Yesterday evening, the Society was delighted to announce the winners of its 2026 First Book and Early Career prizes: bit.ly/44HbAH2 Many congratulations to the winners of the 2026 RHS First Book Prize: Dr Kiran Mehta and Dr John Latham-Sprinkle 1/4 #Skystorians
Images of book covers for Kiran Mehta's book 'To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750-1840' (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025) and John Latham-Sprinkle's 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240' (Cambridge University Press) with text First Book Prize

WINNERS, 2026

Kiran Mehta &
John Latham-Sprinkle
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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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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Great new job as Professor of Early Modern Irish History at Dublin City University advertised today. universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...
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Professor in Early Modern Irish History | University Vacancies Ireland
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 26/06/2026
📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!
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Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026
History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.
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Beth Wilson @bethrwilson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
⭐⭐ It's publication day for 'I Felt All This': Enslaved People's Emotional Lives in the Antebellum US South' published by @universitypress.cambridge.org! You can now buy it here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i... ⭐⭐
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 18/06/2026
The Society now invites applications, from PhD students, for the 2026-27 Martin Lynn Scholarship in African History bit.ly/4xD5ZyN The Scholarship provides funding to support doctoral research in Africa and is named for the late Professor Martin Lynn (QUB). Closing date 4 September #Skystorians 1/2
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Martin Lynn Scholarship in African history: applications now invited from PhD students - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Society's annual Martin Lynn Scholarship in African history. The Scholarship supports graduate students undertake doctoral research in Africa during the academic y...
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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I'm honored to have been invited to speak in this 2026-27 international online research seminar, "The Decade of Possibilities in the Low Countries (1566-1581)," on 13 Nov. 2026. What a great line-up of scholars! Please spread the word. #earlymodern
Poster for "The Decade of Possibilities in the Low Countries" speaker series.  The Decade of Possibilities 
in the Low Countries (1566–1581) 
 
International online research seminar 
Academic year 2026/27 
 
 
George Waterston and Sons after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 
Pacificatie Van Gend 1577, in Adriaen Valerius, Nederlandtsche  
gedenck-clanck, Haarlem, At the author’s place, 1626. 
 
22-01-2027 – Diplomacy and News 
 
• Nina LAMAL (Huygens Institute, KNAW), The Diplomatic Campaigns of 1577-1578 
• Monique WEIS (University of Luxembourg), Political Discourse about War and Peace in Two Rival 
discours véritables about the Dutch Revolt (1577) 
 
19-03-2027 – Visual Discourses 
 
• Cassiopée GUILLET (University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Visualizing Oppression: Protestant 
Prints and the Rhetoric of Violence in the Early Modern Low Countries (1566-1581) 
• Anne-Laure VAN BRUAENE (Ghent University), Badges of Authority. Heraldry and the Display of Civic 
Republicanism in Calvinist Ghent 
 
21-05-2027 – War and Army 
 
• Raymond FAGEL (Leiden University), The First Decade of the Revolt in the Low Countries: from 
Spanish Soldiers to Spanish Occupation 
• Michael DEPRETER (Saint-Louis-UCLouvain/University of Oxford ), Arms Markets, “Military 
Revolution”, and Socio-Political Identities in the Low Countries’ Urban Republics (1577-1585) 
 
Each session begins at 1:30 pm and finishes at 3:30 pm 
 
Organisers: Anne-Laure VAN BRUAENE (Ghent University), Jonathan DUMONT (Liège University), 
Monique WEIS (University of Luxembourg) 
 
Registration and information: jonathan.dumont@uliege.be
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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Off to @ssnci.bsky.social today! I’ll be speaking about single ‘spare’ siblings 👫, best friend roommates 👀, family intimacy, and what to do when all your sisters marry off and leave you at home ❤️‍🩹
Three cdvs from a Belfast photography studios featuring ‘cousin Mary Gibson’ and three different relatives. c. 1870s. Author’s own collection.
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Falmouth & Exeter Uni Archives @fxuniarchives.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
There's only a few days left to get your applications in for the Ronald Duncan Stipend. If you're a writer from or connected to the South West, don't miss this paid opportunity to work with archives to develop your creative practice! Apply here: libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives/Dun...
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LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Ronald Duncan Stipend for Southwest Writing
LibGuides: Archives and Special Collections: Ronald Duncan Stipend for Southwest Writing
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olivier maheo @maheo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Ce mercredi Cours de l histoire @xaviermauduit.bsky.social les exclus de la révolution américaine. Gilles Havard, Marie Jeanne Rossignol et @vadane.bsky.social
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Populations esclavisées et autochtones, les exclues de la liberté américaine : épisode du podcast 1776, l’indépendance de treize États unis | France Culture
AUDIO 1776, l’indépendance de treize États unis, épisode : Populations esclavisées et autochtones, les exclues de la liberté américaine. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Populat...
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Looking forward to giving this talk on Ireland and the American Revolution at the National Archives UK on the 1 July. This is part of a larger exhibition, which opens next week and runs through to November: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/exh...
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Revolution 250: America's Independence Story 1763–1783
Marking the 250th anniversary of The US Declaration of Independence, this powerful free exhibition will chart the emergence of the United States of America.
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Will Tullett @willtullett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Got hard copy proofs a week or so ago, which was fun, so Sniff is slowly but surely getting closer to publication on September 8th. It's nice to hold something physical with all the words in (but the hardback cover will be shinier and more colourful looking!). Struggling to index it at the moment...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 16/06/2026
Worth noting, this very helpful guide is published free Open Access uolpress.co.uk/book/becomin... by @uolpress.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social #Skystorians
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Becoming a Historian - University of London Press
Writing history is an art and a craft. This handbook supports research students and independent scholars by showing how the historical profession works and how to participate in its vibrant community ...
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Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
#ColonialAmerica #TaxationAndSlavery nyupress.org/blog/2025/07...
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Taxation and Slavery in Colonial America by Anthony C. Infanti, author of The Human Toll - NYU Press
As a legal academic, I feel lucky to have a job that allows me to spend my time in the pursuit of knowledge, truth, and lifelong learning. My latest book,... READ MORE
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I have a piece in today’s Irish Times about the atrocities of last week in Belfast. The ethno-nationalist machine is tried and tested. How come the authorities are apparently so powerless to stop it? www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Rich Kerridge @historyrichk.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Empire & Migration event at London Museum Docklands. @justice2history.bsky.social @oblaize.bsky.social and Pam Canning talking about the recent 'A portrait of the teaching of Empire, Migration and Belonging in English secondary schools' report and their teaching. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-...
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Cambridge OCR A Level and GCSE History Teacher Network - London Musuem
Cambridge OCR A level and GCSE History Teacher Network. Bringing together teachers with an interest in Empire and Migration.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 12/06/2026
Over the next three weeks, we feature the 8 articles and 8 monographs shortlisted for the Society's 2026 Early Career Article and First Book Prizes. Today: ‘Proximity and Segregation in Industrial Manchester', by Emily Chung, published in 'The Historical Journal' bit.ly/3QCph6H #Skystorians 1/2
Image the Historical Journal and text: ‘Proximity and Segregation in Industrial Manchester’
 
Emily Chung
The Historical Journal

SHORTLISTED

Royal Historical Society Early Career Article Prize, 2026
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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Our colleagues in University of Limerick are looking for an Assistant Professor in European and/or Global History (pre-1800)! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a...
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Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) at University of Limerick
An opportunity for an academic position as a Assistant Professor in European and or Global History (pre-1800) is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openin...
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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I had lots of fun putting together a recommended reading list for @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social on how #Tudor history can intersect with Indigenous studies. Ovid, Montaigne, and Donne alongside the wonderful Natalie Diaz, @madelinesayet.bsky.social & others!
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Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We’re delighted to announce our ‘Women in Revolution’ webinar Thursday 4 June 7:00-8:15 PM featuring @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @earner.bsky.social + Catriona Kennedy. Attendance is free. All are welcome For more info + to register 👀👇 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d2a073...
Poster for the Women in Revolution webinar on 4 June at 7.00 pm.
Showing portions of images from James Whately's 'The Dublin Volunteers on College Green, 1779' and 'The Irish House of Commons, 1780' featuring women.
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Evelyne Ferron @evelyneferron.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Port Royal, infâme repaire de pirates, a été engloutie par un tremblement de terre au 17e siècle www.nationalgeographic.fr/histoire/eur...
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
🗃️ Super excited to share that we’re hiring at the Adams Papers, come work with us! @mhs1791.bsky.social www.masshist.org/admin/upload...
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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The @liverpooluni.bsky.social has refreshed its Repository – a database which provides details and full-text of world-class University research outputs and electronic theses from across the institution. 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/03/04/u...
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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
“The resolution - proposed by Ghana - was adopted with 123 votes in favour and three against - the United States, Israel and Argentina. Fifty-two countries abstained, including the United Kingdom and European Union member states.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UN votes to recognise enslavement of Africans as 'gravest crime against humanity'
The landmark resolution calls for an apology and contributions to a reparations fund, without specifying an amount.
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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The First Emancipation by Jeremy D. Popkin is a new history of slavery and the French Revolution. Available April 21 (16 June UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History
The First Emancipation: The Forgotten History of Abolition in Revolutionary France by Jeremy D. Popkin
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
International Day for Digital Learning. Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) to learn more about digital histories. It contains 670,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Find out how to use BBIH buff.ly/yD11954 @brepols.net
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Using BBIH online: a help pack for students and lecturers
For the academic year, we've a help pack offering guides to BBIH in undergraduate and graduate teaching and research. With embeddable content for VLEs.
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Oskar Jensen @oskarjensen.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Jobs! Three jobs! I am hiring three full-time, three-year postdocs to research the long history of song at Newcastle, from any disciplinary background (within reason), starting 1 October 2026. Spread the news far and wide – all details in the link below... jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
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Research Assistant/Associate: Mainstream Song, Class, and Culture 1520-2020
Research Assistant/Associate: Mainstream Song, Class, and Culture 1520-2020
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Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📣Public history prize now open! 👉Read here for more information: socialhistory.org.uk/2026/03/13/p...
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Public History Prize Open
We are delighted to announce that nominations have reopened for our annual Public History Prize. The prize is awarded to a postgraduate student or an early career researcher who can demonstrate exc…
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In The Same Sea @inthesamesea.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
IN THE SAME SEA's team and Dr. Joy Lewis have guest-edited the special issue “Small Islands, Proximity and Connection in the Eastern Caribbean” of the Journal of Caribbean History. See: www.uwipress.com/journals/the... Thanks to all contributors and the journal’s main editor Kathleen Monteith.
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Journal of Caribbean History | University of the West Indies Press
The Journal of Caribbean History (JCH) is a peer reviewed journal produced by the Departments of History, The University of the West Indies, and published by the University of the West Indies Press. T...
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