As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy

David Olusoga reveals the new research that uncovers how the slave trade was driven by the monarchy, beginning with Elizabeth I, and how a royal monopoly was established.

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Join CEMS to celebrate the launch of Dr. Joan Redmond’s first monograph, Religion, Rebellion and Violence in Ireland, c. 1603-1649 .

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

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Two academics from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities have received Global Cultures Institute Fellowships for the 2026-27 academic year.

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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King's Department of History welcomes Professor William Pettigrew to lead €10 million research project to identify and study the people who financed the transatlantic slave trade.

Research by Dr Emma Melody Bradley has uncovered how changes to adoption law in the 1950s enabled courts in England and Wales to remove unmarried mothers' legal right to refuse adoption, adding new hi...

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Manchesterism is sounding a lot like Londonism

This event marks the publication of Caitjan Gainty’s Healthy Scepticism, a vital new account of medical distrust for our contentious times.

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Editorial: A former Nato chief demands more cash while fixing Britain’s global role. Before billions are spent, ministers must define the purpose of its military

Discover a PhD Studentship: King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) Doctoral Studentships on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

Abstract. This article proposes that gifts of everyday foodstuffs were a crucial way in which labouring communities attempted to provide care, and express

Men’s faces are under scrutiny as never before, with more opting for cosmetic procedures than ever. What is behind this sudden and significant shift?

A webinar to orient prospective students on pursuing an MA and PhD in the history of STM, and how to apply to the Hans Rausing Scholarship.

Face transplant patient Robert Chelsea and writer Fay Bound Alberti talk through the promise – and darker side – of this pioneering surgery

What’s in a face? The face is the only part of the body where all the senses come together and, over the course of human history, has come to represent who we are as individuals. We unlock our phones...

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Abstract. How did the Soviet Union, a country with a profoundly anti-parliamentary political tradition and a one-party regime firmly in place, so suddenly

The fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 is one of the most famous events of modern history. And with it came a wave of momentous events - the reunification of East and West Germany, the…

This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre-industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in mediev...

Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance

New Christian Materiality, 1450-1750 (MATERIA) is the first European Research Council Advanced Grant hosted by the Department of History.

Why do so many of us feel lonely in a world more connected than ever? Put your questions about loneliness and its impact to our panel of experts – and discover innovative ideas and practical solutions...

Abstract. Since 2020, Africa has experienced two severe external economic shocks: the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the war in Ukraine.