Katherine Russell divulged a nearly thirty-year-old secret just before she died in 1847. Years earlier, when “alone in the room” with her late father’s por

Reflections on the past, present, and future of independence. 29 May 2026, 12.30pm to 5.30pm, Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge

Reflections on the past, present, and future of independence. 29 May 2026, 12.30pm to 5.30pm, Ray Dolby Centre, Cambridge

Education Podcast · Monthly · Where big ideas in history meet open conversation. Each episode invites listeners into the Seminar experience, where, every Monday afternoon during term, visiting scholar...

Timothy D. Grundmeier’s Lutheranism and American Culture examines the transformation of the nation’s third-largest Protestant denomination over the cour...

Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...

Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...

The history of Protestant missionaries is a robust field. When it comes to missionaries from the United States, however, most historical attention is direc

The history of Protestant missionaries is a robust field. When it comes to missionaries from the United States, however, most historical attention is direc

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A multifaceted history of Black resistance during the War of Independence

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Faculty of History, University of Cambridge The Faculty of History is one of the largest history departments in the world. Over one hundred people pursue teaching and research within the History Facu...

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The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white men and women who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justi...

How Henry Ford institutionalized a social gospelHenry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church, reader of New Thought texts, ...

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Join us on the 29th of May as Andrew Preston discusses his new book 'Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security.'

Contingent is hiring a new editor! This person will join Erin Bartram and Marc Reyes as the permanent third editor for the magazine as we enter our seventh year of publication this spring. We’re looki...

Via Chicago Sun-Times One of the twentieth-century's greatest and most prolific American church historians has died. Here is Martin Marty's obituary: