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[The cover image is a page from Jefferson’s “Farm Book” at the Massachusetts Historical Society where he listed enslaved recipients of “Bread” at Monticello in 1810 –including Sally Hemings and four o...

Isambard Kitten Brunel, the adorable official library cat of Oxford University's Lady Margaret Hall.

Leaders hope UK will agree to targeted discussions around reparatory justice, but could consider legal options if Britain resists

Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 5 October and 14 December 2026   Fellowships are awarded to those who have made an original contribution to historical scholarship, typically through the a...

Equal Earth projection, adopted by the UN last week, provides an alternative to 16th-century Mercator display

Revisiting the Origins of the ‘Roundhead’ in 1641

This article surveys writings on the history of eighteenth-century Ireland over the first forty years of the journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland/Iris an dá Chultúr. Commissioned to mark the journal’s fortieth anniversary, it adopts a cautiously ...

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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