NEXT MONDAY!
Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid.
9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link.
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed
We still can smuggle you in if you didn't sign up for the official zoom link on time! Or make your way to Bloomsbury to come and enjoy the paper in real life. #EarlyModern #Skystorians #HistMed #HistSTM
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke) at 17:00 at SOAS, University of London, Main Building (10 Thornhaugh St), Room C 277. hybrid.Sign up and find further details here: forms.gle/9JxWZsQwTNha...
Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for:: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke).
NEXT SESSION COMING UP!
Federica Gigante will talk about "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the #EarlyModern Mediterranean"
MON 16 FEB, 17:30. Join us @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom -- sign up for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians
As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, we invite colleagues, students, alumni and history enthusiasts to a special roundtable on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts ๐ฌ
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05 March 2026
โฐ 18:00โ20:30
๐ All welcome
๐ Book your free place: shorturl.at/3pDEC ๐
Happy birthday to UCL, founded 200 years ago today!
Join us to celebrate the bicentenary at our special roundtable with Matt Smith, Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi โจ
forget to tag @ihreurope1500.bsky.social
Upcoming Seminars: IHR Europe and the World, 1500-1800
Join us in-Person in London or online
Registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar 12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf 16 February: Frederica Gigante on "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the Early Modern Mediterranean" 9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid 23 March: Pablo Gรณmez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality
AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three!
Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
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Calling all UCL History alumni! ๐ฃ
Share your memories of student life at UCL History as part of our bicentenary photo competition!
๐ธ Up to 3 photos
๐ Winner announced 5 March 2026
๐ Submit here: tinyurl.com/4bt9dm3n
Today at 17:30! Join the IHR's Europe and the World seminar for a paper by Dr. Yahya Nurgat on the politics of sacred space in the Islamicate World. In person and online!
FIRST SEMINAR TODAY! We'll hear from Yahya Nurgat about
"The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf"
Join us in Bloomsbury or on zoom! #EarlyModen #SkyStorians
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
TOMORROW! Join us, in person or online!
UPCOMING SEMINAR
12 Jan 2026 --
The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf --
Yahya Nurgat (Sabanci University)
@ihreurope1500.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
screenshot of the IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar 12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf 9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid 23 March: Pablo Gรณmez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality
PROGRAMME FOR THE TERM UP!
Exciting papers coming you way, on zoom & @ihr.bsky.social, #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: sacred spaces, epidemics, and corporeality.
Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
More accolades for @chloeireton.bsky.social's Slavery & Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic, it's a finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History from the AAIHS. @universitypress.cambridge.org
www.aaihs.org/2026-finalis...
Poster image of the book: ๐ โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ปฬ๐ถฬ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฬ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผฬ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฬ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ถ๐ด๐น๐ผ ๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐)โ ๐ฃ๏ธ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera . Consulta el E-Book ๐๐๐ผ https://bit.ly/44PFZ6L Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa Capรญtulos: Agradecimientos Introducciรณn Recolectores de almas; catequesis y bautizo de africanos y africanas Entre la esclavitud y la conversiรณn' intรฉrpretes y lenguas para la salvaciรณn de almas Textos para la conversiรณn y recolecciรณn de almas africanas Consideraciones finales
Poster image of the book: ๐ โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ปฬ๐ถฬ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฬ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผฬ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฬ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ถ๐ด๐น๐ผ ๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐)โ ๐ฃ๏ธ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera . Consulta el E-Book ๐๐๐ผ https://bit.ly/44PFZ6L Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa Capรญtulos: Agradecimientos Introducciรณn Recolectores de almas; catequesis y bautizo de africanos y africanas Entre la esclavitud y la conversiรณn' intรฉrpretes y lenguas para la salvaciรณn de almas Textos para la conversiรณn y recolecciรณn de almas africanas Consideraciones finales
NOVEDAD-OPEN ACCESS๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐ โ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐. ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ปฬ๐ถฬ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฬ๐ ๐ ๐น๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผฬ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฬ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ-๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น (๐๐ถ๐ด๐น๐ผ ๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐)โ
๐ฃ๏ธ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera
Consulta el E-Book ๐๐๐ผ bit.ly/44PFZ6L
Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa
We are so happy for @chloeireton.bsky.social and Shantel George who are both included in @slaveryarchive.bsky.social's Ten Best Books of 2025! Much deserved recognition for these stellar books. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Huge congratulations to Chloe L. Ireton (Associate Professor of the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500-1800), whose monograph Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic has earned an Honorable Mention from the Sixteenth Century Society! ๐๐
shorturl.at/WZKQJ
MONDAY! Looking forward to welcoming @rogerleejesus.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social seminar for a talk on "Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia
17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern
This term card is on ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
๐๐The London History of Anticolonial Political Thought Seminar๐๐
โ๏ธSeminars are hybrid and take place in-person in London & Zoom, 5:30-7:00pm (GMT).โ๏ธ
๐ฒTo sign up to our mailing list for the seminar, please email discourseonanticolonialism@hotmail.com
๐ Holden Lecture 2025
๐ Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
๐๏ธ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
๐ Chancellorโs Hall, Senate House, London
Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.
๐ Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1
HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30โ7:30 pm
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muรฑoz Arbelรกez.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
If youโre in London on 29 October, make sure you donโt miss this celebration of Iberian history books!
Just a reminder of this event later this month, taking place in person and on zoom. Don't forget to register!
Europe and the world, 1500-1800, IHR seminar, Mondays, 17:30. 6 October: Margot Finn: At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule 10 November: Sari Nauman: Between Categories: Migration, War, and Refuge in the Early Modern Baltic Sea 17 November Roger Lee Jesus: Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia 1 December: Ana Lucia Araujo: Dahomey: A West African Kingdom in the Centre of the World During the Eighteenth Century
FIRST SESSION THIS MONDAY! Join us for "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule", a paper by @eicathomefinn.bsky.social with comment by @jhowesuk.bsky.social
All welcome in person @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...)
JUST A WEEK FROM NOW! We'll host the marvellous Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social who will speak about "At the Cusp of the Modern? Tipu Sultan, the Family & East India Company Rule"
6 Oct, 17:30 @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians
Poster image for "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern Historyโ with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic. Image of book covers and authors. More information on authors and books at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of-advanced-studies/events/2025/oct/space-mobility-and-subjecthood-early-modern-history
Join us for a roundtable on "Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern Historyโ with historians working on the Spanish Atlantic, followed by a wine reception at UCL on 29th October 2025. The event is in person and with online transmission. More information: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
The September issue of Slavery & Abolition is a Special Issue:
Resistance to Slavery in Africa: Past and Present
Guest Editors: Marie Rodet, Lotte Pelckmans, Wayne Dooling & Esteban Salas
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...
