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.
Thanks to all who supported the 'Plantation of Ulster' conference at PRONI on 12 February, associated with the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project. Recordings of the talks are now available at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
#earlymodern
18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP
Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.
Please see the poster for further information!
On Jan. 1, 1804, the generals of the Haitian Revolution declared their independence from France.
@juliagaffield.bsky.social writes more about the country’s declaration and how it was different from the U.S. document as explored in our exhibition “The Declaration’s Journey": https://bit.ly/4kztKSj
The Science of Racial Slavery in the British Empire An academic panel featuring Dr. Brittany Merritt Nash, Dr. Elise A. Mitchell, and Dr. Kyle Prochnow Thursday, February 26, 2026 5:30-6:30pm The Bear’s Den Ursinus College Learn how European colonialism and racial slavery shaped understandings of disease, medicine, and science across African, Caribbean, and European populations in the British Empire. Generously funded by a Histories and Legacies of Slavery Grant administered by the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and funded by the Mellon Foundation. Co-sponsored by African American and Africana Studies, History, and the Melrose Hub for Global Leadership at Ursinus College.
The Science of Racial Slavery in the British Empire
An academic panel featuring Dr. Brittany Merritt Nash, Dr. Elise A. Mitchell, and Dr. Kyle Prochnow
Thursday, February 26, 2026
5:30-6:30pm
The Bear’s Den
Ursinus College
Map from online database linked
Interesting map of ownership of enslaved people - currently dipping into involvement in slave trade in the Irish Sea in the 18th century, especially #Cumbria #blackhistory #history will do a few posts in coming days www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/maps/bri...
Join us to mark International Women's Day with author @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social in conversation with Nasra Elliot (National Museums Liverpool) as they discuss Miranda's new book, 'Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery'.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/csis/t-vxvxgjd
Looking forward to speaking about one of my favourite families, the Taylors of Coleraine, tomorrow at the first Coleraine Museum Fireside Talk of the year! All online, get in touch for more details.
Pretty sure one was consulted, definitely was for the album
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A’ tilleadh a Lios Mòr a-màireach airson òraid mu Dhùghall MacNeacail agus a’ bhàrdachd aige lìbhrigeadh ann an Ionad Naomh Moluag (Taigh-taisgidh & Comann Eachdraidh an Eilein). #Gàidhlig #Argyll
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society is now inviting applications for its Open Bursary 2026-7. €2000 to support archival research, symposiums/conferences, or publication expenses associated with original work on eighteenth-century Ireland. More information here: www.ecis.ie/2026/01/05/e...
My department at Florida State is hiring a postdoc in public history! I’m not on the search committee, but please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the position, the department, FSU, or Tallahassee. 🗃️ networks.h-net.org/jobs/69772/f...
Join us at our 2-day oral history & digital storytelling course @ihr.bsky.social Explore the benefits of creative expression in the digital storytelling process, culminating in the opportunity to create your very own short video! shorturl.at/VHj0G
vimeo.com/1121186908?f...
@maxinebeuret.bsky.social
Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
* Call for papers * PhD Workshop at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation👇
We welcome PhDs working on early modern Caribbean and Atlantic slavery and emancipation to participate.
www.kitlv.nl/cfp/early-mo...
* Call for research papers * Conference at @kitlv.bsky.social organized by @fatahblack.bsky.social and I: Reinterpreting the Caribbean age of revolutions.
Why were so many of the leaders and participants in so-called slave revolts were not enslaved themselves?
www.kitlv.nl/cfrp/reinter...
Can the hive mind suggest anyone in Amsterdam willing to go to the IISH and scan some microfilmed price currents for me? They haven't replied and the website says reproductions are paused... Happy to pay, of course!
@ramonanegron.bsky.social @voetnoot.bsky.social @deborahhamer.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
We are looking for outgoing people to join our team of volunteers. We'd like to hear from you if you can spare one morning or one afternoon per week to welcome visitors to our historic library. Find out more here: marshlibrary.ie/call-for-vol...
Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February.
www.bl.uk/services/res...
Looking forward to this semester‘s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series which starts this Friday! Drinks and snacks provided as usual. All welcome!
Killing Women: Femicide in Northern Ireland, 1922-2000 Funded #Phd with Prof Leanne McCormick @qubhistory.bsky.social What a fantastic project! #JobFairy #ECR #AcademicChatter tinyurl.com/2zpejwmf
PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
Coming soon from @livunipress.bsky.social A wild ride from Cuba to the Cape Colony and Civil War Kentucky. The moral of the story? Although C19 Britons thought their model of emancipation was exceptional, it was anything but #Cuba #AmericanCivilWar #slavery #emancipation #SouthAfrica
Self-promotion warning: @manchesterup.bsky.social will issue paper edition of our essay collection on #earlymodern European overseas empires in Jan '26 for pre-order @ GBP 30 @carrington-farmer.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526195791/
Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today. #bskyhistorians #skyhistorians
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
Job alert: 18th century historians!
historyofparliament.com/2026/01/12/v... #skystorians #c18th 🗃️
