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Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804, King's Parade, Cambridge, between 1798 and 1799, Oil on canvas, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1996.22.25.
1/ Explore the NEW website for the Legacies of Enslavement Special Initiative ⬇️
A central online hub for all research, collaboration and public engagement exploring @cam.ac.uk's historical links to slavery & the wider afterlives of enslavement and colonialism.
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/new-web...
Listen to Prof Melissa Calaresu (@caiuscollege.bsky.social) speak to @jayrayner1.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 about the complex history of the pineapple and the discovery of the fruit in Europe.
The show's panellists also explored Cambridge's connection with the fruit
👉 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
This week! [CIRN is not responsible for the organisation of these events. Please contact the various event organisers directly for further info and double check details with departmental websites etc before attending, in case of any changes]
Final lecture online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/self-v... - on all the concepts stacking up in the late 20th century, not superseded by ‘neoliberal’ or economic ones. Feedback welcome for the book now in progress. And farewell with warm thanks to all in Oxford.
MPhil History and @girtoncollege.bsky.social student Nick Davis’ research into the US occupation of Iraq – during which he found a @yale.edu archive of revelatory emails from US diplomat Paul Bremer – features on front page of The Sunday Times Magazine and on @thetimes.com website ⬇️
POST-DOC!
3-year job in history of political thought / visual culture / art history
Department of Politics & International Studies
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54724/
New Episode: “Exiting the world has never been a viable option.” Prof. Eliga Gould discusses the 1783 Paris Treaty and the messy remaking of the American Union in his new book "Peace and Independence: The Turbulent History of the United States’ Founding Treaty." podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...
Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor in political theory, to be based in the Department of POLIS at Cambridge. The post will be available from 1 September 2026.
For more details: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/job-opportun...
📢We are delighted to announce that Zara Kesterton (@zarakesterton.bsky.social) has been jointly awarded The Historical Journal ECR Prize for her article 'Artificial Flowers in the Credit Records of an Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Merchant'
✨Hear Zara explain more in her HJ Highlight!
On advance access: "Papyrus Economies and the Experience of Early Medieval Papal Documents"
by @cjg70.bsky.social (@camhistory.bsky.social) and Benjamin Savill (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)
#OpenAccess
doi.org/10.1093/past...
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Modern Enquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 5-6 March 2026
@kingscollege.bsky.social: Thurs, 9.15am–5pm, & Fri, 9–12.45. Free, registration required
@cambridgelaw.bsky.social: concluding public forum, Fri, 2-4pm. No booking required
🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-inq...
Last chance to register: landmark conference to mark 250 years since publication of The Wealth of Nations. ‘Modern Enquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ 5-6 March 2026 Keynes Hall, King’s College, Cambridge: Thursday, 9.15am – 5pm, and Friday, 9.00 – 12.45. Free, registration required. Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site: concluding public forum, Friday, 2-4 pm. No booking required, arrive early to secure a seat. All free and open to the public, students especially welcome.
Last chance to register: major conference celebrating 250 years of 'The Wealth of Nations': the most famous text in the history of political economy and economics.
Leading historians and economists will assess its legacy & ask what it means for the next century.
Free, open to public, link below ⬇️⬇️
Students looking at a display of scrapbooks in the Churchill Archives Centre reading room
Part of a display of scrapbooks set up on book rests in Churchill Archives Centre reading room
Conservation tools
It was a delight to share this fabulous display of scrapbooks, curated by our former colleague @cherishwatton.bsky.social, with students from @camhistory.bsky.social studying women in Cambridge. Students spent time turning the pages of the scrapbooks and discussing their contents
#archives #history
Watch now on YouTube: Taoiseach of Ireland @micheal-martin.bsky.social announces Professor Alvin Jackson as first Childers Professor of Irish History @cam.ac.uk
Speeches also from Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice and @lucydelap.bsky.social
@trincolllibcam.bsky.social
🔗 youtu.be/rNynCzuh0CA?...
I am deeply honoured that my book has received such thoughtful and generous engagement from great scholars Hugo Drochon,Allegra De Laurentiis,Dina Gusejnova,Douglas Moggach, and David Ragazzoni, in the book Symposium on History of European Ideas. Here my response: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CEG7G...
For all those interested in the early Middle Ages, economy, money, etc. Even more affordable now!
Early Medieval England and its Neighbours has had some cracking new articles published in the last week, including on movement of manuscripts in the eighth century and charter forgery at Westminster, as well as an impressive debut article on Byrhtferth of Ramsey: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
A large building site interior space filled with scaffolding
Many of you will recognise this precious space, the heart of @camhistory.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk It's a work in progress...
Missed Professor Regina Grafe's Inaugural Lecture?
'Precocious Financialisation and the Making of the Moral Economy of Colonial Spanish America, 1600-1820' is now available on YouTube.
A glimpse into the economic life of the early modern Spanish Americas ⬇️
🔗 youtu.be/9SBnE2UV7Po?...
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Less than a week left to apply for this 🗃️
Please join us on Tues 24 Feb at 5pm at @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Marta Macedo (NOVA Lisbon) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency'. Click for abstract and further information.
Congratulations to Professor Alvin Jackson, announced as first Childers Professor of Irish History @camhistory.bsky.social.
Great news for #IrishStudies in Britain!
Read our interview with the BAFTA-winning producer Nicola Shindler OBE ⬇️
www.hist.cam.ac.uk/alumni-persp...
From Cambridge History Degree to TV Career: Award-winning producer Nicola Shindler talks to Cambridge History students about storytelling, historical influences and the future of TV. Shown in conversation with Professor Helen McCarthy.
From History @cam.ac.uk to award-winning TV producer, Nicola Shindler inspired our students with her career journey.
She explored the powerful link between historical understanding, storytelling, character development and TV drama & how studying history sharpened her instinct for standout stories ⬇️
Delighted to be at Cambridge University today to mark the establishment of the Childers Chair of Irish History in Trinity College.
In Prof Alvin Jackson, Cambridge has chosen a historian of the very highest rank for this professorship.
Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking in the Wren Library in Trinity College, Cambridge,
Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking at Trinity College, Cambridge, to mark the announcement of Professor Alvin Jackson as the first holder of the Childers Professorship in Modern Irish History, a new university chair endowed by a donation from the government of Ireland.
