Cambridge University History Faculty

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Leow, among the 12 academic staff from across the University of Cambridge selected as the 2026 Pilkington Prize winners. The prizes are given annually in recognition of teaching excellence.

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Leow, one of 12 academic staff from @cam.ac.uk selected as 2026 Pilkington Prize winners, recognised for teaching excellence.

Historian Dr Leow was credited for her 'innovative and inclusive' teaching 👏

Read more 👉 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/dr-rach...

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The Dr Williams’s Trust Library Bursaries for Mid-Career Researchers The Dr Williams’s Trust has generously provided funds to support the work of mid-career historians researching the British Protestant dissenting traditions.

Are you a mid-career historian researching 17th & 18th-century British Protestant dissenting traditions? 🏛️ Apply for the Dr Williams's Trust Library Bursaries at the IHR! Three awards of £3,500 are available to support your research in London libraries and archives www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

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Researchers, students and the public can learn about the Legacies of Enslavement Initiative's work and engage with its growing public programme and blog series.

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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...

BBC Radio 4 - The Kitchen Cabinet, Series 51, Episode 3 Jay Rayner hosts a culinary panel show packed full of tasty titbits.

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/

Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast Education Podcast · Where big ideas in history meet open conversation. Each episode invites listeners into the Seminar experience, where, every Monday afternoon during term, visiting scholars and grad...

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!

Papyrus Economies and the Experience of Early Medieval Papal Documents* Abstract. The medium of papyrus, a ubiquitous, state-sponsored product in the Roman world, was turned by the empire’s loss of Egypt in the 630s–640s into a

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 Inquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations International Prosperity and Development 250 Years After Adam Smith

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

Taoiseach of Ireland announces the first Childers Professor of Irish History, 20 February 2026. YouTube video by Cambridge History Faculty

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?...

A Response to Readers Published in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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...

Inaugural Lecture: Regina Grafe, Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge YouTube video by Cambridge History Faculty

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 🗃️

Marta Macedo Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency

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!