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Almost one month left to submit a proposal to present research on Black Religion in the Americas in the Crossroads Project's seminar. It is open to advanced graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars.

China's rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history. In China Resurrected @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social follows China's geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from the Opium Wars, to rivalling the United States for supremacy. Pre order now.

China's rise to superpower is seemingly a modern phenomenon, but it has a long history.

In China Resurrected @franspaulvdputten.bsky.social follows China's geopolitical transformation on the world stage, from the Opium Wars, to rivalling the United States for supremacy.

Pre order bit.ly/44LoyoA

Miniatures This book is the first of its kind to present readers with the rich and innovative source base deployed by scholars studying everyday life in the modern era. Twenty-eight researchers from diverse inte...

Can’t remember why I gave this chapter such a long-winded title but THRILLED to announce MINIATURES-Reader in history of everyday life is OUT www.exeterpress.co.uk/products/min... ed. by Kate Ferris & Huw Halstead and where I have a chapter on an obscure seashell box @wminhumanities.bsky.social

Another excellent entry in the @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social blog series, by PhD student @aporayskipomsta.bsky.social

Father Time by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy gives a sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies. 👨‍🍼

🎧📘 Save 50% on this informative #audiobook with code BLOOM50: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...

Many thanks to everyone who attended this year’s TORCH-PUP Lecture Series, delivered by the esteemed Homi K. Bhaba.

@torchoxford2013.bsky.social

Brilliant first Ellen McArthur lecture by
‪@thomaspiketty.bsky.social‬. More to come today and tomorrow!

Jeannette Washington: Pittsburgh’s First Black Public Health Nurse, by Adam Lee Cilli The sight of Jeannette Washington emerging from some tenement in Pittsburgh’s Lower Hill District was common.  She had been a fixture in the Hill for half a century, tirelessly working to improve h…

For International Nurses Day, read about Jeannette Washington: Pittsburgh’s First Black Public Health Nurse, by Adam Lee Cilli womenshistorynetwork.org/jeannette-wa... #NursesDay #BestOfNursing

My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! @iseas-singapore.bsky.social

Illustrations by Mark Conlan in 'A History of History', Issue 104, CAM Magazine.

Cambridge has been teaching History for 300 years. In that time historians have changed their minds on many key issues. But is History now more contested than ever?

Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.

Link below⬇️

📢 Black Researchers Symposium - Easter

📅 Monday, 29th May 2025
⏰ 5:00–7:00 PM
📍Student Services Centre
🔗 Submit a proposal! (DEADLINE: Thursday, May 15): forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

RSVP: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

More info: www.blackadvisory.hub.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate-symposium

Cambridge film 'tells city's black Town and Gown' story The university tends to overlook

Seetha Tan interviewed by the BBC for her film Black Town & Gown which is showing at @cambridgefestival.bsky.social
tonight at 6.30pm at CRAASH - bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@camsociology.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social

Fantastic opportunity to work with #GLAM natural history collections and colleagues across Cambridge!👇

Parable of the Sewers For generations, the Black women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have used quilts to chronicle the history of their community.

The story of the quilters of Gee’s Bend begins with America’s last slave ship and ends with a legacy of art, beauty and resilience that the Black women in this Alabama community have preserved for more than a century

A Stash of Gems on Women from the Nigerian National Archives – Tayo Agunbiade Two well-known women-led events in Nigeria’s colonial era are the Aba Women’s War (1929) and Abeokuta Women’s Tax protests (1946/48). Beyond these events, historiographical accounts are most…

Uncover the hidden stories of Nigerian women from the colonial era. Tayo Agunbiade's research reveals their vital roles as activists, educators, and advocates for social justice.

Read more: womenshistorynetwork.org/a-stash-of-g... #WomensHistoryMonth #GenderHist

🎙️ PODCAST | Listen to @camhistory.bsky.social’s Hank Gonzalez talk to David Runciman on the History of Ideas Podcast.

🎧 Find out more about the Haitian Revolution: the first time in history a slave revolt resulted in an independent free state ⬇️

YouTube video by Cambridge Digital Humanities Online Social Data School 2025 | Applicant Information Session

Interested in machine learning for environmental investigation? The Cambridge Social Data School, taking place online between 23 June–1 July 2025, might be for you 🌱

Watch our recent info session to find out more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A91...

Apply by 1 April: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/events/39473/

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💫 The story makers
Interested in discovering and inspiring stories? Join us at the Cambridge Festival for a crash course in talking to people and collecting narratives

👪 all ages
🗓️ 22 March 2025 from 10-11.30am
📍 Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP
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Take a look inside Habitats of Africa, a richly illustrated field guide to all of Africa’s major habitats—packed with invaluable information to help you understand these habitats and their wildlife.

Learn more and explore: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge The premiere of Black Town & Gown: The historical legacy of Black presence in the city of Cambridge will take place on 28 March from 6.30pm and is hosted by Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sci...

A new film is exploring the historical legacy of Black presence in Cambridge.

We spoke to project co-lead Dr Kenny Monrose about the film and what he hopes viewers will take from it.

Catch the film at #CamFest: www.cam.ac.uk/stories/blac...

@crasshlive.bsky.social

AI’s ‘original sin’: how it eats a world of data Books, songs and questionable blog posts are consumed in their millions to power the programs we know and, er, love. Just don’t ask how they get hold of it

“The idea that you could distil all culture and put it in a machine and reconstruct it is completely new..."

Words from @lawrennd.bsky.social featured in @thetimes.com discussing the ethical & legal concerns surrounding the data used to train #GenAI models

www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

One day course on educating people about histories of slavery, colonialism and imperialism. Intended for professionals in the education, heritage & cultural sectors but anyone interested welcome. Sat 21 June, Sussex:

onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...

📢 Exciting news! The full agenda for next week's Structural Injustice Conference is available!

Join us for the day or just a session - whether your interest is law, labour, criminal justice, social injustice, AI or health inequalities.

Register now: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/events/struc...

We are delighted that Mia Bay has joined @camhistory.bsky.social as Paul A. Mellon Professor of American History.

This bold, brilliant scholar will advance the University of Cambridge’s reputation as a world-leading centre for the study of American history.

Read more - link below ⬇️

Mia Bay, Paul A. Mellon Professor of American History, University of Cambridge

Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/mia-bay-joins-faculty-paul-mellon-professor-american-history

#CamBAH symposium: www.blackadvisory.hub.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📢CfP deadline📢: Thursday, February 20, 2024

📅 Monday, March 10, 2025
⏰ 17:00 - 20:00
📍Student Services Centre (Exam Hall D - ground floor, entry from main reception via Bene't Street)

Sign up: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Plautilla Bricci architettrice a Roma nel Seicento, la mostra Plautilla Bricci architettrice a Roma nel Seicento, la mostra

PLAUTILLA BRICCI
Architect in Rome in the seventeenth century

curated by Yuri Primarosa

talk + opening
7.2.2025 at 6.00 pm
Casa dell'Architettura | sala centrale

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With thanks to the woman who did the typing – Lucienne Boyce In 1938 Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, one of the leaders of the Women’s Social & Political Union (WSPU), published her autobiography, My Part in a Changing World. In it she noted, “My thanks are d…

To mark the Representation of the People Act getting Royal Assent #OTD 6 February in 1918, we’ll be sharing some of our blogs about people who campaigned for the vote.

First up, “With thanks to the woman who did the typing” by Lucienne Boyce.

womenshistorynetwork.org/with-thanks-...

#GenderHist