Cambridge Early Modernists

The Eighteenth Century Seminar - Michaelmas Term 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5-7 pm on Tuesday 21 October (Long Room, @caiuscollege.bsky.social):
Regina Grafe (Cambridge) - How to fashion a colonial moral economy? Lending and borrowing in Spanish Latin America

Core seminar in economic and social history - Michaelmas Term 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5.15 pm on Thursday 17 October (Room 6, Faculty of History @CamHistory):
Sheilagh Ogilvie (University of Oxford) - Servanthood and the European Marriage Pattern, 1500-1900

Venue: Graham Storey Room, Trinity Hall

Early Modern British and Irish History - Michaelmas 2025: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

5.15 pm on Wednesday 22 October in @TrinityHallCamb:
Paul Cavill (Cambridge) - The Two Swords: Spiritual and Temporal Jurisdiction in Henrician England /followed by a drinks reception/

Venue: Senior Parlour, Gonville and Caius College (@caiuscollege.bsky.social)

Early Modern World History Seminar – Michaelmas Term 2025: hist.cam.ac.uk/event-series...

3.00–4.30 pm on Thursday 16 October:
Elizabeth Currie (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts, London) – The Urban Poor in Early Modern Rome: Art, Dress and Popular Imagination

YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics Geopolitics & Journalism

Event video now available! Geopolitics & journalism

Jeremy Adelman, Mary Hockaday, and Roger Mosey discuss how journalists build trust and credibility while shaping public understanding of global conflicts.

Watch now via www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZoG...

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

One day to go! Geopolitics & journalism

Jeremy Adelman, Mary Hockaday, and Roger Mosey explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones, the politics of information, and the role of media in framing global events.

📷 18 Sept, 5–6:30 pm
🌍 Zoom
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...

In an insightful webinar with the Centre for Geopolitics, Master Mary Hockaday, Roger Mosey (Master of Selwyn College) and Jeremy Adelman (Director of the Global History Lab at the @cam.ac.uk) will explore how journalism shapes public understanding of global events.

Make sure to register below 👇

The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

📣 Registration is open for 'The future of research in Bible Society collections' @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social on 26&27 Sept

Become part of a network of scholars and experts in Religious Studies, material culture, and Medieval to Modern collections
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/

Keep registering!

New event! Geopolitics & journalism

Roger Mosey, Mary Hockaday, and Jeremy Adelman will explore the challenges of reporting from conflict zones and the role of media in framing global events.

🗓️ Thu 18 Sept, 5:00-6:30 pm
🗺️ Online (Zoom)
✒️ Reg & info: www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/geopo...

YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics Documentary & War

This #WaybackWednesday, we're revisiting our February event exploring the evolution of photojournalism and strategic communications during war and emergencies from the early 20th century to the present.

Watch the full discussion on YouTube: youtu.be/-yEWpSAUKrU?...

📣Call for Papers 📣

I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.

Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊

Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R

Congratulations to Cambridge History's Annabel Brett (Prof of Political Thought and History) and Prof Jeremy Adelman (Director of the Global History Lab), both made Fellows of the @britishacademy.bsky.social

They are among 12 academics from @cam.ac.uk to be elected to the prestigious fellowship.

Methods Fellowships 2025/26 - CDH

Gain teaching experience and access a supportive platform for sharing research, approaches and critical perspectives as a CDH Methods Fellow in the 2025-26 academic year.

Deadline: 16 July

Apply online: www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/learning/met...

📣Exciting News 📣
Dates & host institution for the SSHM Biennial Conference #SSHM2026 are confirmed!
Save the Date in your planners 📅
Theme and CFPs to follow later
#histmed #medhumanities #histSTM

1 decade of Open Access, now 300 titles 🔓

Introducing 'Renaissance skin' by @evelynwelch.bsky.social - freely available to all students and institutions.

A magnificent feat for research in Renaissance art & #histmed

Read it here: www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

#Renaissance #OpenAccess

Reminder

𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇: 𝐇𝐲𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥 «𝐙𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐢»
Massimo Sbarbaro

Register Now: csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

#CSMBR #medicalhistory #middleages #Merchants #Health

YouTube video by Centre for Geopolitics Geopolitics & Memory

Event video now available! Geopolitics & memory

Dr Richard Latham Lechowick (@crasshlive.bsky.social‬, ‪@cam.ac.uk‬) discusses memory as a collective political act, a survival mechanism, and a site for personal negotiation.

Watch now via YouTube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyco...

There's still time to register for: Shrinking 'Middle'? The geopolitics of Central Europe!

Luka Ivan Jukic talks about his forthcoming book (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social) and interrogates the idea of a European ‘Middle’ with Barnabás Szabó.

Wed 23 July at 5pm
Online
Reg & info: lnkd.in/d-44GTFZ

One day to go! Geopolitics and memory

Dr Richard Latham Lechowick and Dr Jade McGlynn will discuss how historical memory shapes people’s understanding of and response to geopolitical issues.

Wed 9 Jul, 5pm to 6:30pm (BST)
Online
Reg & info: lnkd.in/dAs6hcX4

Cambridge History Faculty Faculty of History, University of Cambridge The Faculty of History is one of the largest history departments in the world. Over one hundred people pursue teaching and research within the History Facu...

Wondering what it is like to study history at Cambridge, and what we are looking for in potential students? Watch this!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC6T...

More detail about the course here: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/course/histo...

We are thrilled to speak with Prof Mary Laven @marylaven.bsky.social about her research on the Italian #Renaissance (can we call it Italian? 🤔) and what it means to work closely with #museums as an historian. Check out our latest podcast episode ⬇️

open.spotify.com/episode/0QWb... #Skystorians

Professor Peter Mandler, Deputy Chair of the History Faculty, Professor of Modern Cultural History, Bailey Lecturer in History, Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge.

Prof Peter Mandler’s (@petermandler.bsky.social) insatiable curiosity has fuelled an extraordinary career over more than two decades at Cambridge.

As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️

Nora Berend, Professor of European History, University of Cambridge

👏 Congratulations Professor Nora Berend, elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a researcher.

🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea

@acad-euro.bsky.social

New event! Shrinking 'Middle'? The geopolitics of Central Europe

Luka Ivan Jukic interrogates the idea of a European ‘middle’ with Barnabás Szabó

Wed 23rd Jul, 5pm to 6:30pm (BST)
Online
Regi & info: bit.ly/4nvBCFp

There's still time to register! Geopolitics and memory

Dr Richard Latham Lechowick and Dr Jade McGlynn will discuss how historical memory shapes people’s understanding of and response to geopolitical issues

Wed 9 Jul, 5pm to 6:30pm
Online
Reg & info: bit.ly/4lluIki

We are delighted to share the programme for our 'Art Lovers in the World' Conference, taking place at the University of Cambridge, 28th-29th Jul 2025, funded by the DAAD Hub, the Trevelyan Fund and the GHS. Tickets are available at artloversconference.eventbrite.co.uk. We look forward to seeing you!