Great to see our early career researcher Kirstie Stage on Cambridge University's front page, talking about the low profile of #disabledwww.cam.ac.uk
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Prof Gareth Austin presents his work (in English) on 'The Political Economy of Slave Labour in West African History', from a recent conference at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0yq...
Conferencia de Gareth Austin (Universidad de Cambridge y fellow del King's College) organizada por la FundaciĂłn RamĂłn Areces y el Instituto Figuerola de Hist...
Prof Ulinka Rublack introduces her work on Hortus Eystettensis, published in 1613, the first book ever to depict an individual's garden. @GermanHistSoc www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVgo...
In this episode of 'Glimpses of German History', Ulinka Rublack examines an elaborately illustrated botanical book, the Hortus Eystettensis (1613). She uses ...
The second of our @camhistory.bsky.social Anniversary Lectures will be Michael Bentley on 'The Peculiarities of Cambridge History: Comparative Thoughts on the Historical Tripos, marking the Cambridge undergraduate degree's 150th anniversary. Tuesday 30 January, 5pm, Peterhouse Theatre. (1/2)
ALL-CAPS REMINDER! The History Faculty at Cambridge is searching for a new Mellon Chair in American History to succeed Gary Gerstle; if you're a relatively senior Americanist, we would LOVE for you to apply. Full info below; application deadline *DECEMBER 11* www.hr.admin.cam.ac.uk/files/mellon...
It's the last of our series of public lectures tonight. Join Dr Arthur Asseraf to discuss France's colonial legacies www.hist.cam.ac.uk/public-lectu...
Calling Cambridge Phd students: if you're working in English Church history, broadly defined, do consider submitting an essay for the Archbishop Cranmer Prize - deadline Nov 24th. We also award studentships in the same area. www.hist.cam.ac.uk/faculty-hist...
This Thursday I'll be talking about the "Tartar Moment" - a political and environmental crisis in c17 China that reshaped sciences & politics in Europe for over a century - to @camhistory.bsky.social's Early Modern World History Seminar at 3pm at St Catz. Do come along if you're around!
Great to be joined tonight by 50 of our alumni & others at Prof Nick Guyatt's brilliant lecture on early nineteenth century prisons, visions of economic regeneration, race riots... if you'd like to join us, we've got 2 more public lectures this month... www.hist.cam.ac.uk/public-lectu...
Prof Renaud Morieux's discovery of unopened letters to French prisoners of war, sent during the Seven Year's War, is widely reported today, with the full journal article published in Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
Letters from loved ones of captured shipâs crew during seven yearsâ war lay forgotten for centuries