Dr. Felicia Fricke
@feliciafricke.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Osteologist | Historian | British/Dutch | Assistant Professor
@inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social | 1800s Eastern Caribbean
@inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social | 1800s Eastern Caribbean
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New Books Alert! 📣 Our Fall & Winter 2025 season is here! Visit upress.ufl.edu/Fall2025 to browse our new books scheduled to be published between Sep 2025 and Feb 2026.
🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
Including 'Ethics in #Caribbean #Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future', which I co-edit with Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal 🎉 It will arrive in January 2026! ✨️
Unfortunately this is cancelled due to illness 😥 really sorry to those who signed up, hopefully I will present on this another time!
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800
Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!
lnu.se
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Unfortunately this is cancelled due to illness 😥 really sorry to those who signed up, hopefully I will present on this another time!
Reposted by Dr. Felicia Fricke
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800
Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!
lnu.se
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Friends and family #discount code for the new edited volume "Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology" - valid until 30 Nov at @floridapress.bsky.social www.upf.com or from www.mngbookshop.co.uk ✨ #Caribbean #Archaeology #Ethics #Book
November 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Friends and family #discount code for the new edited volume "Ethics in Caribbean Archaeology" - valid until 30 Nov at @floridapress.bsky.social www.upf.com or from www.mngbookshop.co.uk ✨ #Caribbean #Archaeology #Ethics #Book
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We are excited to have Professor Sue Peabody @profpeabs.bsky.social join us for a talk about methods and microhistory. Join us on 20 November 2025, 1-3 PM at UCPH @ucph.bsky.social , South Campus, room 12.3.39.
November 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We are excited to have Professor Sue Peabody @profpeabs.bsky.social join us for a talk about methods and microhistory. Join us on 20 November 2025, 1-3 PM at UCPH @ucph.bsky.social , South Campus, room 12.3.39.
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This week!
@feliciafricke.bsky.social is giving our next Concurrences seminar -
'The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800'
6 Nov 2025
14:15- 16:00
Dacke, or register at the link below to attend on zoom
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
@feliciafricke.bsky.social is giving our next Concurrences seminar -
'The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800'
6 Nov 2025
14:15- 16:00
Dacke, or register at the link below to attend on zoom
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800
Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!
lnu.se
November 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week!
@feliciafricke.bsky.social is giving our next Concurrences seminar -
'The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800'
6 Nov 2025
14:15- 16:00
Dacke, or register at the link below to attend on zoom
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
@feliciafricke.bsky.social is giving our next Concurrences seminar -
'The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800'
6 Nov 2025
14:15- 16:00
Dacke, or register at the link below to attend on zoom
lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
The Widows of St. Eustatius: Stability and Survival in Colonial Society around 1800
Welcome to the LNUC Concurrences Seminar Series in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies!
lnu.se
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Excited to present my research about widows and #Caribbean colonialism on Thurs 6 Nov at @lnuccon.bsky.social - you can attend in person or online. Hope to see you there! 🤗 lnu.se/en/meet-linn...
Reposted by Dr. Felicia Fricke
In the face of disaster, consider this:
Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal
Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In the face of disaster, consider this:
Now published in the Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social - had a great experience with them: peer led, free, fast, and open-access. Would recommend! ✨️
1/3 New recommendation: @feliciafricke.bsky.social & Laffoon J. E. (2025) Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. ver. 3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publicati... 🧪🏺
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Now published in the Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social - had a great experience with them: peer led, free, fast, and open-access. Would recommend! ✨️
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1/4 New recommendation: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social et al. (2025) Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice. ver.3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social osf.io/4ge5j
October 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
1/4 New recommendation: @ehmalatesta.bsky.social et al. (2025) Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice. ver.3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social osf.io/4ge5j
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The ACH Executive Committee announces its 57th Annual Conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.) #skystorians #histodons #caribbean
https://associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeting/
https://associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeting/
Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians
associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The ACH Executive Committee announces its 57th Annual Conference at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.) #skystorians #histodons #caribbean
https://associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeting/
https://associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeting/
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Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne
Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.
www.unilu.ch
October 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
Do apply and spread the word!
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
www.unilu.ch/en/universit...
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1/3 New recommendation: @feliciafricke.bsky.social & Laffoon J. E. (2025) Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. ver. 3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publicati... 🧪🏺
October 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
1/3 New recommendation: @feliciafricke.bsky.social & Laffoon J. E. (2025) Osteological and Isotopic Analysis of Skeletal Remains at Fort Amsterdam, St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean. ver. 3 recommended by @pciarchaeology.bsky.social researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/publicati... 🧪🏺
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‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The database itself:
www.depthsofparadise.co.uk
#History 🗃️
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The database itself:
www.depthsofparadise.co.uk
#History 🗃️
‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The database itself:
www.depthsofparadise.co.uk
#History 🗃️
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The database itself:
www.depthsofparadise.co.uk
#History 🗃️
On 18 Nov I will be giving a guest lecture about my work on fugitive motherhood in the #Caribbean at @lund-university.bsky.social in the #GlobalHistory Seminar Series. Sign up here! www.sol.lu.se/en/the-depar...
September 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
On 18 Nov I will be giving a guest lecture about my work on fugitive motherhood in the #Caribbean at @lund-university.bsky.social in the #GlobalHistory Seminar Series. Sign up here! www.sol.lu.se/en/the-depar...
New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Stability and survival: Creole widowhood in St. Eustatius, 1780s-1820s
This article articulates the mortality gap between non-Caribbean (foreign) men and Caribbean (Creole) women on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centurie...
www.tandfonline.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
New #OpenAccess #publication! 🚨 Creole widows were the most long-lived free people in 1780s-1820s St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean - their stability was therefore instrumental in upholding colonialism. @inthesamesea.bsky.social @rm-project.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social will be presenting in #Sweden at @lnuccon.bsky.social Linnaeus University on 6 November! 🥳 Come along to hear about how long-lived widows contributed to colonial stability in the #Caribbean 🌎
September 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social will be presenting in #Sweden at @lnuccon.bsky.social Linnaeus University on 6 November! 🥳 Come along to hear about how long-lived widows contributed to colonial stability in the #Caribbean 🌎
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Well done @idalvos.bsky.social! Sounds like it was a really interesting and important event.
Project PhD student @idalvos.bsky.social recently presented her research at the 9th Global Meeting of Slavery Past, Present and Future, which was held at the @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. She talked about the role of religion in Dutch and Spanish free womb discussions in the 1850s and 1870s.
July 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Well done @idalvos.bsky.social! Sounds like it was a really interesting and important event.
Including 'Ethics in #Caribbean #Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future', which I co-edit with Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal 🎉 It will arrive in January 2026! ✨️
New Books Alert! 📣 Our Fall & Winter 2025 season is here! Visit upress.ufl.edu/Fall2025 to browse our new books scheduled to be published between Sep 2025 and Feb 2026.
🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
🎨 Catalog cover artwork by Karen Rifas, from MIAMI’S ART BOOM: FROM LOCAL VISION TO INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE by Elisa Turner.
June 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Including 'Ethics in #Caribbean #Archaeology: Past, Present, and Future', which I co-edit with Eduardo Herrera Malatesta and Maaike de Waal 🎉 It will arrive in January 2026! ✨️
Reposted by Dr. Felicia Fricke
Interested in the #Indigenous #Caribbean and how is it represented in museums and (not) in education? Join our discussions and hands-on activities on 23-24 June in Liverpool!
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Interested in the #Indigenous #Caribbean and how is it represented in museums and (not) in education? Join our discussions and hands-on activities on 23-24 June in Liverpool!
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
Register here: shorturl.at/LXKED (23rd June) & shorturl.at/m1Qvi (24th)
@liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social
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In March 1804, Juliana Sophia ran from her enslaver in St. Croix, Danish West Indies, seeking freedom for her unborn child. Hers is one of many instances where women sought freedom for the next generation in the #Caribbean - either alone, or with their children, parents, partners, and friends.
June 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In March 1804, Juliana Sophia ran from her enslaver in St. Croix, Danish West Indies, seeking freedom for her unborn child. Hers is one of many instances where women sought freedom for the next generation in the #Caribbean - either alone, or with their children, parents, partners, and friends.
Reposted by Dr. Felicia Fricke
Yesterday project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social was at the opening event for the new Centre for #Digital and Computational #Humanities here in #Copenhagen! Exciting to see the start of this new hub where scholars can come together and learn from each other 😊 cdch.ku.dk
Centre for Digital and Computational Humanities – University of Copenhagen
cdch.ku.dk
May 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Yesterday project postdoc @feliciafricke.bsky.social was at the opening event for the new Centre for #Digital and Computational #Humanities here in #Copenhagen! Exciting to see the start of this new hub where scholars can come together and learn from each other 😊 cdch.ku.dk
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I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
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Next week @feliciafricke.bsky.social will leave the ITSS🌊 team! 😥 She has been an important part of the project, making key contributions to #history in the #Caribbean. Luckily it's not goodbye though 😊 You can read a message from her here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/a-messa...
April 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Next week @feliciafricke.bsky.social will leave the ITSS🌊 team! 😥 She has been an important part of the project, making key contributions to #history in the #Caribbean. Luckily it's not goodbye though 😊 You can read a message from her here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/a-messa...
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'Slavery and The Dutch State: Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives', the English translation of "Staat en slavernij: het Nederlandse koloniale slavernijverleden en zijn doorwerkingen' is now available. #openaccess www.jstor.org/stable/jj.27...
Slavery and The Dutch State: Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives on JSTOR
JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
www.jstor.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
'Slavery and The Dutch State: Dutch Colonial Slavery and Its Afterlives', the English translation of "Staat en slavernij: het Nederlandse koloniale slavernijverleden en zijn doorwerkingen' is now available. #openaccess www.jstor.org/stable/jj.27...