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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.
CFP: Crossroads Project Black Religion in the Americas Seminar
Deadline June 30, 2025
The seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, emphasizing understanding religion in history and society.
Deadline June 30, 2025
The seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, emphasizing understanding religion in history and society.
CFP: Black Religion in the Americas Seminar
2025-2026 Call for ProposalsDeadline for Submission: June 30, 2025The Crossroads Project’s Black Religion in the Americas Seminar explores topics in religions and cultures broadly and from a variety ...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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.
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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.
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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
May 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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
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
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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
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...
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May 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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
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Another excellent entry in the @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social blog series, by PhD student @aporayskipomsta.bsky.social
How did the definition of the 'urban' and the 'suburban' affect the lives of residents?
Antoni Porayski-Pomsta (@camhistory.bsky.social) addresses this important question through his research on early twentieth century Warsaw
Antoni Porayski-Pomsta (@camhistory.bsky.social) addresses this important question through his research on early twentieth century Warsaw
Urban history from the peripheries
In 1908, the Warsaw Politseimeister General Meier got into an argument with the city’s president, Alexander Miller. The proverbial bone of contention was the responsibility for the sanita…
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May 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Another excellent entry in the @urbanhistorygroup.bsky.social blog series, by PhD student @aporayskipomsta.bsky.social
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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/...
🎧📘 Save 50% on this informative #audiobook with code BLOOM50: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
May 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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/...
🎧📘 Save 50% on this informative #audiobook with code BLOOM50: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...
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Many thanks to everyone who attended this year’s TORCH-PUP Lecture Series, delivered by the esteemed Homi K. Bhaba.
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May 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Many thanks to everyone who attended this year’s TORCH-PUP Lecture Series, delivered by the esteemed Homi K. Bhaba.
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social
@torchoxford2013.bsky.social
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Brilliant first Ellen McArthur lecture by
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
May 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Brilliant first Ellen McArthur lecture by
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
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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
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…
womenshistorynetwork.org
May 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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
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My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! @iseas-singapore.bsky.social
Check out Allan T. F. Pang's book review of 'He Who Is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore' by Muhammad Suhail bin Mohamed Yazid (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023): doi.org/10.1080/0308...
He Who Is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore
Published in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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May 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
My review of the fascinating book by Muhammad Suhail! @iseas-singapore.bsky.social
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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⬇️
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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⬇️
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
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📢 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
📅 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
Microsoft Forms
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May 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
📢 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
📅 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
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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...
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tonight at 6.30pm at CRAASH - bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@camsociology.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social
Cambridge film 'tells city's black Town and Gown' story
The university tends to overlook
bbc.co.uk
March 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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
tonight at 6.30pm at CRAASH - bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@camsociology.bsky.social @stcatharines.bsky.social
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Fantastic opportunity to work with #GLAM natural history collections and colleagues across Cambridge!👇
🥁 Drum rolls needed!
Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN!
We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity!
Please, help us share the news!
2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social
Info 👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
Applications for the Natural History Humanities Visiting Fellowships are now OPEN!
We are so excited to offer this incredible opportunity!
Please, help us share the news!
2 online sandpits to meet #GLAM people @uniofcam.bsky.social
Info 👇
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
March 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Fantastic opportunity to work with #GLAM natural history collections and colleagues across Cambridge!👇
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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
Parable of the Sewers
For generations, the Black women of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have used quilts to chronicle the history of their community.
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March 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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
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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
Read more: womenshistorynetwork.org/a-stash-of-g... #WomensHistoryMonth #GenderHist
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…
womenshistorynetwork.org
March 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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
Read more: womenshistorynetwork.org/a-stash-of-g... #WomensHistoryMonth #GenderHist
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🎙️ 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 ⬇️
🎧 Find out more about the Haitian Revolution: the first time in history a slave revolt resulted in an independent free state ⬇️
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is about a very different revolution from any we’ve discussed so far: David talks to historian Hank Gonzalez about the Haitian Revolution, which for the first time in history saw a slave revolt result in an independent free state.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is about a very different revolution from any we’ve discussed so far: David talks to historian Hank Gonzalez about the Haitian Revolution, which for the first time in history saw a slave revolt result in an independent free state.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🎙️ 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 ⬇️
🎧 Find out more about the Haitian Revolution: the first time in history a slave revolt resulted in an independent free state ⬇️
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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/
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/
Online Social Data School 2025 | Applicant Information Session
YouTube video by Cambridge Digital Humanities
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March 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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/
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
🎟️ buff.ly/mtUa3te
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
🎟️ buff.ly/mtUa3te
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
💫 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
🎟️ buff.ly/mtUa3te
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
🎟️ buff.ly/mtUa3te
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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...
Learn more and explore: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
March 3, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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...
Learn more and explore: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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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...
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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
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...
www.cam.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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
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
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“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...
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...
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
www.thetimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“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...
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...
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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:
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onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
March 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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...
onlineshop.sussex.ac.uk/product-cata...
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📢 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...
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...
Structural Injustice Conference | Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
The last few years have seen enormous interest in the questions concerning structural injustice, including five books written or edited by the organisers of this conference.
www.polis.cam.ac.uk
February 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📢 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...
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...