David Martin
@davidmartin8293.bsky.social
Misplaced Indo-Cantab-Historian.
Ph.D researcher, St. Catz
Christianity and the history of caste.
Substack: https://substack.com/@davidmartin8293
Ph.D researcher, St. Catz
Christianity and the history of caste.
Substack: https://substack.com/@davidmartin8293
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The Doing History in Public team is thrilled to announce our brand new Magazine, aptly titled Doing History in Public: The Magazine
July 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Doing History in Public team is thrilled to announce our brand new Magazine, aptly titled Doing History in Public: The Magazine
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Up now on the blog!
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
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Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
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Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online
By Dr. Stephanie Brown (Bluesky: Old Bailey Online is a vast and searchable digital collection of nearly 200,000 trial accounts from London’s central criminal court from 1674 to 1913.1 A pioneer of…
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June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Up now on the blog!
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10032
Dr Stephanie Brown discusses bringing 'Courtroom to Classroom: Teaching with Old Bailey Online'
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10032
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In case you're after a bit of light Sunday reading, check out our newest post on the blog from Joseph Opp on The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
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Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
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The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
By Joseph Opp Every year, more than one million visitors queue for over an hour to enter the rotunda at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Under its imposing dome and two brilliant murals — …
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June 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
In case you're after a bit of light Sunday reading, check out our newest post on the blog from Joseph Opp on The Declaration of Independence and the American Constitutional Conversation, 1776-1861
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10009
Read more using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=10009
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In case yesterday's post wasn't enough, you can also check out last week's contribution to the blog! @YuetongLi_Doris writes about Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before 1850
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
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Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
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Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before1850
By Yuetong Li (Twitter/X: @yuetongli_doris) Laeta viro gravitas et mentis amabile pondus. (A happy man has a gravity and a lovely weight of mind.) —— Anton Springer 1 Friedrich Christoph Dahl…
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May 30, 2025 at 8:39 AM
In case yesterday's post wasn't enough, you can also check out last week's contribution to the blog! @YuetongLi_Doris writes about Friedrich Dahlmann: Germany’s Most Popular Historian before 1850
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/05/22/f...
Learn more using the link below 👇👇👇👇
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In case you missed it, our editor-in-chief @davidmartin8293.bsky.social has a new post up on the blog on 'Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore'
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Read all about it using the link below:
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Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore
By David Martin (Bluesky: @davidmartin8293.bsky.social Substack: @davidmartin8293 A cathedral, the seat of a bishop, is normally an august building. From the gargoyle-studded Notre Dame de Paris to…
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May 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In case you missed it, our editor-in-chief @davidmartin8293.bsky.social has a new post up on the blog on 'Oddments of Imperium: St. Mark’s of Bangalore'
Read all about it using the link below:
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Read all about it using the link below:
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2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first published post on the Doing History in Public blog, making this year the start of DHP’s second decade of life!
May 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2024 marked the ten-year anniversary of the first published post on the Doing History in Public blog, making this year the start of DHP’s second decade of life!
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Blooming marvellous! As #NationalGardeningWeek coincides with the start of Easter Term, we're basking in the colours that have been brightening up our gardens as students returned. Here are just a few of the plants that have come into bloom over the last month. Which are your favourites?
May 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Blooming marvellous! As #NationalGardeningWeek coincides with the start of Easter Term, we're basking in the colours that have been brightening up our gardens as students returned. Here are just a few of the plants that have come into bloom over the last month. Which are your favourites?
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I'm really excited to share this fun little piece I wrote for the Society for the History of Children and Youth's Digital Childhoods Blog - I've fallen in love with little shoes and hope you do too!
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The Magic of Children's Shoes - Digital Childhoods
Much to the dismay of historians studying the material culture of early modern childhood, few examples of children’s clothing survive from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. While textiles degra...
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April 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm really excited to share this fun little piece I wrote for the Society for the History of Children and Youth's Digital Childhoods Blog - I've fallen in love with little shoes and hope you do too!
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shcydigitalchildhoods.org/dir/shoes-sh...
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And it’s out! My book is now available online:
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From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.
#Skystorians
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From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.
#Skystorians
December 5, 2024 at 3:20 PM
And it’s out! My book is now available online:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.
#Skystorians
www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...
From the history of knowledge to the practice of censorship, the Republic of Letters, textual criticism, and much else(!), it tells a new story about the Old Testament in #EarlyModern Europe.
#Skystorians
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The India and Visions of World Order Conference will be held in Cambridge on the 22nd to 23rd of May. Please see the following link for more details:
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Conference: India and Visions of World Order
India and Visions of World Order is an international conference that will take place at the University of Cambridge.
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April 24, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The India and Visions of World Order Conference will be held in Cambridge on the 22nd to 23rd of May. Please see the following link for more details:
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We are thrilled to extend the deadline for our Easter Term Call for Papers by ONE WHOLE WEEK! You now have until Friday, 25 April to submit your abstracts - We look foward to reading them!
April 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We are thrilled to extend the deadline for our Easter Term Call for Papers by ONE WHOLE WEEK! You now have until Friday, 25 April to submit your abstracts - We look foward to reading them!
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Its colonial past has left indelible marks upon All Saints' Church in Bangalore. David Martin shares its history in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
All Saints’ Church, Bangalore – AHA
The chairs, incense, and even the surrounding trees at a church’s outdoor Easter services reflect the cosmopolitan past of this religious institution.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Its colonial past has left indelible marks upon All Saints' Church in Bangalore. David Martin shares its history in #AHAPerspectives. #EverythingHasAHistory 🗃️
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A little something I wrote a while back finally got published. Many thanks to the @historians.org for this!
(Special thanks to Laura for whipping this little article into shape! 🙃)
A little something I wrote a while back finally got published. Many thanks to the @historians.org for this!
(Special thanks to Laura for whipping this little article into shape! 🙃)
All Saints’ Church, Bangalore – AHA
The chairs, incense, and even the surrounding trees at a church’s outdoor Easter services reflect the cosmopolitan past of this religious institution.
www.historians.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
www.historians.org/perspectives...
A little something I wrote a while back finally got published. Many thanks to the @historians.org for this!
(Special thanks to Laura for whipping this little article into shape! 🙃)
A little something I wrote a while back finally got published. Many thanks to the @historians.org for this!
(Special thanks to Laura for whipping this little article into shape! 🙃)
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It's Thursday, which means a new post on the blog! Today, editor-in-chief David Martin ( @davidmartin8293.bsky.social ) shares his new post 'He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church brought a World together'
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church came to House World History
David Martin (daim3@cam.ac.uk / Bluesky: @davidmartin8293.bsky.social) Nestled in the heart of the seventeenth-century Fort St. George, and barely visible through its verdure and petrous neighbours…
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March 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's Thursday, which means a new post on the blog! Today, editor-in-chief David Martin ( @davidmartin8293.bsky.social ) shares his new post 'He Stoops to Globalise, or How a Church brought a World together'
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
Access David's article using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9436
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Be sure to check out our final Historian Highlight of term! This week, João Moreira da Silva talks about his research on the Portuguese Empire and its colonial legacies.
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
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Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
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Historian Highlight – João Moreira da Silva
Historian Highlight is an ongoing series sharing the research experiences of historians in the History Faculty in Cambridge and beyond. In this instalment, Chris Campbell sat down with second-year …
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March 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Be sure to check out our final Historian Highlight of term! This week, João Moreira da Silva talks about his research on the Portuguese Empire and its colonial legacies.
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/03/10/h...
Read more on the blog using the link below 👇👇👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/03/10/h...
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This week, our editor in chief David Martin @davidmartin8293.bsky.social writes about the Andrean Postcolonial
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
March 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
This week, our editor in chief David Martin @davidmartin8293.bsky.social writes about the Andrean Postcolonial
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
You can read all about it using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9418
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In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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This week, Andreas Nabil Younan documents ‘the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt’
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
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Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
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Let the Minutes Speak: Documenting the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt
By Andreas Nabil Younan (any21@cam.ac.uk) How does one write the political history of an authoritarian regime, where access tostate documents is restricted for national security reasons and censors…
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February 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This week, Andreas Nabil Younan documents ‘the Golden Age of Oppositional Politics in 1970s Egypt’
Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
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Read all about it on the blog using the link below 👇
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We are thrilled to be opening up submissions for blog posts for Easter Term! Get in touch if you have any questions!
February 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We are thrilled to be opening up submissions for blog posts for Easter Term! Get in touch if you have any questions!
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This week, in our second collaborative post with the Global History Lab Elvira Tamus and her students discuss ‘Student Protests Around the World’! You can read more on the blog using the link below 👇
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February 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This week, in our second collaborative post with the Global History Lab Elvira Tamus and her students discuss ‘Student Protests Around the World’! You can read more on the blog using the link below 👇
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
doinghistoryinpublic.org?p=9367
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This week kicks off a special series of blog posts on the Global History Lab, the first in three written by groups of international undergraduates, facilitated by Elvira Tamus. Students this week comment on ‘Echoes of communism: A cross-cultural reflection’
January 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This week kicks off a special series of blog posts on the Global History Lab, the first in three written by groups of international undergraduates, facilitated by Elvira Tamus. Students this week comment on ‘Echoes of communism: A cross-cultural reflection’
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We're kicking off the new term with a bang! Be sure to read this week's fabulous post from Sietske van der Veen 'Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City'
Read more on the blog using the link below!
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Read more on the blog using the link below!
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Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City
By Sietske van der Veen ( Twitter/X: @SBvanderVeen; Bluesky: @sbvanderveen.bsky.social) The documentary Occupied City (De bezette stad,2023) contrasts everyday life in Amsterdam’s cityscape today, …
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January 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We're kicking off the new term with a bang! Be sure to read this week's fabulous post from Sietske van der Veen 'Imagining Jewish Topographies in Occupied City'
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
Read more on the blog using the link below!
doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i...
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Welcome to the official BlueSky for the Cambridge Doing History in Public Blog - We are a postgraduate run blog attempting to bring accessible and engaging history to the public!
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
Doing History in Public
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January 20, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Welcome to the official BlueSky for the Cambridge Doing History in Public Blog - We are a postgraduate run blog attempting to bring accessible and engaging history to the public!
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
You can check out our posts using the link here: doinghistoryinpublic.org
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I humbly ask, no beg, for an academic search engine that consolidates major museum collections into a single searchable database🙏
January 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I humbly ask, no beg, for an academic search engine that consolidates major museum collections into a single searchable database🙏