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Gunvor Simonsen
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I specialize in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Atlantic social and cultural history, particularly in the US Virgin Islands when they were under Danish rule.
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How do libraries and archives protect cultural memory in hot, humid, and disaster-prone environments?
This week’s post highlights key insights from Libraries & Archives Preservation in Tropical Environments — a practical guide for caring for collections across the Caribbean and beyond.
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Really pleased that this article, a collaboration between many of the members of CoCAH (www.cocah.net) is now available from @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🎉 We propose practical ways to improve #Caribbean #archaeology in the 21st century: peercommunityjournal.org/articles/10....
Rethinking Caribbean Archaeology: Towards an ethical position for a truly decolonial practice
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November 17, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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The Caribbean Digital XII Conference Schedule is live!

Swipe to see the lineup, and click the link in bio to see the full conference details, as well as the registration link.

We hope to see you in Boston soon!



#cdsc #tcdxii
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Project team member @feliciafricke.bsky.social has just published a new blog post about widows in St. Eustatius around 1800 #Caribbean #history #colonialism You can read it here: racializedmotherhood.blog/2025/10/31/c...
Creole Widows as the Most Stable Portion of Colonial Society
By Felicia J. Fricke. Between 1789 and 1830, the population structure of the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Eustatius changed markedly. At the beginning of this period, the island was populated by 4…
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October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The Introduction to Digital Publishing Handbook from the Digital Library of the Caribbean offers a guide to creating and sharing text-based digital publications.

Read the handbook at dloc.com/AA00114845/0...

#DigitalPublishing #OpenAccess #dLOC #CaribbeanArchives
October 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Tak til Carlsbergfondet for at sætte fokus på Caribiens historie. Den kan vi ikke få for meget af 🍀

Thanks to the Carlsberg Foundation for support Caribbean history. We need it. 🍀
carlsbergfondet.dk Carlsbergfondet @carlsbergfondet.dk · Oct 3
”Mennesker flygtede ikke kun ud af Caribien for at opnå frihed, men også til andre caribiske øer, hvor forholdene måske blev anset for mere tålelige.”
🎙️Hør podcasten 'Caribiens skjulte forbindelser' med #MånedensForsker Gunvor Simonsen 👉 bit.ly/podcast_gunvor #dkforsk
October 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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September 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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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 🌎
A white woman in black leaning against a plinth with a white urn. She holds the hand of a little white girl, also dressed in black, whose doll has fallen to the floor (Rudolph Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 1809, Philadelphia Museum of Art, https://archive.org/details/repositoryofarts21809acke/page/n237/mode/2up).
September 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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New (May 2025): Afterlives of the Plantation: Plotting Agrarian Futures in the Global Black South – Jarvis C. McInnis | Columbia University Press | More information can be found here: cup.columbia.edu/book/afterli...
August 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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This Historical Figure Friday we honor Harry Belafonte — the legendary singer, actor, and activist who brought Caribbean music to the world stage and used his voice to fight for justice🇯🇲

#HFF #HarryBelafonte #JamaicanPride #CDSC #CaribbeanHistory #HistoricalFridays
August 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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August 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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ITSS 🌊 had a wonderful experience at the 56th Annual Conference of The Association of Caribbean Historians in Trinidad🍃
June 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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We are calling for proposals for The Caribbean Digital XII! Held in memory of Dr. Ángel David Nieves, this year's gathering invites critical work on how media tech reshapes the Caribbean and its diasporas.

🗓 Dec 4–5, 2025 | 📍Northeastern U, Boston
📝 Apply by June 30: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
May 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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25 grad students will have accommodation provided (deadline June 9) for this fee-free Summer School, University of Bologna, Italy, Sept 8-12, "Dissonant memories: geographies of migration, colonialism and trauma". centri.unibo.it/memorylab/it... #unibo
May 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Welcome to the Racialized Motherhood page! 🦋 You can read about our project goals in this interview with PI @silvaperez.bsky.social - dff.dk/en/our-funde...
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May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Le 30/04/2025, l’historienne Dominique Rogers a remis à Philippe Baptiste, Ministre de l'ESR, et Antoine Petit, PDG du @cnrs.fr, en présence de Jean-Marc Ayrault, pdt de la FME, le Livre Blanc de la recherche française sur les esclavages qu’elle a coordonné au nom de la FME. 1/4
May 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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ITSS🌊 PhD Fellow Rasmus Christensen is organising a graduate seminar in early modern #Caribbean #history! 🥳 Send in your application by May 1, 2025 📨 More info can be found here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/graduat...
Original painting; courtesy, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection (B1981.25.76). Available from the Slavery Images website. The painting shows a busy Caribbean marketplace with wooden buildings and the sea in the background.
April 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Calling #ECRs in #History! 🥳 You can apply to attend the workshop 'From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism' at IISH in #Amsterdam! Deadline is April 29, 2025 📨 Email IISH for more information 😊
From Insurance to Chartered Companies: New developments in the history of business, slavery, and colonialism. Organization: Eva Seuntjens, IISH/Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bart van Holsteijn, ISSH/University of Gothenburg. Workshop abstract: Recent years have seen the proliferation of projects dealing with topics that broadly fit the category of business history of slavery and colonialism. [...] We intend to organize a workshop for early-career researchers to explore new perspectives on business history in relation to the histories of slavery and colonialism. This workshop will provide extensive peer discussion and feedback from senior experts in the field field. The workshop aims to encourage and strengthen ties among early-career researchers in the field of business history. The event will be hosted by the International Institute for Social History in Amsterdam on Thursday and Friday 20-21 November, 2025.
March 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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ITSS🌊 Postdoctoral Fellow @feliciafricke.bsky.social has written a short blog post about free women's bad language and the idea of the colonial gentleman in early nineteenth century St. Eustatius, Dutch #Caribbean! 🪶 Read more here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/blog/curse-w...
The documents examined include a letter from Mary Sadler to her brother Christopher, whom she addresses as "Villinous Kitt at the whores Shop."
April 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Read this great article about freedom, fugitivity, and control in Grenada by IN THE SAME SEA’s very own Dr Freund 🌄🇬🇩🍀
inthesamesea.bsky.social In The Same Sea @inthesamesea.bsky.social · Mar 12
ITSS🌊 Postdoc @heatherfreund.bsky.social has published an open access article in 'Slavery & Abolition' - she writes about Black Rangers and the routes enslaved people took to seek freedom in 19th century #Grenada. Read more here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/new-pub...
Map edited by the author using Gavin Smith, ‘Map of the Island of Grenada Divided into Parishes and Including a Plan of The Harbor of St. George. Taken from an Actual Survey Made by Gavin Smith in the Year 1801.’ Courtesy of the Map Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
March 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Read this insightful interview with Dexnell Peters about Caribbean history!
inthesamesea.bsky.social In The Same Sea @inthesamesea.bsky.social · Feb 6
Brilliant ITSS🌊 student assistant Kamma Strøm has interviewed #historian @dexnell.bsky.social! You can read his thoughtful reflections on his career and on the interconnected Greater Southern #Caribbean here: 🌎 inthesamesea.ku.dk/blog/intervi...
Dexnell smiles slightly and looks into the camera, with his head tilted a little to one side. He is wearing glasses, a plaid shirt and a grey jacket, and he is outside under a tree, so you can see bark and leaves in the background.
February 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The ITSS🌊 team is sad to say goodbye to
Heather Freund 😢 She has been a key part of the project, making amazing contributions to the study of #history in the #Caribbean, and we look forward to future collaborations! You can read a message from her here: inthesamesea.ku.dk/news/a-messa...
Heather Freund presenting at the Association of Caribbean Historians conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, May 2024. Heather is wearing a bright blue top and a dark blue cardigan and stands behind a black lectern and microphone. Heather is speaking and looking out at the audience. Behind her is a white wall and three flags, including that of Colombia (yellow, blue, and red).
January 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM