Congratulations to our very own Prof Peter Sarris

Cambridge University Library has recently acquired, with the generous support of the Friends of the National Libraries (FNL), a unique piece of eighteenth-century satirical French printing presenting the popular concept of the ‘world turned upside down’. Find out more here: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=27918

Join us to celebrate Gareth Stedman Jones's years School of History, Queen Mary University of London on 2 May 2024, 3-6pm. Social history, intellectual history, the history of political thought, history-politics-theory: qmul.ac.uk/history/news-a…… Royal Historical Society Institute of Historical Research Cambridge School Cambridge History @MileEndIn

For those who enjoyed American Election series at Past Present Future, check out these bonus episodes, one on 1968, and one in which we answer questions listeners raised about previous episodes. Available to subscribers. Good prep for 2024, when Dems return to Chicago!

We are delighted to announce our third and final call for papers of the academic year, 'Cultures and Practices of Knowledge'. We look forward to submissions (deadline 9/04) from those looking to present both in-person or online! #cfp #materialculture #earlymodern

📚 Does the history of the British economy need rewriting?

📈 New findings from Cambridge History Economic History Society show manufacturing work increased dramatically during the 1600s – over a century before the Industrial Revolution.

Explore their research 👉 bit.ly/3J9MiGV

Check out Campop's new website economiespast.org containing over 160 million items of data collected by Leigh Shaw-Taylor's team CAMPOP Cambridge History Cambridge University, launching at #EHS2024 this weekend

Very glad to see Leigh Shaw-Taylor’s team getting national recognition for their extraordinary work transforming our understanding of the industrial revolution. Now political and cultural historians need to think through the implications. theguardian.com/education/2024…

📢CALL FOR PAPERS! #twitterhistorians

The Workshop for the Early Modern Period invites applications for Easter Term (April-June 2024) from postgraduate students working on any aspect of of the early modern period (c. 1450-1800).

Deadline: 15 April 2024
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A fully-funded PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge to explore South Asian natural history collections at the University Museum of Zoology and University Herbarium, co-supervised across the faculties of history, zoology, plant sciences, and history of science!

This is a fully funded PhD studentship, based at the Cambridge Faculty of History. Do apply!

This is a fully funded PhD studentship, based at the Cambridge Faculty of History. Do apply!

Call for papers! If you are a postgrad researcher and would like to present at the Cambridge Cultural History Workshop, see attached! To apply follow link by 14th April. tinyurl.com/CHWatCam

Murder by the Book: a celebration of 20th century British crime fiction puts on display nearly 100 of the most famous, influential and best-selling crime novels in UK history! Read more about our fascinating new exhibition curated by Nicola Upson 🏳️‍🌈: cam.ac.uk/stories/Murder…

2 postdocs on a project about the history of universities at Lund University, Sweden. Deadline 26 April

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REPOSTING to correct broken link: Students or early-career writers - submit your essay on modern British Jewish history for the Robert Silver Prize: more information at hist.cam.ac.uk/news/2024-robe…, deadline 19 April.

Students or early-career writers - submit your essay on modern British Jewish history for the Robert Silver Prize: more information at hist.cam.ac.uk/news/2024-robe…, deadline 19 April.

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Why do we draw journeys as lines on maps? What has maritime history got to do with it? My new book is available to preorder! It was my hardest and most enriching writing and research experience to date. Out 29/8 Profile Books (& UChicagoPress in the US) profilebooks.com/work/tracks-on…

🚨 There's less than a week left to send your abstracts to the below conference at Cambridge History. The deadline is next Monday, 18 March.