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Cambridge American History Seminar Podcast Education Podcast · Where big ideas in history meet open conversation. Each episode invites listeners into the Seminar experience, where, every Monday afternoon during term, visiting scholars and grad...

New Episode: “Exiting the world has never been a viable option.” Prof. Eliga Gould discusses the 1783 Paris Treaty and the messy remaking of the American Union in his new book "Peace and Independence: The Turbulent History of the United States’ Founding Treaty." podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor in political theory, to be based in the Department of POLIS at Cambridge. The post will be available from 1 September 2026.

For more details: www.polis.cam.ac.uk/job-opportun...

📢We are delighted to announce that Zara Kesterton (@zarakesterton.bsky.social) has been jointly awarded The Historical Journal ECR Prize for her article 'Artificial Flowers in the Credit Records of an Eighteenth-Century French Fashion Merchant'

✨Hear Zara explain more in her HJ Highlight!

Papyrus Economies and the Experience of Early Medieval Papal Documents* Abstract. The medium of papyrus, a ubiquitous, state-sponsored product in the Roman world, was turned by the empire’s loss of Egypt in the 630s–640s into a

On advance access: "Papyrus Economies and the Experience of Early Medieval Papal Documents"

by @cjg70.bsky.social (@camhistory.bsky.social) and Benjamin Savill (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

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Modern Inquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations International Prosperity and Development 250 Years After Adam Smith

Modern Enquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 5-6 March 2026

@kingscollege.bsky.social: Thurs, 9.15am–5pm, & Fri, 9–12.45. Free, registration required

@cambridgelaw.bsky.social: concluding public forum, Fri, 2-4pm. No booking required

🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/modern-inq...

Last chance to register: landmark conference to mark 250 years since publication of The Wealth of Nations. ‘Modern Enquiries into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations’ 5-6 March 2026 Keynes Hall, King’s College, Cambridge: Thursday, 9.15am – 5pm, and Friday, 9.00 – 12.45. Free, registration required. Arthur Goodhart Lecture Theatre (LG19), Law Faculty, Sidgwick Site: concluding public forum, Friday, 2-4 pm. No booking required, arrive early to secure a seat. All free and open to the public, students especially welcome.

Last chance to register: major conference celebrating 250 years of 'The Wealth of Nations': the most famous text in the history of political economy and economics.

Leading historians and economists will assess its legacy & ask what it means for the next century.

Free, open to public, link below ⬇️⬇️

Students looking at a display of scrapbooks in the Churchill Archives Centre reading room

Part of a display of scrapbooks set up on book rests in Churchill Archives Centre reading room

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It was a delight to share this fabulous display of scrapbooks, curated by our former colleague @cherishwatton.bsky.social, with students from @camhistory.bsky.social studying women in Cambridge. Students spent time turning the pages of the scrapbooks and discussing their contents

#archives #history

Taoiseach of Ireland announces the first Childers Professor of Irish History, 20 February 2026. YouTube video by Cambridge History Faculty

Watch now on YouTube: Taoiseach of Ireland @micheal-martin.bsky.social announces Professor Alvin Jackson as first Childers Professor of Irish History @cam.ac.uk

Speeches also from Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice and @lucydelap.bsky.social

@trincolllibcam.bsky.social

🔗 youtu.be/rNynCzuh0CA?...

A Response to Readers Published in History of European Ideas (Ahead of Print, 2026)

I am deeply honoured that my book has received such thoughtful and generous engagement from great scholars Hugo Drochon,Allegra De Laurentiis,Dina Gusejnova,Douglas Moggach, and David Ragazzoni, in the book Symposium on History of European Ideas. Here my response: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CEG7G...

For all those interested in the early Middle Ages, economy, money, etc. Even more affordable now!

Early Medieval England and its Neighbours has had some cracking new articles published in the last week, including on movement of manuscripts in the eighth century and charter forgery at Westminster, as well as an impressive debut article on Byrhtferth of Ramsey: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A large building site interior space filled with scaffolding

Many of you will recognise this precious space, the heart of @camhistory.bsky.social at @cam.ac.uk It's a work in progress...

Inaugural Lecture: Regina Grafe, Professor of Economic History, University of Cambridge YouTube video by Cambridge History Faculty

Missed Professor Regina Grafe's Inaugural Lecture?

'Precocious Financialisation and the Making of the Moral Economy of Colonial Spanish America, 1600-1820' is now available on YouTube.

A glimpse into the economic life of the early modern Spanish Americas ⬇️

🔗 youtu.be/9SBnE2UV7Po?...

We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Less than a week left to apply for this 🗃️

Marta Macedo Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency

Please join us on Tues 24 Feb at 5pm at @magdalenecollege.bsky.social when Marta Macedo (NOVA Lisbon) will be speaking at the History & Economics Seminar on 'Maroon ecologies and the São Tomé plantation world: histories of black insurgency'. Click for abstract and further information.

Congratulations to Professor Alvin Jackson, announced as first Childers Professor of Irish History @camhistory.bsky.social.
Great news for #IrishStudies in Britain!

Read our interview with the BAFTA-winning producer Nicola Shindler OBE ⬇️

www.hist.cam.ac.uk/alumni-persp...

From Cambridge History Degree to TV Career: Award-winning producer Nicola Shindler talks to Cambridge History students about storytelling, historical influences and the future of TV. Shown in conversation with Professor Helen McCarthy.

From History @cam.ac.uk to award-winning TV producer, Nicola Shindler inspired our students with her career journey.

She explored the powerful link between historical understanding, storytelling, character development and TV drama & how studying history sharpened her instinct for standout stories ⬇️

Delighted to be at Cambridge University today to mark the establishment of the Childers Chair of Irish History in Trinity College.

In Prof Alvin Jackson, Cambridge has chosen a historian of the very highest rank for this professorship.

Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking in the Wren Library in Trinity College, Cambridge,

Taoiseach Micheál Martin speaking at Trinity College, Cambridge, to mark the announcement of Professor Alvin Jackson as the first holder of the Childers Professorship in Modern Irish History, a new university chair endowed by a donation from the government of Ireland.

Address of Taoiseach Micheál Martin Announcement of the first Childers Professor of Modern Irish History at Cambridge University Trinity College, Cambridge Friday 20th February 2026

Must thank all at DFA Dublin, @lucydelap.bsky.social and all at @camhistory.bsky.social for this extraordinary recognition of my family. I am at a loss for words really. Congratulations to Professor Jackson www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Prime Minister of Ireland in Cambridge to announce first Childers Professor of Irish History The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, welcomed the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland, Micheál Martin, to Cambridge to celebrate the appointment

We were delighted to host the Taoiseach during his visit to Cambridge today.

Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice welcomed @micheal-martin.bsky.social to celebrate the appointment of the University's first-ever Childers Professor of Irish History.

Read more about the visit 👇

Fourth lecture now online - www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/state-... - on a popular language of state and economy. Next lecture this afternoon 5pm Thursday 19 Feb. in Exam Schools, if you're in Oxford, will be online next week. Topic: languages of self and society in the heyday of 'social democracy'.

Applications open for the Keasbey Isaac Newton Fellowship in American Studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge.

This is a 3yr postdoc/JRF for a scholar of US culture, society, politics or history from any discipline. Closes March 19

Please spread the word
www.sel.cam.ac.uk/jobs/Keasbey...

📣Out now on #firstview!

Molly Groarke (@mollygroarke.bsky.social) (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Imperial Family Biographies and New Approaches to the Family in Histories of the British Empire, c.1650–c.1950'

#Empire #Family #Personal #Review 📜🗃️

👉Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Another very attractive job offer (only two years, alas) to join the Faculty of History in Cambridge!
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Do you want to teach wonderful students alongside great colleagues? Look no further and apply! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...

Suturing the Worlds: Tomie Ohtake Between Japan and Brazil Join us for the third event of the Women's History Seminar series.

Dr Olga Solovieva (Nicolaus Copernicus University) will give the third Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College @cam.ac.uk

🔎 "Suturing the Worlds: Tomie Ohtake between Japan and Brazil"
⏲️ Tuesday 24 Feb, 5–7pm
🏢 Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suturing-t...