No os imagináis mi ilusión al recibir en Londres el nuevo libro de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera!
📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞
También OPEN ACCESS🔥👉🏼 bit.ly/44PFZ6L

What does memory and its commemoration entail in the context of plurality of experiences? Fascinating discussion between students, alumni and academics and @eicathomefinn.bsky.social Matt Smith @cslbs.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi @uclhistory.bsky.social

UCL History Secures $575k Grant for Caribbean Enslaved People Database A $575,000 grant from a North American funder will support the development of a database of enslaved people at the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS).

Congratulations to Professor Matthew J. Smith and the UCL Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery (CSLBS) on receiving a $575k grant to build a database of enslaved people in the British Caribbean! 👏

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TONIGHT! We can still sneak you in on a clandestine zoom link if you want!
Or join us in Bloomsbury which is even more glorious in Springtime

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

MONDAY! Join us for an exciting paper about the Early Atlantic Slave trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality by Pablo Gómez!

23 March, 17:30 (UK) @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom -- register for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #SlaveryArchive

NEXT MONDAY!

Excited we get to welcome @sheilaghogilvie.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social to talk about Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid.

9 March, 17:30 (UK), in person & online -- sign up for the zoom link.

#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #HistSTM #HistMed

We still can smuggle you in if you didn't sign up for the official zoom link on time! Or make your way to Bloomsbury to come and enjoy the paper in real life. #EarlyModern #Skystorians #HistMed #HistSTM

Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke) at 17:00 at SOAS, University of London, Main Building (10 Thornhaugh St), Room C 277. hybrid.Sign up and find further details here: forms.gle/9JxWZsQwTNha...

Next Monday, March 9, 2026, join us for:: "THE BLACK ATLANTIC AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPIRE". Jesus Ruiz (Vanderbilt) and Melanie Lamotte (Duke).

NEXT SESSION COMING UP!

Federica Gigante will talk about "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the #EarlyModern Mediterranean"

MON 16 FEB, 17:30. Join us @ihr.bsky.social or on zoom -- sign up for the link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #SkyStorians

2026 UCL History Roundtable on ‘Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts' As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, the History Department invites colleagues, students, alumni and history fans to a roundtable with UCL historians on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts.

As UCL marks its 2026 Bicentenary, we invite colleagues, students, alumni and history enthusiasts to a special roundtable on Commemorations, Memory, and the Many Pasts 💬

📅 05 March 2026
⏰ 18:00–20:30
📍 All welcome

👉 Book your free place: shorturl.at/3pDEC 👈

Happy birthday to UCL, founded 200 years ago today!

Join us to celebrate the bicentenary at our special roundtable with Matt Smith, Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social and Benedetta Rossi ✨

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Upcoming Seminars: IHR Europe and the World, 1500-1800

Join us in-Person in London or online

Registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar 12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf 16 February: Frederica Gigante on "Enslaved Networks: Muslim Lives and the Movement of Knowledge and Things in the Early Modern Mediterranean" 9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid 23 March: Pablo Gómez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality

AMENDED PROGRAMME! But with good news: we'd love to welcome you to *four* sessions this term, not three!

Join us @ihr.bsky.social on Mondays at 17:30, or on zoom (sign up for the link here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

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Calling all UCL History alumni! 📣

Share your memories of student life at UCL History as part of our bicentenary photo competition!

📸 Up to 3 photos
🏆 Winner announced 5 March 2026
👉 Submit here: tinyurl.com/4bt9dm3n

Today at 17:30! Join the IHR's Europe and the World seminar for a paper by Dr. Yahya Nurgat on the politics of sacred space in the Islamicate World. In person and online!

FIRST SEMINAR TODAY! We'll hear from Yahya Nurgat about
"The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf"

Join us in Bloomsbury or on zoom! #EarlyModen #SkyStorians

www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

TOMORROW! Join us, in person or online!

The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf

UPCOMING SEMINAR
12 Jan 2026 --
The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf --
Yahya Nurgat (Sabanci University)
@ihreurope1500.bsky.social
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

screenshot of the IHR programme for the Europe & the World Seminar 12 January: Yahya Nurgat: The Politics of Sacred Space in the Early Modern Islamicate World: The Shrines of Karbala and Najaf 9 March: Sheilagh Ogilvie: Epidemics and Institutions from the Black Death to Covid 23 March: Pablo Gómez: The Early Atlantic Slave Trade and the Invention of Modern Corporeality

PROGRAMME FOR THE TERM UP!

Exciting papers coming you way, on zoom & @ihr.bsky.social, #EarlyModern #SkyStorians: sacred spaces, epidemics, and corporeality.

Sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

2026 Finalists for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History - AAIHS The African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS) is pleased to announce the finalists for the ninth annual Pauli Murray Book Prize for the best book in Black intellectual history. Named after...

More accolades for @chloeireton.bsky.social's Slavery & Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic, it's a finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History from the AAIHS. @universitypress.cambridge.org

www.aaihs.org/2026-finalis...

Poster image of the book: 📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞ 🗣️ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera . Consulta el E-Book 🔗👉🏼 https://bit.ly/44PFZ6L Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa Capítulos: Agradecimientos Introducción Recolectores de almas; catequesis y bautizo de africanos y africanas Entre la esclavitud y la conversión' intérpretes y lenguas para la salvación de almas Textos para la conversión y recolección de almas africanas Consideraciones finales

Poster image of the book: 📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞ 🗣️ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera . Consulta el E-Book 🔗👉🏼 https://bit.ly/44PFZ6L Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa Capítulos: Agradecimientos Introducción Recolectores de almas; catequesis y bautizo de africanos y africanas Entre la esclavitud y la conversión' intérpretes y lenguas para la salvación de almas Textos para la conversión y recolección de almas africanas Consideraciones finales

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📚 ❞𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘀. 𝗟𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻̃𝗶́𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂́𝘀 𝘆 𝗹𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼́𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀 𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝘆 𝗔́𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼-𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 (𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗹𝗼 𝗫𝗩𝗜𝗜)❞
🗣️ de Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera
Consulta el E-Book 🔗👉🏼 bit.ly/44PFZ6L
Editorial: UAM Iztapalapa

We are so happy for @chloeireton.bsky.social and Shantel George who are both included in @slaveryarchive.bsky.social's Ten Best Books of 2025! Much deserved recognition for these stellar books. @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Huge congratulations to Chloe L. Ireton (Associate Professor of the History of Iberia and the Iberian World 1500-1800), whose monograph Slavery and Freedom in Black Thought in the Early Spanish Atlantic has earned an Honorable Mention from the Sixteenth Century Society! 📚👏

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MONDAY! Looking forward to welcoming @rogerleejesus.bsky.social to the @ihr.bsky.social seminar for a talk on "Colonialism and Land: Rethinking Imperial and Local Agency in the Portuguese Empire in Asia

17 Nov, 5:30, hybrid (register for zoom link: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...) #EarlyModern

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📍📍The London History of Anticolonial Political Thought Seminar📍📍
⌛️Seminars are hybrid and take place in-person in London & Zoom, 5:30-7:00pm (GMT).⌛️
📲To sign up to our mailing list for the seminar, please email discourseonanticolonialism@hotmail.com

Holden Lecture: Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print and Restoration England

🎓 Holden Lecture 2025

📜 Tickets and trifles: ephemeral print in Restoration England
🗓️ Thurs 30 Oct, 6pm
📍 Chancellor’s Hall, Senate House, London

Join Prof. Jason Peacey as he reveals how fleeting print shaped Restoration history.

👉 Learn more & book: shorturl.at/EEKa1

Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, featuring Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. Respondent, Jorg...

HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30–7:30 pm
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez.
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If you’re in London on 29 October, make sure you don’t miss this celebration of Iberian history books!