Check yourself before you REQ yourself. Court of Requests proceedings up to REQ 2/397 now searchable to item level on The National Archives online catalogue. So very close to the end (of the calendared material, at least). discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/r/C...
Flyer for the seminar. 'Kerry Apps 'Encountering East Asia in the Restoration Refurbishments of Ham House, c.1672-98' Royal Anthropological Institute In person tickets - societyforcourtstudies@gmail.com Online - https://courtstudies.org/events/lectures/
A slide from the lecture featuring a richly decorated chinoiserie chair, porcelain vessel with a motif of a boy riding a qilin, and a Chinese kuan cai screen depicting Europeans hunting in a mountainous East Asian landscape.
If you like your historic interiors with a globally-focused twist, on April 27 I will be giving a lecture for the Society of Court Studies on the interiors of the Duke and Duchess of Lauderdale at Ham House.
It's in person in London, or online!
The New Researchers Conference begins tomorrow - if you are in the Southampton area feel free to drop you out can pay on the day as well
Call for papers for Law, race and empire conference: By popular request, we are pleased to offer an extended deadline of Tuesday 28th April for proposals for this exciting event. The law and its authority has always been a contested space. From the adversarial trial and debates on legal reform to discretionary decision making on who was tried, and pleas for clemency, the way people have navigated legal landscapes has always been both fraught and multi-faceted. This complexity is exacerbated in the imperial context, where the law could be both a symbol of the metropole’s control and, conversely, a safeguard against oppression. Over the last half century studies of legal practice, race relations and the maintenance of empires have flourished, deepening our understanding of these aspects of 18th and 19th century life. Yet this was an age where the abolitionist movement ensured that race and the law were a key part of the social agenda. Simultaneously, European militaries engaged in imperial expansion and policing, often forming racialist attitudes in the process which were both adopted, and influenced, by the metropole. Race, law and empire, therefore, should not be considered in isolation. This conference, which forms part of the Leverhulme Trust Funded ‘Sepoys and Slave Soldiers’ Research Fellowship, aims to take a holistic view of the intersections between race, law, armed forces and imperialist projects. In doing so, it seeks to widen our understanding of constructions of race, the rule of law and the operation of empires. This international, hybrid conference welcomes proposals for 20 minute papers, or full panels of three papers, which explore any two of the conference’s three core themes of race, empire and law between 1750 and 1850. 300 word paper proposals, with a 150 word biography and a stated preference for in person or online attendance, should be submitted to Dr Zack White (zack.white@port.ac.uk).
Race, Law and Empire, 1750-1850 Conference
University of Southampton AND online
17th - 18th July 2026
Call for Papers extended by popular request.
Full details below. Please share widely.
Established, emerging researchers are very welcome.
Supported by @leverhulme.ac.uk
We are pleased to be supporting the
"Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions Between the Iberian Atlantic and the Magreb" workshop
Taking place 22 May 2026 @cemskcl.bsky.social
For programme and registration see:
pastandpresent.org.uk/registration...
The #HouseofLords, often in the shadow of the Commons, asserted its power during the reigns of James I and Charles I. But it would be eclipsed by #civilwar.
⌛️ Last chance to read this archive article for free
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
Full-funded (home or international) collaborative PhD studentship (Kew and Royal Holloway, University of London) available. Deadline 8 May.
Topic: ‘Just acquisitions? Law and ethics over time in Kew’s overseas plant collecting history’ #Skystorians
looking forward to reading this, as one of the (many) unexplored threads from my doctoral thesis involved a Mysterious Hat Incident.
hoping this will cap it off nicely. really brim with information. perhaps I will be bowl(er)ed over-
‘Chancery: our records are STACked!’
An image showing the Newhaven cliffs in the background, with sailing ships and barges in the middle, and a part of a broken up groyne in the foreground.
Image of the sweep of Seaford Bay, showing Newhaven in the background with a windmill on the far hill, a facory with smoke, people walking along the beach, and rows of wooden groynes in an arc. A woman walks with her child and a basket towards Seaford (or Tidemills?)
Close up of the woman and child, also a man sitting on one of the groynes and another family of three -- a man, woman and child. In the background are the buildings of Newhaven, with one having a smoking stack. A sailing ship is moving through Mill Creek, having entered through Newhaven Harbour at the River Ouse.
Trying to find out more about an image of a painting we hold at Newhaven Museum. It's of Seaford Bay, between Newhaven and Seaford. These are a few closeups. #SussexCoast Anyone have any clues as to painter or date?
Workshop Announcement: Practical Archival Skills Training (PAST) Workshop on English High Court of Admiralty Records. 18 June 2026 at the UK National Archives. Banner with an archive image in the background.
Our colleague, Dr Oliver Finnegan, records specialist for the Prize Papers at @nationalarchivesuk, holds a workshop on 'Practical Archival Skills Training (PAST) Workshop on English High Court of Admiralty Records', more info below & tickets can be booked here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practical-...
jesus famously turned small bread into big bread - so at Easter, I reckon you have a Bun Bun to warm up before the Bun Loaf
Published today OA in @routledgehistory.bsky.social 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800: Cultures of the Sea' book series:
www.routledge.com/Material-Cul...
Many congratulations to the editors! ⚓⚓⚓
A woman wearing a red dress sits in a reading room consulting an open book laid out on a cushion and writes down notes with a pencil.
We’re welcoming applicants for a fully funded history PhD project researching the first 100 years of the UK's Public Record Office, ahead of its bicentenary in 2038.
Find out more and apply here by Friday 8 May: phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2475... (1/2)
On 16 April, we are in Sheffield to co-host this year's 'History and Archives in Practice' (#HAP26), with The National Archives, @ihr.bsky.social and @unisheffieldlib.bsky.social.
This year's theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives'. Full programme now available: bit.ly/4s5UMCS #Skystorians
The programme is now available for the British Commission for Maritime History New Researchers Conference in April at Southampton. Full details and booking here: www.maritimehistory.org.uk/new-research...
OR, early modern sheep were, in fact, all blue
Please do spread the word about the @srsrensoc.bsky.social Scholars of Colour MA Scholarship Awards -- two pots of £4,000 each, and an optional mentoring opportunity. I've very much enjoyed being a mentor to a fantastic scholar through this scheme!
the rat's out the bag
These are great for employability and widening your experience during postgrad study. (I can vouch, having done a placement with @prizepapers.bsky.social myself a few years ago!)
PhD/MA student in #history etc looking to gain experience with a major UK #heritage institution?
The National Archives’ student placement schemes are now open and accepting expressions of interest on our website (including one with yours truly..!)
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional...
I'm super happy to say my latest article on Caribbean sinew populations has been published with the International Review of Social History. It is available (open access!) here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Want to learn more about the spectacular find on the Danish cargo ship Anne-Marie? Sign up for an exciting roundtable with researchers from the Faroe Islands here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
#skystorians #19thcentury #earlymodern #maritimehistory
For much more on Ireland during the imperial crisis and American War of Independence see the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social's Age of Revolutions Portal (virtualtreasury.ie/portals/age-...). The browse feature underneath the main search bar to the right shows all repositories and documents.
Delighted to see that Gijs Dreijer's second book has just been published Open Access! This is a major contribution to our understanding of how Dutch entrepreneurs engaged in the Scramble for Africa, exploiting the opportunities offered by other European colonial powers 🗃️
On 16 April, we co-host 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' with @ihr.bsky.social, The National Archives, and University of Sheffield Library.
For #HAP26 our theme is: ‘Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: the Impact of Archives and Historical Research’ bit.ly/4tvKUnX. Booking now #Skystorians
Cover reveal for Richard Frohock's fab new 🏴☠️ book!
Piracy Mythmaking in the Eighteenth Century
Criminality, Human Nature, & Civil Government from @routledgehistory.bsky.social will be published 21/5/26!
www.routledge.com/Piracy-Mythm...
Map identifying the approximate regions where various Indigenous groups lived in North America in 1776.
The Utah Historical Society just produced a new, excellent map of "The Peoples of North America in 1776." Great resource for anyone teaching, writing, presenting about Native peoples as part of their 250th work. america250.utah.gov/power-of-pla...
🚨🐟 CFP - COLONIAL HINTER-SEAS: A Conference on Subaquatic Resources and Waterside Lives from the Early Modern to the Contemporary, 10-11 August 2026, virtual, Zoom & 19-21 August 2026, in-person, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
Details: www.colonialfisheries.com/colonial-hin... 🐟🚨
Dear history fans, what objects would you like to see in an exhibition on privateering & life at sea in the 18th century? Everyday objects, letters, navigational instruments, or something unexpected? It will also explore forced migration. I’d love to hear your thoughts #earlymodern #maritimehistory