Dr. Moosa's work-in-progress has been circulated. If you'd like to attend, please register below. Email us and we'll send over the link to the WIP.

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Our MA Early Modern Studies trains you in palaeography, book history & archival research skills, plus options in information & literary studies, history & language.
Join us for a taster lecture, learn more about the course & ask questions
📅1 May 2-3:30pm BST online
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Registration and Programme for the "Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions between the Iberian Atlantic and the Maghrib" Workshop - Past and Present received from Dr. Ana Struillou (King College London) and Dr. Kaja Cook (Royal Holloway, University of London) Date and Times: 22 May 2026 (09:00 – 18:00) Format: his will be a hybrid workshop. The on...

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:

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What’s in a Name: Slave-Slurs in Early Modern English Drama - Dr. Hassana Moosa - 20th April — CEMS KCL Blog On 20th April at 17:00(GMT)/12:00(EST), we will discuss a pre-circulated paper titled ‘What’s in a Name: Slave Slurs in Early Modern English Drama’ by Dr. Hassana Moosa (University of Cape Town). Duri...

Join us next Monday at 17:00GMT/12:00EST for our next 'Race in the Early Modern' seminar. We're delighted to be joined by Dr. @hassanamoosa.bsky.social. Dr. Moosa's WIP will be circulated later this week.

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Join us on May 22nd for a workshop on early modern North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Online and in person!

Deadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'.

Deadline: 7th April

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CfP: Periodizing the Early/Modern - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog Call for Papers for the Annual CEMS Colloquium. This year’s theme is periodizing the early/modern. The CfP deadline is 7th April. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

Great theme for this year's CEMS Colloquium. We'll be thinking about periodisation. What do we mean by early modernity? How do we periodise across disciplines? What is the point of early modern studies in 2026?

CfP currently live - deadline 07.04

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CfP: When does early modernity begin and end? How do we understand the relation between the early modern & the historical periods that precede and follow it? Is it important to how we construe of early modernity that it be thought of as a boundaried entity, complete in itself? Or might the early modern be less a historical period & more a mode of thought? Much has been written about periodization in relation to the early modern. The Medieval/Renaissance divide (or lack of divide) has been theorized by a range of scholars, most notably perhaps Margreta De Grazia. But this symposium will consider the question of periodizing the early modern in a more forward-looking way, situating this temporal and theoretical construct in relation to our own contemporary moment. Global and postcolonial approaches by Dipesh Chakrabarty, Carlos Garrido Castellano, David Scott, Sanjay Subrahmanyam & others have challenged the spatial & temporal period boundaries, demanding a rethinking of early modernity from a variety of points of view. This symposium will likewise rethink the various positions from which early modernity is construed, aiming to engage scholars from a range of disciplines including contemporary literature & theory, post-colonial studies, history, music, and philosophy, law, medicine, classics & war studies. We will explore the differing ways in which early modernity is & has been periodized within these fields, as well as considering how these different disciplines understand the early modern engagement with (or rejection of) periodisation itself. We will also ask what role periodization has played in enabling the oppressive power structures founded in early modernity to persist into our own present, & what periodizing the early modern can mean for the deconstruction & dismantling of these systems. We invite proposals for 20-minute talks on the topic of ‘Periodizing the Early/Modern.’ Submissions from early career scholars & graduate students are particularly welcomed

#CfP: Annual @cemskcl.bsky.social "Periodizing the Early/Modern", KCL, 11 June 2026. Abstracts by 7 April 2026

This year’s colloquium is on ‘Periodizing the Early/Modern' & organised by Hannah Crawforth, Sarah Lewis, Lucy Munro, & @hsmurphy.bsky.social rensoc.org.uk/announcement...

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Jeunes chercheurs en histoire moderne, la deadline est fixée à la semaine prochaine !

Mexico in Algiers, Rabat in Bahia: Rethinking Interactions between the Iberian Atlantic and the Maghrib - A Workshop — CEMS KCL Blog Join CEMS for a one-day workshop on interactions between the early modern Iberian Atlantic and North Africa. Organised by Dr. Ana Struillou and Dr. Kaja Cook. Friday 22nd May, 09:00 - 18:00

CEMS workshop on interactions between North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Organised by Dr. Ana Struillou and Dr. Kaja Cook. A day of panels on subjects ranging from forced labour to knowledge exchange to migration. Scheduled 22nd May.

Sign up below!

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Deadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'.

Deadline: 7th April

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⚠️Register before 12 April ⚠️
Marking Music: the Use of Music Books in Early Modern Europe
11–12 May 2026 @cemskcl.bsky.social & online
For scholars of music, book history & related to explore how people engaged with books containing music in early modern period.
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CfP: Periodizing the Early/Modern - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog Call for Papers for the Annual CEMS Colloquium. This year’s theme is periodizing the early/modern. The CfP deadline is 7th April. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

CfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'.

We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs.

Deadline: 7th April

Full details below.

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A photograph of Prof. Abigail Williams delivering her lecture in the Maughan Library's Weston Room.

The intimacies of calligraphy, self-actualisation through writing, and fiction in life writing. A wonderful evening in a great setting with Prof. Abigail Williams on non-elite reading and writing in the long eighteenth century.

@kingsartshums.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social

Really looking forward to our event next week. Come along to hear about non-elite reading practices in the long eighteenth century.

In the Margins: Writing Non-Elite Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century with Prof. Abigail Williams — CEMS KCL Blog Join CEMS for a talk by Prof. Abigail Williams on non-elite reading in long-eighteenth-century Britain. Wednesday 18th March, 17:30-19:00

A reminder that our talk with Prof. Abigail Williams takes place next Wednesday at 17:30! Prof. Williams will be speaking about her work on non-elite reading practices in the long 18th century.

Full details and registration details available below.

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It's world book day! To celebrate, here are three recent publications by incredible colleagues @kingshistory.bsky.social @kingschostm.bsky.social and @cemskcl.bsky.social
running the gamut from #EarlyModern to #HistSTM 🗃️

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In the Margins: Writing Non-Elite Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century with Prof. Abigail Williams — CEMS KCL Blog Join CEMS for a talk by Prof. Abigail Williams on non-elite reading in long-eighteenth-century Britain. Wednesday 18th March, 17:30-19:00

We're delighted to be welcoming Prof. Abigail Williams to CEMS on 18th March. She'll be delivering a talk on the reading practices of non-elites in the long eighteenth century. Join us if you can. Full details below!

18 March, 17:30

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Deadline tomorrow! Send in your expressions of interest.

CfP: First Article Workshop — CEMS KCL Blog The CEMS First Article Workshop is an opportunity to receive and discuss anonymised peer review feedback on drafts of journal articles. The workshop is designed for PGRs and ECRs working on their firs...

Working on a first journal article? We're hosting our annual first article workshop in May. A great opportunity to receive and understand the peer review process. Apply by Feb 27th. Full details below!

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In the Margins: Writing Non-Elite Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century with Professor Abigail Williams | King's College London Professor Abigail Williams explores the reading practices of non-elites in long eighteenth-century Britain.

📖 On 18 March, Professor Abigail Williams explores how we might use the material traces of past non-elite readers to better understand the relationship between literacy and selfhood in early modern England.

🔗 Register ⬇️
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Our next seminar takes place 2nd March. We'll be discussing a WIP by Dr. Elise Mitchell (Swarthmore College (@bydreamphd.bsky.social). To receive the WIP in advance, please register by next Monday!

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The Song of Songs: Poetry in History How does poetry work in the medieval and early modern and other worlds? This workshop will take the example of the Biblical Song of Songs.

The Song of Songs: Poetry in History
10 April 2-5pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social
How does poetry work in the medieval and early modern and other worlds? This workshop will take the example of the Biblical Song of Songs.
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Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies Language, Sense, and Proof in the Early Modern World. Deadline for submissions: 12th April 2026.

Call for Chapters: Evident Tongues, Evident Bodies
Deadline to submit: 12th April 2026
We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume examining how encounters through language and the senses shaped the production of evidence in the early modern period (c.1492–1700).
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18TH CENTURY BRITISH HISTORY PHD LIGHTNING TALKS CFP

Are you at the start of your PhD? Want to tell an eager and engaged audience about it in 5 mins? We want to hear the best PGR research about 18th Britain at our #LightningTalks event 29 April 2026.

Please see the poster for further information!

Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) Workshop Join us for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgraduate students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

We have more Skills Training in Archival Research (STAR) workshops coming up!

Join staff at The London Archives for a hands-on workshop designed to help postgrad students and researchers make the most of archival collections.

📍 The London Archives
📅 1 April + 3 June
🕛️ 1-4:30pm

Applying for Early Modern Postdocs: Webinar — CEMS KCL Blog A webinar on applying for postdoctoral fellowships in Early Modern Studies. Anonymised draft applications will be reviewed and discussed by a panel of assessors and previously successful applicants. ...

Tomorrow at 14:00! CEMS online workshop on applying for early modern postdocs.

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