Dame Averil Cameron obituary Historian whose sparky, innovative Byzantines challenged the stereotype of a stagnant society with nothing new to offer

And Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026), historian of the Byzantine empire bit.ly/4ex8POD #Skystorians

The book that reshaped History... YouTube video by StJohnsCollegeOxford

I had the chance to speak about Peter Brown’s The World of Late Antiquity (1971) at St John’s College, Oxford (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) for the National Year of Reading 2026. 🙂 youtube.com/shorts/njfxK...

The 2026 Holberg Prize is awarded to Australian-British scholar Lyndal Roper of the University of Oxford for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history.

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Professor Lyndal Roper named 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate

Congratulations to Emeritus Regius Professor Lyndal Roper who was named as the 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate today!

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Today marks four years since the passing of Sir John Elliott (1930-2022).

At Oxford, we remember him as a unique model of intellectual generosity and dedication to nurturing the next generation of scholars. www.jhelliotthistoryforum.com

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DPhil Research Presentations – Oxford Centre for the History of Childhood 11 March, 5pm, Maison Française d'Oxford

And tomorrow (11/03) 5pm Maison Francaise d’Oxford, join us for two great talks - Hannah Stovin on youth cross-dressing in late 19th England and Charlotte Canizo on Jewish humanitarianism & orphan migration after WWI www.mfo.ac.uk/dPhil-resear...

Mongolian horse-tooth saddle hilt, with inlaid gold, silver, and six-sided horse-tooth burrs flattened with gold-plated brass in the form of a honeycomb. 43.5 cm x 52 cm. (c.1250s). Ulaanbaatur, Chinggis Khan Museum

Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
Silver trees and pearl crosses: Franco-Mongolian diplomacy and cultural exchange in thirteenth-century Karakorum

Emily Guerry (Christ Church)
5pm March 12
Arumugam 2.1, St Catherine’s College

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Gender, Population, and the Early Formation of Atlantic Slavery

Don't miss the Sir John Elliott Lecture in Atlantic History 2026! www.rai.ox.ac.uk/event/gender...

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🕰️ Tuesday 28 April 2026, 17:00
🧭 Rothermere American Institute, 1a South Parks Road, OX1 3UB

There will be a memorial service for Prof. Stephen Baxter @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social on Saturday 13 June, 2.30pm in St Peter's College chapel. www.spc.ox.ac.uk/events/memor...

Looking forward to David d'Avray's public lecture next week. All welcome!

17:00, Wed 4th Mar
Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

Details and registration: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/church...

Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood Monday 22nd June 2026 One day colloquium: Centre for the History of Childhood, University of Oxford Magdalen College Oxford, UK, and online Call for Papers We welcome papers that consider the theme of ‘Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood’ from a wide variety of perspectives. Areas that papers might explore include: • Children’s experiences as recipients of charity and humanitarianism, including in the context of conflict and displacement • Children’s experiences as charitable and humanitarian actors and providers • Representations of childhood within charitable and humanitarian discourses • Institutions and communities that mobilise around charitable and humanitarian relief for children • Memories, intergenerational transmission, and legacies of charity and humanitarianism • Failures, limitations, and tensions resulting from charitable and humanitarian actions • Archives for, approaches to, and public engagement with the study of charity, humanitarianism, and childhood in the past • Conceptual connections between care, vulnerability, and age We welcome papers from any disciplinary or professional background and career stage, including advanced undergraduate and graduate students. We encourage papers that engage with the diversity of children’s and young people’s experiences in any historical period and place. Please send abstracts of c. 250 words for a fifteen-minute paper and a brief bio to sian.pooley@magd.ox.ac.uk by midday on Friday 13th March 2026. We plan to offer in- person and online participation, so please indicate your preference when submitting. Organising Committee: Charlotte Canizo, Joseph Leidy, Siân Pooley, Susannah Wright

Excellent talk yesterday at our seminar by Ian Archer 16thC children's work - some of it under the aegis of charity - beginning a conversation tbc in our colloquium this year - Monday 22nd June, 'Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood' get your abstracts in! deadline 13th March 2026

Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History at University of Oxford Recruiting now: Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job o...

Early medievalists! Come join us at Magdalen College, Oxford: apply for this permanent job by 27 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...

Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: Mary I’s Persecution of Protestants through European Eyes* Abstract. Historians have long regarded Mary I’s brutal campaign against heresy—a campaign which saw almost 300 Protestants burned alive—as a clumsy, heavy

New article! Frederick E Smith @fredesmith.bsky.social on 'Nobody Expects the English Inquisition: Mary I’s Persecution of Protestants through European Eyes'

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Doing onomancy in the later Middle Ages

Join us for a talk introducing the book on 'Onomantic Divination in Late Medieval Britain' on Wednesday 25 February at 4pm. All welcome tinyurl.com/5dbh75mp @oxhumanities.bsky.social
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Research Volunteers Needed for a project on the history of young people and democracy in modern Britain. We would like to hear from people who took part in a mock election at their UK school between 1983 and 2001. Write to us about your experiences here: https://forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f

Did you take part in a mock election at your UK school or college between 1983 and 2001?

Share your memories for a research project on young people and democracy in modern Britain!

Write to us about your experiences here: forms.office.com/e/FNAwjfFR7f

How do solidaristic worker's movements emerge and what makes them sustainable?

Join us for a conversation exploring “How do solidaristic workers’ movements emerge, and what makes them sustainable?” @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social
📅 Wednesday 25 February, 2:30pm
🎤 Maya Aderath (LSE) @lseblogs.bsky.social
More details: tinyurl.com/mrwjctu6

Our “woman talk” was about Marxism and anti-imperialism

We invite you to a @raceresistance.bsky.social seminar, “Our ‘Woman Talk’ Was About Marxism and Anti-Imperialism,” this Friday 13 Feb at 1pm. All are welcome. Find out more here: tinyurl.com/5e8sfcmk @oxhumanities.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Delighted to see the first review of our fellow Dr Teresa Witcombe's new book, "On the edges of Christendom" in the TLS.

Fernando Cervantes calls it a "marvellous study... a window on a fascinating and strangely neglected topic".

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Bethany Moreton (Dartmouth) continues the conversation on the theme of Religion and the State, with her public lecture “Theocracy Now!”

Wed, 4 Feb 17:00

To register: www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history...

Image: Mindaugus Bonanu & Dominykas Čečkauskas. "Make Everything Great Again", Vilnius, 2016

The inaugural Holocaust Memorial Lecture at @jesusoxford.bsky.social on Tuesday 27 January will be live-streamed from 5.30pm BST: do join us and tell others.

Chaired by our Principal Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, it will be delivered by Zoe Waxman, Professor of Holocaust History at @ox.ac.uk.

William Whyte appointed General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Congratulations to the Revd Canon Professor William Whyte on his appointment as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB). He succeeds Professor Sir David Cannadine, Honorar...

Congratulations to Professor William Whyte on his appointment as General Editor of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

He succeeds Professor Sir David Cannadine, Honorary Fellow of St John’s, who will step down in July after 12 years in the role.

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The James Ford Lectures in British History The Language of Social Science in Everyday Life - Peter Mandler (Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge)

Prof @petermandler.bsky.social will give the James Ford Lectures 2026 @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

Peter Mandler will chart the spread & use of the language of social science into everyday life in 20th-century Britain.

Thursdays, 5pm
Weeks 1-6 Hilary Term

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We are delighted to welcome Zoe Waxman, Professor of Holocaust History at Oxford, to College on Tuesday 27 January to give the 2026 Holocaust Memorial Lecture, ‘Packing for an unknown destination: Possession and dispossession in the Holocaust’. Everyone welcome. Doors open 17.00 for 17.30 start.

Research Assistant in Global Renaissance Studies

We are hiring! We have an exciting opportunity for someone to facilitate research and engagement work in relation to a major exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, around the theme of sensory experiences and exchanges across the early modern world.

Apply now!

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Hillary Clinton speaking at dinner at St John's College, with President Professor Lady Sue Black

Hillary Clinton, Sue Black and Sarah Knott in conversation before the inaugural lecture

Panellists for 'The Politics of Care' - Emily Jones, Kirsten Swinth, Sarah Knott, Ai-jen Poo and Hillary Clinton

Sarah Knott and Hillary Clinton during the panel discussion

We were honoured to welcome Secretary @hillaryclinton.bsky.social to St John's this week, in collaboration with @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social, for two days of events celebrating the Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women’s History, held by Professor Sarah Knott.

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Meet Professor @sarahknott.bsky.social, Hillary Rodham Clinton Chair of Women's History at @stjohnsox.bsky.social and @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social.

We spoke to Professor Knott after her inaugural lecture this week about what the Chair means to her, and why it's so important.

Trinity College & @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social are seeking to appoint an outstanding historian with teaching and research interests in the modern history of the Middle East and North Africa (c.1830 to c.1970) as a Tutorial Fellow and Associate Professor of History. ➡️ www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Historian Jessica A. Fernandez de Lara Harada contributes to landmark BBC Arts documentary series 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall'. The programme will begin on BBC Two and iPlayer on Monday 24 November 2025. @triciayourkevichphotos @BBC Arts

History of Art Research Seminar Series 2025 Gold Rush, Congo Style: Gustav Klimt’s Marble Mosaic Frieze in the Palais Stoclet

History of Art Research Seminar Series 2025

'Gold Rush, Congo Style: Gustav Klimt’s Marble Mosaic Frieze in the Palais Stoclet'

Deborah Silverman

5pm October 29

Cinema, The Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities

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Today we are delighted to launch the new Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, a one-of-a-kind space where academia and culture will intersect to create something extraordinary. Read more: humanities.web.ox.ac.uk/article/step...