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News from the staff and students of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge: one of the world’s largest and most diverse history departments.
We are honoured and delighted to be recipients of the endowed Childers Professorship in Irish History.
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We are honoured and delighted to be recipients of the endowed Childers Professorship in Irish History.
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
The Professorship will be known as the Childers Chair in honour of Robert Erskine Childers and Erskine Hamilton Childers, both Cambridge alumni and the latter the fourth President of Ireland... ⬇️
A successful fieldtrip to the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, staffed by the enthusiastic NRC volunteers 🙌
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A successful fieldtrip to the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, staffed by the enthusiastic NRC volunteers 🙌
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
Dr Arthur Asseraf and his Special Subject students left inspired by the history, development and future of radio communications.
@arthurasseraf.bsky.social @pembroke1347.bsky.social
We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
We are sad to report the death of our colleague Professor Ronald Hyam (1936-2025).
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
A former president of @magdalenecollege.bsky.social, college archivist & wide-ranging historian of the British empire & government, Professor Hyam was an active member of the History Faculty from 1960 to retirement.
Professor Lucy Delap will give the first Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College, one of the two women-only colleges of @cam.ac.uk.
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Professor Lucy Delap will give the first Women’s History Seminar at Murray Edwards College, one of the two women-only colleges of @cam.ac.uk.
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
🔎 Title: Disabled women, the labour state and enterprise in 20th-century Britain
⏲️ Tues 28 Oct, 5–6.30pm
🏢 Vivien Stewart Room
Register for free tickets ⬇️
In 'The Peasant Mode Of Production In The Early Middle Ages', they explore Wickham's concept of the "peasant mode of production" highlighting increasing evidence of economic complexity in early medieval peasant communities.
🔎 Read in full:
revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph...
🔎 Read in full:
revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph...
October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
In 'The Peasant Mode Of Production In The Early Middle Ages', they explore Wickham's concept of the "peasant mode of production" highlighting increasing evidence of economic complexity in early medieval peasant communities.
🔎 Read in full:
revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph...
🔎 Read in full:
revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph...
Do you have a memory so vivid you can relive it as if it's happening all over again?
Researchers - incl. Professor of Modern History, Alexandra Walsham - have launched a public survey to help unlock the secrets of vivid memory & find ways to help better recall past experiences.
Add your memories ⬇️
Researchers - incl. Professor of Modern History, Alexandra Walsham - have launched a public survey to help unlock the secrets of vivid memory & find ways to help better recall past experiences.
Add your memories ⬇️
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Do you have a memory so vivid you can relive it as if it's happening all over again?
Researchers - incl. Professor of Modern History, Alexandra Walsham - have launched a public survey to help unlock the secrets of vivid memory & find ways to help better recall past experiences.
Add your memories ⬇️
Researchers - incl. Professor of Modern History, Alexandra Walsham - have launched a public survey to help unlock the secrets of vivid memory & find ways to help better recall past experiences.
Add your memories ⬇️
👏 Dr Ying Dai has won the International Economic History Association prize for best PhD thesis on 20th & 21st-century economic history, globally, over the last 3 years.
The @camunicampop.bsky.social student's innovative research opens new opportunities to understand the history of labour in China ⬇️
The @camunicampop.bsky.social student's innovative research opens new opportunities to understand the history of labour in China ⬇️
October 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
👏 Dr Ying Dai has won the International Economic History Association prize for best PhD thesis on 20th & 21st-century economic history, globally, over the last 3 years.
The @camunicampop.bsky.social student's innovative research opens new opportunities to understand the history of labour in China ⬇️
The @camunicampop.bsky.social student's innovative research opens new opportunities to understand the history of labour in China ⬇️
PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
PhD student Kirstie Stage spent five months at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History thanks to a @ukri.org Fellowship.
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
Researching histories of Deaf & disabled people between the UK & US, she conducted archival work, presented at conferences & learnt American Sign Language (ASL). ⬇️⬇️
🎧 Listen to Mia Bay, Paul Mellon Prof of American History, on the new Intellectual History Podcast.
She explores ideas of race since the 19th century, pointing to the place of Thomas Jefferson in Black American thought and the work of campaigner Ida B. Wells ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
She explores ideas of race since the 19th century, pointing to the place of Thomas Jefferson in Black American thought and the work of campaigner Ida B. Wells ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
October 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎧 Listen to Mia Bay, Paul Mellon Prof of American History, on the new Intellectual History Podcast.
She explores ideas of race since the 19th century, pointing to the place of Thomas Jefferson in Black American thought and the work of campaigner Ida B. Wells ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
She explores ideas of race since the 19th century, pointing to the place of Thomas Jefferson in Black American thought and the work of campaigner Ida B. Wells ⬇️
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Rewriting the narrative: the case for diversity and inclusion
The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.
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The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.
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September 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Rewriting the narrative: the case for diversity and inclusion
The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.
⬇️⬇️
The Faculty of History is steadily building a more inclusive and representative academic environment. But, as staff acknowledge, the journey is a marathon, not a sprint.
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Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/lucy-de...
September 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/lucy-de...
📢 Congratulations to Fernanda Gallo, Associate Professor in History and Politics (@fernandag.bsky.social), recognised by @ecpr.bsky.social in the prestigious Political Theory Book Prize 2025.
Her "stunningly written" book 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought' was awarded an Honourable Mention.
Her "stunningly written" book 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought' was awarded an Honourable Mention.
September 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
📢 Congratulations to Fernanda Gallo, Associate Professor in History and Politics (@fernandag.bsky.social), recognised by @ecpr.bsky.social in the prestigious Political Theory Book Prize 2025.
Her "stunningly written" book 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought' was awarded an Honourable Mention.
Her "stunningly written" book 'Hegel and Italian Political Thought' was awarded an Honourable Mention.
📢 How one Cambridge historian is harnessing AI to scrutinise over three decades of presidential language - with extraordinary results.
Find out how PhD student Jacob Forward is using LLMs to analyse a scale of sources seldom attempted in historical research ⬇️
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/history...
Find out how PhD student Jacob Forward is using LLMs to analyse a scale of sources seldom attempted in historical research ⬇️
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/history...
September 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢 How one Cambridge historian is harnessing AI to scrutinise over three decades of presidential language - with extraordinary results.
Find out how PhD student Jacob Forward is using LLMs to analyse a scale of sources seldom attempted in historical research ⬇️
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/history...
Find out how PhD student Jacob Forward is using LLMs to analyse a scale of sources seldom attempted in historical research ⬇️
🔗 www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/history...
📢 Groundbreaking new biography of Æthelstan – England’s forgotten first king – marks 1,100 years since his coronation in 925AD.
Author and Cambridge historian @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explains why he isn’t better known and why he's campaigning for greater recognition for the overlooked king.
Author and Cambridge historian @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explains why he isn’t better known and why he's campaigning for greater recognition for the overlooked king.
September 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
📢 Groundbreaking new biography of Æthelstan – England’s forgotten first king – marks 1,100 years since his coronation in 925AD.
Author and Cambridge historian @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explains why he isn’t better known and why he's campaigning for greater recognition for the overlooked king.
Author and Cambridge historian @davidwoodman45.bsky.social explains why he isn’t better known and why he's campaigning for greater recognition for the overlooked king.
Last week we welcomed 18 students to the Faculty for our Sutton Trust Summer School. Thank you to @chuarchives.bsky.social, @theul.bsky.social, the Fitzwilliam Museum, our PhD students, and our student ambassadors for all their help and hard work throughout the week!
August 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Last week we welcomed 18 students to the Faculty for our Sutton Trust Summer School. Thank you to @chuarchives.bsky.social, @theul.bsky.social, the Fitzwilliam Museum, our PhD students, and our student ambassadors for all their help and hard work throughout the week!
It's been two very busy (and warm!) days as we welcomed prospective students to the Cambridge Open Days. We hope everyone who attended found the days beneficial and we look forward to receiving their applications later in the year.
July 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's been two very busy (and warm!) days as we welcomed prospective students to the Cambridge Open Days. We hope everyone who attended found the days beneficial and we look forward to receiving their applications later in the year.
➡️ What is it like to study History at Cambridge?
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
July 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
➡️ What is it like to study History at Cambridge?
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
➡️ Why does History matter?
➡️ What are we looking for in potential students?
Get an inside look at why History at the University of Cambridge @cam.ac.uk stands out ⬇️
🔎Interested? Here’s how to apply:
www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/hist...
Prof Peter Mandler’s (@petermandler.bsky.social) insatiable curiosity has fuelled an extraordinary career over more than two decades at Cambridge.
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
June 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Prof Peter Mandler’s (@petermandler.bsky.social) insatiable curiosity has fuelled an extraordinary career over more than two decades at Cambridge.
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
As he steps back from formal teaching, the acclaimed historian reflects on a life of intellectual breadth, public advocacy—and no plans to slow down ⬇️⬇️
👏 Congratulations Professor Nora Berend, elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a researcher.
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
👏 Congratulations Professor Nora Berend, elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a researcher.
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
📢Last tickets available for tomorrow's keynote: Creating the New Economy, part of the #BeyondNeoliberalism Conference.
Hear from some of the brightest minds - Rana Foroohar
@jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social &
@drodrik.bsky.social - explore the future of global economics.
Book below⬇️
Hear from some of the brightest minds - Rana Foroohar
@jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social &
@drodrik.bsky.social - explore the future of global economics.
Book below⬇️
May 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢Last tickets available for tomorrow's keynote: Creating the New Economy, part of the #BeyondNeoliberalism Conference.
Hear from some of the brightest minds - Rana Foroohar
@jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social &
@drodrik.bsky.social - explore the future of global economics.
Book below⬇️
Hear from some of the brightest minds - Rana Foroohar
@jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social &
@drodrik.bsky.social - explore the future of global economics.
Book below⬇️
Brilliant first Ellen McArthur lecture by
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
May 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Brilliant first Ellen McArthur lecture by
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social. More to come today and tomorrow!
2/2 ...Undaunted by two attempted poisonings and a spell in a Siberian jail, Vladimir made an inspiring case for the persistence of liberal values and politics, focussing on the constitutional moment of the 1905-6 Russian revolution.
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social @vkaramurza.bsky.social
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social @vkaramurza.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
2/2 ...Undaunted by two attempted poisonings and a spell in a Siberian jail, Vladimir made an inspiring case for the persistence of liberal values and politics, focussing on the constitutional moment of the 1905-6 Russian revolution.
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social @vkaramurza.bsky.social
@magdalenecollege.bsky.social @vkaramurza.bsky.social
On Saturday, the Faculty hosted a small group of teachers from around the country at Emmanuel College to discuss the current challenges in teaching History and what can be done to better support schools. Thanks to Professor Alex Walsham, Dr Edward Mair, and Chloe Rogers for organising.
May 6, 2025 at 11:49 AM
On Saturday, the Faculty hosted a small group of teachers from around the country at Emmanuel College to discuss the current challenges in teaching History and what can be done to better support schools. Thanks to Professor Alex Walsham, Dr Edward Mair, and Chloe Rogers for organising.
Cambridge has been teaching History for 300 years. In that time historians have changed their minds on many key issues. But is History now more contested than ever?
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Cambridge has been teaching History for 300 years. In that time historians have changed their minds on many key issues. But is History now more contested than ever?
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
Must-read interview in latest CAM Mag with Profs Chris Clark, Mary Laven, Sujit Sivasundaram, Helen McCarthy & others.
Link below⬇️
2/2 As the pursuit of net zero policies dominate headlines, the next #CAMPOP blog from Prof Paul Warde explains how and why organic fuel gave way to coal - a shift we now know brought hazards on a global scale.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/
@camunicampop.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/
@camunicampop.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
2/2 As the pursuit of net zero policies dominate headlines, the next #CAMPOP blog from Prof Paul Warde explains how and why organic fuel gave way to coal - a shift we now know brought hazards on a global scale.
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/
@camunicampop.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/
@camunicampop.bsky.social @amrcampop.bsky.social