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And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
And the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.
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📽️ Shape the future of audiences, AI, and creative technologies
Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026.
"Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson
By @kingsartshums.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social & LSBU
Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026.
"Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson
By @kingsartshums.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social & LSBU
Shape the future: applications open for innovative ADAPT-AI studentships – ADAPT-AI
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November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📽️ Shape the future of audiences, AI, and creative technologies
Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026.
"Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson
By @kingsartshums.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social & LSBU
Our new Doctoral studentship is open for applications for Oct 2026.
"Your unique perspective and experience are what we’re looking for." - Director, Sarah Atkinson
By @kingsartshums.bsky.social @guildhallschool.bsky.social & LSBU
Well done to our colleagues in the History Department www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
Arts & Humanities 2025 Supervisory Excellence Award winners announced | King's College London
Professor Susannah Ticciati, Professor of Christian Doctrine and Dr Shuangyu Li, Reader in Clinical Communication and Cultural Competency, have been announced as joint winners of the Supervisory Excel...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Well done to our colleagues in the History Department www.kcl.ac.uk/news/arts-hu...
Well done to our former student Berry Pillot de Chenecey @berrypillot.bsky.social who has just won the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social (IHR) Pollard Prize for best postgraduate paper delivered in any IHR seminar series during the past year.
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Well done to our former student Berry Pillot de Chenecey @berrypillot.bsky.social who has just won the Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social (IHR) Pollard Prize for best postgraduate paper delivered in any IHR seminar series during the past year.
Our colleague Alice Taylor @ajt55.bsky.social shares insights on changes to the #PhD #funding landscape in the UK and how early career scholars can maximise their chances of securing support. #ECR www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...
Campus talks: the future of doctoral research funding for arts and humanities
An award-winning historian shares insights on changes to the PhD funding landscape in the UK and how early career scholars can maximise their chances of securing support
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October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Our colleague Alice Taylor @ajt55.bsky.social shares insights on changes to the #PhD #funding landscape in the UK and how early career scholars can maximise their chances of securing support. #ECR www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/campu...
See the fantastic work of our colleague Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social on the history of Horton cemetery #Epsom #London
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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#WorldMentalHealthDay
'Grandad is one of 9,000 buried in Epsom's derelict Horton Cemetery'
The Friends of Horton Cemetery wants the site to be a memorial to those buried there.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
See the fantastic work of our colleague Alana Harris @dralanagharris.bsky.social on the history of Horton cemetery #Epsom #London
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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#WorldMentalHealthDay
By our colleague David Brydan refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/9/...
Christian anti-communism and the history of refugee relief — Refugee History.
The history of post-World War II refugee relief is often presented as part of the triumph of modern ideas about human rights and the spread of humanitarian values. A closer examination of some of the ...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
By our colleague David Brydan refugeehistory.org/blog/2025/9/...
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Full details on all of our events can be found on our website.
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Events — CEMS KCL Blog
'What's On' at CEMS. We run workshops, seminars, conferences, social and networking events, symposia, and more.
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September 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Full details on all of our events can be found on our website.
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Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (closing date 13 October) . This post is a five-year appointment, starting on 1 January 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (closing date 13 October) . This post is a five-year appointment, starting on 1 January 2026. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
Lecturer in Irish/British History (closing date 6 October). This post is a 16 month temporary appointment (1 January 2026 – 30 April 2027). my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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September 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lecturer in Irish/British History (closing date 6 October). This post is a 16 month temporary appointment (1 January 2026 – 30 April 2027). my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia.
On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️
On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️
All Other Passports: shapes and sounds of visa inequality | King's College London
Mark the beginning of LDF25 with an exhibition by LAGO Collective & King’s College London in the historic Bush House.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🛂 Millions are denied short-stay visas to Europe every year. In 2024 alone, rejected applicants lost €145M in fees – 90% from Africa & Asia.
On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️
On 13 Sept, exhibition by LAGO Collective & @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social will explore visa inequality through data, sound and design ⬇️
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📻 Listen to Dr Vincent Hiribarren on BBC Focus on Africa discussing Emmanuel Macron's response to France's colonial era crimes in Cameroon ⬇️
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August 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📻 Listen to Dr Vincent Hiribarren on BBC Focus on Africa discussing Emmanuel Macron's response to France's colonial era crimes in Cameroon ⬇️
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Our colleague Prof. Peter Marshall passed away last month. He became an assistant lecturer in our department in 1959 and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History in 1980. In 2009, we celebrated his 50th consecutive year of lecturing @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
We are very sorry to learn of the death last Saturday of Professor Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025), former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History @kingshistory.bsky.social and President of the Royal Historical Society, 1996-2000 bit.ly/4lUl74K
Peter will be greatly missed by many #Skystorians
Peter will be greatly missed by many #Skystorians
Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025) - RHS
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death, on Saturday, of Professor Peter Marshall, former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at King's College London and President of the Royal Historical Socie...
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August 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Our colleague Prof. Peter Marshall passed away last month. He became an assistant lecturer in our department in 1959 and Rhodes Professor of Imperial History in 1980. In 2009, we celebrated his 50th consecutive year of lecturing @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social.
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We have a wonderful new blog post written by our MA History intern all about Imperial Scholarship and the East. During his time with us, Kamal looked at letters and minutes in our College Archive relating to Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a Victorian orientalist and polyglot. 🧵
#Victorian #Empire
#Victorian #Empire
July 9, 2025 at 11:21 AM
We have a wonderful new blog post written by our MA History intern all about Imperial Scholarship and the East. During his time with us, Kamal looked at letters and minutes in our College Archive relating to Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a Victorian orientalist and polyglot. 🧵
#Victorian #Empire
#Victorian #Empire
Our colleague Dr Sundeep Lidher was invited to speak at today's #FestivalofEducation! In a session on 'teacher professionalism' Sundeep shared findings from her recent ESRC-funded work on the role of teacher education in supporting engagement with British histories of migration & empire in schools
July 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our colleague Dr Sundeep Lidher was invited to speak at today's #FestivalofEducation! In a session on 'teacher professionalism' Sundeep shared findings from her recent ESRC-funded work on the role of teacher education in supporting engagement with British histories of migration & empire in schools
New article by @abdulwando.bsky.social, one of our former #PhD students
Pleased to share my recent Development in Practice publication which examines impartiality and humanity in Borno's humanitarian response. Utilising in-depth interviews with humanitarian and government workers, and Borno residents-
July 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New article by @abdulwando.bsky.social, one of our former #PhD students
We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in Early American History my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in Early American History my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in the History of Political Thought my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
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June 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We are advertising for a one-year lectureship in the History of Political Thought my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
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Such a pleasure to have colleagues from Tsinghua University and King’s College London come together in Beijing for our first Tsinghua-KCL China Forum.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!
Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!
June 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Such a pleasure to have colleagues from Tsinghua University and King’s College London come together in Beijing for our first Tsinghua-KCL China Forum.
Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!
Huge thanks to everyone who joined, contributed, and helped make the sessions happen!
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I've written for the Guardian on Labour's nostalgia for the warfare state. @kingshistory.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour claims to be defending Britain from new threats, but its warfare state is steeped in old thinking | David Edgerton
For every sensible proposal, there’s a failure to think through the UK’s place in the world – and a promised ‘defence dividend’ that won’t materialise, says academic and author David Edgerton
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June 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I've written for the Guardian on Labour's nostalgia for the warfare state. @kingshistory.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Last night, our colleague Simon Sleight @slowhistorian.bsky.social was on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre with Will Young! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Who Do You Think You Are? - Series 22: 7. Will Young
Will Young learns about his grandfather’s time as a prisoner of war in World War II. Delving further back, Will finds a connection to one of medieval history’s biggest villains and a king.
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June 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Last night, our colleague Simon Sleight @slowhistorian.bsky.social was on #WhoDoYouThinkYouAre with Will Young! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...