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The SOAS History Seminar will be today, Wed 12 Nov, at 5pm, with Stephanie Mawson (University of York), who will speak about Malay Magic in Colonial Manila. For more info see www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
November 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The SOAS History Seminar will be today, Wed 12 Nov, at 5pm, with Stephanie Mawson (University of York), who will speak about Malay Magic in Colonial Manila. For more info see www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Join us in a bit for the SOAS History Seminar today, Wed 12 Mov, at 5pm: Stephanie Mawson (University of York) will speak about Malay Magic in Colonial Manila. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Malay Magic in Colonial Manila
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November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Join us in a bit for the SOAS History Seminar today, Wed 12 Mov, at 5pm: Stephanie Mawson (University of York) will speak about Malay Magic in Colonial Manila. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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Every Tuesday we conduct a free tour of our archive, welcoming the public to see behind the scenes of one of the most important Holocaust-era collections in the world.
Sign up for next week's tour here:
Sign up for next week's tour here:
Free Tour - Wiener Holocaust Library and Archive (Tuesdays)
Tuesdays 2-3pm
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November 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Every Tuesday we conduct a free tour of our archive, welcoming the public to see behind the scenes of one of the most important Holocaust-era collections in the world.
Sign up for next week's tour here:
Sign up for next week's tour here:
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Ever wanted to see inside the Warburg Library?
On Saturday 29 November we’re offering a public tour of our Library, Photographic Collection and Archive.
Free, but booking essential: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#WarburgLibrary
On Saturday 29 November we’re offering a public tour of our Library, Photographic Collection and Archive.
Free, but booking essential: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#WarburgLibrary
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November 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Ever wanted to see inside the Warburg Library?
On Saturday 29 November we’re offering a public tour of our Library, Photographic Collection and Archive.
Free, but booking essential: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#WarburgLibrary
On Saturday 29 November we’re offering a public tour of our Library, Photographic Collection and Archive.
Free, but booking essential: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
#WarburgLibrary
New on the blog: 'A Man Between Worlds: the Story of Persia's American Reformer' - on the young and idealistic American administrator William Morgan Shuster on a mission to save Persia's first constitutional government, by Owen Steuernagel.
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November 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
New on the blog: 'A Man Between Worlds: the Story of Persia's American Reformer' - on the young and idealistic American administrator William Morgan Shuster on a mission to save Persia's first constitutional government, by Owen Steuernagel.
blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryb...
blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryb...
Finally online: 3-part podcast series on History and Music, produced by #SOAS students Saskia Lootsma and Idriss Gheriani as part of their Co-creator internship, spring 2025. Episode 1: Interview with Lennon Aviss on Red Sun in the Sky and the Afterlife of CR Songs blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryb...
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Finally online: 3-part podcast series on History and Music, produced by #SOAS students Saskia Lootsma and Idriss Gheriani as part of their Co-creator internship, spring 2025. Episode 1: Interview with Lennon Aviss on Red Sun in the Sky and the Afterlife of CR Songs blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryb...
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The Histories of Capitalism & Race seminar at #SOAS is hosting two authors next week for conversations about their recently published books:
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
Omar Cheta, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt — Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research
Join us for the UK book launch of Omar Cheta’s much anticipated, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (2025). Book Description: When Egypt's markets...
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Histories of Capitalism & Race seminar at #SOAS is hosting two authors next week for conversations about their recently published books:
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
4-year job opportunity in Modern Chinese History at Oxford University (applications close 9 Jan 2026):
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October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
4-year job opportunity in Modern Chinese History at Oxford University (applications close 9 Jan 2026):
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At this week's SOAS History Seminar Shounak Ghosh will speak about 'A Persian Archive of Early Modern Diplomacy: Letters and Emissaries between Golkonda and Isfahan.'
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 5pm, C426.
All welcome!
For more info go to: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 5pm, C426.
All welcome!
For more info go to: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
![Seminar announcement, title at the top: A Persian Archive of Early Modern Diplomacy: Letters and Emissaries between Golkonda and Isfahan
At the bottom: A SOAS History Seminar with Shounak Ghosh, Wed 29 Oct 2025, 5pm, C426
Background image: Title page of Tārīkh-i Quṭb-i Shāhīyah [History of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and the Qutb Shahi dynasty and includes the historical, political and social events prevalent in Hyderabadi during the Qutb Shahi period]
Library of Congress, Persian Rare Language Materials
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October 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
At this week's SOAS History Seminar Shounak Ghosh will speak about 'A Persian Archive of Early Modern Diplomacy: Letters and Emissaries between Golkonda and Isfahan.'
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 5pm, C426.
All welcome!
For more info go to: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Wed 29 Oct 2025, 5pm, C426.
All welcome!
For more info go to: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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In this overview, Editor in Chief Rachael Griffiths highlights #digital tools and resources for Central and South Asian Studies reviewed by The DO members in past contributions ✨
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/24/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/24/a...
October 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In this overview, Editor in Chief Rachael Griffiths highlights #digital tools and resources for Central and South Asian Studies reviewed by The DO members in past contributions ✨
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/24/a...
🔗 digitalorientalist.com/2025/10/24/a...
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Today's post was inspired by @madpoli.bsky.social's recent piece that maps out tools and resources for East Asian Studies featured in The DO 👇
digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/19/a...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today's post was inspired by @madpoli.bsky.social's recent piece that maps out tools and resources for East Asian Studies featured in The DO 👇
digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/19/a...
digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/19/a...
The Histories of Capitalism & Race seminar at #SOAS is hosting two authors next week for conversations about their recently published books:
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
Omar Cheta, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt — Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research
Join us for the UK book launch of Omar Cheta’s much anticipated, How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth-Century Egypt (2025). Book Description: When Egypt's markets...
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Histories of Capitalism & Race seminar at #SOAS is hosting two authors next week for conversations about their recently published books:
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
1) @omarcheta.bsky.social on Tue 28 Oct, 5-7pm: How Commerce Became Legal: Merchants and Market Governance in Nineteenth Century Egypt (Stanford 2025).
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1/7 Some important books have been published recently, by leading experts on the history of slavery. What they say is critical when weighing up Commonwealth reparations claims.
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
1/7 Some important books have been published recently, by leading experts on the history of slavery. What they say is critical when weighing up Commonwealth reparations claims.
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“officials often destroyed or doctored countless files in an effort to uphold the Empire’s glorious image…. One former British colony has, however, remained absent from the literature: Hong Kong”
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
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@jich.bsky.social
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October 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
“officials often destroyed or doctored countless files in an effort to uphold the Empire’s glorious image…. One former British colony has, however, remained absent from the literature: Hong Kong”
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
- @mrmhurst.bsky.social
@jich.bsky.social
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/10/16/d...
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My piece for @historyworkshop.org.uk reflects on the politics of forgetting, detailing how Hong Kong’s displaced colonial archives have exiled memory to the metropole www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
My piece for @historyworkshop.org.uk reflects on the politics of forgetting, detailing how Hong Kong’s displaced colonial archives have exiled memory to the metropole www.historyworkshop.org.uk/empire-decol...
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Based on my paper in @jich.bsky.social (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A #WorldHistory colouring book--guess whose weekend is sorted.
October 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
A #WorldHistory colouring book--guess whose weekend is sorted.
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Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024) - Thursday, 15 Oct, 6pm @soasuni.bsky.social
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
Catherine Hall, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism — Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research
Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024). Book excerpts Please find excerpts from the book...
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024) - Thursday, 15 Oct, 6pm @soasuni.bsky.social
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
More on Endangered Archives: Dr Elizabeth Lhost (UCLA Library) who will speak about 'From Communities to Collections: The Modern Endangered Archives Program in South Asia and Beyond.' The talk will take place today, Tuesday 14 October, 5pm, room C 325. All welcome!
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
From Communities to Collections: The Modern Endangered Archives Program in South Asia and Beyond
This presentation introduces UCLA Library's Modern Endangered Archives Program (MEAP), detailing its community-driven framework for preserving endangered cultural heritage, with a focus on South Asian...
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October 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
More on Endangered Archives: Dr Elizabeth Lhost (UCLA Library) who will speak about 'From Communities to Collections: The Modern Endangered Archives Program in South Asia and Beyond.' The talk will take place today, Tuesday 14 October, 5pm, room C 325. All welcome!
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Please join us for the next SOAS History seminar tomorrow, Wed 15 Oct, at 5pm when Dr. Mohamad El-Merheb will speak on France’s Imagined Mission in the Levant: Louis IX’s Crusade in Religious, Colonial, and Nationalist Discourses (1693–2025).
For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
France’s Imagined Mission in the Levant: Louis IX’s Crusade in Religious, Colonial, and Nationalist Discourses (1693–2025)
This paper investigates how the figure of Louis IX (Saint Louis; d.1270) was reimagined from the eighteenth century to the present in order to frame France’s role in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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October 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Please join us for the next SOAS History seminar tomorrow, Wed 15 Oct, at 5pm when Dr. Mohamad El-Merheb will speak on France’s Imagined Mission in the Levant: Louis IX’s Crusade in Religious, Colonial, and Nationalist Discourses (1693–2025).
For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024) - Thursday, 15 Oct, 6pm @soasuni.bsky.social
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
Catherine Hall, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism — Walter Rodney Collective for Historical Research
Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024). Book excerpts Please find excerpts from the book...
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Join us for a deep conversation with Catherine Hall about her newest book, Lucky Valley: Edward Long and the History of Racial Capitalism (2024) - Thursday, 15 Oct, 6pm @soasuni.bsky.social
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
For more information and to register go to:
www.soas-walter-rodney-collective.com/events/cathe...
The Histories of Capitalism and Race series
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The Histories of Capitalism and Race series
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
@soasuni.bsky.social is back with a stellar line-up! Join us for exciting book discussions with @esmat.bsky.social, Catherine Hall, @omarcheta.bsky.social, Nicky Falkof, Tithi Bhattacharya, Françoise Verges, and Hafsa Kanjwal.
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"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
September 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically." www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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An upcoming international conference at Oxford in honour of Craig Clunas brings together leading scholars in the field of Ming studies and art history
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Echoes of Great Brightness
An international conference in honour of Craig Clunas will be held on 16–17 September at Lincoln College, Oxford, bringing together leading scholars in the field of Ming studies and art history. Fr…
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September 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
An upcoming international conference at Oxford in honour of Craig Clunas brings together leading scholars in the field of Ming studies and art history
stephenjones.blog/2025/09/07/e...
stephenjones.blog/2025/09/07/e...
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Here's a write-up of my keynote from #DH2025, since academic publishing is slow and this was written for right now. roopikarisam.com/talks-cat/dh...
August 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM