In 1611, four young boys were enslaved off the West Coast of Africa. The event was recounted by a barber-surgeon. Sources on Medicine, Slavery and Race-making is a new blog run by our UK Research and Innovation project Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720

The second installment of our new blog series is now live on our website! Read @feyero's fantastic piece on 'Smallpox and Slavery in Ah Cuzamil' here rb.gy/mrc3t Huge thanks to Farren! #histmedrace #histmed #earlymodern

Our second Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720 blog piece by @feyero is a subtle reading of a fascinating source showing the complexity of early encounters with smallpox, and the colonising/racialising inflections of discourse around it…

Much more than a trading post Read the blog post by Michael O'Sullivan on how to define European #EarlyModern factories in the Indian Ocean 👉 capasia.eu/what-is-a-fact… Part of our CAPASIA European Research Council (ERC) project 👉capasia.eu 📚 #Fridayreads #Researchinprogress

📢 We are hiring! 🚨 Last week to apply for two Chairs in European History, 19th and early 20th centuries 👉 eui.eu/Documents/Serv… 🗓️ Deadline: 19 June 2023 📢 #AcademicJobs #twitterstorians #19thcentury #20thcentury #EuropeanHistory

Read Claire Weeda's blog 'Physiognomy and Work Recruitment Before Europe’s Overseas Expansion', now live on our website! rb.gy/78zfz huge thanks to Claire for this fantastic contribution to our blog series #earlymodern #histmed

Talloze commentaren uit de 14de-15de eeuw op Aristoteles’ Oeconomica gaan uitvoerig in op slavernij. Er werkten toen veel slaven in huishoudens en op galeischepen, vooral in het Mediterrane gebied. Meestal uit het Zwarte-Zeegebied, Noord en Sub-Sahara Afrika en Europa.

Late medieval physiognomy in text *and* in practice… a rare set of sources unpacked by Claire Weeda in our newest Medicine and the Making of Race, 1440-1720 blog.

What is the genealogy of the Western aversion to miscegenation? Jean-Frédéric Schaub EHESS discusses the topic tomorrow (Wed. 14 June), 4.30pm, at the Iberian History Seminar Exeter College, Oxford iberianhistory.web.ox.ac.uk/event/jean-fre…

Setting the (intellectual) agenda on development and capitalism On 21 June, 16.00 CEST, join the online lecture by Margarita Fajardo on the work of Latin American economists in the UN Economic Commission for Latin America 👉 eui.eu/events?id=5586… Part of our Summer Talks!👇

📢Hello young historians, and here comes exciting news for summer🌻Our #CfP for journal issue 9.2 is open now until 15/09/2023! We look forward to your original student work related to #GlobalHistory🌏For more details, please see the attached call📜 #twitterstorians #GHSJ

Is #PhD a solitary endeavour? Not necessarily! Our Researchers team up in thematic working groups to share common interests and organize academic events! Have a look at what they are working on 👉 eui.eu/research-hub?c… 📢#peertopeerlearning #academiclife #phdlife

Another new blog post is now live! Read @JanBecker_'s thoughtful post 'Disputing Descendancy: Prae Adamitae on Ambon in the 1680s' here rb.gy/uwvrm King's History Hannah Murphy #earlymodern

How were racialising texts circulated, received, and disputed in early modern global contexts? Read @JanBecker_ ‘s post to find out…

Thinking about applying for a funded #PhD in #History? Our programme focuses on global connections within Early Modern and Modern European History 👉 eui.eu/apply?id=docto… 🗓️ Applications opening in early November 2023! #phdapplication #twitterstorians #twitstoriens #grant

Our final blog of our summer series is @MeghanKRoberts's piece exploring Claude-Nicolas Le Cat’s text 'Treatise on the color of human skin...' which you can read here! rb.gy/87w3u Thanks to Meghan and watch out for more blogs from September! #earlymodern #histmedrace

We are very excited to announce our upcoming workshop on the legacy of Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia on Friday, March 15th, to mark what would have been his 100th birthday this month! You can have a look at the program and register here: eui.eu/events?id=5676…

Now with poster! Register at eui.eu/events?id=5676…

Interesting talk at EUI this coming Friday by Anja Laukötter on films from across the 20th century that aimed at preventing diseases. More information and registration link here: eui.eu/events?id=5673…

Reminder that this Friday our event on Italian psychiatrist Franco Basaglia will take place! It will bring together speakers from different disciplines to discuss the history (and present) of psychiatry and mental health. Register here: eui.eu/events?id=5676…