JOB - Professorship of Politics, University of Cambridge This is a senior position, open to various subfields (including political theory) jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47365/

We've just advertised for a one-year postdoc on our fantabulous #ItalianROSE project Cambridge History. Great opportunity for interdisciplinary Renaissance scholars, and you get to work with Dr Emily Michelson @Discantor87 Federica Gigante and Fitzwilliam Museum jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47454/

Many congratulations to Prof Tim Harper, Professor of the History of Southeast Asia, and Prof Elisabeth van Houts, Emeritus Honorary Professor in European Medieval History, for their election as fellows of the The British Academy! Emmanuel College, Cambridge Magdalene College

I'm in The The Guardian ?!? This has truly been a surreal experience, and I'm so honoured that people have expressed so much interest in my work! theguardian.com/books/article/…

Fascinating new insights into the life of diarist Samuel Pepys revealed by Marlo Avidon, PhD student Cambridge History. Her research into Pepys’ collection of fashion prints offer access to his later life, years after his premature final diary entry. Read more: hist.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge…

Congrats to Malik & The O.G's, Cambridge History PhD candidate at Catz, who collected an honorary doctorate (D.Litt.) from Liverpool Hope University yesterday after receiving an award from the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research only a few weeks ago: caths.cam.ac.uk/history-awards 📸: LHU

Celia Donert - Cambridge History Professor of Contemporary European History - tells the story of the forgotten Romani holocaust, its contested memory, and legacy in her new documentary podcast for BBC World Service Listen: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

beyond thrilled that 'Passages Through India' has been awarded the Royal Historical Society Gladstone Book Prize 2024 Massive thanks to CUP team & eds. Anwesha Qudsiya Ahmed I owe this book to Warwick Global History and Culture Centre Institute of Historical Research Past and Present

Many congratulations to Dr Somak Biswas Somak (Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow) for winning the Royal Historical Society's 2024 Gladstone Prize Cambridge University Press - History! More info here: royalhistsoc.org/prizes/gladsto…

Huge congratulations to Dr Sara Caputo for winning the Royal Historical Society's 2024 Whitfield Prize Cambridge University Press - History! More info here: royalhistsoc.org/prizes/whitfie…

So excited to announce I am starting a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Cambridge this autumn with my project “Diasporic Divas: Racialized and Gendered Celebrity in Western Europe, 1715-1925”. Thank you to everyone who got me here, you know who you are.

2/ “Alcohol Diplomacy, Gender and Power in the Late Seventeenth-Century Gold Coast Slaving Complex” by Lila O'Leary Chambers (Gonville & Caius College Cambridge History) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/pastj/…

3/ “From Surveying to Surveillance: Maritime Cartography and Naval (Self-)Tracking in the Long Nineteenth Century” by Dr Sara Caputo (Magdalene College Cambridge History) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/pastj/…

We are delighted to announce that @Mia__Bay has been elected as Paul A. Mellon Professor of American History Cambridge History. This bold, brilliant scholar will advance Cambridge University’s reputation as a world-leading centre for the study of American history. hist.cam.ac.uk/news/mia-bay-e…

Thank you to the Churchill Archives Centre for welcoming our Sutton Trust Summer School group last week and delivering a brilliant workshop. Our students had a great time!

To not miss out on the opportunities to present papers at Cambridge University's Cambridge History, follow Long Eighteenth Century Cambridge and subscribe to our list. Thrilled to be co-convening this Cambridge workshop for 2024-2025 with Zara Kesterton, Jake Bransgrove, and Tiéphaine!

JOB - Professorship of Politics at the University of Cambridge Application deadline: 15th of September jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47365/

The great colleagues at ⁦Joint Center for History and Economics⁩ in Paris ⁦Sciences Po⁩ are hiring for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship in economic & environmental #history - a great opportunity! histecon.fr/en/fellowships…

Congratulations to Cambridge History's Federica Gigante, among nine Cambridge University early career researchers selected for the highly competitive European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants. Read more: hist.cam.ac.uk/news/historian…

Last week, our outreach team took part in EPQ Stimulus Days at Hills Road Sixth Form, speaking to students about their historical interests, EPQ ideas, and University resources. Thank you Hills Road News for inviting us and to the Faculty of Law outreach team who joined us!