CEMS KCL: https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/ Centre Director: @hsmurphy.bsky.social Posts by Assistant Director: @jamie-gemmell.bsky.social Mailing List: http://eepurl.com/docIGDhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mkkl6qqiic2nA reminder that the 'Race in the Early Modern Seminar' is hosting PGR lightning talks on 8th June. If you'd like to present, please submit a bio and paper abstract by 1st May. Full details below! @folger.edu @kingsartshums.bsky.social https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the-early-modern/cfp-pgr-lightning-talks28 Apr 2026 12:22 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkl6qqiic2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mjm5tkmtb22wDr. Moosa's work-in-progress has been circulated. If you'd like to attend, please register below. Email us and we'll send over the link to the WIP. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjm5tkmtb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mjhpf3lvo22yJoin us next Monday at 17:00GMT/12:00EST for our next 'Race in the Early Modern' seminar. We're delighted to be joined by Dr. @hassanamoosa.bsky.social. Dr. Moosa's WIP will be circulated later this week. https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the-early-modern/whats-in-a-name-slave-slurs-in-early-modern-english-drama-dr-hassana-moosa-20th-april14 Apr 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhpf3lvo22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mjhp6v6tqk2yJoin us on May 22nd for a workshop on early modern North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Online and in person! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhp6v6tqk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mibcgrdhqc2mDeadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. Deadline: 7th April https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-periodizing-the-earlymodern-annual-cems-colloquium [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibcgrdhqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mibm5lqrmk2mCEMS workshop on interactions between North Africa and the Iberian Atlantic. Organised by Dr. Ana Struillou and Dr. Kaja Cook. A day of panels on subjects ranging from forced labour to knowledge exchange to migration. Scheduled 22nd May. Sign up below! https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/mexico-in-algiers-rabat-in-bahia-rethinking-interactions-between-the-iberian-atlantic-and-the-maghrib-1400-180030 Mar 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibm5lqrmk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mibcgrdhqc2mDeadline next week! We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs for our upcoming colloquium. This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. Deadline: 7th April https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-periodizing-the-earlymodern-annual-cems-colloquium [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 09:01 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibcgrdhqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mhpzvfdhtk2aCfP for our Annual Colloquium! This year's theme is 'Periodising the Early/Modern'. We're looking for abstracts from PGRs/ECRs. Deadline: 7th April Full details below. https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-periodizing-the-earlymodern-annual-cems-colloquium23 Mar 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhpzvfdhtk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mhg5gf5gds2bThe intimacies of calligraphy, self-actualisation through writing, and fiction in life writing. A wonderful evening in a great setting with Prof. Abigail Williams on non-elite reading and writing in the long eighteenth century. @kingsartshums.bsky.social @hsmurphy.bsky.social19 Mar 2026 13:50 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg5gf5gds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mguhi7kdfs2yA reminder that our talk with Prof. Abigail Williams takes place next Wednesday at 17:30! Prof. Williams will be speaking about her work on non-elite reading practices in the long 18th century. Full details and registration details available below. https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/in-the-margins-writing-non-elite-lives-in-the-long-eighteenth-century-with-prof-abigail-williams12 Mar 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mguhi7kdfs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mgceoq4gs22gWe're delighted to be welcoming Prof. Abigail Williams to CEMS on 18th March. She'll be delivering a talk on the reading practices of non-elites in the long eighteenth century. Join us if you can. Full details below! 18 March, 17:30 https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/in-the-margins-writing-non-elite-lives-in-the-long-eighteenth-century-with-prof-abigail-williams05 Mar 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgceoq4gs22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mfr7ynebkk2lDeadline tomorrow! Send in your expressions of interest. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr7ynebkk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3mf5jn2uwlc2xOur next seminar takes place 2nd March. We'll be discussing a WIP by Dr. Elise Mitchell (Swarthmore College (@bydreamphd.bsky.social). To receive the WIP in advance, please register by next Monday! https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/race-and-the-early-modern/la-negrita-a-history-of-african-girlhood-in-the-spanish-caribbean-slave-trade-dr-elise-mitchell-2nd-march [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5jn2uwlc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/cemskcl.bsky.social/post/3melja4ub6k2lTomorrow at 14:00! CEMS online workshop on applying for early modern postdocs. https://kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/applying-for-early-modern-postdocs-workshop11 Feb 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:2qhdo4gpihfelyrpo4cidll3/app.bsky.feed.post/3melja4ub6k2l