PhD candidate | historian | early-modern, slavery, royalty, kinship, Suriname | passion for depicting individual colonial lifeways | all views yourshttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m76h6cmsms2fGuess what Caribbean 'creature' is being described here: The soldier, so called from having the fore part armed with a shell like a lobster; the hinder part being naked, which he hides in other fishes' shells, and as he grows in bigness, shifts his cover.04 Dec 2025 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76h6cmsms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m75qszonbs25I've become such a Prince Rupert fangirl that I totally get that when Basil Lubbock was writing a biography about him (never published!!!), he chose to title his first chapter: "The Man", because Rupert really was the man.04 Dec 2025 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75qszonbs25https://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m6txwfbruc2nImagine receiving a personalised love-anagram. 'Oh I'me all mercy' From a BL volume that contained very juicy letters alongside the dry naval correspondence I was powering through.30 Nov 2025 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6txwfbruc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m6n3rdle422tJust a few more spots available to attend the EHS Women’s Commitee Workshop – Women & Entrepreneurship on Friday 12 December at UCL. Researchers from all over Europe coming to present and workshop new and innovative research on women. Come discuss and please share! https://ehs.org.uk/event/womens-commitee-workshop-women-entrepreneurship-agency-experience-and-enterprise/27 Nov 2025 19:22 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6n3rdle422thttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m32x65r4lk2rRegistration for our EHS Women's Committee Workshop: Women & Entrepreneurship: Agency, Experience, and Enterprise is now open. See the amazing program at the link below and find the register button at the bottom of the page! @ehswomcom.bsky.social @echistsoc.bsky.social https://ehs.org.uk/event/womens-commitee-workshop-women-entrepreneurship-agency-experience-and-enterprise/13 Oct 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m32x65r4lk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3m2bwqkxocs2rA well wish from James II to his friend Thomas Butler in 1673: '[I] am very glad you escaped so well as you did, I hope it will always be your fortune to do so'.03 Oct 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bwqkxocs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lxtwi6zotk23Also, a prime example of female entrepreneurship, in my opinion, is Louise Renée de Kérouaille, who became one of King Charles II's mistresses. In 1681, she extracted £132,000 from the Treasury for her 'Secret Services'. A hussler if you ask me. (1/2)02 Sep 2025 10:40 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxtwi6zotk23https://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lxh7vj47v22tOn the subject of Women & Entrepreneurship, the woman of the week is Peggy Jones. A notorious mudlarker who was immortalised in this print. She utilised her knowledge of the river and its tides to scrape a living together. In her special skirt, she gathered valuables and coal, which she sold. (1/2)28 Aug 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxh7vj47v22thttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lxeq2xh47s2nOne more week to get your proposals in for what will be a very exciting day! Share your research, feedback a chapter, pitch your new archival finds at the WomCom Workshop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxeq2xh47s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lwvjbw7zis24Our Call for Papers for the Women's Committee workshop I'm very excited about. Join us in sharing your research on everything Women & Entrepreneurship. Please share widely and reach out if you have any questions! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2025 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvjbw7zis24https://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lvljodhy6c2qGreat function with such amazing records! In one of my favourite places on earth to boot [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvljodhy6c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lthccdw5bk2qCfP is out! Sign up, share, come visit, very excited about this. Let's get some great female case-studies! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2025 12:26 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthccdw5bk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lsdo2j7c6k25Op Keti Koti dit jaar mag ik in gesprek met een geweldige line-up in het Teylermuseum in Haarlem, en ik hoop dat jullie komen luisteren! O.a. in gesprek over: Hoe kunnen we Teylers investering in de slavenhandel plaatsen in een breder gesprek over erfgoed, musea, kennis, collecties en nalatenschap? https://www.dipsaus.org/exclusives-posts/2025/1/28/lezingenreeks-een-nieuwe-geschiedenis-van-nederland-en-de-wereld-h93p724 Jun 2025 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdo2j7c6k25https://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lqaajgu2oc2oThe real question is, will I make it through a second day in Cambridge without pronouncing Pepys as pep-is i.o. peeps (which I was convinced was correct for years)?28 May 2025 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqaajgu2oc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lpm4mtimdk2dFinally gathered the academic courage to venture to Cambridge, but where to stay for a tiny archiving stint. Any tips for ultimate Cambridge vibes?20 May 2025 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpm4mtimdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3ljz5xnnxxs2fMy dearest friend and esteemed colleague Ramona Negrón is at the helm of this Dutch account where historians share their work! Use the translate option and get in there, her work is fascinating and innovative! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2025 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljz5xnnxxs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3ljk5vzjoqc2pDream job alert! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Mar 2025 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk5vzjoqc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3liw6lyndek2uOoggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij is genomineerd voor een prachtige prijs: de Kleio Klassenprijs 2025. Geweldig dat het boek dat @fatahblack.bsky.social en ik schreven 'onmisbaar is in de klas'. Help ons alsjeblieft een handje door voor ons te stemmen op de link! Delen heel graag. https://www.vgnkleio.nl/actueel/stem-voor-de-kleio-klasseprijs/24 Feb 2025 10:52 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3liw6lyndek2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lgdbo3ykac2tDigging through works on monarchy, empire and slave trade, never ceases to baffle me. First, a general excusing of Royal involvement is the standard. Second, phrases like this, which concluded a paragraph on the TSAT published in 1976: "All were victims in the first place of their fellow-Africans."22 Jan 2025 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgdbo3ykac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lfaamvyls224De officiële presentatie van ons boek zal plaatsvinden in Het Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam! In samenwerking met hun indrukwekkende nieuwe tentoonstelling Schaduwen op de Atlantische Oceaan zullen vijf presentaties een link leggen tussen historisch onderzoek en erfgoed. Meld je hier nú aan: https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.nl/doen/agenda/boekpresentatie-dutch-transatlantic-slave-trade08 Jan 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfaamvyls224https://bsky.app/profile/camilladekoning.bsky.social/post/3lf5j7cikec2tIt's here, it's happening, it's out! @ramonanegron.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social and I present to you as editors a three part volume: West Africa, At Sea and Conflict Management and Discourse. New and exciting research on the Dutch Transatlantic Slave trade!07 Jan 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:wou7tlrjx2miqom4lnmijwkf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5j7cikec2t