Camilla de Koning
@camilladekoning.bsky.social
PhD candidate | historian | early-modern, slavery, royalty, kinship, Suriname | passion for depicting individual colonial lifeways | all views yours
Amazing opportunity at one of my two UK 'temples': the British Library. Dive in the archive!
Alice Marples@alicemarples.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...
You can find out a little bit more about our fantastic new accession to the Stirling District Asylum Archive in this month's Archives Hub feature blog: blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2026/03/02/s...
Guess 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.
I'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.
Imagine 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.
Just 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! ehs.org.uk/event/womens...
Er dreigt iets helemaal mis te gaan in het Amsterdamse stadsarchief, zeggen Charles Jeurgens, Fred van Lieburg en ik in Het Parool www.parool.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: ‘Amsterdams Stadsarchief staat op het punt onbruikbaar te worden’
Het Stadsarchief van Amsterdam, essentieel voor onderzoekers én burgers, staat op het punt een nieuw, ondoorgrondelijk zoeksysteem in te voeren. Dat zou grote gevolgen hebben, schrijven hoogleraren Ju...
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Registration 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
Women's Commitee Workshop - Women & Entrepreneurship: Agency, Experience, and Enterprise - Economic History Society
12/12/2025 @ All day - Annual Workshop of the Economic History Society Women’s Committee University College London Friday, 12 December 2025 Theme: Women & Entrepreneurship: Agency, Experience, and Ent...
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A 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'.
Also, 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)
Applications for the EHS Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students close 16:00 (UK time) Friday, 12 September. 12 part-funded places are available on this course which will be held at the University of Warwick, 3–6 December 2025. For more info and to apply: ehs.org.uk/society/stud...
Residential Training Course for Postgraduate Students - Economic History Society
University of Warwick Radcliffe Conference Centre 3 – 6 December 2025 The Economic History Society offers 12 part-funded places on an intensive residential course designed to raise the quality and ana...
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On 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)
One 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.
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Our 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!
Economic History Society@echistsoc.bsky.social · last yr.Great function with such amazing records! In one of my favourite places on earth to boot
Neil Johnston@nejohnst.bsky.social · last yr.We're recruiting for a new role in the Early Modern team at TNA to help us integrate the Parliamentary Archives. I'm looking for someone with an expertise in pre-modern Westminster Parliament so we can join the executive, legislative and judicial collections www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD893/r...
CfP is out! Sign up, share, come visit, very excited about this. Let's get some great female case-studies!
Women’s Committee of the Economic History Society@ehswomcom.bsky.social · last yr.CfP now out for the Annual Workshop of the EHS Women’s Committee. Theme: Women & Entrepreneurship - Agency, Experience, and Enterprise Date: 12 Dec 2025 Venue: UCL History Deadline for proposals: 5 Sept 2025 For more details, see👇 ehs.org.uk/event/womens...
Het is Keti Koti! Herdenk, vier, lees de 3 boekentips van Janice Deul: @fatahblack.bsky.social & @camilladekoning.bsky.social, Ooggetuigen van de Nederlandse slavernij, Leo Balai, Herengracht 502 en @mrspillybean.bsky.social, Dobberen. Klik door, lees waarom & koop: athenaeumscheltema.n...
Op 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?
Lezingenreeks: De paradox van ongelijkheid in de Verlichtingsideeën — Dipsaus Podcast
Ontdek de lezingenreeks Een Nieuwe Geschiedenis van Nederland en de Wereld, een samenwerking tussen Dipsaus en historicus Karwan Fatah-Black . Experts delen inzichten over koloniale consumptie, sla...
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The 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)?
Finally gathered the academic courage to venture to Cambridge, but where to stay for a tiny archiving stint. Any tips for ultimate Cambridge vibes?
* OPEN CALL * for Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist Residency 2025-2026 framerframed.nl/en/dossier/o...
Open Call: Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist Residency 2025-2026 – Framer Framed
KITLV and Framer Framed are pleased to announce the international open call for the 2025-2026 Atelier KITLV-Framer Framed Artist Residency.
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Eight weeks ago, I jokingly imagined a podcast where scholars could (expertly) hate on historical figures. Almost 100,000 people thought it was a good idea. I am so incredibly excited to announce that the first episodes of my brand new show This Guy Sucked will be released March 20th!
My 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!
Historici vertellen@historicivertellen.bsky.social · last yr.Goedemorgen! Mijn naam is Ramona Negrón (@ramonanegron.bsky.social), postdoc bij het KITLV in Leiden. Ik houd me vooral bezig met vroegmoderne koloniale slavernijgeschiedenis. Deze week deel ik hier wat mij zoal bezighoudt. Waar zouden jullie graag meer over willen weten?
Voor @maritiemportal.bsky.social schreef ik een blog over de boekpresentatie van de nieuwe bundel The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade bij het @schpvrtmsm.bsky.social . Lees hier: maritiemportal.nl/blog-boekpre... @camilladekoning.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social
Blog: : Boekpresentatie The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade. New Methods, Perspectives, and Sources bij Het Scheepvaartmuseum – Maritiem Portal
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Camilla de Koning@camilladekoning.bsky.social · 2y agoDe 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:
Ooggetuigen 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.
Stem voor de Kleio Klasseprijs! - VGN Kleio
Welk boek is onmisbaar voor het geschiedenisonderwijs in de klas? Breng uw stem uit voor 1 maart.
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Digging 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."
I will post about this properly tomorrow, including sharing a piece written by Dr Tara Inniss at UWI, but if you care about Caribbean history & heritage please read, sign & share.
Randy Browne@randybrowne.bsky.social · 2y agoCaribbeanists/scholars of slavery: consider signing this important petition about the burial grounds of enslaved people at Newtown plantation in Barbados www.change.org/p/put-the-he...
Applications are open for the 2025-27 Past & Present Fellowships @ihr.bsky.social are open Applications close on 31st Jan 2025 Fellows appointed will commence on 1st Oct 2025 and be tenable for 24 months Please share with your network www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Past & Present Fellowships
Past & Present Fellowships are available for two years, and open to researchers who have completed a doctorate in history.
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De 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:
Boekpresentatie | Het Scheepvaartmuseum
7 februari vindt in Het Scheepvaartmuseum de presentatie van het boek The Dutch Transatlantic Slave Trade: New Methods, Perspectives, and Sources plaats.
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