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A new institutional home in Oxford for the pursuit of world-class historical research, housed in Wadham College and the Faculty of History. https://khc.web.ox.ac.uk/ Image credit: ©OUImages/John Cairns Photography
Nostalgia for authoritarian rule has become a recurring theme in right-wing populist discourse across the Latin-speaking world. In this timely article, Koch History Centre Fellow @danielgkressel.bsky.social unpacks the myths that keep it alive.
Le fantasme de l’efficacité fasciste
Une grammaire critique de la nostalgie autoritaire en sept mythes particulièrement influents.
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Hierarchy is not always about who holds power What can French anthropologist Louis Dumont's work on the Indian caste system teach us about the relationship between sacred and secular authority in the West? Watch Prof David d'Avray's lecture "Church, State, and Hierarchy" now on our YouTube channel
David d'Avray, Church, State, and Hierarchy
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Today marks 10 years since the historic Brexit referendum. In a new article in The English Historical Review, @robertsaunders.bsky.social explores how Brexit became a crisis of democracy, reshaping debates over Parliament, “the people,” and political authority. oxford.ly/3Sr1SFU
Is neoliberalism dead, undead, or mutating into unforeseen new forms? Where does the rise of theocratic authoritarianism sit within the history of neoliberalism? Watch Professor Bethany Moreton's lecture on our YouTube channel for a historical perspective on contemporary US politics.
Bethany Moreton, Theocracy Now!
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"A nuanced and bracing excavation of fascism's afterlives in the Spanish-speaking world." Kirsten Weld, Harvard Congratulations to our Koch History Centre Fellow @danielgkressel.bsky.social on the publication of his book "Hispanic Technocracy". cambridgeblog.org/2025/11/how-...
Gerrard Winstanley was a religious radical, a Digger, but did you know that he was also churchwarden in his local parish? @annlaurahughes.bsky.social explores the paradox of English religious dissenters' continued participation in parish life throughout the upheavals of the mid-17th century.
Ann Hughes, Church and State in Early Modern England: Views from the Parish
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JOB ALERT - Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts (1601-1950) at the British Library - full-time, permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR461/c...
Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts at British Library
Apply for the Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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Ahead of next week's #MBS26 conference, our website is now live! Check out our new blog series, Histories from Here, and our plans for prizes and conferences in Modern British Studies modbritstud.org.uk
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What place has religion in politics? Join us as Prof Mark Goldie reconsiders the thought of John Locke, challenging familiar assumptions about religion, toleration, and public life. 17:00 Wed 10th June Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre Followed by a drinks reception. Registration: khc.web.ox.ac.uk
And the disciples said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And Christ said unto them, It is enough. Luke 22:38 This verse had a huge impact on political thought in the medieval West. But what about in Byzantium? Watch the lecture by Prof György Geréby on our new YouTube channel to find out!
György Geréby, One Sword or Two? On the Byzantine Theology of Power
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Really excited to be welcoming Prof Dan-el Padilla Peralta to the Koch History Centre next week! The Book of Salt and Timber: Gods and Resources in an Expanding Roman World 17:00 Thurs 28 May Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre, Oxford www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history...
Evans-Pritchard Lectures 2026: Lecture 3. 'Rulers of Many Names: Experiments with Power in Iron Age Anatolia' 📆 Wed 13 May, 5pm 📍Wharton Room, All Souls College & online https://www.anthro.ox.ac.uk/event/evans-pritchard-lectures-2026-lecture-3.-rulers-of-many-names-experiments-with-power-in-iron-a
Join us for a fascinating public lecture, as Francesca Trivellato interrogates the traditional narratives in the history of capitalism and invites us to rethink the contribution of Max Weber. 17:00 Wed 13th May, followed by a drinks reception. www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history...
Check out this new (Open Access!) edited volume from De Gruyter Brill and the Bonn Centre for Slavery and Dependency Studies, which includes a chapter from our very own Koch History Centre Fellow, Dr Teresa Witcombe: “The Price of Freedom: Captivity and Community in Thirteenth-Century Toledo”
Slavery and the Shaping of the Premodern Muslim Family
Slavery and the Shaping of the Muslim Family delves into the wide-ranging and complex subject of slavery within the familial sphere of Islamic societies. For too long, secondary literature has treated...
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Excellent talk yesterday at our seminar by Ian Archer 16thC children's work - some of it under the aegis of charity - beginning a conversation tbc in our colloquium this year - Monday 22nd June, 'Charity, Humanitarianism, and Childhood' get your abstracts in! deadline 13th March 2026
We are advertising a two-year lectureship in Modern British History at University of Cambridge, please spread the word! www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of British History [Temporary Cover]
The Faculty of History wishes to recruit a Temporary Assistant Professor in Modern British History. This is a fixed term 24 month Temporary Assistant Professorship. To cover the academic leave of the
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Looking forward to David d'Avray's public lecture next week. All welcome! 17:00, Wed 4th Mar Room 00.063 Schwarzman Centre The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception. Details and registration: www.history.ox.ac.uk/event/church...
"A great preacher and orator" Koch Senior Fellow, Anthea Butler, remembers the Rev Jesse Jackson in conversation with Andrew West, on ABC (Australia) Radio National @antheabutler.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... Image: Leffler, Warren K., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Is there more to the parallels between Islamic philosophy and psychoanalysis than mere commonality? Koch History Centre Fellow, Henry Clements, has reviewed Joan Copjec's new book for the LA Review of Books.
Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago“In 'Cloud: Between Paris and Tehran,' Joan Copjec seizes on this creation myth for the way it foregrounds repetition.” Henry Clements reviews Joan Copjec’s “Cloud”: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/joan-copjec-cloud-kiarostami-corbin-lacan-sufi-freud/
“Becoming independent” in the case of monarchical Libya did not mean overcoming the colonial legacy; rather, it constituted an attempt to reformulate the past and build a legitimate memory by drawing on a religious symbology, although not a shared one. Koch Fellow Carlotta Marchi, in Itinerario.
Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s) | Itinerario | Cambridge Core
Building the Nation in the Monarchical Era: History, Historiography, and Historians in Libya’s Independence Process (1940s – 1950s)
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📢 APPLY NOW!: DPIR seeks to appoint two full-time fixed-term Departmental Lecturers in International Relations - one with expertise in international political economy and one in historical and interpretive approaches and methods. 🗓️ CLOSES: Noon, 18 March 2026: www.politics.ox.ac.u...
Delighted to see the first review of our fellow Dr Teresa Witcombe's new book, "On the edges of Christendom" in the TLS. Fernando Cervantes calls it a "marvellous study... a window on a fascinating and strangely neglected topic". www.the-tls.com/history/medi...
Bethany Moreton (Dartmouth) continues the conversation on the theme of Religion and the State, with her public lecture “Theocracy Now!” Wed, 4 Feb 17:00 To register: www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history... Image: Mindaugus Bonanu & Dominykas Čečkauskas. "Make Everything Great Again", Vilnius, 2016
Less than a week to apply! We are looking for historians from any field working on a project related to the theme of 'Scarcity and Abundance'. Applications close at noon on 17th Dec. For details, see: www.history.ox.ac.uk/vacancies#ta... Image: Shri Shri Lakshmi, India, c.1880. The Met.
Fancy joining us in Oxford? The Koch History Centre is inviting applications for next year's fellowships and senior fellowships, on the theme 'Scarcity and Abundance'. Applications close at noon on 17th Dec. For details, see: www.history.ox.ac.uk/vacancies#ta... Image: Valentin_21, Pexels
All welcome at this free public lecture hosted by the Koch History Centre, followed by a drinks reception. Wed, 26 Nov 17:00 Room 00.063 Stephen A Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities Please register via our website. www.history.ox.ac.uk/koch-history...
