Colonialism, smuggling, port towns and pirates - how has the Atlantic's unique geography affected world history? Join us at the Atlantic Geographies workshop as we discuss, University of Reading History on 13 Sept - sign up here! shorturl.at/KlNeg

I’m so glad this is coming back this year! Looking forward to seeing this years papers!

Having a great time in Busan at the #IMHA International Congress of Maritime History. Enjoying meeting & learning from maritime folks from around the world, as well as presenting some of my own research. Also grateful to pick up this scholarship award in the process!

Been playing around with network analysis (#Gephi) to reconstruct feuds in late-medieval cities for my research. This is what a 20-year enmity between rival families employed in butchery and leather-work looks like:

Until next time

STOP! What are YOU doing next week? Come join us on Friday 13 Sept (its your lucky day) for the 'Atlantic Geographies' workshop, in person* at University of Reading History or online. Sign up at the link! *there will be cake

Could you be our next Collections Officer (Student Engagement)? If you have a passion for engaging students with archive and rare book collections, take a look at this role: #archives #rarebooks #teaching #collections jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

I’m pleased to share that I have a new peer-reviewed article out now, with the Journal of History about Chesapeake Algonquian nations shaping moral insecurity to colonization in the Virginia Company (1606-1624). Please reach out if you need access. utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.313…

Amazing artwork & writing on display at Royal Berkshire Archives today - inspired by local schoolchildren’s responses to George’s life story. (Art by Euan Cook, writing/poetry by Maisie Crittenden; joint project with RBA, University of Reading History & local primaries)

Atlantic Geographies was a resounding success! Massive thanks to University of Reading History for hosting us! Graham Moore

Amazing work

My article based on the PROS archive Warwick MRC first presented at the MRC@50 day conference is finally published 🥳 If you'd like to have a read, follow the link in the post below (entirely open access!), and scroll all the way down to page 124.

📢📢📢Hakluyt Society Essay ECR Prize 2025 Essays (6k-8k) are invited on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. Enter by 1/3/25 hakluyt.com/hakluyt-societ…

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PhD opportunity: M4C CDA "Editing Empire: The Hakluyt Society in (Post) imperial Britain, 1846 to the Present". Apply now to start your PhD at WarwickHistory and Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in autumn 2025. Deadline 13 January 2025. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKD338/phd…

Please join us Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology on November 7th, 2024 for Being Human Festival! All are welcome to come learn about #GenAI image bias of the #AncientWorld and how to effectively engineer a prompt! Classics@UnivReading

Looking forward to this session!

'Decolonize Mosquitoes' . My recent article has been published at the History Workshop Journal History Workshop It proposes a conversation between animal history and decolonizing methods. academic.oup.com/hwj/advance-ar…