Lecturer in Atlantic World History at the University of Strathclyde | Councillor of the Royal Historical Society | LG(B)TQ+ | Spanish & Brit(ish) | he/him
It forms part of The Prison Blueprint: How Colonial Incarceration Forged Modern Racial Injustice, a flagship project that investigates how colonial systems of imprisonment helped shape racial and social inequalities that continue to matter today.
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This research is supported by @strathclydehass.bsky.social, the University of Havana, the Spanish Embassy in London, the Hispanic Society of Scotland, and the Endangered Archives Programme of the @britishlibrary.bsky.social
Very grateful to Eduardo Lagar for this generous report in La Nueva España on our research into Candelario Villafaña, and to Alfonso Zapico and Yaimara Izaguirre for bringing this story back to life.
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Over the next three weeks, we feature the 8 monographs and 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes.
Today: 'Between Feast and Famine: Food, Health, and the History of Ghana’s Long Twentieth Century', by John Nott (UCL Press, 2025) bit.ly/4vGaxCU
The full list of Shortlisted articles for the 2026 prize is available here: bit.ly/3QsFxXX
The winners of this year's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes will be announced in early July, 2/2
Over the next three weeks, we feature the 8 articles shortlisted for the Society's 2026 Early Career Article Prize.
Today: ‘Duplex and reciprocal’ obligation: Calvin’s Case (1608) and the development of early modern English citizenship, by Kathleen Commons bit.ly/4ojZKLV #Skystorians 1/2
A truly remarkable and inspiring selection of articles and monographs in this year's @royalhistsoc.org ‘Early Career Article’ and ‘First Book’ prizes. Congratulations to the authors!
The Society is pleased to publish today the Shortlist of its 2026 Early Career Article Prize: bit.ly/4wEuVoW
This year's list includes eight articles published in 2025 and follows an open call for submissions. Our two winners for this prize will be announced in July #Skystorians 1/2
