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.
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!
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...
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...
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”
JOB ALERT - Curator: Modern Archives and Manuscripts (1601-1950) at the British Library - full-time, permanent
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRR461/c...
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
Koch History Centre
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
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Koch History Centre
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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Koch History Centre
Koch History Centre
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.
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...
