We are excited to announce Steven Gunn's new AHRC Curiosity project ‘Life and Death in Tudor Prisons’, which will work with heritage partners at Oxford Castle & Prison and Lincoln Castle to transform our understanding of Tudor imprisonment. @oxhumanities.bsky.social tinyurl.com/3fezm52k
Congratulations to Emeritus Regius Professor Lyndal Roper who was named as the 2026 Holberg Prize Laureate today!
www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/oxfo...
Faculty of History, University of Oxford
I had the chance to speak about Peter Brown’s The World of Late Antiquity (1971) at St John’s College, Oxford (@stjohnsox.bsky.social) for the National Year of Reading 2026. 🙂 youtube.com/shorts/njfxK...
The 2026 Holberg Prize is awarded to Australian-British scholar Lyndal Roper of the University of Oxford for her ground-breaking research into early modern European history.
holbergprize.org/laureates/ho...
The Schwarzman Centre is opening its doors this Saturday (25 April) for a free festival celebrating the humanities.
Explore Oxford’s newest cultural space with music, dance, film, family activities & short talks from academics.
ALL WELCOME! No need to book; just drop in!
And Dame Averil Cameron (1940-2026), historian of the Byzantine empire bit.ly/4ex8POD #Skystorians
'Protecting what matters': a new government policy paper identifies history as central to social cohesion.
At the same time, history teaching and research, in our schools and universities, is at risk as never before. To ensure cohesion, we must protect what matters: bit.ly/3QyZQCO #skystorians
Faculty of English, University of Oxford
Royal Historical Society
Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃
The following is a joint statement from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent meeting of this quartet of ...
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...
We are looking forward to Mercedes García-Arenal’s lecture series on ’Muslim Books in Christian Hands: From Iberian Moriscos to Early Modern Europe’!
The first lecture will be at 5:15pm on Tuesday (also online). Register here: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/lyell-lectur...
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The Body in History Network TT2026 Term Card has been released. @bodyinhistoryox.bsky.social @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @Emilia Stuchlik
The 2026 Lyell Lectures, hosted by the Bodleian Libraries and delivered by Professor Mercedes García-Arenal
Curious about what’s inside? The Schwarzman Centre doors are wide open and you are invited. This free-entry Saturday festival brings the building to life, celebrating the launch of our cultural progra...
