Heather Freund, PhD

I am a historian of the early modern Caribbean, currently a postdoc with In the Same Sea at the University of Copenhagen.

[CSLBS @ucl_cslbs]

3-year fully funded University of Nottingham PhD studentship exploring the performance and reception of Western Classical music in Jamaica and/or Barbados in the long 19th century. Applications close 27th May! https://t.co/kOprym3LvC

[Konrad A. Antczak @ar_carib]

I am very excited to share this new PhD position in History focusing on pre-emancipation Aruba, Curaçao, and Bonaire! 🇦🇼 🇨🇼 🇧🇶 The researcher will join the team of the ERC-funded IslandLives project I lead at UPF, Barcelona.

https://t.co/7GX8TgvVLP

The call closes May 6th! 📆

[Heather Freund, PhD @hefreund]

I too have joined the migration over to Bluesky.

[John Cooper @Tudorgentleman]

The job that someone has been waiting their whole life for:
Curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at British Library https://t.co/1mNa7IFSE2

[Society for Caribbean Studies @SocCaribbean]

Good morning and happy new year!

A reminder that there is still one week left to submit abstracts for our 2025 conference, which will be held in Bristol, UK. More information and the link to submit can be found here: https://t.co/MCSQsGV00R

Please RT

[History @HisJournalHA]

@twitterstorians CFP for one-day workshop on oaths and oath-taking in Britain/Ireland/British empire, 1700-present @NorthumbriaUni in March 2025. Kindly supported by @socialhistsoc & @PastPresentSoc. See event webpage for details https://t.co/Ks97nlP0VX

[18th Century Studies @BSECS]

We are delighted to be able to offer the BSECS/Georgian Papers fellowship again this year. £1,000 to support a project drawing on the papers of the Georgian Papers Programme @GeorgianPapers **DEADLINE 1 FEBRUARY 2025** #18thC #twitterstorians #history

[Britain and the World @BATW_tweets]

It’s time, friends! We welcome submissions for #batw2025 in Liverpool, UK. Join us at John Moores University 25-27 June 2025 for another great conference!

We can’t wait to see you there! Watch here for more info.
https://t.co/2T54jfQCkO

[Heather Freund, PhD @hefreund]

@CCMcKee1 @JBritishStudies Thanks!

[Heather Freund, PhD @hefreund]

I'm pleased to announce that my article, “'A Place of Refuge to Republicans and Royalists”: The French Revolution in British Dominica" has just been published with the Journal of British Studies! @JBritishStudies
https://t.co/dRwVFkxEDm

[Gad Heuman @GadHeuman]

Gad Heuman
@GadHeuman
Our next Caribbean webinar is tomorrow, October 23 at 5:30 pm:

Resistance, Refuge, Revival: The Indigenous Kalinagos of Dominica (Presenter: Lennox Honychurch)

To register:
https://t.co/f8iu4QQayY

[Ben Wikler @benwikler]

The Harris-Cheney town hall tonight really drove home the threat Trump would pose if he got back into power.

Some folks ask: why think the next Trump term would be worse than the last one?

Here’s why. 🧵

[Suze Zijlstra @suzezij]

Fellowship call! The Prof. J.C.M Fellowship of the Dutch National Maritime Museum is open to applications from those who (soon) hold their masters degree.

Please share and feel free to get in touch if you have questions! https://t.co/hc57UXhvOo

[Sharika D. Crawford @SharikaCrawfo17]

Please submit your book for the Elsa Goveia Prize in Caribbean History:

https://t.co/GDi1KSPEJO

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

The Harrison Ruffin Tyler Department of History and the Program in Africana Studies at William & Mary, seek applications for a jointly-appointed Open-Rank position in modern African history from 1800 to the present.

https://t.co/Ei5nUAKsLr

[Governor Tony Evers @GovEvers]

REMINDER: Not one member of Wisconsin’s GOP delegation voted for the infrastructure funding that is rebuilding our roads and bridges—including the Blatnik Bridge.

Pass it on.

[Diana Paton @diana_paton]

I'm very excited that Benedetta Rossi will be giving the 2024 Annual Lecture in the History of Slavery at Edinburgh University @EdGlobalHistory on 17 October: The Problem of African Slavery in the Age of Abolition. https://t.co/dRwODPQlm0 Please join us!

[International Slavery Museum @SlaveryMuseum]

Have you heard about our next chapter...?

Our vision is to give the International Slavery Museum its own front door and identity on the historic @thealbertdock

Sign up for our newsletter and discover more about this ground-breaking project: https://t.co/pW8goX1wzg

[Gunvor Simonsen @SimonsenGunvor]

Join us!