Kevin Wilbraham

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16 October 2026 10:02

Two of the Lewis Chessmen currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Discovered in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the chessmen date to the late 12th or early 13th century. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #LewisChessmen

EUI Department of History

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15 October 2026 14:05

Drugs, doctors, disability, and state: Thalidomide in Spain from dictatorship to democracy Lecture by Dr Stephanie Wright (Lancaster University) 🔗 loom.ly/uYHvFqI 📆 22 October, 15.00 CEST Organised by the Disability History Working Group 👉 loom.ly/WkTPnxg

Rare Book School

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13 October 2026 12:50

RBS will host an online info session at 𝟲𝗽𝗺 𝗘𝗧 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝟮𝟴 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 for those interested in learning about the M. C. Lang Fellowship for faculty, librarians & curators at U.S. liberal arts colleges & small universities. Details: rarebookschool.org/events/2026/10/lang-info-session

Journal of the History of Ideas

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13 October 2026 12:50

The new issue of the JHI includes articles by Timothy Stanton, Ian Stewart, and Mrinalini Sisodia Wadhwa, plus a cluster of essays by Yvan Prkachin, Danielle Carr, Jean-Gaël Barbara, Nadine Weidman, and Cornelius Borck on "The Brain Sciences and Intellectual History." www.jhiblog.org/2026/10/12/j...

Working Class History

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13 October 2026 12:49

#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...