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Our colleague Tomás Finn was recently interviewed on Newstalk's Talking History about his new book on Rural Ireland www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... @ucdpress.bsky.social

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Next week the History Annual Nicholas Canny Lecture will be by Prof Jean-Frédéric Schaub of EHESS, Paris, 'The politics of race in premodern European societies: conquest, faith, and labour' G010, Hardiman Research Building, Wednesday 12 March, 4pm or by zoom via link in attached poster.

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@shauna-mull94.bsky.social delivered a fascinating paper on her PhD in History at the University of Galway comparing slave labour and the racism of the Nazi regime at a concentration camp in Estonia during WWII with a plantation in Confederate South Carolina during the American Civil War

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Student Voice Survey. Your Voice Matters. What would you like to see changed? Let us know by filling out the survey below for a chance to win a prize: • An iPad • AirPods • Hoodies • €100 SU Voucher • Kingfisher Gym membership Complete the survey here: psychologygalway.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Reminder Shauna Mulligan will compare “The Plantation and the Concentration Camp: Slave labour and racism during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Second World War (1941-1945)” in GO10 HRB, 4pm, Wednesday 26 February, and via Zoom webinar at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Next week Shauna Mulligan will compare “The Plantation and the Concentration Camp: Slave labour and racism during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Second World War (1941-1945)” in GO10 HRB, 4pm, Wednesday 26 February, and via Zoom webinar at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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University College Galway as it was then seeking students as advertised in Donegal Democrat in 1928. Lots more material and archives available @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] if interested in doing an MA or PhD

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Very interesting talk by Dr Christopher Bellitto of Kean University at the history seminar in Galway today. Ranging from classical Hebrew and Greco-Roman ideas through the medieval Jewish, Christian, and Muslim, there is still space for humility as a virtue for the common good

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We look forward to the Postgraduate Open Day. Here is @president.ie Michael D. Higgins with Helen Hayes Sweeney, MA, and Breandán MacSuibne of the History Department, viewing the Imirce archive. Imicre, a collection of Irish emigrant letters, is one of many collections @uniofgalwaylib.bsky.social

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Reminder our next History Seminar is via Zoom webinar only tomorrow Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 4pm and will be by Christopher Bellitto Please register at universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... "Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue" Christopher Bellitto, Kean University New Jersey

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Our next History Seminar will be held via Zoom webinar only on 19 February 2025 at 4pm and will be delivered by Christopher Bellitto To register please visit universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi... "Humility: The Secret History of a Lost Virtue" Christopher Bellitto, Kean University New Jersey

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A nice review of our colleague's @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social book on Rural Ireland by @markhennessy.bsky.social and the @irishtimes.com @ucdpress.bsky.social

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Great insights and conversations at the School of History and Philosophy's workshop on 'decolonising the curriculum'. One of a series of workshops on this topic. Please follow for the news of the next one @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social

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Great insights of our colleague Tomás Finn and Tony Varley's new book on Rural Ireland by Judy Murphy and the Connacht Tribune

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Fabulous talk by our colleague Shannon Devlin at history seminar today followed by wonderful celebration and launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) @shannondevlin.bsky.social

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Reminder History Seminar is by our colleague Shannon Devlin tomorrow Wednesday, 5 Feb at 4pm in Room GO10 the Hardiman Research Building. The launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) follows. For those on Zoom universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Our next History Seminar will be by our colleague Shannon Devlin next Wednesday, 5 Feb at 4pm in Room GO10 the Hardiman Research Building. The launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) follows. For those on Zoom universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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MA History graduate, Irene McGoldrick, will present to the Old Tuam Society tonight thursday 30 January on the 1814 collapse of Lord ffrench's bank in Tuam and Dublin. This free event takes place at 7pm in the Miller's Cottage on Shop St, Tuam @normaowens.bsky.social

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All welcome to tomorrows webinar and talk by Tara Mozafari, to register go to universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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History at Galway welcomes applicants for NUI doctoral and postdoctoral awards. Please contact Head of Department Dr Róisín Healy or Director of Graduate Studies Dr Tomás Finn' www.nui.ie/awards/Trave...

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Decolonising the Curriculum in the Humanities workshop with Evelien Geerts (UCC) and Ciarán O'Neill (TCD) on Monday 10 February eventbrite.ie/e/decolonisi... For details contact Alison Forrestal [email protected] @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

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Fascinating talk by Professor Deirdre Raftery (UCD) today about the local, national and global connection and travels and travails of nuns from 19th century Ireland. Thanks to Deirdre and the Centre for the History of Religion for today's seminar. @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

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Reminder First History seminar of new year wednesday 22 January at 4pm. The talk is organised in collaboration with the Centre for the study of Religion, University of Galway. For further details, contact [email protected] @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

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Huge congrats to our colleague Dr Aoife O'Leary McNeice, who has been awarded the Maurice J. Bric Medal of Excellence by @researchireland.bsky.social Aoife's work on more-than-human histories of hydro-power was the top-ranked postdoc project in AHSS in IRELAND! www.researchireland.ie/news/2024-ir...

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History seminar next Wednesday 22 January at 4pm. The talk is organised in collaboration with the Centre for the study of Religion, University of Galway. For further details, contact Sarah Anne Buckley [email protected] @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

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Our spring 2025 History seminar is now available. Our first history seminar will be held on 22 January 2025 and delivered by Professor Deirdre Raftery (UCD) in collaboration with the Centre for the History of Religion. @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social

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Our thanks to @irishtimes.com and @markhennessy.bsky.social for featuring Inside Rural Ireland (Edited by @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social and Tony Varley) in the recent edition of Ticket, the culture magazine. Pick up a copy of Inside Rural Ireland at bookshops across Ireland or ucdpress.ie!

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A generous write up of two lead titles from our Winter List, A Tract for Our Times and Inside Rural Ireland in Connacht Tribune. Both available in bookshops nationwide and on our website www.ucdpress.ie #irishhistory #Irishpublishing

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CFP for this year's @ria.ie International affairs conference, with the theme 'Reconstructing the Global Order: Imperatives and Possibilities for Co-operation in Turbulent Times'. Details at the link below. Deadline for submissions: 24 Feb 2025. Conference: 8 May 2025. www.ria.ie/2024/12/20/c...

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"Workshop on 'Religion on the Ethnic Frontier' to take place in Galway on 28-29 April 2025 with deadline for paper proposals on 31 Jan. 2025."

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Workshop on 'Religion on the Ethnic Frontier' to take place in Galway on 28-29 April 2025. Interested scholars at all career stages can send a 250-word paper proposal and a biographical note to Dr Róisín Healy ([email protected]) by 31 Jan. 2025.

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www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podca... Enjoyed speaking with Tony Varley about our new Inside Rural Ireland book with Fender Jackson on the Ireland podcast www.ucdpress.ie/page/detail/... @ucdpress.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social

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The PGR StudentSurvey.ie will launch in @uniofgalway.bsky.social on 11 February 2025! This is postgraduate research students' opportunity to give their feedback on the student experience. Lots of cool merch and prizes to be won! Go to www.studentsurvey.ie to find out more!

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'This timely book brings together leading historians and sociologists to uncover the hidden dynamics of rural Ireland's evolution' - nice review of our colleague @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social's new co-edited book, Inside Rural Ireland, from last Friday's Irish Daily Mail.

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Coming up next week: our colleague Dr Jackie Uí Chionna will speak about Emily Anderson (subject of her very successful book, Queen of Codes) at the Translation Café at @uniofgalway.bsky.social : Tues 10 Dec. 2024, 1pm - 2pm at THB1003 (James Hardiman Building). All are welcome!

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The @uniofgalway.bsky.social 2025 Hardiman PhD scholarship scheme is now open. Closing date: 7 Feb 2025. These scholarships are a wonderful opportunity to pursue fully-funded postgraduate research. Want to chat about a potential project? Drop us an email. 🗃️ www.universityofgalway.ie/hardiman-sch...

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Really interesting talk. My takeaways: Dicuil as an original scholar, his introduction of Irish & Frankish discoveries to the corpus (Iceland, elephants can lie down) and that ChatGPT thinks Bede is Irish!

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Our final research seminar of the semester features Dr Christian Schweizer of @campsgalway.bsky.social on 'The Early Medieval Scholar Dicuil and his World'. 4pm, Wed 27 Nov, Bridge Seminar Room (Rm 1001), Hardiman Building, or join us online. Register here for Zoom: tinyurl.com/Schweizer202... 🗃️

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NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! Our colleague @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social has a new article in the International History Review on 'Humanitarian Worldmaking in the Age of Decolonisation'. Check it out via the link below (open access).

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Next week's History Research Seminar features Dr Nazife Kosukoğlu of the Irish Centre for Human Rights on 'Women against Authority' in the Ottoman Empire. 4pm, Wed 20 Nov, Bridge Seminar Room (Rm 1001), Hardiman Research Building. Register here for Zoom: tinyurl.com/Galway20241120 🗃️

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Standing room only at the event to celebrate the launch of Inside Rural Ireland yesterday, edited by Tony Varley and @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social. Congrats to the contributors, thanks to the speakers on the panel and to Dan Carey who launched it, and to @ucdpress.bsky.social for a beautiful book. 🗃️

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Our first post! Join us this afternoon (13 November) for a roundtable and launch of the new book, Inside Rural Ireland, co-edited by our very own @finnuniofgalway.bsky.social with Tony Varley. All are welcome - online or in-person. For the Zoom, register at the link below.

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Hi @rauchway.bsky.social. Could we be added to the What's History list?

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