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mcorporaal.bsky.social
Full Professor of Irish Literature in Transnational Contexts, Radboud University. Coordinator of RICH. Redefining the Region. Heritages of Hunger.
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Teaching my Atelier students (MA Literary Studies) about local colour fiction in Radboud’s special collection room. Very enjoyable and rewarding.

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De Eppocalyps is begonnen

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www.ru.nl/en/research/... Interview with Charley Boerman who will defend her PhD today! @charleyb.bsky.social

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Lindsay Janssen will be giving the @ssnci.bsky.social annual lecture on 28 February at @nlireland.bsky.social Dr Janssen will speak on 'Irish Memories in Transatlantic News Media, 1845-1919'! Book your free ticket here www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Radboud Recharge (Stijn Zunnenberg) zocht ons op om te praten over de resultaten van het NWO-project Heritages of Hunger www.radboudrecharge.nl/nl/artikel/e... @mcorporaal.bsky.social @charleyb.bsky.social @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social @annevanmourik.bsky.social

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Last day today!!

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Morning walk through rainy Lille

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Magnificent entourage at Le Paix in Lille

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In Lille for an Irish Studies guest lecture

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My excellent friend Lindsay Janssen will be giving the @ssnci.bsky.social annual lecture, 28 February at @nlireland.bsky.social. It's based on her groundbreaking new monograph Periodical Famines, out next month from Indiana University Press. www.nli.ie/exhibitions-...

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Green screen Monday. Recording knowledge clips to go with the educational packages for Dutch primary school children which we developed with WKRU Radboud. Heritages of Hunger. @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social @lottejensen.bsky.social

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I'm delighted to share the advert for a collaborative PhD which I'll be co-supervising with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh). This project, 'Finding "home" in a cultural landscape of migration & belonging' has a deadline of 10 March www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...

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Confronterende beelden vanuit #Gaza waar iedereen urenlang moet wachten voor een bord eten.... #nosjournaal

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Proud to have been interviewed by NRC about our project Heritages of Hunger. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Deze week presenteerden we de eindresultaten van ons project Heritages of Hunger. Mooi interview met projectleider Marguérite Corporaal in NRC door @bartfun.bsky.social: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... @kgferrier.bsky.social @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social @mcorporaal.bsky.social #geschiedenis

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Palgrave just send us the cover of our forthcoming essay collection. Can't believe we are getting this close to publication, given the multitude of Covid roadblocks negotiated along the way. Thanks to my great co-editors, Marguérite Corporaal and Jason King, who will be joining us on Bluesky soon!

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[SEM] 23.01.25 / 17:00 / B0.619 @mcorporaal.bsky.social (Radboud University, Nijmegen (Hollande)): ‘One Emigrant More’: The Transnational Dimensions of Irish Local Colour Fiction, 1885-1910. Org. Hélène Lecossois pour l'aire Irlande

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The culmination of 5 full years of hard work: a database, learning resources for primary and secondary school teachers, a digital exhibition and a policy document, presented to Kathleen Ferrier of UNESCO Netherlands today. Heritages of Hunger. @lottejensen.bsky.social @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social

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A fantastic final event of our NWA Heritages of Hunger project (NWO). Thanks Museum Rotterdam for hosting us. Thanks, dear colleagues, for our fruitful collaborations. @charleyb.bsky.social @lottejensen.bsky.social

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Overhandiging eerste exemplaar van ons beleidsdocument Hongersnood als levend verleden. Ervaringen en aanbevelingen aan @kgferrier.bsky.social, voorzitter UNESCO Nederland, in Museum Rotterdam @mcorporaal.bsky.social

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Today Kathleen Ferrier (UNESCO Nederland) received the first copy of our policy document “Famine Legacies as Living Pasts “ in the Museum Rotterdam ‘40-‘45. Download the document here: lottejensen.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/spin... @mcorporaal.bsky.social @kgferrier.bsky.social

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This Tuesday 14 January, please join the online lecture series of Heritages of Hunger partner Werstas Labour Museum to listen to Charley Boerman on visual legacies of Finnish, Ukrainian and Greek famines. The lecture will be in English. CET is from 17-18. See www.tyovaenmuseo.fi/kuka-muistaa...

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Op 13 januari presenteren we in Museum Rotterdam onze brochure Hongersnood als levend verleden. Ervaringen en aanbevelingen. Toegepaste geschiedenis voor beleidsmakers, politici, museummedewerkers, de cultuursector, enz. @mcorporaal.bsky.social @charleyb.bsky.social @annevanmourik.bsky.social

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On January 13, we will present our brochure Famine Legacies as Living Pasts. Experiences and Recommendations in Museum Rotterdam. Applied history for policy makers, politicians, museum staff, the cultural sector, etc. @mcorporaal.bsky.social @charleyb.bsky.social @annevanmourik.bsky.social

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Check out this very interesting Call for Contributions to the edited vol. 'Radicalism, Radicalisation and Deradicalisation in Ireland from 1798 to Present Day'

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Hicky’s Bengal Gazette: How India’s possibly Irish first newspaper editor fell foul of its British rulers

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All 29 plays by Irish playwright Brian Friel will be staged in the north-west of Ireland over the next five years in an ambitious cross-border celebration marking the centenary of his birth www.irishnews.com/entertainmen...

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A quick heads-up: the wide-ranging interview between my colleagues Anneloek Scholten & Usha Wilbers & the wonderful Rita Felski on the reception, challenges & possibilities of postcritique is currently free to read in the most recent issue of English Studies:

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youtu.be/dH2fNlBuml4?... Magistraal, vooral het slot „Blijf maar dromen van een eng, kleinzielig land. Wat je buigt, veert ooit weer terug. In je gezicht.”

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Marguérite Corporaal and Lotte Jensen (Heritages of Hunger) have published a new article in the journal Memory Studies. It examines the cultural memories of the Irish (1845-1849) and Dutch potato famines (1845-1847) in children's and young adult novels. Read the article here: bit.ly/4h7GAoO. 📰

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New blog from the Heritages of Hunger project www.ru.nl/en/research/...

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heritagesofhunger.org The exhibition curated by @charleyb.bsky.social, as part of Heritages of Hunger.

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Christmas present from Routledge: • Congratulations! Your article has been published open access • 🎄 ‘Remembered and Forgotten: The Nineteenth-Century Flemish and Dutch Famine in Cultural Memory’ in Dutch Crossing, Low Countries Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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