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Looking forward to first of two events on 'Ireland and America' that I'm organizing with the help of Tim Murtagh (@timvrti.bsky.social) and other colleagues at PRONI and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. This event will bring experts together to discuss points of connection in Irish and American Pasts.

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Due to where Easter falls, our next USIHS event will be the J.C. Beckett Lecture which will be delivered by Prof. Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social on 22 May at PRONI. More information on the eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...

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This was excellent! Thanks so much to Cara and to everyone who joined us online - especially the big contingent from UL!

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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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We're really looking forward to this online USIHS seminar on 20th March at 7pm! Prof. Cara Delay will speak on 'Transnational Mothering in the era of the Great Famine'. Sign up details in the quoted text!

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The 35th Irish Conference of Historians @muahi.bsky.social will take place on 12-13 September and the call for papers is currently open! Proposals on the theme of 'Inner Lives and Outer Realities' should be submitted by 31 March 2025.

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Exciting times in TUS Library Archive & Special Collections @tusarchive-and-sc.bsky.social Follow for updates! @usihs.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @clodaghfinn.bsky.social @irishlitsoc.bsky.social @museumofchildhood.bsky.social @aslibraries.bsky.social @libraryaac.bsky.social

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Thanks so much to Dr Susan Flavin for coming to discuss 'Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing' with us last night! (Small) Beers were supped while we watched the fascinating documentary and then Susan answered a wide variety of questions on beer, isotopes, and interdisciplinary research!

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We loved this research & film, and had a great time interviewing Dr. Susan Flavin about it: shows.acast.com/beerladies/e...

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This is tonight! Please join us in 27 University Square, @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social at 6pm for what promises to be a great evening!

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This Thursday at 6pm! All are welcome to this in person only seminar at QUB!

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Submissions are now open for the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 - for an academic book on an Irish / Irish Diasporic historical subject published by an Irish resident in 2024 as their first scholarly book #IrishHistory. Closes 1 March. usihs36.com/2025/02/03/i...

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Don’t miss our upcoming event with Manchán Magan - tickets available at the link below.

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Our Spring 2025 #IrishStudies programme is now available at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

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Join us on Thursday 6th February at 6pm in the Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social for what promises to be a fascinating journey through 16th century brewing!

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The first USIHS seminar of the new year will be Susan Flavin @historytcd.bsky.social on 'Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing'! After watching the FoodCult film on 16thC brewing, there will be a discussion on the possibilities of interdisciplinarity! www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...

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Mainly for my own ease, I've put together an Irish Diaspora Histories starter pack (I shall be putting them all into a list for when I want an extra dose of Irish diaspora-ness) - there are some Irish migration historians in there too! Let me know if you want me to add you in! go.bsky.app/MvvgFFF

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This is tonight!

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The curse of the Senate Room - a story from the Friar’s Bush Graveyard page Friar's Bush gets its name from a Fairy Thorn that still stands in the graveyard. There are many stories of these little trees in Irish lore, and there have been a surprising number of these in the area …

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We are pleased to invite all PhD Students in Irish Studies to a new online writing session, followed by a casual lunch break, on Friday 6 December. Join us from 10 am CET onwards and/or join the lunch break from 12.30pm to 1.30pm CET. Register via: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Very excited that we’re off to the Black Country Living Museum next year for the SHS conference 🎉 I’m convening the Families, Lifecycle and Communities strand - get in touch if you have any Qs!

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We’re putting together an Irish Women’s and Gender History starter pack. It’s very much a work in progress as we figure out who is here! go.bsky.app/Bk1ULub

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If you want to learn about David Strain - the subject of an art installation in the Ulster Museum until Sunday & the Public Record Office of NI from next week - but can't get to Belfast, you can hear extracts from his beautiful diary & info about his gay life here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zki...

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A Chairde, I'll be giving a talk on the Irish Language Summer Colleges in @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social on 2nd December. All are welcome - please do come along either online or in person. Really looking forward to it and hope to see you there! Registration below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-stud...

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Our final seminar of 2024 will be on Thursday 5th December when Dr Andrew Mackillop @uofglasgow.bsky.social will speak on 'Corporation, Province, and Empire: Ulster and the English East India Company, c.1700-c.1820' at 6pm. Join us in person or online! www.eventbrite.ie/e/andrew-mac...

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After an excellent joint meeting of the Irish Historical Societies (alongside @irishhistsoc.bsky.social) in Dublin yesterday, we've decided to join you all over here!

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