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Bronagh Ann McShane
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women, gender, religion, digital humanities, AI | Research Fellow at Trinity College Dublin @voicestcd.bsky.social | Fellow of the Royal Historical Society | President of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland | author ✍️
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Bronagh Ann McShane @bamcshane.bsky.social · Dec 13
Hello Bluesky-ers 👋 it’s great to finally be here! I’m an historian interested in the study of women, religion & gender. Mostly early modern, specific interests in nuns & women’s cloistered communities through the ages. Currently dabbling with #AI & contemplating its utility for historical research
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Last night I was incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of @bridmcgrath.bsky.social . A formidable scholar with a huge passion for early modern history. But more importantly, a kind and generous person who will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her. 1/2
August 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic

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August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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It was a great pleasure to deliver the opening keynote address at the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference last month. I spoke on the subject of Catholic women & the probate courts in #earlymodern Ireland, part of my ongoing research for the @erc.europa.eu funded project @voicestcd.bsky.social
conorbrockbank.bsky.social Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · Jul 14
A great keynote by @bamcshane.bsky.social to begin the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference. Loads of food for thought which clearly came through with the well-engaged with Q&A afterwards
August 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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A great keynote by @bamcshane.bsky.social to begin the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference. Loads of food for thought which clearly came through with the well-engaged with Q&A afterwards
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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voicestcd.bsky.social
See our report on a recent workshop exploring Generative AI and Historical Research, convened by VOICES' own Dr Bronagh Ann McShane:

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At the Precipice of Possibility: Reflections on the Generative AI and Historical Research Workshop - VOICES
By Dr Bronagh Ann McShane On 7 May 2025, more than fifty individuals gathered at Trinity College Dublin for the workshop, ‘Generative AI and Historical Research’. Convened as part of the ERC-funded VO...
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May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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At a mass ahead of the #papalconclave Giovanni Battista Re, College of Cardinals Dean, called for a pope that can ‘awaken the consciences of all & the moral & spiritual energies in today's society, characterized by great technological progress but which tends to forget God’ @ewtnvatican.bsky.social
May 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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npr.org
As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are beginning the secretive process known as a conclave.
The conclave to choose a new pope is beginning. Here's what you need to know
As more than a billion Catholics around the world await the election of a new pope, all eyes are on the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are beginning the secretive process known as a conclave.
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May 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
bamcshane.bsky.social
Big day tomorrow, not only start of papal #conclave, but also my workshop on #GenerativeAI & Historical Research. Looking forward to some thought provoking discussions on what this technology means for the discipline of History

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May 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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On Northside Today from 11am Emma speaks to @bamcshane.bsky.social about women in the Catholic Church as the Papal Conclave prepares to convene tomorrow.
Dr Bronagh Ann McShane sitting in a car.
May 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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"If we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make a culture of encounter: we need this so much. We must meet one another doing good (2013)." #PopeFrancis #SantoSubito
April 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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washingtonpost.com
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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irishtimes.com
Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge
Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge
On one side stand the conservatives. On the other are the reformers. And in the centre are those who want an end to the polarisation
www.irishtimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Who will be the next Pope?

My op-ed in today’s @irishtimes.com - ’Race to succeed Francis begins with his funeral’ (subscriber content)

#popefrancis #papalfuneral #conclave #catholichurch

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
April 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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@bamcshane.bsky.social great piece today! Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Bronagh Ann McShane: Race to succeed Pope Francis begins with his funeral, as informal alliances of cardinals emerge
On one side stand the conservatives. On the other are the reformers. And in the centre are those who want an end to the polarisation
www.irishtimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
bamcshane.bsky.social
Not long to go until #GenerativeAI & Historical Research Workshop @tlrhub.bsky.social - really looking forward to this! Fantastic line up 👇
@voicestcd.bsky.social
@janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social
@historytcd.bsky.social
@virtualtreasury.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu
April 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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#BookSale #History #Music #Literature
April 24, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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voicestcd.bsky.social
Check out the latest VOICES blog!

Our Research Fellow, Diego Rincon Yanez, explores how Natural Language Processing and AI helps us learn about the lives of women in early modern Ireland:

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Blog 5: Giving Voice to the Past: How AI Helps Us Listen - VOICES
NLP on VOICES project
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April 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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tlrhub.bsky.social
"Pope Francis appointed more women to leadership roles in the Vatican than any pope before him."

@bamcshane.bsky.social (Research Fellow, @voicestcd.bsky.social, @historytcd.bsky.social) explores the legacy of #PopeFrancis in 'The Conversation'.

Read now: theconversation.com/pope-francis...
Pope Francis promoted women to unprecedented heights of power in the church
Women now hold several high-level administrative roles in the Catholic church but not everyone is on board.
theconversation.com
April 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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jdmccafferty.bsky.social
1448 pp here of Luke Wadding’s Roman dossier on Jansenism & anti-Jansenism from 1652/1653. And this was just volume 3…
April 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
bamcshane.bsky.social
Pope Francis leaves a complex legacy but his moves to promote women in leadership within the Vatican marked a real shift.

I explore what his legacy means in light of the Church’s long history of patriarchy;

theconversation.com/pope-francis...

#PopeFrancis #CatholicChurch #Religion #patriarchy
April 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Pope Francis promoted women to unprecedented heights of power in the church @theconversation.com

#popefrancis #womeninleadership #catholicism #nuntastic

theconversation.com/pope-francis...
Pope Francis promoted women to unprecedented heights of power in the church
Women now hold several high-level administrative roles in the Catholic church but not everyone is on board.
theconversation.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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president.ie
Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Pope Francis president.ie/en/media-lib...
April 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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nbcnews.com
Nuns arrives to pray at St. Peter's Square following the death of Pope Francis in the Vatican on Monday.

Pope Francis died at age 88 a day after making an appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.

📷 Alberto Pizzoli / AFP

nbcnews.to/3Gd04KK
April 21, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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RIP #PopeFrancis ✝️

sharing my @irishtimes.com article on Francis and women in the Church.

‘Vision of Pope Francis has signalled shift in how Vatican views women in leadership’

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
April 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM