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Colin Veach
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Medieval historian at U. of Hull | VCH Yorkshire, East Riding
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Postdoc opportunity. Please distribute widely. We’re looking for an emerging scholar doing community-centred or community-led research in Pacific History. Minimal teaching duties, research, relocation funds and visa sponsorship available.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Pacific History
Full time, fixed term for 3 years Opportunity for research in Pacific history in the Discipline of History First Nations and Pacific Nations candidates strongly encouraged to apply Academic Level A6-8...
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May 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Come join me and my lovely colleagues in @historyathull.bsky.social for three years!
@hullhttps://jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=UOH-TA-0373
Job Vacancy at the University of Hull: Lecturer in History
At the University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity,...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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My grandmas were immigrants, my mum & sisters in law are immigrants; my sister & nephews are migrants. My kids study maths, Shakespeare, dance, act & score tries alongside the kids of immigrants. My dad’s life was saved by immigrants. Immigrants have made us richer, wiser, stronger

Win the fight
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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As one of the co-supervisors with @justincolson.bsky.social & colleagues from Historic Royal Palaces (I'm a little biased), this is fantastic opportunity to place the Tower was in the period (palace, arsenal, prison - place of consumption of all sorts of things), in the widest context. Apply! 🗃️
April 2, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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Bonus episode out now. @colinveach.bsky.social talks in more detail about the contemporary written sources justifying the 'Anglo-Norman Invasion' and we reflect on modern scholars' approaches to 12th century Irish history. Gerald of Wales, Laudabiliter & more! open.spotify.com/episode/5Zmp...
Bonus episode: Interpreting the 'Anglo-Norman' Invasion with Dr Colin Veach
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
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February 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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It's nearly St Brigit's Day! So naturally we have an episode for you on ... the conquest of Ireland, 1169! Thanks to the brilliant (& patient!) @colinveach.bsky.social for explaining the English angle on the 'Anglo-Norman' Invasion. King Henry II, Strongbow & more.
open.spotify.com/episode/1Gjz...
1169: The English Conquest of Ireland with Dr Colin Veach
The Medieval Irish History Podcast · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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NEW TRAINING SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us in March to learn more about how to research place-based religious histories beyond the parish church. Everyone is welcome for this free training. www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
January 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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"By making over these women in our own image, we lose so much of what was distinctive and beautiful about their literature."

What Were the Lives of Medieval Women Like? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/b...
What Were the Lives of Medieval Women Like? (Gift Article)
In “Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife” the historian Hetta Howes seeks to relate to figures of the past.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Just listened to this on my way back to Hull from Maynooth. Such a great overview. From now on I'll be sure to check old bookbindings for a lost tract about cats.
In our new ep. Prof. Liam Breatnach @diasdublin.bsky.social explains what the medieval Irish legal material, esp. the Senchas Már ('great tradition'), can tell us about society. We chat cats, polygamy, legal disputes, lost texts, inequality, what people ate & more! open.spotify.com/episode/10nf...
Law and Society with Prof. Liam Breatnach
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December 20, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Many congratulations, Adam!
Delighted to say that the Research Degrees Committee at Hull has approved the award of my PhD. Thanks to everyone who has given me help and support along the way, particularly @colinveach.bsky.social and Katherine Lewis who provided invaluable supervision throughout.
December 4, 2024 at 7:38 AM
This is a great little book. A very useful introduction to the pipe rolls for students, and an essential aid for those of us who sometimes need a quick reminder.
If you find pipe rolls, like this, a bit off-putting, then you might be interested in my book Approaching Pipe Rolls. It tries to explain what pipe rolls are, and how to read and understand them. The paperback edition is published today (link below). #medievalsky
November 29, 2024 at 12:35 PM
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Was William the Conqueror guilty of genocide? A free-to-read article about the Harrying of the North I wrote for @historyextra.bsky.social. www.historyextra.com/period/anglo...
Was William the Conqueror a war criminal? The brutal story of the Harrying of the North
William I’s Harrying of the North of England over the winter of 1069/70 resulted in perhaps 150,000 deaths, reducing many victims to eating cats, dogs and even one another. So should it, asks Marc Mor...
www.historyextra.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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I’m delighted by this wonderfully generous review in Church History of The Emperor and the Elephant:

‘This groundbreaking and much-needed new study will be a required reference for all future scholarly considerations of the early medieval world.’
November 22, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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Why we shouldn't call it 'Tyrone's Rebellion' (& I'm guilty of this too) short 🧵 I call it the Nine Years War (as much as I can but have relapses). Often still referred to as 'Tyrone's Rebellion'. Isn't the best term to use for a number of reasons. First, the word 'Rebellion'
November 22, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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The legendary early Irish poet Forgoll boasted that he knew a story for every night between Samain (1 November) and Beltene (1 May), a long season of storytelling that follows the shortening & lengthening day

[RIA MS 23 E 25 p. 133 (Lebor na hUidre) www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
November 22, 2024 at 8:29 AM
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A nice map, a useful map (lacking Alt Text though - what is shows, by colour-coding, which archive, of 14 possibilities, holds records for each parish in Yorkshire). Among other things, it demonstrates how varied local government is in the county and how boundaries shift... 🗃️
Helpful guide to Yorkshire parishes - why not drop in to
see us at York Family History Society at the Raylor Centre on James Street York open Tues/Thursdays 10-4 or on request.
See our website for details.
@balhnews.bsky.social @uoyborthwick.bsky.social
#familyhistory #genealogy
November 21, 2024 at 3:28 PM
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"this is fine"

British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r
November 16, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Recent article on Open Access: Colin Veach 'From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland'

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From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland *
Abstract. This article offers a new way of framing the English conquest of Ireland by focusing on the development of a kingdom of Ireland both before and a
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November 12, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Was Ireland a kingdom before the English invasion of 1169? Was it a colony after? Here's my new open-access article in the English Historical Review looking at how we might frame the English conquest of Ireland.
doi.org/10.1093/ehr/...
From Kingdom to Colony: Framing the English Conquest of Ireland *
Abstract. This article offers a new way of framing the English conquest of Ireland by focusing on the development of a kingdom of Ireland both before and a
doi.org
November 5, 2024 at 3:21 PM
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Today we mark the Bristol650 anniversary by re-enacting Bristol’s first perambulation undertaken on this day in 1373 per pedes and by ship and confirmed by royal charter to define the medieval county boundary on land and water.
September 30, 2023 at 8:41 AM
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A good opportunity to work with Andy Seaman and Charles Insley on the 'Making the March' project, www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DCX385/r...
Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at Cardiff University
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Research Associate in Early Medieval Archaeology at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 23, 2023 at 8:09 PM
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Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians
September 20, 2023 at 1:56 PM
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"As a result of the changes, AHRC expects to fund one quarter fewer PhD students, reducing from 425 to around 300 new studentships per year by 2029 to 2030." www.ukri.org/news/update-...
Update on AHRC future doctoral provision
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will introduce major changes to its doctoral provision later this year.
www.ukri.org
September 20, 2023 at 12:44 PM