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Dr Laura Gillespie
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Researcher of Black and Indigenous US History. Lecturer in Modern American History at Liverpool John Moores University.
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A fantastic few days in Belfast with the MA students for a public history field trip! @ljmuhistory.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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1) At last! Having submitted last April, the gears of academic publishing have finally ground round and my article on Twilight: 2000 in the Journal of American Studies is now available! And it's open access, so anyone can engage with it!

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When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces | Journal of American Studie...
When You Say, “Thermonuclear War,” I Think You Mean “the Call to Adventure”! The Twilight: 2000 Tabletop Role-Playing Game and the Postapocalyptic World’s Imaginary Spaces
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October 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Great weekend attending my first BrANCH conference in Cardiff! A highlight was @beccapalmer99.bsky.social’s paper on Conspiracy in the Revolutionary Era.
September 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Huge day for the parish launching @shannondevlin.bsky.social’s first book at Queen’s. Very much a full circle moment. Galileo loved it. @qubhistory.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Proud friend alert! I saw from the PhD office to now just how much blood, sweat, tears, and prosecco went into getting this book out. It’s a great read. Delighted for you @shannondevlin.bsky.social!
shannondevlin.bsky.social Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · Jan 29
Happy publication week! Delighted (& slightly terrified) my first book is out in the wild for everyone to read 😂 Had so much fun going down the rabbit hole researching these families and hope that’s evident on the page #histfam
Image of four copies of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin and some lovely flowers. A copy of Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster by Shannon Devlin against a blue sky.
January 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Available now: Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster is publishing today! Find out more about @shannondevlin.bsky.social's book here ⬇️
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On the left of the image, the book cover for Siblinghood and Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster. Next to it, on the right, white text on a dark purple background which reads: 'Using innovative genealogical methods, this book explores nineteenth-century Irish middle-class life through the sibling relationship.' In the top right corner, the LUP logo. The background is a black and white photograph taken from the book's cover, which portrays a nineteenth-century family posing for a portrait photo.
January 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM