Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS
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The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences is the national committee for history in Ireland.
Further details: http://www.historians.ie/
Further details: http://www.historians.ie/
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35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities
The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History
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We are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...
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The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
Joining the Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society: a brief guide if you’re considering an application | Historical Transactions
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November 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians
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As part of the @cemslimerick.bsky.social Winter School at Univeristy of Limerick next Tuesday and Wednesday, you're welcome to Jason Harris's keynote on 'Manuscript publication in the seventeenth century: questions and approaches'. 5.15pm.
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
As part of the @cemslimerick.bsky.social Winter School at Univeristy of Limerick next Tuesday and Wednesday, you're welcome to Jason Harris's keynote on 'Manuscript publication in the seventeenth century: questions and approaches'. 5.15pm.
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On 8 December we have a joint seminar with the Centre for Public History. Visiting Scholar Jessica Martell (Appalachian State Univ.) will speak on 'Beyond plantation mentalities in Irish literature, film, and culture'. In-person and online.
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Irish Studies / Public History Seminar: Jessica Martell
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
On 8 December we have a joint seminar with the Centre for Public History. Visiting Scholar Jessica Martell (Appalachian State Univ.) will speak on 'Beyond plantation mentalities in Irish literature, film, and culture'. In-person and online.
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.
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We are pleased to launch today a new funding scheme, jointly with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson.
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Society launches call for new Applied History Fellowships, with the Institute of Historical Research and DC Thomson - RHS
In November 2025, the Society joins with partners the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and publisher DC Thomson to launch a new Applied History Fellowship programme to support recent post-doctor...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We are pleased to launch today a new funding scheme, jointly with @ihr.bsky.social & DC Thomson.
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
Applied History Fellowships bit.ly/4ijiuII offer financial / practical support to develop the wider impact and application of academic work. £12,000 for 6 months. Closing date: 31 Jan 2026 #Skystorians
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Public lecture: ‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Public lecture: ‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
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Upcoming conference: ‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025. @dublincityuni.bsky.social
‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025
Registration: Full programme available here: OConnell & his Legacy_CHSI Programme 22 Nov 2025Download
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November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Upcoming conference: ‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025. @dublincityuni.bsky.social
Upcoming conference: ‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025. @dublincityuni.bsky.social
‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025
Registration: Full programme available here: OConnell & his Legacy_CHSI Programme 22 Nov 2025Download
www.historians.ie
November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Upcoming conference: ‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025. @dublincityuni.bsky.social
Public lecture: ‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
ICHSDownload
www.historians.ie
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Public lecture: ‘Lord Lowry of Crossgar: A Reassessment’ Professor Brice Dickson, Queen’s University, Belfast, 14 November 2025 Irish Legal History Society
‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025
‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025
Registration: Full programme available here: OConnell & his Legacy_CHSI Programme 22 Nov 2025Download
www.historians.ie
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
‘O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY’, Catholic Historical Society of Ireland, annual conference, Saturday 22 November 2025
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Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...
O’CONNELL AND HIS LEGACY
Join us to celebrate the life and enduring impact of O'Connell and his legacy at our upcoming event!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Do share! The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland’s annual conference is on Daniel O’Connell and his Legacies - 22 Nov in @dculibrary.bsky.social - all welcome! (Small fee on the day) @nmireland.bsky.social @nlireland.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/oconnell-a...
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Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Dr. Leeann Lane's thought-provoking exhibtion Cork Afterlives is now on display in O'Reilly library. Don't miss the untold stories of Cork’s revolutionary women who stayed single, and were sidelined, in the Irish Free State.
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
@lloislanel.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social
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We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Sophie Cooper: USIHS seminar - Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online, Thursday 13 November at 7pm.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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RIA is partnering with Geographical Society of Ireland to present a panel event exploring Geography and Geosciences in the School Curriculum with keynote by @dhkaplanoh.bsky.social Kent State University
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
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Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
RIA is partnering with Geographical Society of Ireland to present a panel event exploring Geography and Geosciences in the School Curriculum with keynote by @dhkaplanoh.bsky.social Kent State University
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...
@geolsurvie.bsky.social
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Looking forward to this event - Sarah’s book is fantastic & will be of interest to historians (or anyone!) interested in themes of religion, money, the family, class, clergy-laity relationships, immigration, the built environment & more! #speirghorm #speirgorm #skystorians
Looking forward to being in conversation with @niamhroisin.bsky.social on my new book Money and Irish Catholicism: An Intimate History, 1850-1921 in Maynooth next week - all welcome!
Thursday November 6 18:00-19:00 Iontas Building, First Floor, Room 1.33.
Thursday November 6 18:00-19:00 Iontas Building, First Floor, Room 1.33.
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Looking forward to this event - Sarah’s book is fantastic & will be of interest to historians (or anyone!) interested in themes of religion, money, the family, class, clergy-laity relationships, immigration, the built environment & more! #speirghorm #speirgorm #skystorians
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Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Published today: 'Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940', by Gareth Roddy bit.ly/4nwj9Y2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
Gareth's book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series @uolpress.bsky.social. Available Open Access and in paperback print #Skystorians 1/2
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If you're near Limerick, Dr. Harald E. Braun (University of Liverpool) will speak in the Hunt Museum on 5 November, 6-8pm, on:
‘War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.’ Organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social
‘War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.’ Organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
If you're near Limerick, Dr. Harald E. Braun (University of Liverpool) will speak in the Hunt Museum on 5 November, 6-8pm, on:
‘War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.’ Organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social
‘War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.’ Organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social
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The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year
Centenary celebrations for release of 1926 census
The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year
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Call for Papers – IHSA 2026 Conference at Maynooth University
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Call for Papers – IHSA 2026 Conference at Maynooth University
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.
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📢 Call for Senior Editor: #DigitalHumanities on our growing broad scope open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities ✨ Apply by 23 November 2025 👇
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Senior Editor needed for Cogent Arts & Humanities
Senior Editor needed for Cogent Arts & Humanities
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October 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢 Call for Senior Editor: #DigitalHumanities on our growing broad scope open access journal Cogent Arts & Humanities ✨ Apply by 23 November 2025 👇
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social
think.taylorandfrancis.com/editor_recru... @tandfresearch.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social
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Our next online seminar will be on Thursday 16th October! Join us for this interdisciplinary panel to discuss working in archives and methodologies!
To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
October 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our next online seminar will be on Thursday 16th October! Join us for this interdisciplinary panel to discuss working in archives and methodologies!
To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We can't wait to see you there!
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To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.
To enter:
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🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition
I’ll pick a winner next week.
#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory
To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition
I’ll pick a winner next week.
#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory
October 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To mark the release of my new book, When Fitness Went Global: The Rise of Physical Culture in the Nineteenth Century (Bloomsbury, 2025), I’m giving away a copy.
To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition
I’ll pick a winner next week.
#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory
To enter:
💪 Repost
🌍 Comment with your favorite strength tradition
I’ll pick a winner next week.
#StrengthHeritage #SportHistory
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It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.
October 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.
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The Thatcher conference posters are up and you may see mine and Ciara Nicholson face about @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social . Anyone interested in attending the information is on the poster, or just let me know. @qubhistory.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Thatcher conference posters are up and you may see mine and Ciara Nicholson face about @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social . Anyone interested in attending the information is on the poster, or just let me know. @qubhistory.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social