Irish Studies at QUB
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
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This article is now out in @bjpir.bsky.social! In it, we explain why government action to tackle the ecological crisis at Lough Neagh has lagged behind the apparent rhetorical consensus about its importance. Has Muir been set up to fail? #LoughNeagh #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The environment as a second policy dimension in a deeply divided society: The politics of Northern Ireland’s Lough Neagh crisis - Timofey Agarin, Laurence Cooley, Elliott Hill, 2025
Environmental concerns are often marginalised in post-conflict societies. Especially under power-sharing, political parties tend to prioritise their ethno-natio...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This article is now out in @bjpir.bsky.social! In it, we explain why government action to tackle the ecological crisis at Lough Neagh has lagged behind the apparent rhetorical consensus about its importance. Has Muir been set up to fail? #LoughNeagh #openaccess journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
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New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Junior Research Fellowship in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Quill Project)
Pembroke College wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow in the History of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The appointment will be from early 2026 until 31 July 2027. The post is full-time and ...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Dieter Reinisch on the decline of RSF/CIRA www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Will the original republican dissidents call it a day?
A motion for Republican Sinn Féin's Ard-Fheis reveals growing dissatisfaction and cracks within the dissident republican organisation
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Dieter Reinisch on the decline of RSF/CIRA www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
With match funding from Queen’s, we are offering six funded studentships beginning in 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Art and enhancing community engagement with and support for net zero and climate action'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Art and enhancing community engagement with and support for net zero and climate action'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEPOL1 - POL-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Art and enhancing community engagement with and support for net zero and climate action'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Art and enhancing community engagement with and support for net zero and climate action'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS03 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'The Politics of Belonging in Housing for Asylum Seekers in Belfast & N Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'The Politics of Belonging in Housing for Asylum Seekers in Belfast & N Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEPOL3 - POL-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'The Politics of Belonging in Housing for Asylum Seekers in Belfast & N Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'The Politics of Belonging in Housing for Asylum Seekers in Belfast & N Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Migrants, Refugees and Housing in Northern Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Migrants, Refugees and Housing in Northern Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEANT2 - ANT-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Migrants, Refugees and Housing in Northern Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Migrants, Refugees and Housing in Northern Ireland'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS02 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
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If you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social
A recording of @sophcocooper.bsky.social's recent @usihs.bsky.social talk on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora' is now available at: usihs36.com/2025/11/04/u...
USIHS Lecture – Dr Sophie Cooper (QUB): Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online only, Thursday 13 November at 7pm. Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora. This paper will explore the var…
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November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
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USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
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November 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
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Our next monthly lecture is on Monday 24th November at 19.30 in-person at Elmwood QUB and online (www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg...). It is titled ‘Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community’ and will be given by Dr Marie Therese Barrett (IAC).
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our next monthly lecture is on Monday 24th November at 19.30 in-person at Elmwood QUB and online (www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg...). It is titled ‘Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community’ and will be given by Dr Marie Therese Barrett (IAC).
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On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'.
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'.
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
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Celebrating the launch of Pious and promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
November 21, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Celebrating the launch of Pious and promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
The book offers a previously unseen glimpse into how ordinary people navigated life’s most significant events as members of a closely knit religious community. Their stories may make you laugh, gasp or even shed a tear
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Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
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On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy, 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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...
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...
Book Launch: Consociational Powersharing in Northern Ireland, 25 November at 4pm
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...
Book Launch: Consociational Powersharing in Northern Ireland
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November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Book Launch: Consociational Powersharing in Northern Ireland, 25 November at 4pm
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...
www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...
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A century on from the unpublished Boundary Commission report, on 3 December, a Belfast conference of QUB's Institute for Irish Studies & Centre for International Borders Research will hear leading academics analyse the history, cultures & futures of the #Irishborder
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A century on from the unpublished Boundary Commission report, on 3 December, a Belfast conference of QUB's Institute for Irish Studies & Centre for International Borders Research will hear leading academics analyse the history, cultures & futures of the #Irishborder
tinyurl.com/BoundaryCent...
tinyurl.com/BoundaryCent...
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
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November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
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My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings - A rich study of one of Ireland’s great contemporary artists
Study of Colin Davidson’s art from the beginning to the present has many surprises
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November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My review of ‘Colin Davidson: Twelve Paintings – Conversations with Mark Carruthers’ from the weekend. A deep and beautiful book, and the paintings of Belfast are masterly.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...