Leanne Calvert
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
Historian of the Family @UL Like dogs? Meet Frank 🐶 Belfast 🔁 Tipperary
Out Now! *Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster* https://shop.ria.ie/products/pious-and-promiscuous
Out Now! *Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster* https://shop.ria.ie/products/pious-and-promiscuous
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Leanne Calvert
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
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Pious and promiscuous
Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...
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My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex
Lovely to see my MA History of Family students sharing their research 🥰 Paula Cronin features in the Kilkenny People with a piece about her grandfather's career in the British Army "From Kilkenny to the Kyber Pass" @ulhistory.bsky.social #HistFam
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From Kilkenny to the Khyber Pass: Lance Corporal William Ryan and the making of an imperial soldier
A family history revealed a surprise Kilkenny connection
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January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Lovely to see my MA History of Family students sharing their research 🥰 Paula Cronin features in the Kilkenny People with a piece about her grandfather's career in the British Army "From Kilkenny to the Kyber Pass" @ulhistory.bsky.social #HistFam
www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/history...
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Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2026 conference 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @maynoothuniversity.ie deadline for abstracts 1 Feb! For more see ssnci.org/annual-confe...
Annual Conference 2026 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
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January 12, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2026 conference 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @maynoothuniversity.ie deadline for abstracts 1 Feb! For more see ssnci.org/annual-confe...
Request for #skystorians Im finishing a piece on food&sex & looking for scholarship to cite on ingestion as an allegory for intercourse. Partic interested in food moving through the body, changing shape & form. I have Rachel Hope Cleves new book & a super PhD thesis by Catherine Rose Ellis #HistSex
January 12, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Request for #skystorians Im finishing a piece on food&sex & looking for scholarship to cite on ingestion as an allegory for intercourse. Partic interested in food moving through the body, changing shape & form. I have Rachel Hope Cleves new book & a super PhD thesis by Catherine Rose Ellis #HistSex
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If you’re at a loose end tonight, come along to the first Galway Archeological and Historical Society lecture of the year! I’m speaking on tangled knots of sibling obligation, guardianship, unravelling family reputation and the nephews caught in the crossfire (poor Edmund). The Harbour Hotel at 8pm!
January 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
If you’re at a loose end tonight, come along to the first Galway Archeological and Historical Society lecture of the year! I’m speaking on tangled knots of sibling obligation, guardianship, unravelling family reputation and the nephews caught in the crossfire (poor Edmund). The Harbour Hotel at 8pm!
#ICYMI or need something to liven up your week back to work, click below to listen to me chat to Fin Dwyer about the sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th century Ulster. We cover baby daddy drama, masturbation, adultery & more #HistSex @ulhistory.bsky.social #IrishHist #NewBook #HistFam
UL's Dr Leanne Calvert joins Fin Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast to discuss her research into the secret sex lives of Presbyterians in Ulster in the 18th century, which she has revealed in her book, Pious & Promiscuous: Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster.
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The Secret Sex Lives of our Ancestors
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January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
#ICYMI or need something to liven up your week back to work, click below to listen to me chat to Fin Dwyer about the sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th century Ulster. We cover baby daddy drama, masturbation, adultery & more #HistSex @ulhistory.bsky.social #IrishHist #NewBook #HistFam
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Join me, @tomhulme.bsky.social & @paraickerrigan.bsky.social in Dublin on Jan 23 at the Irish Georgian Society to talk about my book, Love in the Lav! Tickets scanner.topsec.com?d=1962&r=sho...
December 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Join me, @tomhulme.bsky.social & @paraickerrigan.bsky.social in Dublin on Jan 23 at the Irish Georgian Society to talk about my book, Love in the Lav! Tickets scanner.topsec.com?d=1962&r=sho...
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'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors': Listen to Pious and Promiscuous author @leannecalvert.bsky.social in conversation with Fin O’Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast about sex in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster: from paternity and gossip to adultery and runaway spouses.
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors': Listen to Pious and Promiscuous author @leannecalvert.bsky.social in conversation with Fin O’Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast about sex in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster: from paternity and gossip to adultery and runaway spouses.
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british history is when you write about england but your footnotes note “may have been different in wales, scotland and ireland”
December 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
british history is when you write about england but your footnotes note “may have been different in wales, scotland and ireland”
& Can't argue with Fin, if you're looking a christmas present with a saucy side, the book can be purchased here shop.ria.ie/products/pious #HistSex #HistFam #IrishHist #NewBook #PiousPromiscuous
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
& Can't argue with Fin, if you're looking a christmas present with a saucy side, the book can be purchased here shop.ria.ie/products/pious #HistSex #HistFam #IrishHist #NewBook #PiousPromiscuous
The new episode of the Irish History Podcast features me with Fin O'Dwyer on 'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors'. Listen in to hear more about Presbyterians & their sex lives in c18th Ireland #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous @ulhistory.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Links below 👇
Links below 👇
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The new episode of the Irish History Podcast features me with Fin O'Dwyer on 'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors'. Listen in to hear more about Presbyterians & their sex lives in c18th Ireland #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous @ulhistory.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social
Links below 👇
Links below 👇
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Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 | Architectural History | Cambridge Core
The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68
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December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We're staying in Tipp for Xmas. Parents sent us down our Xmas boxes. Frank already in brat mode. As you can see, my ma packed us the essentials 😂 Tayto & soda farls
December 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We're staying in Tipp for Xmas. Parents sent us down our Xmas boxes. Frank already in brat mode. As you can see, my ma packed us the essentials 😂 Tayto & soda farls
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Who is doing interesting work on children and crises - disaster, war, famine, climate, familial, personal, gender, etc? Tell me about them!
December 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Who is doing interesting work on children and crises - disaster, war, famine, climate, familial, personal, gender, etc? Tell me about them!
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🎁 For fans of social history and untold stories.
👉 Gift someone an RIA publication this Christmas: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
#RIAPublications #PiousAndPromiscuous #12PubsOfChristmas
👉 Gift someone an RIA publication this Christmas: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
#RIAPublications #PiousAndPromiscuous #12PubsOfChristmas
Pious and promiscuous
Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Join us for the book launch in Belfast at the end of October - details here Leanne Calvert w...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🎁 For fans of social history and untold stories.
👉 Gift someone an RIA publication this Christmas: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
#RIAPublications #PiousAndPromiscuous #12PubsOfChristmas
👉 Gift someone an RIA publication this Christmas: shop.ria.ie/products/pious
#RIAPublications #PiousAndPromiscuous #12PubsOfChristmas
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🎄 On the tenth day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re uncovering Ulster’s intimate past!
@leannecalvert.bsky.social ’s Pious & Promiscuous explores love, rebellion, and everyday life in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster.
@leannecalvert.bsky.social ’s Pious & Promiscuous explores love, rebellion, and everyday life in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster.
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🎄 On the tenth day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re uncovering Ulster’s intimate past!
@leannecalvert.bsky.social ’s Pious & Promiscuous explores love, rebellion, and everyday life in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster.
@leannecalvert.bsky.social ’s Pious & Promiscuous explores love, rebellion, and everyday life in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster.
Ah lovely to see that I have been elected as a Fellow @royalhistsoc.org this morning 🥰 Many thanks to @djrgrey.bsky.social for supporting my application
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ah lovely to see that I have been elected as a Fellow @royalhistsoc.org this morning 🥰 Many thanks to @djrgrey.bsky.social for supporting my application
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Our Newsletter editor & web officer is Prof Heidi Hannele Kurvinen (Uni of Bergen, Norway). She is a gender and media historian who has mostly focused on the post-war period in Finnish and Nordic history #WomensHist #GenderHist
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our Newsletter editor & web officer is Prof Heidi Hannele Kurvinen (Uni of Bergen, Norway). She is a gender and media historian who has mostly focused on the post-war period in Finnish and Nordic history #WomensHist #GenderHist
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Our Treasurer is Dr Shannon Devlin who is new to IFRWH this term @shannondevlin.bsky.social Shannon is a social & gender historian with a focus on sibling relationships, cousinhood & the family in C19th-20th Ireland #GenderHist #WomensHist
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Our Treasurer is Dr Shannon Devlin who is new to IFRWH this term @shannondevlin.bsky.social Shannon is a social & gender historian with a focus on sibling relationships, cousinhood & the family in C19th-20th Ireland #GenderHist #WomensHist
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Our Vice-President is Prof. Manuela Martini. Manuela is Professor of modern history at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2020-2025). She has published extensively on European economic history, family & gender history & labour international migrations.
December 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our Vice-President is Prof. Manuela Martini. Manuela is Professor of modern history at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2020-2025). She has published extensively on European economic history, family & gender history & labour international migrations.
The @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social voted in their next board for the 2025-30 term. Delighted to be serving as President for the next five years alongside some great friends & colleagues. This means the next IFRWH conference will be in Limerick, Ireland, in a few years time! Details to follow soon 😍
We'll introduce our new board on our socials in the next weeks.
But first up, our new President: Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social She is a historian of the family & sexuality in C18th-19th Ireland. Leanne is based at @unioflimerick.bsky.social which is where our next conference will be!
But first up, our new President: Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social She is a historian of the family & sexuality in C18th-19th Ireland. Leanne is based at @unioflimerick.bsky.social which is where our next conference will be!
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social voted in their next board for the 2025-30 term. Delighted to be serving as President for the next five years alongside some great friends & colleagues. This means the next IFRWH conference will be in Limerick, Ireland, in a few years time! Details to follow soon 😍
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We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 AM
We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
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If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
'Love in the Lav' by Dr Averill Earls - Talk and Panel Discussion
Irish launch of Averill Earl’s 'Love in the Lav' with Páraic Kerrigan (UCD) and Tom Hulme (QUB).
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If you'll be in Dublin at the end of January, come to hear me talk for a bit (and then converse with the wonderful @tomhulme.bsky.social and @paraickerrigan.bsky.social), the eventbrite sign up is now live: www.eventbrite.ie/e/love-in-th...
The next WHAI conference will be in Limerick, co-organised by myself & @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social CFP is now live. Abstracts due 31 January 2026, so plenty of time to think of a paper as you think about signing off for xmas... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #HistSex #HistFam
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
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WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference.
Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The conferenc...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The next WHAI conference will be in Limerick, co-organised by myself & @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social CFP is now live. Abstracts due 31 January 2026, so plenty of time to think of a paper as you think about signing off for xmas... #WomensHistory #GenderHist #HistSex #HistFam
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Delighted to be on the organising committee with @leannecalvert.bsky.social for the WHAI Conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I 29 and 30 May 2026.
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
sites.google.com/view/whai202...
WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference.
Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.
The conferenc...
sites.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Delighted to be on the organising committee with @leannecalvert.bsky.social for the WHAI Conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I 29 and 30 May 2026.
And it's a fantastic article! Well done @historianjen.bsky.social 🎉🎉 wonderful to see this out in the world 🥰
My latest article is now available on advanced access. Huge thanks to @claireturner.bsky.social and @leannecalvert.bsky.social for all of there support in getting it over the line.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
And it's a fantastic article! Well done @historianjen.bsky.social 🎉🎉 wonderful to see this out in the world 🥰