Niamh Cullen
@niamhcullen.bsky.social
Lecturer @ QUB history. Twentieth century Italy, history of emotions, family, motherhood. Creative approaches to history. Essays and stories in the Dublin Review @londonmagazine, Tangerine magazine
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Niamh Cullen
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· Aug 30
New Irish Writing: Come Away, O Human Child by Niamh Cullen
1. It was a long time since Niamh had felt the warmth of a man against her body. Her sisters didn’t understand the longing. Why bother, Síobha said, when they are so impatient and skittish, their live...
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My strangle little retelling of the Niamh and Oisin story appears in the Independent’s New Irish Writing series today. Very pleased it found a home there m.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Very happy to be included on this shortlist for my biography-in-progress on Darina Silone, an Irishwoman in the Italian antifascist resistance thebiographersclub.com/the-biograph...
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The Biographers’ Club is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize 2025! | The Biographer's Club
The prize awards £2,000 to the best proposal for an uncommissioned first biography, and is generously sponsored by the Duke of Buccleuch in memory of his late wife Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch (195...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very happy to be included on this shortlist for my biography-in-progress on Darina Silone, an Irishwoman in the Italian antifascist resistance thebiographersclub.com/the-biograph...
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It also includes one of the most outrageously realistic portrayals of breastfeeding I have seen in religious art! Especially love Jesus pushing his halo away…
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It also includes one of the most outrageously realistic portrayals of breastfeeding I have seen in religious art! Especially love Jesus pushing his halo away…
Just finished this short, incredible book about art, perception, memory and walking around Siena
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Just finished this short, incredible book about art, perception, memory and walking around Siena
At nearly 1000 signatures now…
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
At nearly 1000 signatures now…
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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'
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REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
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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...
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
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'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
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REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
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Sign & share this petition from @pfie.bsky.social calling on the Education Minister Paul Givan to deliver inclusive religious education for all children!
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Sign Now: We demand Inclusive Religious Education for all NI’s Children
I've signed the petition calling for the Education Minister to reform Religious Education in NI today - will you sign too?
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November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sign & share this petition from @pfie.bsky.social calling on the Education Minister Paul Givan to deliver inclusive religious education for all children!
my.actnowni.org/petitions/re...
my.actnowni.org/petitions/re...
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Statement from the PFIE officer group on the JR87 ruling yesterday.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Statement from the PFIE officer group on the JR87 ruling yesterday.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
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Given the serious safeguarding issues uncovered by the Presbyterian church’s own review, it is worth noting that the single biggest source of primary school visitors uncovered by this FOI report in 2023 was the Presbyterian church (2,350 out of 11,500 total visits).
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November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Given the serious safeguarding issues uncovered by the Presbyterian church’s own review, it is worth noting that the single biggest source of primary school visitors uncovered by this FOI report in 2023 was the Presbyterian church (2,350 out of 11,500 total visits).
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Excited to be representing PfIE at the launch!
📢 Exciting research launch news!
PFIE joined with QUB & the NI Interfaith Forum for research on Religious Education in NI.
📘 Religion and Worldviews Education for All 🗓 4 Dec 10:00-11:30am 📍Riddell Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road 🎟️ Tickets are free, registration necessary tinyurl.com/3j8u58mm
PFIE joined with QUB & the NI Interfaith Forum for research on Religious Education in NI.
📘 Religion and Worldviews Education for All 🗓 4 Dec 10:00-11:30am 📍Riddell Hall, 185 Stranmillis Road 🎟️ Tickets are free, registration necessary tinyurl.com/3j8u58mm
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Excited to be representing PfIE at the launch!
Looking forward to this too!
Looking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar by @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social, chaired by @kieranconnell.bsky.social! Snacks and drinks will be provided as usual. For more information and to sign up to attend online, see the link below:
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November 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Looking forward to this too!
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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📣 We now have over 300 members in our parent WhatsApp community!
Drop us a message for a link to join.
Drop us a message for a link to join.
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📣 We now have over 300 members in our parent WhatsApp community!
Drop us a message for a link to join.
Drop us a message for a link to join.
Looking forward to this! accidentaltheatre.co.uk/box-office/n...
Novels In The Pipeline — Accidental Theatre
Novels-in-the-Pipeline brings together literary talents from around the globe, from Minnesota in America to across the island of Ireland. Brace yourself for a diverse array of narratives, from specula...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Looking forward to this! accidentaltheatre.co.uk/box-office/n...
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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This reply was my favorite
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This reply was my favorite
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In: wearing seven poppies and boasting loudly about observing the two minute silence.
Out: having the remotest interest in the past or educating yourself on what should not supposedly be forgotten.
Out: having the remotest interest in the past or educating yourself on what should not supposedly be forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In: wearing seven poppies and boasting loudly about observing the two minute silence.
Out: having the remotest interest in the past or educating yourself on what should not supposedly be forgotten.
Out: having the remotest interest in the past or educating yourself on what should not supposedly be forgotten.
Really interesting thread about history, gender and biography
Thought Anna Funder’s Wifedom brilliant. Perhaps the most effective dissection of patriarchy I’ve read. Here’s some reasons why I liked it as a historian.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Really interesting thread about history, gender and biography
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We will respect them but also, have you taken the two minute silence to really think about the value of your property? It's what the fallen would have wanted. They gave their tomorrow so we can tout for your business today.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
November 9, 2025 at 6:59 PM
We will respect them but also, have you taken the two minute silence to really think about the value of your property? It's what the fallen would have wanted. They gave their tomorrow so we can tout for your business today.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
Even by estate agent standards. That's low.
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Contemporary European History is looking to hire a new managing editor — come work with us! 🌟 Deadline is November 30.
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Managing Editor – Call for Applications
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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November 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Contemporary European History is looking to hire a new managing editor — come work with us! 🌟 Deadline is November 30.
@conteurohistory.bsky.social
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Fascinating
In the 1600s, thousands of people were buried in crypts under a Milan hospital & preserved by unusual conditions. “What is striking is how much you can extrapolate from an ancient body,” says one researcher, “and how much you can understand from that about the period they lived in." @science.org
Thousands buried in 17th century Italian crypt reveal lives of working poor
Remains recovered from beneath a Milan hospital shed light on health, diet, and drug habits during the 1600s
www.science.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Fascinating
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ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
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October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
Spent a lovely few days in Milan researching feminist ideas and activism about maternal and child welfare in the 1970, and planning out the research for my @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship. Now looking forward to talking about my work at the University of Padova this afternoon
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Spent a lovely few days in Milan researching feminist ideas and activism about maternal and child welfare in the 1970, and planning out the research for my @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship. Now looking forward to talking about my work at the University of Padova this afternoon
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❛ What. / The fuck. / Is this leaf. / Doing. In my–– / And this. / And fucking this.
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
❛ What. / The fuck. / Is this leaf. / Doing. In my–– / And this. / And fucking this.
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂
A poem for your Sunday reset – by Dawn Watson, from Issue 25. 🍂