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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 3h

#fridayfinds from the archives: 'Many people are of the opinion that it never yet rained toads or frogs, but ...' (Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin, January 06, 1778). 🐸🐸🐸

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations!

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Sep 10

A lovely way to start the academic year!

University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · Sep 9

Happy first week of the semester! Today we made the most of the sunshine and welcomed colleagues in History and Philosophy back for the new academic year!

Colleagues in the School of History and Philosophy enjoying our coffee social in the Philosophy Garden.

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · Sep 3

Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!

Poster for Dr Ciaran McCabe's seminar paper entitled 'Privacy, respectability and working class domestic spaces in Dublin's tenements, c.1910-60'. Wednesday 10 September at 4pm in Room G010, Hardiman Research Building

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 16

Delighted to be in Dublin for THREADS: Stitching Together the History of Irish Dress ##THREADS2025

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 14

Huge thanks to @erinannmcc.bsky.social for the invitation to join the @stemma.bsky.social hackathon last week, which finished on a high with our team's proposal winning the prize for Most Potential (details in thread). Grateful to team mates John Lavagnino, Julian Neuhauser, and Akash Ragupathi.

University of Galway @uniofgalway.bsky.social · Jul 11

Researchers gathered in Galway this week for the STEMMA Hackathon at the PorterShed to explore how technology can be used in the study of early modern English manuscripts (1475-1700).

@stemma.bsky.social @portershed.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 9

What a privilege to participate in this innovative research collaboration. Working with these amazing people from such diverse backgrounds has been a truly rewarding experience. @stemma.bsky.social

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jul 8

Researchers are gathering in Galway this week for a 'hackathon' exploring how technology can be used in the study of ancient manuscripts

Galway project using tech to study ancient manuscripts

Researchers are gathering in Galway this week for a 'hackathon' exploring how technology can be used in the study of ancient manuscripts.

www.rte.ie

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 8

Another wonderful #networkanalysis presentation at today's #STEMMAhackathon from Prof. Jing Chen on a co-citation network of early modern Chinese poetry.
@stemma.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 7

Really wonderful to hear @ruthahnert.bsky.social speak about her research process and trajectory at the #STEMMAhackathon @stemma.bsky.social #digitalhumanities #networkanalysis

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STEMMA: Systems of Transmitting Early Modern Manuscript Verse @stemma.bsky.social · Jul 7

Kicking off the STEMMA hackathon here at The Portershed in Galway with a Design Thinking talk for our hackers! @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @portershed.bsky.social #STEMMAhackathon #DH #ERCfunded

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 3

The Greensleeves Project

YouTube video by Passamezzo

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Jul 3

What an extraordinary collaboration and delightful historical reconstruction!

Who Was Greensleeves? An Extraordinary Reconstruction of Her Clothes

YouTube video by Bernadette Banner

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · May 24

@historyatgalway.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · May 21

Looking forward to attending the @whaireland.bsky.social conference this weekend. As well as numerous interesting papers, I am particularly looking forward to the ECR/PGR workshop, which was really excellent last year, and also to the publishing workshop.

Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · May 16

Just a week to go before our annual conference. Looking forward to hearing so many great speakers and and a catch up with some many wonderful scholars. Thanks again to @caitbeaumont.bsky.social for agreeing to be our guest speaker this year.

Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · May 9

Just two weeks to go before our annual conference. If you haven't yet registered please do. Some amazing speakers and our key note speaker @caitbeaumont.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Apr 28

It is so annoying! Even when you close it, it keeps re-opening.

Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Apr 28

What a surprise I got while studying some lacemaking literature: I opened a second-hand book purchased online and found an old piece of lace between the pages!

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · Apr 14

Imirce imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms is an archive History students can examine at the University. Containing letters of Irish emigrants, here is our colleague Breandán MacSuibhne accepting a grant of $300,000 from Carnegie Corporation @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Apr 3

There is a special place in hell for people who do this to books. Especially library books. 😭

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Mar 28

Looking forward to this ...

CAMPS Galway @campsgalway.bsky.social · Mar 27

We are looking forward to tomorrow's round table on ‘Future Days of Researching the Past’ with @erinannmcc.bsky.social (English; @stemma.bsky.social ), @padraicmoran.bsky.social (@galwayclassics.bsky.social), and @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social (@historyatgalway.bsky.social)!

Darcy Ireland @darcyireland.bsky.social · Mar 20

On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am very proud to announce our next special event, ‘Future Days of Researching the Past: A CAMPS Roundtable’, to take place next Friday (28/03) at 1p in the Bridge Room (THB 1001). Lunch will be provided following the event. All are welcome!

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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · Mar 14

We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social

- Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context)
- Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900)

Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/
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Jobs - University of Galway

www.universityofgalway.ie

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Erin A. McCarthy @erinannmcc.bsky.social · Mar 13

Spring 2025 #DH seminars at the University of Galway. Join us in person or online! Register for remote access here: forms.office.com/r/pSBmNN2TFU.

A flyer offering details of digital humanities seminars to be held on 24 March, 2 April, and 8 April 2025.

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adho-org.bsky.social @adho-org.bsky.social · Feb 13

We are very excited to officially announce that the University of Galway will host the DH2027 conference in Ireland from June 28 to July 3, 2027. More information will be coming soon.

Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027!
#DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Feb 10

Thank you!

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Norma Owens @normaowens.bsky.social · Feb 10

Any chance a different day and time will be added to the schedule? Unfortunately, I can't make these due to a schedule clash and it's running the same day and time most weeks. :(

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · Feb 5

Fabulous talk by our colleague Shannon Devlin at history seminar today followed by wonderful celebration and launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) @shannondevlin.bsky.social

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