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Keith Lilley

@profkdlilley.bsky.social

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Academic geographer on a long journey. Coventry kid, washed up on Ireland's shore. Interests in bench marks, industrial archaeology, maps and mapping, new towns, landscape histories, medieval stuff, pottering about on my bike, being outdoors 🚵 .. more

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Keith Lilley is Professor at Queen's University Belfast, known as a historical geographer and urban historian.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 15h

Next stop Coleraine, looking forward to talking on "Anglo-Norman towns and townlands" at the end of the month, Portrush will feature and this intriguing map www.nifhs.org/events/a-jou...

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 17h

Aw many thanks, that's great to hear, I enjoyed doing it 🙂

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 18h

Looks good 👍 I'll be getting a copy too ☺️

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 20h

Dr Angela Byrne, author of Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 32, Ballyshannon//Béal Átha Seanaidh, talks about what new perspectives it can offer on the history of the town.

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 21h

Brilliant Colleague's
New Book Alert!

Buy Chris Fletcher's latest,
hot off the presses or read the OPEN ACCESS version online!
www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096...

Arc Humanities book cover for "Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages: Medieval Solutions for a Modern Crisis."

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 22h

New on CollectionsCaptured is a wonderfully illustrated set of 17 proof copies of early 17th Century maps, later included in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

All 17 pages can be seen here on CollectionsCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...
[Ref. Freinds/JSM]

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 23h

Chapeau to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social for his wonderful new book which has just arrived, an amazingly global and ecumenical volume, in all senses! Beautifully produced by OUP (and before publication day!?).

A spur to others!

Front cover of Charles West's Europe in the Eleventh Century

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 1d

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History
Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at Dublin City University

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Nick Millea @milleanick.bsky.social · 1d

Time for the next @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Maps blog from @stuartackland.bsky.social taking us back to the First World War & a close look at trench maps. What are these unusual numbered circles? Learn more at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/
@bcsmaps.bsky.social @westernfrontww1.bsky.social

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Oswald's Raven @oswaldsraven.bsky.social · 1d

I'm giving an online lecture next Thursday evening, in aid of Peterborough Cathedral. I'll be talking about Oswald's cult at Peterborough and his continental connections. There will be arm relics and ravens! 💪 #MedievalSky

To book tickets: peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/event/in-per...

ppt slide. Title "The surprising afterlife of a Northumbrian king: the cult of St Oswald in Peterborough and beyond". Image from a medieval German manuscript shows Oswald and Aidan at the Easter feast, with beggars. Gold background and architectural frame.

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Jackman Humanities Institute @jhievents.bsky.social · 1d

📢 The JHI invites applications for the 2026–27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship, a 1 year fellowship supporting a recent PhD.

Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers

📅 Apply by Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 More info: uoft.me/cdh26-27

#digitalhumanities #DH #postdoc #postdoctoral

A long hallway flanked by a series of floor to ceiling mirrors that reflect infinitely. The text overlay is Call for Applications: 2026-27 Critical Digital Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship. The deadline is November 25, theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.

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LIVINGMAPS @livingmaps.bsky.social · 2d

Interested in creating more inclusive maps? Join us for a hands-on workshop on the 18th October to learn about and practice inclusive mapping www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inclusive-...

Inclusive Mapping Workshop: Creating a Design Brief

Join us for a hands-on workshop to learn about and practice inclusive mapping

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Places Journal @placesjournal.bsky.social · 2d

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, asked participants to draw their neighborhoods from memory, bridging gaps between houses to generate a shared image of a city destroyed by war. To rebuild justly, residents will need to understand this pluralist city as others have lived within it.

Memory Maps of Homs, Syria

A mapping workshop with refugees from Homs, Syria, illuminates the complexity of rebuilding after war.

placesjournal.org

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 2d

Oh yes, more maps, another public talk this time with Belfast Natural History and Philosophical Society, Wednesday evening all welcome 👍
www.belfastsociety.org/page-2/

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 3d

QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.)
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

www.leverhulme.ac.uk

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d

Great to see the latest IHTA, the atlas series has been going now for an impressive forty years, a fantastic research resource

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 5d

RIA will launch IHTA no. 32, Ballyshannon, with a special event held at the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon on 9 Oct

Book your tickets here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FJ5RcO4shUmBIabQsPKVagEk8nycQwVNgsnddUEEIwVUQjFBM0MxSUFXQkNCODBHQlQyM01POVJLWS4u&route=shorturl

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 5d

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 5d

*NEWS* We are delighted to share that Kayleigh Hibberd has been shortlisted in the Early Career Archaeologist category #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards.
The winners will be revealed on 28 November at Queen’s University Belfast. The event will be live streamed on @archaeologyuk.bsky.social's YouTube.

A picture of an archaeologist wearing a hard hat and high visibility vest standing in a test pit on an archaeological site. The captions on the image read:
On the shortlist!
Early Career Archaeologist
Archaeological Achievement Awards
Sponsored by the Royal Archaeological Institute

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 5d

Grant Spotlight: Archaeology Legacy Grant

Michael Monk’s excavation project, supported by this grant, brought long-standing research to life and provided experience to nearly 100 students.

Apply for 2025 funding until 15 Oct: https://www.ria.ie/grants/archaeology-legacy-grants-scheme/

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Claire, it's online but I think it's for members, I'll check 🙂

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Humap: the digital humanities map platform @humap.bsky.social · 6d

✏️ Draw polygons and shapes directly onto the map with the Annotator

This feature is fantastic for Records relating to more than one location, or when a single map pin isn't appropriate.

humap.me/

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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · 6d

We're excited to welcome back Professor James Cheshire to the Society to discuss his new book, The Library of Lost Maps at our next Monday night lecture.

🗓️Monday 6 October, 6.30pm
🔗Book now https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/lost-maps-library

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Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 6d

Looking for somewhere to weather the storm? Join us tomorrow for our annual symposium, which will feature new research on Dublin’s rich medieval past. The event is free and no registration is required!
@historytcd.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social