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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · 8d

Such a lovely occasion today attending the celebration of the 2025 Trinity Research Doctorate Award Winners Event! Delighted to be working with my new PhD student Emily Bresland on Writing from the Margins - women’s narratives from 18c Ireland @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Standing in front of PowerPoint screen celebrating the recipients of TRDA funding are Chris Morash, Paul Delaney, Alaa Alqaisi, Amy Prendergast, Emily Bresland, and Aya Albsoul

Emily Bresland and Amy Prendergast smiling at TRDA event in TCD lecture hall

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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning! The Trinity Arts & Humanities Research Festival is in full swing — and today brings another exciting programme of events.😊

Check out what’s happening today and join us for inspiring talks and lively discussions.🎙️

#TCDAHFest

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 18d

Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 20d

My latest article now out in Eighteenth-Century Ireland my first and probably last foray into Swift Studies liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · Jun 23

I’m absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copy of ‘Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain’. Thank you to the editors, Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard, and congratulations to all contributors. I can’t wait to read all the other chapters!

A hardback book is held up against a green landscape.

The first page of a chapter and its heading.

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · Jun 12

Many congratulations to Dr Catriona Kennedy @trionakennedy.bsky.social on her new book, Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution, from Oxford University Press. A beautiful and insightful book! 📚💫🎉
Find out more @oxfordunipress.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Catriona Kennedy’s new book, photographed in front of the historic King’s Manor.

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Eilís Smyth @eilissmyth.bsky.social · Jun 6

Don’t forger to register for my Shakespeare and Ireland Symposium on June 14 @tlrhub.bsky.social. Of interest to scholars of the theatre, 18th century Ireland, the history of the book, and Shakespeareans alike! www.eventbrite.ie/e/hibernian-...

Hibernian Shakespeare

This one-day academic symposium showcases current work on Shakespeare on the Irish stage and page from the Restoration to today.

www.eventbrite.ie

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Tina Morin @drtinamorin.bsky.social · Jun 7

It was a real pleasure to deliver a plenary lecture at this year’s ECIS conference held @tlrhub.bsky.social. Having completed my PhD at Trinity and later organised the 2012 ECIS conference there as a postdoc, it felt like a homecoming of sorts!

(Photo by @amyprendergast.bsky.social)

Women in red dress and white runners points at a screen on which a book is displayed.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · Jun 6

And we are done! Two fantastic days of Eighteenth Century papers and conviviality at @tlrhub.bsky.social. Finished up with a great keynote on political caricature by James Kelly.

Caricature of orange politics in 1820s Dublin

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Jun 6

ECIS conference all done until next year @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Another fabulous day of papers, with my own personal highlight of chairing the wonderful @drtinamorin.bsky.social for today’s brilliant plenary @tlrhub.bsky.social

Tina Morin explaining her PowerPoint slides during her plenary in the Long Room Hub

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Jun 5

Day 1 of ECIS 40th anniversary conference done and dusted! One of the highlights was the awarding of the inaugural ECIS PG & ECR bursary to @mzukovs.bsky.social Congratulations to Maria and good luck with your research!

ECIS President announcing recipient of inaugural ECIS ECR bursary in Trinity College Dublin during conference wine reception

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Jun 4

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Details of funding available for PhD studentship at TCD

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · Apr 7

What a thing of beauty! 'Élie Bouhéreau: the collections & communities of a Huguenot refugee' is out! The 12 essays explore the worlds Bouhéreau, Marsh's first librarian & Ireland's first public librarian, traversed & impacted through his print & manuscript collections #BookHistory #Huguenots

Hardback book sitting on other copies of the same book, a collection of essays about Huguenot refugee Élie Bouhéreau. the book is sitting on a table in the old reading room of Marsh's Library where Bouhéreau's his collection is now housed.

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 25

Reminder - this Friday is the last day to submit applications for Eighteenth-Century Ireland’s postgrad & ECR bursary!

Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 7

€2,000 up for grabs for a postgrad or early career scholar of eighteenth-century Ireland! Full details & application form available here: www.ecis.ie/postgraduate...

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 7

€2,000 up for grabs for a postgrad or early career scholar of eighteenth-century Ireland! Full details & application form available here: www.ecis.ie/postgraduate...

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thanks so much Christabel! And thanks for all the support from you & the team @livunipress.bsky.social

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Feb 20

Calling all eighteenth-century Ireland scholars! You still have time to submit proposals for the annual ECIS conference to @speakerconolly.bsky.social & myself before our deadline tomorrow. Postgrad bursaries also available!

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Jan 22

Looking forward to the annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, which is taking place in the @tlrhub.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin on the 5-6 June this year. See the CFP below and there are postgraduate bursaries.

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Dec 19

Our last book review of the year is now online. Please do have a look at the other book reviews for 2024 they might inspire you for the last minute Christmas idea. Thanks as always to those who give of their time to review these wonderful publications. womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...

Mere Bagatelles: Women’s Diaries from Ireland, 1760–1810 by Amy Prendergast Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2024. Paperback ISBN 978-1-83553-726-8

Diary-keeping will likely have two main associations for readers of this review: as an archive of teenage dramas and secrets, and as a habit-making tool to aid mindfulness and improve mental health…

womenshistoryassociation.com

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 20

With thanks to Angela Byrne for such a warm and generous review! @livunipress.bsky.social

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · Dec 17

The WHAI are delighted to announce the call for papers for our 2025 Conference. See our website for more details. retweets appreciated.

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 11

Thanks so much Niamh! Always lovely to hear about research making its way to students. Great they can download this for free too. Fingers crossed they find it useful!

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thanks Joel, and thanks for coming along to the event!

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 9

With final thanks to @tcddublin.bsky.social colleauges & those from further afield, & to family, friends, & neighbours for venturing out on such a stormy afternoon!

Christmas tree beneath a stormy sky with lights glowing in surrounding TCD buildings

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Amy Prendergast @amyprendergast.bsky.social · Dec 9

Mere Bagatelles is fully open access & available here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... With huge thanks to @christabelscaife.bsky.social as senior editor, & to MSCA for funding the project

Mere Bagatelles: Women’s Diaries from Ireland, 1760–1810 | Home

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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