Catherine McCullough FRHistS
@catherinemuseum.bsky.social
Museums, maps, social history are my thing! PhD Researcher at Ulster University: EU-funded cross-border museum projects in Ireland. Author: Irish Historic Towns Atlas, Armagh. Sailor and 'enthusiastic maverick' (apparently). Life interrupted/Long Covid
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And if you would like to learn more about the founding of the British Museum, and how the books got separated from the collections (or not) might I suggest… www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
December 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
And if you would like to learn more about the founding of the British Museum, and how the books got separated from the collections (or not) might I suggest… www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
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Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Wait, what? My son’s friend, traveling in China, is staying at a hotel chain called ‘James Joyce Coffetel’, and instead of a Gideon Bible, they leave a copy of Ulysses by the bedside.
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It’s official! Bring on the #EarlyModern screws! 🔩
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s official! Bring on the #EarlyModern screws! 🔩
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Nerd humor coming your way 😂
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Nerd humor coming your way 😂
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Thank you so much for having me! ❤️
On the blog today I have the fabulous #author Helene Harrison @tudorblogger.bsky.social talking about why she thinks we are still so fascinated with Anne Boleyn.
💙📚 #booksky
💙📚 #booksky
Author Guest Post - Helene Harrison - #author #guestpost
Left on the Shelf Book Blog Book Reviews Book Information Recommendations Writing Reading Books for Children Books for Adults Books for Teens Fiction
leftontheshelfbookblog.blogspot.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Thank you so much for having me! ❤️
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 5
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘Snowstorm in a Pennine Valley’
Artist: SR Badmin
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The sitters are:
Prof Anne Davies
Prof Alain George
Prof Krina Zondervan
Prof Philip K Maini
Prof Rachel Upthegrove
Prof Shadreck Chirikure
Read more on the BJP's website: www.1854.photography/2025/12/bodl...
📸 | Alys Tomlinson
4/4
Prof Anne Davies
Prof Alain George
Prof Krina Zondervan
Prof Philip K Maini
Prof Rachel Upthegrove
Prof Shadreck Chirikure
Read more on the BJP's website: www.1854.photography/2025/12/bodl...
📸 | Alys Tomlinson
4/4
Bodleian Catalysts Commission: Alys Tomlinson - 1854 Photography
Using slow, analogue methods, the photographer reimagines Oxford academics as catalysts for change in a contemplative new portrait series
www.1854.photography
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The sitters are:
Prof Anne Davies
Prof Alain George
Prof Krina Zondervan
Prof Philip K Maini
Prof Rachel Upthegrove
Prof Shadreck Chirikure
Read more on the BJP's website: www.1854.photography/2025/12/bodl...
📸 | Alys Tomlinson
4/4
Prof Anne Davies
Prof Alain George
Prof Krina Zondervan
Prof Philip K Maini
Prof Rachel Upthegrove
Prof Shadreck Chirikure
Read more on the BJP's website: www.1854.photography/2025/12/bodl...
📸 | Alys Tomlinson
4/4
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Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
Introduction to Handwriting in England c. 700-1700
ies.sas.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Do you or your students work with English manuscripts? We have a summer school course for you👇 Book now for June 2026 in person in London. #MedievalSky #RenaissanceSky 📖✏️ #palaeography
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
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How wonderful! What a brilliant project. And if you read the comments you will see there is a book about Welsh soldiers too!
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database.
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️
We built a database of 290,000 English medieval soldiers – here’s what it reveals
We created the database in order to challenge assumptions about the lack of professionalism of everyday soldiers.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How wonderful! What a brilliant project. And if you read the comments you will see there is a book about Welsh soldiers too!
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
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Look, this will be a good craic and I'd love locals to come along and say hello, or throw buns up to the dais or something!
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
Pict’n Mix: art and identity in Ireland and Scotland’s Iron Ages
New research of a small collection of unusual Iron Age artefacts, mostly found in the north of Ireland, has led to a re-examination of communication between Ireland and Scotland, well before the early...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Look, this will be a good craic and I'd love locals to come along and say hello, or throw buns up to the dais or something!
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
www.communities-ni.gov.uk/events/pictn...
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Great to see #OS200 and the Locating Bench Marks projects listed here by our friends and partners Tailte Éireann along with other cool #OS related resources #LoveIrishResearch
For #EYADigital, we are highlighting several avenues to access digitised collections relating to Tailte Éireann.
With thanks to the wonderful partners that we have collaborated with on these initiatives.
With thanks to the wonderful partners that we have collaborated with on these initiatives.
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Great to see #OS200 and the Locating Bench Marks projects listed here by our friends and partners Tailte Éireann along with other cool #OS related resources #LoveIrishResearch
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‘New France was of course full of Catholics, many of whom migrated south in search of land and work. It’s hard to imagine that the average English colonist much cared, but those who governed him or her did.’
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholics in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholics in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Malcolm Gaskill · Bejesuited: America’s First Catholics
Readers familiar with the legend of Pocahontas – baptised an Anglican in the church at Jamestown – and the puritan...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:10 PM
‘New France was of course full of Catholics, many of whom migrated south in search of land and work. It’s hard to imagine that the average English colonist much cared, but those who governed him or her did.’
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholics in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@malcolmgaskill.bsky.social on Catholics in colonial America.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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I have a short Comment piece just published in Nature Reviews Physics on the 350-year-old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and its funding rdcu.be/eSXb2 #histSTM
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and government-funded science
Nature Reviews Physics - Over its 350 years of history, the establishment and evolution of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, reflects the history of scientific institutions in Britain.
rdcu.be
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I have a short Comment piece just published in Nature Reviews Physics on the 350-year-old Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and its funding rdcu.be/eSXb2 #histSTM
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The CFP for the American Conference of Irish Studies' 2026 national meeting in Denver closes on 12 December. More info here: acisweb.org/conferences/...
ACIS National Conference 2026 | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann
When a massive strike of silver miners in Leadville, Colorado exploded in May of 1880, Michael Mooney—the Dubin-born leader of the union—declared “We may not have the whole American flag…
acisweb.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The CFP for the American Conference of Irish Studies' 2026 national meeting in Denver closes on 12 December. More info here: acisweb.org/conferences/...
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I collect ephemera related to the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (niche, I know) and acquired this diocesan medal for a derisory sum. I once gave a speech at the presentation of one of these medals, so I’m curious who it may have belonged to - there’s no paperwork or inscription
December 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I collect ephemera related to the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia (niche, I know) and acquired this diocesan medal for a derisory sum. I once gave a speech at the presentation of one of these medals, so I’m curious who it may have belonged to - there’s no paperwork or inscription
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📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
December 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
📌 ciaraioch.com is now taking Christmas orders for prints, cards, and vouchers - each archival-quality print on heavy art paper is made in Ireland, ships internationally in eco-friendly packaging with discount tracked postage, and comes with a FREE card and treats for every customer 🎁 #SpéirGorm
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I gave a talk at Saddleback College earlier this week. One of the students came up to me after and said "they should hire you." Nicest thing someone has said to me in a while 😀
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I gave a talk at Saddleback College earlier this week. One of the students came up to me after and said "they should hire you." Nicest thing someone has said to me in a while 😀
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The enchantment of modern housing estates through street names. That's what I'm into at the moment. Here's some Arthurian examples from 3 different towns.
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The enchantment of modern housing estates through street names. That's what I'm into at the moment. Here's some Arthurian examples from 3 different towns.
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Sir John Borlase, Master of the Ordnance in Ireland, June 1634 (for a fee of £3,000) and Lord Justice, 31 Dec 1640. d. 15 Mar 1648 in London.
by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt oil on panel, 1625 (NPG 4933)
by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt oil on panel, 1625 (NPG 4933)
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sir John Borlase, Master of the Ordnance in Ireland, June 1634 (for a fee of £3,000) and Lord Justice, 31 Dec 1640. d. 15 Mar 1648 in London.
by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt oil on panel, 1625 (NPG 4933)
by Michiel Jansz. van Miereveldt oil on panel, 1625 (NPG 4933)
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Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
Curator of Natural Sciences - Warwick,Warwickshire job with Warwickshire County Council | 250490
About Heritage and Culture Warwickshire Heritage and Culture Warwickshire (HCW) provide a wide range of services that help local communities and ...
www.wmjobs.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Curatorial job with significant geological and palaeontological collections at Warwick Museums.
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
www.wmjobs.co.uk/job/250490/c...
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New book review Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship, by Colmán Etchingham url: academic.oup.com/ehr/article-... #medievalsky #ireland #history
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December 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New book review Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship, by Colmán Etchingham url: academic.oup.com/ehr/article-... #medievalsky #ireland #history