The Thatcher conference posters are up and you may see mine and Ciara Nicholson face about @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social . Anyone interested in attending the information is on the poster, or just let me know. @qubhistory.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social

Looking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar this Friday from QUB’s @jamielukas.bsky.social. Do note the room change for this week only. Honoured to be asked to chair the seminar this week. More details & sign up to join online via link below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

New on NOTCHES 🚻✨

“Dolled up to the nines to go to a flippin' public toilet!”: Cruising in Belfast During the Troubles by Niall Herron. How did queer cruising unfold during the Troubles, and what can it teach us about sexuality, space, and conflict?

Read the full feature here: wp.me/p6JJ6S-4Pq

Absolutely delighted with the response so far. Still plenty of time to sign up to this conference on Opposition to Thatcher. Please share with anyone who might be interested in attending. Would be of interest to all disciples but especially History and Politics etc #Thatcherconference

“What‘s the state of research in the field history of the Catholic Church in Britain and Ireland?” This was answered in abundance at the @catholicrs.bsky.social conference this summer. Read my report to hear about all the amazing research which is currently being done:
www.crs.org.uk/conference-r...

Looking forward to another great @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar tomorrow by Xiaowan He exploring the impact of Western missionaries on music in China during c19th. All welcome. Snacks & drinks provided. For the sign-up to join online & more information follow the link below:
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A great blog post by fellow @qubhistory.bsky.social PhD @jamesorchin.bsky.social exploring the Third Party of the 1790s. Insightful and well-researched. Well worth a read!

I’m honoured that my book, MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY has been shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize. Hugely grateful to the judges and the many people who have supported this work along the way

@wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/2025-wolfson...

Nearly four years of work wrapped up with one e-mail! The thesis is officially off my desk 😌🎉

More information about this seminar and a link to sign up to join in online is available via the link below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-public...

More information about this seminar and a link to sign up to attend online is available via the link below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-public...

Really looking forward to @speakerconolly.bsky.social’s paper tomorrow for the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series, in co-ordination with @publichistoryqub.bsky.social. A great way to start the seminars for the academic year. All welcome, drinks and snacks supplied!

Call for participants! Spread the word and get in touch with our PhD researcher, Elliot, if you are interested in being interviewed for his exciting PhD project!

On Monday 6th Oct. we will be joined by Dr Alexandra Maclennan (Caen), who will speak on Cardinal Owen McCann (1907-94): die Roomse gevaar in apartheid South Africa'.
All welcome (in-person and online)
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[image courtesy of Southern Cross archive]

A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.

The 2026 Wiles Lecturer in History at QUB has been confirmed as Professor Sunil Amrith (Yale University). His topic will be 'Towards a History of Repair' and the four lectures will be delivered daily on 20-23 May 2026. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

A reminder that the next CHOMI seminar is on 18 Sept at 4pm in K114, Newman Bdg, UCD:

Prof Mary E. Daly (UCD): Not 'Goodenough' - Migrating doctors, medical schools and Dublin voluntary hospitals in the mid-20th century

If you cannot join in person, join on Zoom at ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi....

In 1843 71,000 people lived on the Trinity College Estates which covered 190,000 acres or 1.25% of Ireland. Most of them originated as land grants made as part of the colonial plantation of Munster and Ulster. The history of these lands and the people who lived on them is part of the TCD story

The next USIHS Lecture will be on 16 Oct. at 6pm - Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), ‘When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages’
Free event – all welcome! usihs36.com/2025/09/15/u...

We are happy to present the conference which will take place in Naples, 6 and 7 March 2026, on "Violence and Empire"

Here is attached the CFP including a list of themes we are interested into

Deadline for proposals November 16, authors will be notified by January 9

Anyone who may be interested in attending these seminars online please get in contact with the email address on the poster and we can organise sending a link to you to be able to attend.

Excited to be first up in this excellent seminar series this year.

The title of the talk for the 17th October is 10/10

Heading to Belfast in November to talk about a case study I've been unravelling over the last few months. There will be talk of how we use odours, illnesses, and landscapes to tell the history of global capital in Ireland. Added bonus: I'll also talk about how chemicals disrupt our reading of time.