Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
Musicologist/Associate Professor, Maynooth University | BOOKS: Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic (2019); Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (2019); Women and Music in Ireland (2022) | Sounding the Feminists | Memoirs | she/her
All welcome to my talk on feminism and music in Ireland, at the Marxism Festival in UCD tomorrow afternoon. It'll be way less stressful than watching Ireland play Hungary!
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
All welcome to my talk on feminism and music in Ireland, at the Marxism Festival in UCD tomorrow afternoon. It'll be way less stressful than watching Ireland play Hungary!
Red wine from Wales. In rondo form too!
August 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Red wine from Wales. In rondo form too!
A glimpse of the stunning scenery in North Wales: we stayed in Nant Gwrtheyrn first and then Port Meirion, the Italian-style village where The Prisoner was filmed in the 1960s. Surreal to stay in #PortMeirion after having watched #ThePrisoner!
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A glimpse of the stunning scenery in North Wales: we stayed in Nant Gwrtheyrn first and then Port Meirion, the Italian-style village where The Prisoner was filmed in the 1960s. Surreal to stay in #PortMeirion after having watched #ThePrisoner!
Say it loud, say it clear: refugees are welcome here. #Dublin #speirgorm
June 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Say it loud, say it clear: refugees are welcome here. #Dublin #speirgorm
Minister for Higher Education has laudable goals, but disappointing to read a statement that plays down research for its own sake: 'To be clear, this is not about funding science for its own sake...research also drives massive economic growth.' No mention of the humanities either.
May 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Minister for Higher Education has laudable goals, but disappointing to read a statement that plays down research for its own sake: 'To be clear, this is not about funding science for its own sake...research also drives massive economic growth.' No mention of the humanities either.
#Kylie book arrived at last! Happy to have contributed a chapter on her music and pop persona in the 1980s. #locomotion #lovers #ishouldbesolucky #musicology
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#Kylie book arrived at last! Happy to have contributed a chapter on her music and pop persona in the 1980s. #locomotion #lovers #ishouldbesolucky #musicology
Heartened by praise for our book Women and Music in Ireland, discussed by Prof. Susan Wollenberg in her recent review-article for the Journal of the Royal Musical Association. DOI:10.1017/rma.2024.16 @royalmusical.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social #musicology #speirgorm
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Heartened by praise for our book Women and Music in Ireland, discussed by Prof. Susan Wollenberg in her recent review-article for the Journal of the Royal Musical Association. DOI:10.1017/rma.2024.16 @royalmusical.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social #musicology #speirgorm
Launching this Thursday! KYLIE MINOGUE: CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO POP MUSIC AND MEDIA CELEBRITY has just been published. I contributed a chapter about Kylie's construction of girlhood in her 1980s pop. Join us in Maynooth or on Zoom. @muahi.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kylie-min... #kylieminogue
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Launching this Thursday! KYLIE MINOGUE: CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO POP MUSIC AND MEDIA CELEBRITY has just been published. I contributed a chapter about Kylie's construction of girlhood in her 1980s pop. Join us in Maynooth or on Zoom. @muahi.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kylie-min... #kylieminogue
I really enjoyed giving a guest lecture at TCD today, discussing protest music and the #Repeal #prochoice movement in Ireland. Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting.
December 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I really enjoyed giving a guest lecture at TCD today, discussing protest music and the #Repeal #prochoice movement in Ireland. Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting.
This Tuesday 3 December at 12.00, I'm giving a guest lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social @sminews1.bsky.social. I'll discuss an aspect of my research on music and #Repeal #prochoice abortion activism. All welcome. #Musicology @muahi.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
This Tuesday 3 December at 12.00, I'm giving a guest lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social @sminews1.bsky.social. I'll discuss an aspect of my research on music and #Repeal #prochoice abortion activism. All welcome. #Musicology @muahi.bsky.social