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Lynsey Black

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Maynooth University, School of Law & Criminology - doing history, gender, punishment, postcolonialism, borders. PI on Research Ireland Laureate Award, CONSPACE - Contested Space: Penal Nationalism & the Northern Ireland Border.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Apr 6

It was an absolute pleasure to present on CONSPACE, our @researchireland.bsky.social project, at this brilliant conference. A really energising and thought-provoking two days, thanks for organising! Spoke about storytelling, silences and identity in Northern Ireland.

Navigating War and Violence Conference 2025 @nwavc2025.bsky.social · Apr 5

Next up we have Lynsey Black. Lynsey is talking about stories, silence, and identity in post conflict Northern Ireland & is PI on the CONSPACE project.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 15d

CONSPACE comes to the archives!
Kicking off sabbatical with some diplomatically tricky border incidents, filed by MOD under 'navigational error, relax, nobody tell Ireland'.

Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · 15d

Event on EU Border Violence - Maynooth University @mu-ssi.bsky.social October 9th. How EU border violence—including violent pushbacks and other violations against racialised and irregularised migrants—is recorded, represented, and contested.

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 30

I know, wouldn't that be a good night!? Maybe next dinner plans...

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 30

Going to pass it around the table and get everyone to do a reading and a shot

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 30

En route to a hen night reading material

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Green Grow the Rushes from sold-out Vicar Street in Dublin, final Fables show, just a great band, sounds, crowd. Always something super-special about Dublin for this music, since way back 🇮🇪 - Bertis

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 22

Claire Hamilton, my brilliant colleague at Maynooth Law and Criminology, is series editor along with David Nelkin of Routledge's New Advances in Crime and Social Harm. If you have a proposal that might be a good fit and you'd like to chat, see below.

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 20

Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.

Please share widely.

Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Aug 13

We are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...

35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities

The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History

www.eventbrite.com

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Aug 15

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University

www.flinders.edu.au

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Northern Ireland Opera @niopera.bsky.social · Aug 13

Interested in finding out more about 'Follies' and Sondheim's wider work in advance of our new production in Belfast? Come to our In Conversation event on 4th Sept with panel, Dr Richard Schoch, Stuart Pedlar and Cameron Menzies.
Full details and booking links here:
niopera.com/performances...

In Conversation: 'Follies' and Sondheim - N.I. Opera

niopera.com

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · Aug 8

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 8

Gorgeous cover! Can't wait to read about these Presbyterians 😁

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · Jul 27

My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex

Pious and promiscuous

Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication. Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...

shop.ria.ie

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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you are interested in applying for the position and want to discuss, please DM me or email!

legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/law-...

Law and History Review: A Call for an Editor

[We have the following announcement from the Publications Committee of the American Society for Legal History . DRE] After eight years of ...

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congratulations on your brilliant stint at LHR! I will always be grateful to you for shepherding my very first article through to publication.

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Aug 6

name of the day from eighteenth-century Irish history - Marmaduke Coghill

for more on Marmaduke see Hayton, ed., Letters of Marmaduke Coghill, 1722-38 (Dublin, 2005).

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Shona Minson @shonaminson.bsky.social · Jul 22

A year ago I was connected to the BBC Ideas team by @ukri.org They asked me about the impact of maternal imprisonment. By the end of the meeting they were shocked, upset & determined to make a film about it.
This is it.
Huge kudos to the women who took part 💪🏼

www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c4g81...

What happens when your mum goes to prison?

In the UK, more than half of women in prison are mothers. For their children, the consequences can be profound.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Jul 18

He had no regrets. And he had very few egrets too.

Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Jul 12

Perfect

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Jun 25

Final plenary of #MaynoothCrimCon 'Responding to the far right'

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Emily Williams @emilywilliams19.bsky.social · Jun 24

Great day at #MaynoothCrimCon presenting @iccl.bsky.social and @cajni.bsky.social joint report on how the Irish government can investigate legacy jurisdictions in the South!

Emily, a short white woman with brown curly hair, standing at the front of a class room presenting.

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Kelly Razey @journey2aphd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Great morning session on Young Adulthood & the Justice System #MaynoothCrimCon Informative presentations by our own hub colleague Kylie Gill, as well as presentations from Alison Coyne UCD and Siobhan Buckley UU @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

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Kelly Razey @journey2aphd.bsky.social · Jun 24

Excited to be at the 16th Annual North/South Criminology Conference with my colleagues from @slsshub.bsky.social #MaynoothCrimCon @qubcriminology.bsky.social

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Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Ciara Bracken-Roche introducing the second plenary on online spaces and the far right, looking at the criminological implications #MaynoothCrimCon

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☕️Research&Coffee☕️ @drjbw.bsky.social · Jun 24

As someone with a PhD in an evolutionary science, I have to say I was very impressed by Prof. Vanessa Barker’s reference to Linnaeus in her #MaynoothCrimCon plenary session talk on far-right extremism. Really made my heart jump - yes! My kind of interdisciplinary, historical reference.

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