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Irish Humanities Alliance @irishhumanities.bsky.social · 13d

We are excited to publish the first blog in our Emerging Scholar series 'The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland,' by @djbirishhistory.bsky.social who is conducting a @researchireland.ie funded PhD @muahi.bsky.social

Dylan Bailey (he/him) @djbirishhistory.bsky.social · 13d

Delighted to have this post published by the @irishhumanities.bsky.social, where I discuss some of the terminology surrounding disability in medieval Ireland!

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Irish Humanities Alliance | The Good, The Bad, and The Blemished: Disability Terminology in Medieval Ireland

The language surrounding disability changes over time. There are certain terms which were previously common for describing disabled people but would now be considered out of date…

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · 9h

History Department Seminar Series taking place tomorrow, Thursday 9th of October in Rhetoric House from 5-6pm. All most welcome!

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 9h

We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00.

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Prof. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social · Sep 1

New publication out today with @marissawillcox.bsky.social : “Feminist fabulation as refusal: Christine Yahya’s @pink_bits”. We examine how her illustrations reclaim space for bodies often censored www.frontiersin.org/journals/com... #mediastudies #algorithm
#feminism #fabulation #digitalmedia

Frontiers | Feminist fabulation as refusal: Christine Yahya’s @pink_bits illustrating ‘bodies we are told to hide’

IntroductionDigital feminist fabulations offer a mode of resistance to algorithmic patriarchies that govern visibility and acceptability on social media plat...

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · 23d

'Ireland: Land of 1,000 Welcomes?' will take place this Friday, 19th Sept. as part of Culture Night 2025 activities. It will be held in the AHI Seminar Rm 1.33, First floor of Iontas from 5:30 - 7pm.

For any further information please contact [email protected]

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · Sep 1

Registration closes 7 Sept. 35th Irish Conference of Historians, 12-13 Sept. @maynoothuniversity.ie

Please share widely. @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @mu-ssi.bsky.social @mulibrary.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

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

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Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social · Sep 4

@maynoothuniversity.ie & @kildarelibrary.bsky.social are thrilled to announce @aingealaflannery.bsky.social as Writer-in-Residence. Aingeala is an award-winning writer, journalist, & broadcaster. It is a great pleasure to welcome Aingeala back to Maynooth! @mu-alumni.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social

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Maynooth University English Department @maynoothenglish.bsky.social · Sep 5

Residency alert! In partnership w/ @artscouncilireland.bsky.social, we're seeking a Writer-in-Residence for 2026. Pls spread the word and consider applying to come and work with us! 🙏

@maynoothuniversity.ie @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 25d

www.con-telegraph.ie/2025/09/12/o...

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@maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Ogham Stones of County Mayo book launched | Connaught Telegraph

OGHAM Stones of County Mayo, an illustrated book on Mayo’s ogham stones, has been launched in Claremorris Library.

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 25d

Prof. Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social (Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social @muresearch.bsky.social) spoke about the long life of ogham in manuscripts up to the 19th century, e.g. in @rialibrary.bsky.social.
Katherine & I concluded the programme of 1 1/2 hours with highlights from the MANY...
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Irish Humanities Alliance @irishhumanities.bsky.social · Aug 12

Registration is now open for the IHA annual conference @ucdhumanities.bsky.social on 4-5th Sep 2025. Attendance is free - booking essential. Programme & further details 👇
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Irish Humanities Alliance | IHA Annual Conference 2025 - Registration now open

Registration is now OPEN for the IHA Annual conference 2025.<br /> <br /> This two-day conference, supported by the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) and the UCD Humanities Institute…

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Centre for Gender in Politics @centreforgender.bsky.social · Jul 30

Finally, a huge thank you to Oisin Ralph (@oisinralph) for creating our incredible poster!
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Centre for Gender in Politics @centreforgender.bsky.social · Jul 30

We are delighted to announce that the Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI)’s 2nd Annual Symposium will take place on the 21st and 22nd of November 2025 in Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with Outburst Queer Arts Festival and the Centre for Gender in Politics at Queen’s.
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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · Aug 21

Join Dr Francesca Placanica on Friday, 5th September for the 'Embodied Monologues Symposium: Cathy Berberian &
Theatrical Imagination'. Celebrating the work of the American mezzo-soprano known as “the Callas of the Avant-Garde”.
For full event details: www.embodiedmonologues.com/symposium/ca...

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Prof. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social · Jul 31

I learnt so much from this talk, thanks so much for sharing your expertise, @egeertsphd.bsky.social - you made the @muahi.bsky.social summer school metaphysically and materially fantastic!

Evelien Geerts @egeertsphd.bsky.social · Jul 18

I had a blast at @maynoothuniversity.ie’s inaugural Intersectional Humanities summer school today, curated by the wonderful @annahm.bsky.social & her team! It was a pretty intense philosophy session, in which we explored multiple onto-epistemological identity paradigms & interferential thought.

Poster the Intersectional Humanities summer school

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Prof. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social · Aug 16

Recently I spent an intensive two weeks teaching a postgraduate summer school on intersectional humanities at @muahi.bsky.social - it was an amazing couple of weeks. Over the next few days I will share some student reflections on the learning experience #intersectionality #humanities #postgraduate

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Prof. Anna Catherine Hickey-Moody @annahm.bsky.social · Aug 16

In this short video, Rachael from @waynestateresearch.bsky.social offers her thoughts on our @muahi.bsky.social summer school. Rachael is completing her PhD in writing at the moment. #intersectionality #europe #postgraduate #maynooth

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · Jul 18

The team at @muahi.bsky.social were very grateful to have Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless TD, launch the inaugural Intersectional Humanities Summer School on Monday 14th July, along with Dr Mike O'Malley @maynoothuniversity.ie, and welcome our international participants.

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · Jul 18

Maynooth's own Dr Oona Frawley recently published 'This Interim Time' featured in the Times' Best Books for Summer 2025. A well deserved acknowledgment! Get a copy & read.

Oona Frawley @oonaf.bsky.social · Jul 6

I was delighted to see This Interim Time in the @irishtimes.com's 'best books for summer 2025': www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...? Thank you @martindoyle.bsky.social & @jesstraynor.bsky.social 🙏🙏
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The best books for summer 2025: our critics’ top picks

Sarah Moss, Joseph O’Connor, Wendy Erskine, John Banville, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and other authors and reviewers choose their top reads for the holidays

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · Jun 6

Join Professor Dónal Hassett for 'The Veteran in the Colonial Archive' conference, as part of the COLVET ERC Project, taking place in the AHI on Wednesday, 25th June 2025.

Schedule and details attached. Registration is required and please note, this is a hybrid conference.

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Jun 6

Seven of the 20 contributors to the volume are present at the current workshop:
Sharon Arbuthnot, Deborah Hayden, Joseph Flahive, Sarah Baccianti, David Stifter, Siobhán Barrett, Conan Doyle @conandoyle.bsky.social.
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Jun 6

...edited by Deborah Hayden and Sarah Baccianti @sarahbaccianti.bsky.social, the proceedings of two conferences stretching from 2018-2021.
More info at @brepols.net: www.brepolsonline.net/doi/book/10....
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Jun 6

Siobhán Barrett @siobhbar.bsky.social talked about "Máel Eachlainn Mac an Leagha's Concise and Beneficial Compendium", also part of LEIGHEAS.
One of the highpoints of these two days in the evening: the launch "Medicine in the Medieval North Atlantic World: Vernacular Texts and Traditions",...
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · Jun 6

…from Dept. of Early Irish (@ceilteachomn.bsky.social) at @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social.
Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social introduced her @researchireland.ie-funded Laureate project LEIGHEAS.
I spoke about the "Lexicography and Etymology of Medieval Irish Medical Terminology.
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Patricia O'Connor @trishaoconnor88.bsky.social · May 27

⏰️ Final keynote of the Digital Epigraphy Workshop @maynoothuniversity.ie @muahi.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social
🗣 Pádraic Moran @padraicmoran.bsky.social (University of Galway @uniofgalway.bsky.social)
📜 Designing Sustainable Digital Editions
💻 Slides: pmoran.ie/maynooth2025.pdf

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Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social · Jun 4

A deeply personal research collaboration between Dr Declan Monaghan and PhD Scholar Jennifer Brady sees their project giving a space and a voice for adoptees' stories and a resource to learn about their early lives in a respectful, private way.

Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · Jun 3

A new project will look at the history of Dublin's Temple Hill and Bird's Nest children's homes through interviews with adoptees and employees, write Dr Declan Monaghan of the @muahi.bsky.social & PhD scholar Jennifer Brady.

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@adoptionrights.bsky.social

Black and white image of a room with neatly arranged small beds in rows, each topped with a triangular pillow. The room has large windows with lace curtains, allowing light to softly illuminate the space.