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Niamh Cullen
@niamhcullen.bsky.social
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Lecturer @ QUB history. Twentieth century Italy, history of emotions, family, motherhood. Creative approaches to history. Essays and stories in the Dublin Review @londonmagazine, Tangerine magazine Free Palestine 🇵🇸 https://niamhcullenwriter.com/
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · Aug 30
My strangle little retelling of the Niamh and Oisin story appears in the Independent’s New Irish Writing series today. Very pleased it found a home there m.independent.ie/entertainmen...
New Irish Writing: Come Away, O Human Child by Niamh Cullen
1. It was a long time since Niamh had felt the warmth of a man against her body. Her sisters didn’t understand the longing. Why bother, Síobha said, when they are so impatient and skittish, their live...
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 3h
Thanks!
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 3h
Happy to see my story make the shortlist!
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The Four Faced Liar @the4facedliar.bsky.social · 4h
We’re delighted to announce the shortlist for our short story competition as selected by judge @roisinodonnellwriter Thanks to everyone who entered, the standard was extremely high! @writing.ie @irishpen.bsky.social @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
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Sarah Kay (she/her) @k-interarma.bsky.social · 5h
The Guardian has published the names of the 18,457 children killed in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
www.theguardian.com
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 22h
Fascinating! @camilleriana.bsky.social
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 22h
A weird time to be a historian of multiculturalism, who grew up in Birmingham as one of a handful of white kids at school, who has also written a book on Handsworth. My thoughts on Robert Jenrick’s unabashed racism in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

www.thenewworld.co.uk/kieran-conne...
What Robert Jenrick doesn’t understand about Birmingham
I was one of a handful of white kids at my school in the city. It enriched my life and worldview
www.thenewworld.co.uk
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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 1d
QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.)
www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 2d
"Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew" by Tony Kushner, James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations theconversation.com/synagogue-at...
Synagogue attack: the Manchester I know – by antisemitism researcher and Mancunian Jew
Manchester Jewry has maintained an extraordinarily strong local identity, but is notable in its diversity.
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Shirley-Anne McMillan @shirleyannemcm.bsky.social · 2d
Here is a small thing you can for Palestine. Come to our event in Belfast on Saturday. Music, poetry and craic to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Please share. Thank you x
A poster advertising an event at the Oh Yeah Centre in Belfast on 11th October to raise funds for Palestine.
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 2d
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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 3d
The IHR Women's History seminar programme for autumn 2025:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/womens-history is now available. We look forward to seeing you soon!
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 3d
No, you're not going crazy. You did read this and also read about the PSNI arresting people in London for being members of a proscribed organization.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 4d
Conventional wisdom says motherhood should wait for tenure as before you land a permanent post, #academia is just not that family friendly🙁

@carersinstemm.bsky.social are calling for change and to celebrate their new report, a Saturday🧵on parenting & academia! 1/9 👩‍🔬🧪🔭⚛️

ℹ️: carersinstemm.co.uk
From 2006. A younger and shell-shocked looking Catherine on a balcony holding a very tiny baby with the mountains of Vancouver in the background. The baby is so new, Catherine still has the pregnant bump.
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 4d
Congratulations! @lmack.bsky.social
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 6d
yes, this has always been self evident--they say so openly on Twitter! I don't know why our lords and masters in higher education cannot understand that we are MARKS; that our students are experimental subjects; that this is eventually going to be about the wholesale automation of higher ed.
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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 6d
This is the plan B for OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, etc. If they cannot make a product the public will buy, then the next best thing is a big contract to provide “AI Services” to the government, higher education, and public institutions. At least with the Tulip bubble people still had flowers
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 7d
Congratulations, it looks great!
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 7d
Amazing news Kieran, congratulations!!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11d
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 10d
“Leave them alone for a few days. Let the sun shine on them, let the rain fall on them. Then your seeds will start to grow.”
Frog and Toad look out over Toad's garden. Nothing yet is growing in the dirt. From "The Garden" In *Frog and Toad Together*
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 12d
Oh I’m visiting there for the first time in a few weeks, it looks lovely!
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 13d
Yikes, what was the cafe? I’m guessing not a Nero…
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 15d
Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free.

www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...
Cover of Dr Bonnie Evans' book The Metamorphosis of Autism: A History of Child Development in Britain (Manchester University Press, 2017)
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 21d
And not on the track 😆
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 21d
Ha! Lets hope the horses are all asleep by now 😂
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 21d
And 👋🏻
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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 21d
Ah that’s good! I really wasn’t sure what way it was being ‘removed’ from the line. Commentary was … interesting 🤣
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