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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 2d

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...

www.leverhulme.ac.uk

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 2d

Doing a WSC talk for ‘Reclaim the Enlightenment’ Belfast on Wednesday evening at 6pm if anyone’s interested reclaimtheenlightenment.net

Home 2025

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Niamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 3d

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 4d

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!
@clairelanghamer.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social

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Peter Farrelly @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social · 5d

Thrilled to share the poster for our inter-disciplinary 'Opposition to Thatcher' conference on 14 Nov!

Includes sign-up info - please share. Thanks to Keynote Dr Amy Edwards, all speakers & QUB HAPP for funding. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d

Great to see the latest IHTA, the atlas series has been going now for an impressive forty years, a fantastic research resource

Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 3d

RIA will launch IHTA no. 32, Ballyshannon, with a special event held at the Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon on 9 Oct

Book your tickets here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=FJ5RcO4shUmBIabQsPKVagEk8nycQwVNgsnddUEEIwVUQjFBM0MxSUFXQkNCODBHQlQyM01POVJLWS4u&route=shorturl

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 3d

Belfast's own Crystal Palace (on Queen's Island, 1850s) - Marcus Ward / NLI

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Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for somewhere to weather the storm? Join us tomorrow for our annual symposium, which will feature new research on Dublin’s rich medieval past. The event is free and no registration is required!
@historytcd.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

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Ben Tonra @bentonra.bsky.social · 5d

Terrific forthcoming event @ria.ie 4 November 1230-1430 "Irish Foreign Policy, the Troubles and EC membership 1969-1973" brought to you by the RIA's Committee for International Affairs and the Documents in Irish Foreign Policy project.

www.ria.ie/events/the-t...

The Troubles and the European Community: Exploring DIFP XIV (1969-73) - Royal Irish Academy

Witness seminar on the latest volume of Documents in Irish Foreign Policy, covering the years 1969-73. In this event co-hosted by The Standing Committee for International Affairs and Documents in Iris...

www.ria.ie

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 5d

🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October.

Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 5d

We have two further Starter Packs, also updated for the new academic year, covering:

> Societies & groups for historians, international go.bsky.app/9T5F1Qc

> UK institutes and research centres for historians go.bsky.app/RbfRrhm

Again, recommendations for additional contacts are welcome 2/2

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 5d

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians.

Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd

Please let us know if there are gaps.
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Neil Johnston @nejohnst.bsky.social · 6d

Podcasts from this year's Tudor and Stuart Ireland conference @ucddublin.bsky.social are now available. Thanks to Mike Liffey @historyhub.bsky.social for making us all sounds so crisp historyhub.ie/tudor-and-st...

Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference Podcasts

Since 2011, more than 200 speakers from a range of disciplines including History, English, Archaeology and Art History, have presented papers at Tudor and Stuart Ireland conferences. Download podcasts...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 6d

This week the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need.

In a new blog post, RHS President Lucy Noakes considers the state of access to history and the humanities in UK HE bit.ly/3KP5WMe #Skystorians

@artsandhums.bsky.social

Opening section and abstract of RHS blog post: 'The value and provision of history and the humanities: it’s time for a political response': "This week the government’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, announced the return of maintenance grants for students in greatest need. While we welcome recognition of the financial pressures and impediments many student face, it’s clear that this is a policy with nothing for the arts and humanities, including history. However, as Lucy Noakes, President of the Royal Historical Society, explains here, these pressures are equally acute for students in the arts and humanities. Moreover, as a new British Academy report on ‘Cold Spots’ shows, choice—in subjects including history—is being further eroded for many as the provision of higher education contorts to the financial crisis facing UK higher education. If the government is serious about choice, social mobility and access to education it needs to appreciate that provision of many degree subjects is now at considerable risk in a growing number of regions across the UK. For students to have greater choice and access we need the environments in which choices are made to be fair, balanced and accurate. For this we require political leadership to help us address structural failings and false narratives."

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 6d

If you need a pick me up this rainy afternoon, here's some colourful stories of sex & C18th Ulster Presbyterians to whet your appetite! #HistSex #HistFam @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie @theconversation.com theconversation.com/the-sex-live...

The sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th- and 19th-century Ulster were surprisingly colourful

The Presbyterian church closely regulated the intimate lives of its members through a system of church court discipline.

theconversation.com

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 6d

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!

The Georgian Lords @georgianlords.bsky.social · 6d

Today we welcome PhD student @jamesorchin.bsky.social with a guest post for the Georgian Lords on William Windham's 'Third Party', which split from the Foxites in the 1790s and was known as 'The Alarmists'...
historyofparliament.com/2025/10/02/t...
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‘The sect of Alarmists’: The Third Party and the reluctant leadership of William Windham, 1793-4 - The History of Parliament

In this latest post, the Georgian Lords welcomes a guest article by James Orchin, PhD student at Queen's University, Belfast, re-examining William Windham's

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 6d

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:
bit.ly/4mJNu5a

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 6d

“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...

Conference Report 2025 | CRS

www.crs.org.uk

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 7d

Today was my first official day working on my AHRC catalyst project — the story of a vegetarian, Esperanto-speaking, anti-fascist organisation.

Grateful for the opportunity to spend three years down these historical rabbit holes

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 6d

Upcoming 😍 looking forward to it!

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 7d

I reviewed the riveting Three Revolutions by @simonhallwriter.bsky.social in the latest issue of the TLS - and took the opportunity to talk about my favourite historical film Reds.

www.the-tls.com/history/twen...

Fellow travellers

Warren Beatty’s film Reds (1981), a biopic about the muckraking American journalist John Reed, did something revolutionary. In a daring narrative experiment for a Hollywood romance, snippets from oral...

www.the-tls.com

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats Michael!

Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 8d

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

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 8d

How has paperwork served as a tool of empowerment for people who often find power elusive?

In our latest podcast, a group of historians, archivists, and activists met at the Raphael Samuel History Centre (@rshc.bsky.social) to discuss the hidden history of paperwork 🗃️🎙️

Changing The Record

How has paperwork served over time as a radical tool for empowerment and change?

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 8d

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...

2025 Wolfson History Prize shortlist announced

The Wolfson History Prize has revealed its 2025 shortlist, with six books in contention for the UK's most prestigious history writing prize.

www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 9d

Such brilliant work being done by @leannecalvert.bsky.social, finding the sorts of surprising everyday stories about sex, love and romance that don’t often appear in histories of religious Ulster! AND even without the 20% discount her book is a bargain!

Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 9d

#ICYMI You can bag 20% off my new book with the code PiousLimerick until this Thursday. Add the code to the checkout at shop.ria.ie/products/Pio... Pls share ☺️ #Family #IrishFamily #IrishHist #History #NewBook

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