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Tadhg Ó hErodáin / Tim Heron @timheron.bsky.social · 2d

Dear all,
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

www.sofeir.fr

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · 17d

@aedei.bsky.social
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

www.sofeir.fr

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · 17d

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

www.sofeir.fr

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · 21d

www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/la...

La révolution irlandaise au prisme de la presse française

BnF - Site institutionnel

www.bnf.fr

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · Jan 31

Unique, inspiring and making a real contribution to the understanding of Ireland’s past, present and future. Find out why @irishinstitute.bsky.social is one of the @liverpooluni.bsky.social most exciting departments (and what you could study there) bit.ly/42BnuT3 #AcademicSky

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Jan 31

5 years after Brexit, has the push for a united Ireland lost its momentum as the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate? By Catriona Shelly & @orlamuldoon.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

5 years after Brexit, has united Ireland push lost its momentum?

Brexit forced the border question back onto the agenda, but the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate

www.rte.ie

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jan 21

We were lucky to have Jan Carson on the first Irish Itinerary of 2025! She did some excellent events in Saarbrücken, Wuppertal, Stuttgart and Tübingen.

Many thanks to all the local organisers of this German Itinerary and to Culture Ireland for their support.

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Dr Lauren Cassidy @laurencassidy.bsky.social · Jan 27

I'm developing a creative anthology related to my research. Please share this Call for Submissions widely with anyone you think might be interested!

Something mythic this way comes ...

quareeire.wordpress.com

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The International Flann O’Brien Society @flannobriensoc.bsky.social · Jan 30

The 2025 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition is now open for entries. Entry open to anyone enrolled in an MA orPhD programme between June 2024 and June 2025 at any institution. Prizes include publication and AUD$300. Due Date 31 March 2025

isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...

Postgraduate essay

2025 POSTGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE The Editors of the interdisciplinary Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (AJIS) and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announc…

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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · Jan 31

For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life

Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’

www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life

Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thinking of Ann Lovett today, ##otd 1984, 15yrs old & pregnant, she went to the grotto in Granard where she gave birth to a still born baby boy, she was found sometime later but died shortly after of hypothermia & blood loss. Her story shocked the country #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/ann-l...

Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on

The historian looks back at the loss of the teenager who died after giving birth in a grotto in Granard, 40 years ago today.

www.thejournal.ie

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Film Ireland @filmireland.bsky.social · Jan 31

We are delighted to welcome Dev Murray as the new Assistant Editor of Film Ireland!

www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · Jan 31

Next Wed 5 Feb 🚨 I’m speaking at the @historyatgalway.bsky.social Research Seminar Series at 4pm (in person and online) followed by the launch of my new book 🍾 Come along if you’re in Galway and fancy raising a glass 🥂

Flyer for research seminar containing an image of a large, middle-class Irish family and event details. Feb 5 2025, 4 pm, Room GO10 Hardiman Research Building, University of Galway. Get in touch for zoom registration details.

Book cover of Shannon Devlin, Siblinghood and Sociability in 19th century Ulster (LUP, 2025). Shows a cabinet card portrait of a well-dressed middle-class family - two parents, three adult sons, an adult daughter and a younger daughter.

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Dr Ciarán McDonnell @drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social · Jan 31

Exciting developments in the search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield! Well done @sarsfieldhome.bsky.social #WildGeese #18thC
www.rte.ie/news/munster...

Remains found in Belgium may belong to war hero Sarsfield

There are hopes that human remains found at the site of an ancient church in Belgium could be those of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield.

www.rte.ie

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · Jan 13

PS. Si vous êtes doctorant·e ou jeune docteur·e et que vous souhaitez faire partie de cette initiative, veuillez me contacter par mail.

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · Jan 13

Retrouvez l'intégralité du portrait de Luca ci-joint, sur les réseaux de la SOFEIR ainsi qu’à la page suivante : www.sofeir.fr/focus-doctor...

Focus doctorant·es de la SOFEIR – SOFEIR

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · Jan 13

Il prépare une thèse intitulée "'There are illegalities that are not crimes': an investigation into political violence and paramilitary bodies in Ireland before the Great War " sous la direction de Teodoro Tagliaferri.

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · Jan 13

Le premier portrait de 2025 du focus doctorant·es de la SOFEIR est celui de Luca Bertolani Azeredo, doctorant à la Scuola Superiore Meridionale à Naples, en Italie.

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · Dec 17

This Thursday, in the GIS seminar "Sensory Ecologies", Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork) will be giving a talk called "A Time to Die, A Time to Plant".
5.30pm, Paris time. Get in touch for the Zoom link.

www.sofeir.fr/seminaire-ec...

Séminaire Ecologies sensibles du G.I.S EIRE – « A Time to Die, A Time to Plant » – Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork) – 18 décembre 2024 – SOFEIR

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Dec 10

Don't miss out on episode 54 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast! Author Colin Walsh talks about his debut novel Kala (2023)

We will be publishing episode 55 this Thursday!

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Yale University Press London 📖 @yalebooks.bsky.social · Dec 9

The SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2024 has been awarded to Robyne Calvert for 'The Mack' & Steven Brindle for 'Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830'.

Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Dec 9

Join us for a discussion on Dawn Watson's We Play Here (2023) this Wednesday!

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Nov 22

Join the EFACIS Book Club for a discussion on Dawn Watson's We Play Here (2023) on 11 December!

The session will be introduced by Jessica Bundschuh (Universität Stuttgart) and the author will join for a Q&A session at 9pm CET.

More info on how to join: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

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Mathieu Ferradou @mferradou.bsky.social · Dec 2

Ma recension de l'important livre de Laurent Colantonio sur Daniel O'Connell a enfin paru dans le Mouvement social :

Laurent Colantonio, L’homme-nation. Daniel O’Connell et le laboratoire politique irlandais, 1775-1847.

Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, « Histoire et civilisations », 2023, 400 p. Cet ouvrage vient combler un vide historiographique, puisqu’il est le premier, depuis le XIXe sièc...

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · Dec 2

NMNI in conversation with Bill Rolston . Bill speaks about his work, his relationships with muralists in Northern Ireland & his exhibition Drawing Support: Murals, Memory and Identity.

open.spotify.com/episode/4OZo...

In Conversation With: Bill Rolston

National Museums NI · Episode

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Karina Bénazech Wendling @karinabwendling.com · Dec 2

Question aux collègues #ESR :
L'université de Lille s'est clairement positionnée en faveur de la mobilisation du 3/12, notamment en maintenant les heures de service. Est-ce le cas ailleurs ? www.francebleu.fr/infos/educat...

Face au manque de soutien de l'Etat, l'université de Lille organise une "journée université morte" mardi 3 décembre - France Bleu

C'est une décision très symbolique prise par le comité de direction de l'université de Lille : les bâtiments seront fermés, mardi 3 décembre. Pas de cours, pas de mails ni d'appels téléphoniques ce jo...

www.francebleu.fr

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