Lecturer in Irish History @uniofgalway | Researching siblings, the Irish family, networking & sociability in 19th-C Ireland | she/her | All views my own.
Important article on the pervasive nature of precarious labour in Universities in Ireland - published today when all of our hourly colleagues are no longer in contract but expected TO WORK FOR FREE for the next 6-8 weeks until exams and grading is over
https://t.co/r3OeOFn4cl
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34 years ago today, Ireland went to the polls & elected our 1st female President, Mary Robinson. Her extensive archive is housed here @UniOfGalwayASC & we're delighted to release 1st tranche of material today.
Read more from archivist @niamhnicharra
https://t.co/N0owejFu84
At 12pm today, 30th October, we celebrate ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ since our first ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ began their education here. ๐๐๐
Thanks to @irelandincolour for adding some flair to this beautiful sepia pic ๐ธ๐๏ธ
โ๏ธOur Co-Chair, Sean OโConnell explains why every piece of information about the institutions and their practices, no matter how small, is important for the Independent Panelโs work.
If you have information you would like to share, please get in touch.
https://t.co/gk7oDHqFGU
Thatโs the proofs done then! The new expanded second edition of Possessed by the devil about the #islandmageewitches trial of 1711 will in bookshops/online at the end of next month, November 2024
Another call for papers here on the theme of 'Play in the Long Nineteenth Century'.
Some interesting History of Education links here!
Deadline: 18th November 2024
#histed#cfp#history#education#research
We will be hosting both an afternoon and an evening drop-in session at the City Hotel for anyone who is interested in speaking with one of our Panel members about the testimony process or how to approach getting access to your personal records. #SeekingTheTruth
๐กThe Network for the Study of Resilient Women, led by early career researchers at @tcddublin will bring together the lived experiences of Irish women throughout history from the 1840s โ 1980s.
๐Read more here: https://t.co/AeQ9sVRVBG
#HubMatters#ResilientWomen
Delighted to have received funding from the @RIAdawson for a project that will look at the aftermath & emotional trauma of the 1926 Dromcollogher cinema fire on the people of the town, Ireland and the Irish diaspora. Need the publics help - see below. Retweets appreciated.
๐ข Calling all O NEGATIVE donors!
We urgently need YOU to help boost our lifesaving O Negative blood stocks before the weekend!
Book now or simply walk in to any of our sessions this week:
๐ - Belfast HQ
๐ - Comber
๐ - Maghera
๐ - Donaghmore
๐https://t.co/tlVCbYnhOu
Ghost Conference Alert!! @SnedAndrew @tait_clodagh and myself are delighted to be organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern#twitterstorians#emotions#emostorians
Another week, another book-related seminar! Can't wait to speak at the New Voices in Irish & Scottish Studies webinar. Happening tomorrow at 4pm!
#EdinburghsUnrulyWomen@AbdnRiiss
It is fantastic to see this piece on the Carrigan Committee by Emma Quinn in the most recent issue of History Ireland @HistIreHedge! This is an edited version of Emma's @IrLegalHist prize-winning essay: https://t.co/PdYrWlBfRz
Last call! APPLY NOW
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of 19th Century US Immigration & Labor history at @BostonCollege History Dept, with a preference for Irish diaspora scholar to be affiliated with #BCIrishStudies
Deadline for applications Oct. 15!
https://t.co/N9qwTmckNZ