Looking forward ward to travelling to London tomorrow to present some tentative research from the COLVET project on how veterans in the interwar French Empire shifting the contours of citizenship. Come one, come all. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/colonial-v...

This is the "mature debate" they keep banging on about btw. What level of cruelty we should aspire to, with the claimed fear of being seen as less cruel than a country rapidly sliding towards fascism. An ivory tower scumbag

Lady LondonKerry suggesting indentured servitude and Mahmood saying she'll consider it. Bleak times.

Did @rpanchasi.bsky.social's Xtreme Endnoting exercise with a group of postgrads this afternoon and it was so good. They got really engaged and enjoyed it. @siobhraaiken.bsky.social Spiritual Wounds was one of our mystery texts. Strongly recommend giving it a go: www.historians.org/perspectives...

It is so grim to see this happening and under a Labour government. When I lived in Bristol, one of the things I appreciated most was how, in spite of the state's hostile policies, the city and the vast majority of its residents seemed to genuinely celebrate its diversity and the welcome to refugees.

Vindication for the short lived Maoist group in Shandon, Cork in 1970. Their shop may have been smashed up by a local mob but their long march through the institutions has, according to David McWilliams in today's Irish Times, worked because everyone on the Irish Left is now "Maoist-Third Worldist".

Never thought I'd be lamenting the 123 but the new privatized service is so much worse. Mind boggling that after all the complaints about disappearing buses in other GoAhead routes they were given more routes...

My barber was just telling me how positive immigration has been for him- immigrants get their hair cut more often and have forced the Irish lads to up their game and no one fights over Christmas shifts anymore because Muslim and/or Orthodox lads cover those shifts.

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

Reposting the *working* link for my @frenchhistory.bsky.social piece re: the 1985 French bombing of the "Rainbow Warrior" because I miss things all the time on here & maybe you do too? Also goofily proud of this photo I took at Marsden Wharf in Auckland in 2024 & my first post didn't show it off.

Finally drafting my paper for the @sfps.bsky.social conference on Fanon. I'll be talking about how the origins of the racist colonial psychiatry against which Fanon struggled in Algeria lay in the experience of mass mobilisaiton of colonial subjects during WWI.

It's that time of the year again when I absolutely cannot shift a cough so I'm working from bed. At least it gives me an excuse to dig out some of my favourite archival photos: Algerian nationalist leader Messali Hadj working from bed.

My theory of this is a lot of white middle-aged, middle-class people, who see themselves as having good (centre-ish) values and being where they are on merit, see Starmer in the same light and are very invested in it not turning out he’s been overpromoted precisely because he’s in their demographic.

An absolutely fascinating paper from @mauricejcasey.com this evening. Invite him to your seminars. The research is so fascinating and he gives such a masterclass in both writing and in presenting that grad students will really benefit from.

This evening in Maynooth- come one, come all!

Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street

Really liked the book and think they've done a great job with the series. Top tier performances all around.

as a bosnian, i cannot accept this depoliticization of the mass murder that was directed against us. to brazenly claim that the violence has "no political or religious motivation" is beneath common sense. it harms any understanding of what happened in sarajevo and bosnia

Looking forward to speaking at the Institute of Historical Research Seminar in King's College London next Wednesday evening. I will present research from the @erc.europa.eu COLVET project. Open to all but pre-registration required to attend. Thanks to the organisers www.eventbrite.ie/e/colonial-v...

Really looking forward to this tomorrow. Maurice's work is always so fascinating and engaging- marrying the great social and political transformations of the 20th century with the intimate lives of those who have often been marginalised in the Grand Narratives of the past. Please do join us!

Ah breathnú ar Nuacht Tg4 agus iad ag labhairt faoin ár uachtarán nua. So lovely to see pobal na Gaeilge speaking of their joy at seeing an ally of the language and their communities elected. Analysis from the ever insightful Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh. These two lads are her neighbours from the Claddagh😍

🚨Deadline Extended🚨 You now have until December 1st to submit your proposals and/or apply for the bursaries. Come join us in beautiful Amynooth in June. This tree should be back in full summer bloom by then. frenchcolonial.org/annual-meeti...

Maynooth! Join me for the story of a training school for revolutionaries, a bestselling recipe book and a vegetarian cook who parachuted from a Lancaster bomber into Nazi Germany in 1944.

I seem to be the only historian in Ireland who doesn't have a photo from the Arás but I do have one from the Embassy in Rome where I was younger, slimmer and had more hair!

Really looking forward to welcoming @mauricejcasey.com to Maynooth on Thursday for a seminar entitled 'A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the Anti-Nazi Underground'. IONTAS building room 1.37 at 17:00. All are welcome. It will be followed.. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/history/even...

As expected, the Appeal Court have released Nicolas Sarkozy on bail but wild that they had to specify that he is not allowed to meet with the current Minister of Justice or his officials because that minister met with him just before he went to jail www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Went to see Lisa O'Neill in De Barra's in Clonakilty and it was a piece of magic for Samhain. The opening act Rosie McCarthy was an amazing young talent (only 17) carrying on the proud tradition of Traveller singing. Lisa was as moving as ever and the whole event was just wonderful .

Fantastic new piece by @camilleriana.bsky.social on thinking trans-imperially and cross-colonially between the Italian and German empires. It showcases the archival research and intellectual work Nicola has been doing on the COLVET team. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

This pun gave me a much needed Friday morning chuckle.

What a wonderful (if slightly intimidating) day learning about colleagues' brilliantly insightful and empathetic work. Counting myself lucky to work with such smart and lovely people.

Big day for the parish today. We have the Inaugural Professorial Lecture of our wonderful colleague Roisín Higgins on her research on sensorial history of the Troubles. This will be followed by a conversation between our also wonderful colleague Sarah Roddy and Niamh Nic Ghabhann on Sarah's new book

Big day for the parish today. We have the Inaugural Professorial Lecture of our wonderful colleague Roisín Higgins on her research on sensorial history of the Troubles. This will be followed by a conversation between our also wonderful colleague Sarah Roddy and Niamh Nic Ghabhann on Sarah's new book

good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx

Listen to our colleagues in Palestine when they cry out about what has happened and what is happening to higher education there. They are in the frontlines of the struggle for academic freedom. We owe them our attention and our action. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Great news from New York. A positive and radical platform can win. Looking forward to shoehorning a discussion of Zohran's father's theories of the legacies of indirect rule and Postcolonial polities in Africa into small talk for the next few weeks.

When you realise your dad is actually in the WhatsApp group you've been using to plan a surprise present for your parents but it's grand because you also know he never reads his messages...

Regimes of grievability from my Senegal archive notes. The Governor of Upper Volta to the Governor General of French West Africa, 1924: We shouldn't forget that for local families the material consequences of the loss of a husband or brother are infinitely less painful than in our European societies

Loving that apparently the password for the Louvre video cameras was "Louvre" 😂😂 www.liberation.fr/checknews/lo...

Dan O'Brien suggesting the time has come to abandon the cause of nuclear non proliferation. Appears to be willing an even more dangerous world into existence. Not a thought spared here for those communities from Algeria to the Pacific and beyond who were devastated by testing not to mention Japan.

The Go Ahead bus routes are living proof that privatisation does not mean enhanced efficiency. Cursed to live on a Go Ahead route and to have parents who live on a Go Ahead route. I am nostalgic for when the Dublin buses were late but actually turned up.

Your Master students think about PhD? Let them look at the EUI! I can also talk to them about the general vibe/history dept!

protesters were allowed to board a bus, racially profile the passengers and demand to see their documentation all without consequences. What a failure in policy and policing this has all been. www.thejournal.ie/clare-protes...

A reminder to get there early on Thursdsy lest you be subject to the kinds of brawls over seating that @seroddy.bsky.social details in the book. No pew rents will be applied and there may even be some catering to get you in the door before the event.

Ivan was so indignant that anyone connected him to the HH campaign- little did we know it was because he was working for Jim Gavin🙄Of course Matt won't run into this problem next time round because he advocates for abolishing presidential elections altogether.

Really looking forward to hearing @seroddy.bsky.social in conversation with @niamhroisin.bsky.social on her wonderful new book Money and Irish Catholicism in Maynooth on Thursday evening. All are welcome to attend so please do join us.

For all your Fenian apparel needs.

Really hoping to catch this when I am back in Dakar early next year.

We are just out of the election where a resounding majority of the voting public endorsed Catherine Connolly and we are already seeing think pieces about how the Irish public can be brought to see the error of their ways. This strategy of chiding the electorate is as offensive as it is ineffective.

Travelling to Cork later today to give a talk tomorrow to a group of architecture students on one of my favourite topics- Marseille!

Iontach. Cuireann Catherine gníomh leis an bhfocal i gconaí. Gaeltacht communities are among the most marginalised on the island while lucht na Gaeilge is expanding rapidly among young people of all backgrounds North and South. This is such a positive move. www.thejournal.ie/irish-will-b...