📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5 #envhist #energysky

I haven’t been keeping up with this site so much recently because there is officially two weeks until I submit my PhD! Exciting and scary times 🤓

Are you a PhD student/ECR working on contemporary European history? If so, consider submitting to the @conteurohistory.bsky.social article prize. Deadline 12 September. I strongly encourage submissions from those working on Central/Eastern Europe & the USSR! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Looking forward to the 40th annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, which is taking place next week at the @tlrhub.bsky.social on the 5-6 June 2025. Brilliant keynote speakers and an excellent programme, for tickets see the link below. www.eventbrite.ie/e/eighteenth...

I had a fantastic time working with documents connected to the 1922 SRs trial and the LSI in @iisg-amsterdam.bsky.social last week. So many surprises! The staff were all so helpful, and the space was lovely. I look forward to coming back soon 📚

I had a great time chatting about my research on the new Section 900 podcast series, presented by postgraduates from @historytcd.bsky.social 🎧 Give it a listen here! open.spotify.com/episode/4ZlU...

Anyone interested in literary narratives of social mobility and higher education in literature -- submit to my panel for Association for the Study of Arts in he Present conference 2025! asap16.exordo.com/panels/30/co...

Looking forward to discussing the global implications of Soviet political trials with the Centre for International History, in a little over a week. Come one, come all! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Fascinating talks yesterday for the Modern & Contemporary Irish History seminar by @caitwhite.bsky.social and @lmcevoy.bsky.social on public commemoration in sculpture, and the legacies of post-war humanitarian hospitality. Left me with a lot of ideas. @historytcd.bsky.social

Great to visit snowy Newcastle for the first time at the weekend. As well, I got to present some of my research on Evgenii Korovin and early Soviet international law at the Study Group for Russian Revolution. An excellent collection of papers and contributions!