#IrishHistory #IrishLaw #IrishStatutes #ILD Good news for those working on Irish history from 1692 to 1800. The Irish Legislation Database is back online at a new address. resources.qub.ac.uk/ild/ Much thanks to Prof David Hayton. Please share widely.

"What was once a worrying trend across a small number of disciplines is now an emergency, threatening all subjects. Courses are closing, provision is contracting, and geographical inequalities in access are becoming entrenched. Important skills and capabilities ... are being lost." #Skystorians

it’s doctor, actually #phdone

Congrats to all our students graduating today ! 🥂

I graduated! Proud to say I’m now a graduate of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social in addition to being a historian here. I just finished a PgCert in game development to support my Digital Humanities/Public History work.

New episode of Talking History now live! 🎙️ By the Eureka Barricade: The Irish Rebel Who Helped Shape Australia Big thanks to @qubhistory.bsky.social PhD Constantin Torve for a fascinating discussion on Eureka rebel John Joseph O'Meara. Also listen on Spotify & Amazon Music. #History #IrishHistory

Intro to Researching at the National Library of Ireland Want to explore the Library's collections? Join this free introduction to learn how to search our catalogue, get a reader's ticket, order material, and access resources in person or online. 📅 Tues 30 June 1pm: https://ow.ly/NR5W50ZffuY

'Ginzburg’s death...means that one of the last living links with a remarkable postwar generation of historians has gone....As the rise of 21st-century authoritarianism creates new generations of scapegoats and misfits, the approach of one of Italy’s greatest scholars speaks directly to our times.'

Last few tickets remaining for the XXV Ulster American Heritage Symposium Thursday 25th and Friday 26th June 2026 Really interesting topics being discussed. Day 1 tickets - www.eventbrite.com/e/ulster-ame... Day 2 tickets - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ulster-ame...

Only 10 (or so) years after I first started drafting it, I’m very excited that I have a new article out in @irishhiststudies.bsky.social! ‘He became Irish in death: the Rafferty-O’Meara murder trials and press representations of Irishness in 1870s Chicago’ is out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I have an essay in the Irish Times this weekend reflecting on the intimate practice of writing about queer history in Belfast. Warning: contains pillow talk www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Next week at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Dr Gideon Danja, "Music, memory and religious violence in Northern Nigeria" AfricanJihad #Africa #Nigeria #violence #music #peace #memory

A chance to win my book for free. What’s not to like.

📣 Are you a PGR or ECR planning a visit to the United States for a conference or archive trip on nineteenth century American history??? Applications for the BrANCH Parish Travel Awards (up to £1000 of funding!) are now open!!! Deadline to apply for this cycle: July 1st See more details below 👇

We are stronger, and better historians, together. Historical societies abound in the UK, and we've listed 150 with BlueSky accounts in this updated Starter Pack. go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd Other societies appear on a new listing of subject societies on the RHS website bit.ly/4ebwP9r #Skystorians

Delighted to share my first academic article with you all 🖊️ I have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the life of Lady Hester Hart, and amplifying her voice from the archives. #skystorians #womenshistory @qubhistory.bsky.social blogs.qub.ac.uk/sirroberthar...

With the Modern British Studies conference at Birmingham again next week, it was a pleasure to write this blog about my past research on multicultural Britain and my new project which takes me back to my Irish roots modbritstud.org.uk/notes-from-t...

My latest newsletter now on Substack - covering cholera pits & with the details of some exciting new events over the next few weeks. open.substack.com/pub/robynatc...

Was good to join Shane Beatty on the Newstalk podcast to discuss our new project on 100 years of Irish diversity. Listen below www.newstalk.com/podcasts/new...

I was on BBC Radio Ulster Talkback today with @williamcrawley.bsky.social talking about "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" - listen here from 12:47pm! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It was a pleasure & privilege to chair this year’s Wiles Lectures by Sunil Amrith on ‘Towards a History of Repair’, responding to the planetary environmental crisis. Thanks to Sunil, academic guests Glenda Sluga, Prashant Kidambi, Laura Martin, Patricia Clavin, Kiran Kumbhar & trustee David Armitage

Sunil Amrith’s final Wiles lecture at QUB, ‘Repairing the planet’, is today at 11am. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

She made history for decades. Now she has a degree in it. Congratulations to Billie Jean King on earning her BA in history from from Cal State LA, 65 years after first enrolling.

Africa Day in Belfast Next Tuesday 26 May at 4pm -- all Welcome

Sunil Amrith will give his third Wiles Lecture at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social today at 5pm on ‘Repair in the History of Capitalism’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

Sunil Amrith will give his second Wiles Lecture today at 5pm, on ‘Repair after War’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...

The Wiles Lectures start today at 5pm - all welcome to this groundbreaking series on global environmental history

I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

I am so happy that these art deco Belfast street lamps - made for the Millfield Foundry in the 1930s and originally placed on the Boyne Bridge - have been repurposed for the new central rail station!

Note: relatively stable institution; HAPP's a supportive (even harmonious) School; there's another Ancient History colleague; and pay at Queen's is now relatively high (starting salary is junior; post confirmation-in-post, lecturer starts c. £52k, SL starts c. £66k). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRP030/l...

Today at 6pm

"Ultimately, the UK needs to review how higher education is funded and regulated. We cannot leave the future of essential teaching and research to a scramble for students and a race to recruit." #Skystorians

Chairing this online session at 5.30pm. All welcome!

📣 Just 5 weeks until the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social Annual Meeting in #Tralee! 🎟️ Open to ALL! Whether you’re an experienced oral historian, starting your #oralhistory journey, or keen to learn more, join us in June! Booking via🔗 tickettailor.com/events/oralh... #OralHistoryCommunity #OHNI

Petition to save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire: c.org/9JLppW5tMS

Don't forget you can see our provisional conference schedule and register for #ssnci2026 on our website! See this link ssnci.org/annual-confe...

Congratulations to Constantin Torve, who is this year's AJIS Postgraduate Essay Prize winner his submission 'Tipperary Boys, Red Ribbons, & the Eureka Stockade: The global Irish diaspora & agrarian protest repertoires in Australia, 1840-60.' His essay will appear in the next issue. isaanz.org/ajis/

I’ll be discussing the Rushdie Affair in Britain and the Netherlands at SPUI25 in Amsterdam next week with Leo Lucassen. If you’re in town, join us spui25.nl/programma/th...

#NewBlog On Sunday 18 April 1926, 630,048 households completed their census forms. In this month’s blog, DIB's Dr Angela Byrne reflects on what the release of the 1926 census, recently digitised by the National Archives of Ireland, means to historians. www.dib.ie/blog/census-... #DIBLives

Departmental Lectureship in Economic and Social History University of Oxford - Faculty of History #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL580/d...

Lecturer in Modern British History Lancaster University - School of Global Affairs #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL783/l...

Today the memorial for the Belfast workhouse burial ground was unveiled. Huge thanks to all those who have worked with me in making this happen. There are tens of thousands of people buried here and now their resting place is finally marked.

We're wishing Honorary Graduate and broadcast legend, Sir David Attenborough, a very happy 100th birthday! Sir David joined us in 2013 to receive an honorary degree for his services to science and broadcasting. Happy birthday, Sir David, from all of us here at Queen's! 🎉 #LoveQUB #LoveQUBGrad

One-year teaching replacement post in History at Nottingham. #Skystorians

A reminder that you’re invited to join the NCPH #community this Tuesday, May 12 for a proactive, hopeful conversation about the #PublicHistory future we want to build together. Sign up to get the meeting link at: https://community.ncph.org/event/advocacy-2026#community#PublicHistory#Advocacy

This will be the second of my Belfast book launches - an in conversation event with the wonderful @elainefarrell.bsky.social, superstar author of Bad Bridget!

Many thanks to NVTV for putting together this short video to mark the unveiling of the UHC memorial blue plaque to William Sharman Crawford at Crawfordsburn on 26 February 2026. petergray47.com/2026/05/07/u...

It’ll be great to finish off this academic year with QUB’s very own, James Orchin who is also finishing up his time on the seminar committee after many years. Come hear his incredible research, chaired by none other than the Head of @qubhistory.bsky.social, Andrew Holmes!