Launch of Honoured the latest volume of Irish Legal History Society discourses, Confluences of Law and History, in Belfast on Friday, November 14th.

AHRC Awards for PhD study in Arts and Humanities at QUB (starting Sept. 2026) are now advertised at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...

Another fascinating @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar coming up later TODAY by Dr Lloyd Maphosa! Chaired by the great @emorier.bsky.social. Drinks and snacks provided. All welcome! More information and the sign up for attending online in the link below: www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Check our this piece on the representation of the Irish revolution in the French press - coauthored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe ! @cecille-ulille.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @meshs.bsky.social @labnf.bsky.social @ccirlandais.bsky.social

On 10 November we will be joined by Hiram Morgan (UCC), who will talk about '"Anatomies of death": forced famine in the Tudor conquest of Ireland'. All welcome, in-person or online: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

very grateful for this kind endorsement for 'Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955' by @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social Prof Fearghal McGarry

In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/sophie-coo...

Thanks to QUB HAPP for sharing our online Opposition to Thatcher conference, held next Friday. Just look at the speakers. Topics include: Ireland, Miners, local Gov, culture etc. Very multi-disciplinary. Please share with anyone interested. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

NEW QUEER HISTORY ARTICLE from me & @charlielynch.bsky.social! muse.jhu.edu/pub/15/artic...

Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social deadline.com/2025/10/dais...

BOA is delighted to announce the recipients of our 2025 Undergraduate Essay Competition! To read the three winning essays and two highly commended entries, you can visit our Articles page here: buff.ly/TKssPD8

Doing a thing tomorrow night for the Crossgar Historical Society

Heading to the north coast tomorrow for this public talk in Coleraine 👍

On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

MIDNIGHT AGAIN A selection of the alert and animated letters that Helen Ramsey Turtle wrote back to her family in Denver, Colorado from Northern Ireland during the Second World War, edited by John Wilson Foster. Buy it here: amzn.to/47iELRw #BookWeekNI

Very privileged to play a small part in this documentary. Letters From The Blitz airs at 10.40pm on Thursday 30th October on BBC Northern Ireland. Available afterward on iPlayer.

🎉We are pleased to announce new Applied History Fellowships in partnership with @royalhistsoc.org & @findmypast.bsky.social. Join us on the 19 November at our launch event to find out more about the Fellowships and how to apply: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Oh, this is interesting! A twist on the usual question of ‘historical accuracy’ in movies www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is great news - delighted that Sunil will be our visiting Wiles Lecturer in History at QUB next May. The book is outstanding.

Hi guys, I’ve finally joined BlueSky and I’m delighted to share a new History talk entitled ‘The Treaty-the forgotten Michael Collins film’ Many thanks to @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social for recording and for the q&a afterwards

Was asked by @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social to pick my favourite non fiction books. Basically went for the books I had by my side as I wrote MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Featuring books by @sarahknott.bsky.social, @bungatuffie.bsky.social & Mike Davis, among others 👇 uk.bookshop.org/lists/kieran...

Call for Papers – IHSA 2026 Conference at Maynooth University The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.

Looking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar, co-ordinated with @publichistoryqub.bsky.social, with Dr Laura Aguiar (UU) speaking this week! Snacks and drinks provided as usual. For more information & to sign up online follow the link below below: www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

A huge thanks to @mcculld.bsky.social for this REALLY kind shout out! www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Really cool work here… returning to a time and place that was a foundational moment not just for urbanising Britain but also for the discipline of urban history and using new techniques to challenge a deeply embedded viewpoint! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Belfast Booklaunch on 30 Oct. of Leanne Calvert's 'Pious and Promiscuous: Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster' www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

If you missed Ian d'Alton's talk yesterday about '1932: Seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence', it's now available online at youtu.be/9oxWs0PTA1Y

I spoke to the Belfast Telegraph about my book, being shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social and the state of multiculturalism in the UK and Ireland today www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/qub-his...

Congratulations to @conorbrockbank.bsky.social for a great @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar paper this afternoon! Not just entertainingly titled and delivered, but with some really interesting insights 🦎

Today's most read on @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social. Check out our new digital exhibition tracing the history of visual representations of the Irish revolution in France: @clairedubois.bsky.social meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im... www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

On Monday 20 October we welcome Dr Ian d'Alton to QUB Irish Studies to talk about '1932 - seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence'. All welcome in-person and online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

This will be a great seminar and start to the USIHS seminars for this semester from Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth) this THURSDAY! All welcome! Details below, the event will be hybrid - registration to attend online is still open via the link below (in the original post).

Boy, am I looking forward to giving this paper this Friday as part of the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series. This series has a great supportive culture for those presenting. Online signup and more information about the seminar is available via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

New article just published from the ‘Queer Northern Ireland: Sexuality before Liberation’ project. Charlie lays out in brilliant (and often depressing) depth how the complex forces of psychiatry and religion shaped the responses to male homosexuality in the decades after WWII.

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️

Next stop Coleraine, looking forward to talking on "Anglo-Norman towns and townlands" at the end of the month, Portrush will feature and this intriguing map www.nifhs.org/events/a-jou...

A clip of me on BBC Radio this morning responding to Jenrick’s comments about Handsworth

Looking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar this Friday from QUB’s @jamielukas.bsky.social. Do note the room change for this week only. Honoured to be asked to chair the seminar this week. More details & sign up to join online via link below: www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...

QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.) www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career...

Doing a WSC talk for ‘Reclaim the Enlightenment’ Belfast on Wednesday evening at 6pm if anyone’s interested reclaimtheenlightenment.net

Thrilled to share the poster for our inter-disciplinary 'Opposition to Thatcher' conference on 14 Nov! Includes sign-up info - please share. Thanks to Keynote Dr Amy Edwards, all speakers & QUB HAPP for funding. @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Great to see the latest IHTA, the atlas series has been going now for an impressive forty years, a fantastic research resource

Belfast's own Crystal Palace (on Queen's Island, 1850s) - Marcus Ward / NLI

Looking for somewhere to weather the storm? Join us tomorrow for our annual symposium, which will feature new research on Dublin’s rich medieval past. The event is free and no registration is required! @historytcd.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

Terrific forthcoming event @ria.ie 4 November 1230-1430 "Irish Foreign Policy, the Troubles and EC membership 1969-1973" brought to you by the RIA's Committee for International Affairs and the Documents in Irish Foreign Policy project. www.ria.ie/events/the-t...

🖥 We have a number of online research training courses starting in October. Visit the IHR website to register and find detailed information on each course: www.history.ac.uk/study-traini...