The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly. www.ecis.ie/news-events/

Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory: Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830 www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030. One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods. www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.

Such a lovely occasion today attending the celebration of the 2025 Trinity Research Doctorate Award Winners Event! Delighted to be working with my new PhD student Emily Bresland on Writing from the Margins - women’s narratives from 18c Ireland @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Good morning! The Trinity Arts & Humanities Research Festival is in full swing — and today brings another exciting programme of events.😊 Check out what’s happening today and join us for inspiring talks and lively discussions.🎙️ #TCDAHFest

Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

My latest article now out in Eighteenth-Century Ireland my first and probably last foray into Swift Studies liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...

I’m absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copy of ‘Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain’. Thank you to the editors, Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard, and congratulations to all contributors. I can’t wait to read all the other chapters!

Many congratulations to Dr Catriona Kennedy @trionakennedy.bsky.social on her new book, Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution, from Oxford University Press. A beautiful and insightful book! 📚💫🎉 Find out more @oxfordunipress.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Don’t forger to register for my Shakespeare and Ireland Symposium on June 14 @tlrhub.bsky.social. Of interest to scholars of the theatre, 18th century Ireland, the history of the book, and Shakespeareans alike! www.eventbrite.ie/e/hibernian-...

It was a real pleasure to deliver a plenary lecture at this year’s ECIS conference held @tlrhub.bsky.social. Having completed my PhD at Trinity and later organised the 2012 ECIS conference there as a postdoc, it felt like a homecoming of sorts! (Photo by @amyprendergast.bsky.social)

And we are done! Two fantastic days of Eighteenth Century papers and conviviality at @tlrhub.bsky.social. Finished up with a great keynote on political caricature by James Kelly.

ECIS conference all done until next year @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Another fabulous day of papers, with my own personal highlight of chairing the wonderful @drtinamorin.bsky.social for today’s brilliant plenary @tlrhub.bsky.social

Day 1 of ECIS 40th anniversary conference done and dusted! One of the highlights was the awarding of the inaugural ECIS PG & ECR bursary to @mzukovs.bsky.social Congratulations to Maria and good luck with your research!

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

What a thing of beauty! 'Élie Bouhéreau: the collections & communities of a Huguenot refugee' is out! The 12 essays explore the worlds Bouhéreau, Marsh's first librarian & Ireland's first public librarian, traversed & impacted through his print & manuscript collections #BookHistory #Huguenots

Reminder - this Friday is the last day to submit applications for Eighteenth-Century Ireland’s postgrad & ECR bursary!

€2,000 up for grabs for a postgrad or early career scholar of eighteenth-century Ireland! Full details & application form available here: www.ecis.ie/postgraduate...

Calling all eighteenth-century Ireland scholars! You still have time to submit proposals for the annual ECIS conference to @speakerconolly.bsky.social & myself before our deadline tomorrow. Postgrad bursaries also available!

Looking forward to the annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, which is taking place in the @tlrhub.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin on the 5-6 June this year. See the CFP below and there are postgraduate bursaries.

Our last book review of the year is now online. Please do have a look at the other book reviews for 2024 they might inspire you for the last minute Christmas idea. Thanks as always to those who give of their time to review these wonderful publications. womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...

The WHAI are delighted to announce the call for papers for our 2025 Conference. See our website for more details. retweets appreciated.

Had such a wonderful time on Friday celebrating the publication of Mere Bagatelles, Women's Diaries from Ireland, 1760-1810. Thank you so much to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting us & @evepatt.bsky.social for her kind words on the book itself!