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

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...

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...

If you missed Elena Bergia's talk on 'In two stirrups: Identities in motion between Northern Ireland and Casalattico (Italy)', a recording is now available at youtu.be/R_ampLPzWyU

Join the EFACIS PhD Representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!

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

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

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

EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 13: Workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing - recording

Our next seminar is on Monday 3 Nov. When Elena Bergia will speak on ‘In two stirrups: Identities in motion between Northern Ireland and Casalattico (Italy)’. All welcome in person/online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

The new Changing Ireland Galleries at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, offer unprecedented public access to Irish political, cultural and social history from 1900-2020. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

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...

Join us on 4 Nov at the RIA for a seminar on the latest volume of @difp-ria.bsky.social (1969-73), exploring Irish policy on Northern Ireland and Europe and how history can inform today’s foreign policy-making. Book your tickets now: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/royalirishacademy/1887300

Great review by our own Katy Hayward

Our new digital exhibit is live! “A Part to Play” draws on Burns Library collections to explore the cultural sphere of The Troubles considering how individuals used cultural forms to explore their communities’ perceived heritage, values, and aspirations.  https://bit.ly/part-to-play

New resource on BNA for people interested in 1890s Ireland - 'The Illustrograph' (1894-9) Dubbed 'The Graphic of Ireland,' it was a monthly paper edited by H. Easom Hudson, printing a range of photographs celebrating Irish personalities & places. www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/illus...

In terms of shortlists, I can never look at one without thinking about the other books, equally good, that might have been there. That said, get voting. I’m delighted that The Benefactors is here in such lovely company. www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

The upcoming release of the 1926 census records of Ireland will be celebrated across a major public programme of events next year

Applications for the 2026 ISAANZ postgrad essay prize are now open isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...

The cfp for the 9th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies is now live! The seminar will take place at the Irish College Leuven from 24 to 28 August 2026. You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.

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...

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

21 Oct 1679: The #English Privy Council direct the Duke of #Ormond to arrest Archbishop Oliver Plunkett of #Armagh #otd This is how it ended for him in after his execution at Tyburn on 1 July 1681.

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

Our next seminar is on Monday 3 Nov. When Elena Bergia will speak on ‘In two stirrups: Identities in motion between Northern Ireland and Casalattico (Italy)’. All welcome in person/online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Due to popular demand the "Words on the Wave" exhibition will extend it's run until Monday 27th Oct. Don't miss your last chance to see these unique early medieval treasures at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare St. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...

It was such a pleasure to be involved in this wee programme celebrating the enormous legacy of Joan Lingard. It airs at 4pm tomorrow on Radio 4. Here’s the link and info www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Don't forget to check out our digital exhibition on how the Irish Revolution was witnessed through photography in France. En français et en anglais. @clairedubois.bsky.social meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

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...

If you missed Shinjini Chattopadhyay's talk on Monday on critical cosmopolitanism and Irish identity in 'Finnegan's Wake', there's now a recording available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJv...

Never too late to do the right thing…

We will be co-hosting the Belfast launch of Nick's new book on 2nd March.

Congrats to our former MA Irish Studies student Rose Pupel, who has published an article on 'Brexit, borders, and ballots: the effects of uncertainty and border proximity on electoral turnout in Northern Ireland' in Irish Political Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Next revisit the Irish Revival! Betsey Taylor FitzSimon and James H. Murphy (eds), The Irish Revival Reappraised www.edepositireland.ie/collections/...

Our next vol contained some timely reflections Peter Gray (ed.), Victoria's Ireland? : Irishness and Britishness, 1837-1901 www.edepositireland.ie/collections/...

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...

Serpent Cross • Gallen Priory • Offaly This unusual slab dates to c.8-11th century AD. It has a ringed cross with serpents unfurling from a central whorl to bite one man and three human heads. It may be symbolic of the battle between good and evil If that is the case, it looks like evil is on top!

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...

"The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

🎙️Listen to Sam McBride and Fintan O’Toole speak to @markcarruthers7.bsky.social about their new book debating a potential united Ireland on Red Lines today. For and Against is in book shops now with upcoming events in Dublin, Belfast and London. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We are delighted to announce a new collection – Ireland’s Educational Foundations: Digitising and Mapping the 1826 Education Inquiry – has been published in the Repository by @ria.ie in collaboration with Dr. Alan Fernihough of @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. Find out more: dri.ie/news/new-col...

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