i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

Watching events unfold today across the Middle East and once again wondering what the UNSC actually looks like when it functions as intended?? Such a gap between events on the ground and any effective international response

CFP to come very very soon! ✨

📣 Save the date! The next conference of the Society for the History of War will take place at the University of Limerick, Ireland 🇮🇪 🗓 26–27 November 2026 Historians of war, conflict, and violence - mark your calendars!! 📄 Call for Papers coming soon!

The troubles

Thanks to all who joined us this evening to launch #womensgrassrootsactivism #Activism100+ Toolkit. It's out in the world 🥳 & download your copy 👇. Incredibly grateful to members of @soroptimistgbi.bsky.social @womensinstitute.bsky.social #ICA & WI Northern Ireland who made this project happen 🙏.

Spain to formally pardon 53 women who were locked up by Franco regime ‘The women were incarcerated by a collection of institutions run by religious orders, echoing Ireland’s Magdalene laundries’ www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

Happy anniversary of accidentally legalised drugs in Ireland day to all who celebrate.

gambling monk, germany, 15th century

New call for book proposals 📚 The Boydell Studies in War and Military History series (Boydell & Brewer) is inviting proposals for monographs and edited volumes exploring warfare, armed forces, and military institutions across all periods and regions. Details below. ⬇️

obviously today is a huge embarrassment for Matt Goodwin and for Reform, which is something that we absolutely ought to celebrate, but we must also remember it's a huge embarrassment for Morgan McSweeney and Maurice Glasman and all the Blue Labour weirdos, and that's important to celebrate too :)

Viva = defended 🍾 thank you @lloislanel.bsky.social

I do not want to live in interesting times. Would like to live in uneventful times, thank you.

“A meticulously researched and engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer.” Well done @lloislanel.bsky.social 👏👏❤️

I would literally die for Keelan and Dylan on the toy show. Who’s cutting onions 😭 #LateLateToyShow

On a Grinch themed toy show this is simply brilliant casting #latelatetoyshow @latelateshow.rte.ie

Toy Show: This is Child 1 Ireland: I would die for Child 1 Toy Show: Goodbye Child 1. Now welcome Child 2 Ireland: Never mind, Child 1 is dead to me. I love Child 2 now. #Toyshow #LateLateToyShow

Thinking of putting together a conference, but, instead of said function ever happening, we simply continue extending the conference proposal deadline every three months until the sun burns out.

Bhí mé ar @tg4.bsky.social 7Lá aréir ag plé cuairt Uachtarán na Úcráine ar Éirinn. www.tg4.ie/ga/player/ca...

Had the time in Potsdam with @sochistorywar.bsky.social #SHoW25

Huge thanks to everyone who joined us for SHoW 2025! 🇩🇪 Great conversations and even better company. Our members are at the heart of SHoW, and it really showed this year. Thank you to the ZMSBw and the University of Potsdam for their hospitality! If you have photos, please DM them our way!📸

Can’t wait!! #SHoW2025

We’re so proud of our very own Hayley Brabazon, whose blog post on LibFocus was highly commended in the CONUL 2025 Library Assistant Blog awards. A brilliant example of insight and creativity in library engagement 🎉

‼️🚨 one week left! 🚨‼️ Don’t forget folks, abstracts for SHoW 2025 are due on 30 June!! All the details can be found here: www.show.org.uk

Due to the sad loss of our friend and colleague Joe Rodgers, our three libraries will be closed on Friday 13th June.

Delighted to share details of the upcoming hybrid workshop 'The Colonial Veteran in the Archive' to be held in Maynooth on June 25. This is part of the COLVET project funded by @erc.europa.eu You will find a draft schedule and details for registration here. Please join us on the day and share widely

Really enjoyed @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social paper for @whaireland.bsky.social #WHAI2025 conference which asked key questions about #archives & capturing history of emotions & often hidden gendered experiences of trauma esp. re poorer women activists in Irish Revolution. Fascinating project.

Thanks so much to @nearfm.ie for having me in this morning to chat about my PhD research @dublincityuni.bsky.social, all things women in war, and the character of the knight in the Canterbury Tales! A really enjoyable conversation with Berni Dwan and Dr Jackie Uí Chionna!

Happy History in Your Hands Awards day! With three winners from each school, and renowned Irish footballer Niall Quinn handing out the awards we're so excited to celebrate everyone involved in the project - especially the brilliant students! Stay tuned for updates.. @dculibrary.bluesky.com

Remember to get those abstracts in for SHoW 2025!

Catching up on reading is infinitely better with a bit of sun. Finally making a dent in the stack ☀️

📣 Spotted! It’s great to see Mary MacSwiney by Leeann Lane (@lloislanel.bsky.social) on display in Cork city. Thank you to the Waterstones Cork team for the gorgeous table. #MaryMacSwiney #LeeannLane #IrishHistory #WomensHistory #WomensBiographies #Cork @waterstones.bsky.social

Delighted to celebrate the launch of Mary MacSwiney by my brilliant supervisor and dear friend, Dr Leeann Lane, this evening. A powerful and nuanced biography of a formidable and often misunderstood woman. Congratulations, @lloislanel.bsky.social — so well deserved! @ucdpress.bsky.social

Two great opportunities for researchers interested in global wartime history! The ERC Synergy project BLOCKADE is hiring: 🔹 1 Postdoctoral Researcher (3 years) 🔹 1 PhD (4 years) More details here: www.blockades.eu #AcademicChatter #Postdoc

On behalf of the organisers, we want to thank all of our speakers, attendees, chairs, keynotes, and the DCU School of History and Geography for supporting our conference. It was an absolute highlight of our PhD experience to have the pleasure of organising and hosting this event. Now, to the pub!

SHoW's @ikapika.bsky.social is presenting today's keynote for the Navigating War and Violence in twentieth-century Ireland conference ( @nwavc2025.bsky.social), which is co-organised by @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social. Fredrika's paper is titled 'Colourising Conflict'.

Our opening addressed have begun by @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social and Professor James Kelly! @dublincityuni.bsky.social

We’re all set and ready to go at DCU for today’s event on war and violence in 20th-century Ireland! Name badges prepped, tote bags stacked, and great discussions ahead. Looking forward to welcoming everyone! @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social @avavalis.bsky.social

The calm before a day of civil war, revolution, and contested memory— excited to welcome everyone to @dublincityuni.bsky.social this morning for @nwavc2025.bsky.social

Only one more sleep!! The final preparations are underway for tomorrow. We can’t wait to welcome friends and colleague from over 15 institutions across the island of Ireland, Britain and Europe! For anyone who hasn’t registered and is interested in coming along, all the details are below

Honoured to have been nominated as part of the brilliant History in Your Hands team for the @dublincityuni.bsky.social President’s Award for Engagement. Grateful to work alongside such dedicated colleagues. ✨

Really enjoyed contributing to the New Gendered Global Histories of Veterancy panel today @muahi.bsky.social! Massive thanks to @donalh.bsky.social for the kind invitation and for introducing us to the brilliant work of the COLVET project. Lots to digest now!

Participants today include our own @profalisonsfell.bsky.social @sdanisimova.bsky.social @hbuxton.bsky.social @jelenadj.bsky.social, soon-to-be member @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social and of course @donalh.bsky.social #milwelfhist #veteran

🚨 4 days to go! 🚨 We have only 4 days until Navigating War and Violence at @dublincityuni.bsky.social St Patrick’s College! Follow this link to register shorturl.at/CCFDJ. Registration includes lunch on both days, as well as tea, coffee & refreshments. See you all very soon!

Very very very proud of my wonderful friend and mentor @lloislanel.bsky.social 👏

Today marks the birthday of Irish revolutionary, politician, teacher & activist Mary MacSwiney, eldest sibling of the well-known MacSwiney family in Cork during the Civil War period. Read more about Mary MacSwiney in @lloislanel.bsky.social's new book – available for preorder: bit.ly/mary-macswiney

One of my favourite conferences of the year – and the CFP is now live! If you work on war and conflict in any form, definitely consider coming along – it’s such a welcoming space. Hope to see lots of familiar (and new!) faces there.

📢 ‘Navigating War and Violence in Twentieth-Century Ireland’, is taking place on 4–5 April 2025 at St Patrick’s Campus, DCU. 🗓️ View the full schedule below. 📚 All are welcome to attend! 🔗 More details: shorturl.at

Get your abstracts in! 👇 Conference website: www.conferenceofirishgeographers.ie#/ The Geographical Society of Ireland Annual Conference 2025 Queen’s University Belfast, 7-9th May 2025 Deadline for Proposals: 29th March 2025

SHoW's heading to Potsdam! 📢 Call for Papers – SHoW 2025 🗓 27–28 November 2025 📍University of Potsdam 📝 Abstracts due: 30 June How do societies understand, justify, and remember war and violence? And how do cultures resist, represent, or misrepresent it? All details can be found below! ⬇️