Convening this series is such an interesting part of my role @arinsproject.bsky.social and this seminar is set to be especially interesting! Book now @ ARINSproject.com !

Yesterday at the NI members’ lunch in Belfast, Dr Susie Deedigan shared an update on the ARINS project with the RIA North-South Committee. RIA President Pat Guiry also presented Ulster University VC Prof Paul Bartholomew with a copy of For and Against a United Ireland 📘 Pre-order👉 arinsproject.com

Thrilled to be invited to speak to the Maynooth seminar and even more so to be in such good company on this term card 🥳

A vital conversation ahead: For and Against a United Ireland, chaired by Sarah Carey. Experience the book brought to life at the National Concert Hall, November 30th. 👉 bit.ly/4p6klU8 @fotoole.bsky.social @sjamcbride.bsky.social

📢 New #ARINS podcast out now! Host Rory Montgomery talks with Esther McGuinness, Desmond Ryan & Rory O’Connell about employment law North & South, 100 years after partition—shaped by Brexit & the Windsor Framework. 🎧 Episode 46 out now: Spotify: bit.ly/3VwvorZ Apple Music: bit.ly/3JLxx0u

Write up of our recent Shared Media event, which you can also watch back. Thanks to Amanda Ferguson @eamonquinnnews.bsky.social Eoin Brannigan and @saraita101.bsky.social for participating and to our host Sarah Carey www.ria.ie/2025/07/25/s...

I'm finally on Linked In should anyone wish to connect there! 🔗https://www.linkedin.com/in/susiedeedigan

Our two incredible interns at the close of ⁦MacGill2025: Jane Palmer and Emmie O’Neill. 👏🤩 We have been very lucky to have you on the team this summer. Thanks for all your hard work and best of luck for your final year @notredame.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @macgillschool.bsky.social

It's such a joy to work and collaborate with these wonderful women. It's been particularly fantastic to learn from our amazing interns Jane Palmer and Emmie O'Neill this summer.

This afternoon's final panel, chaired by Pariac O'Brien, discusses masculinity, media and power. Kate McDonald, journalist at RTÉ. EamonMcGee, Columnist, Father, and Donegal All-Ireland Winner. Prof. Ian Robertson, TCD Emeritus Professor of Psychology @ianhrobertson.bsky.social

Interesting discussion at MacGill on the toxic influence of social media on young men. 12 years ago at a centenary event of Emily Wilding Davison's death I first met reps from @ukfeminista.bsky.social who have amazing resources for teachers, students and parents - highly recommend for educators.

📣 call for applications 📣 Two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop. Our fellowships support early career historians to develop expertise in public, radical and digital history & to gain experience of working in an editorial team. Please share widely! www.historyworkshop....

‘What is beyond dispute is that the republic is the wealthy part of the island, astronomically so’ When asked how much they are willing to compromise economically to achieve unity 51% of tonight's audience says a little; 29% a lot; 10% nothing and 9% almost nothing. @arinsproject.bsky.social

Amazing to have NI children’s commissioner Chris Quinn and Ireland’s ombudsman for children Niall Muldoon discussing children’s rights, housing & education. From our first meeting months ago in our office to a huge and packed room listening today in Donegal - these conversations are vital.

Delighted to be at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties. Very much looking forward to the next panel on making Ireland a better place for all children, to Sam McBride discussing the upcoming For&Against book this evening and to many more panels over the next few days! @arinsproject.bsky.social

Mary Gallagher, dean of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, kicked off the 45th @macgillschool.bsky.social this morning in Glenties, County Donegal. “Notre Dame has a long and special connection with Ireland. And today, Notre Dame is more committed than ever to that relationship.”

Sarah Creighton: “Conflict is such a difficult subject and often not treated with the nuance it deserves.” LIVE from O'Connell House #ARINS #SharedIsland #sharedmedia @saraita101.bsky.social

Fascinating #ARINS discussion at O’Connell House this afternoon on shared media on the island of Ireland. @amandaferg.bsky.social talks about awareness of demographic change in the media and the need for nuanced coverage @arinsproject.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

🎤 Live at the National Concert Hall 30th November 19:00 Join Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride in conversation around their new book For and Against a United Ireland, exploring the questions, challenges, and hopes behind this pivotal topic. 🎟️ Secure your tickets: bit.ly/4nwI1A4 📘 Out this October

What do people in Northern Ireland really think about Irish unity, Brexit, and their political institutions? A landmark new survey by Professor Peter Shirlow & Professor Jon Tonge reveals surprising shifts in identity and attitudes. 📊 Read more: www.ria.ie/2025/07/04/n...

Brilliant new article out by @susiedeedigan.bsky.social in @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social & fully OA #Afterlives #womensgrassrootsactivism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to our committee member @susiedeedigan.bsky.social on the publication of her first article.

LIVE: Happening now at O'Connell House: "Can our shared island have a shared media?" Join leading journalists, editors, thinkers as they explore how the border still shapes what we see, hear & read — 100 years after partition. 🎤 12:30–13:45 | Light lunch after 🎥 Report and Recording to follow

Serendipitous to be sitting in the final panel of the Future of Irish Studies conference and get the email that my first article has been published - open access - in Women’s History Review. 😍 @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Had a great first day at the Future of Irish Studies in Leuven! @emmamurphy.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social

My review of Oisín Wall’s, Prisoners’ Bodies: Activism, Health, and the Prisoners’ Rights Movement in Ireland, 1972-1985 is out today in Social History of Medicine - spoiler: it’s a great book. academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

Pre-order now and book to attend our accompanying events with Fintan and Sam - 17 Nov in Belfast and 30 Nov in Dublin at arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

This afternoon’s event is underway with Profs Pete Shirlow & @jontonge.bsky.social discussing “The 2024 Northern Ireland General Election Survey” @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

This morning representatives from the ARINS project were invited to meet with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee to discuss the project’s research Read our research: www.ria.ie/research-pro... podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/08pJYRf... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie

I won't give advice to Leaving Cert students this week, but that's mostly because I don't really know what the Leaving Cert is. On the invisible borders between north and south, and the eternal mystery of Peig. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

This is an excellent holiday read. Thanks to Sarah Mason for mentioning it in her @whaireland.bsky.social paper! Setting and spritz also not bad… 😏☺️

The latest #ARINS podcast is now available! Listen to Paul Anderson, Coree Brown Swan, and Rory Montgomery on European Perceptions of Scottish Independence Before and After Brexit. 🎙️ spoti.fi/3HsW0GG 🎙️ bit.ly/3FyMzFb arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Thanks again to everyone who supported our academic programme in #IrishStudies this year. You can find recordings of most of our events on our YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/@QUBIrishStu...

My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed

Housewife of the Year review: A reminder that Ireland of the 1970s and 80s was no country for women of any age

Subjecting Dom to a treasure hunt for these Second World War signs around Bologna. US being “Uscita di Sicurezza”, safe routes and shelters 🤓

Quick update @susiedeedigan.bsky.social. I found some evidence of activism! On 7 Feb 1987 I went on an anti SPUC march in Dublin town, good to remember that, especially now. #reproductiverights

Episode five of the #ARINS My Identity podcast is now available! Listen to Professor Colin Graham in conversation with Claire Mitchell: 🎙️ spoti.fi/4dpwaz8 www.arinsproject.com @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @clairemitchell.bsky.social

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

On this month's podcast the authors of recent @conunitucl.bsky.social report, ‘Reform of Stormont, Options for Discussion’, discuss its findings. 🎙️: open.spotify.com/episode/2XB8... @ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @alanrenwick.bsky.social @conorjkelly.bsky.social @alanwhysall.bsky.social

Another fascinating episode! Lata shares such interesting (and hilarious) stories about growing up in an Indian family in East Belfast during the Troubles. Such a privilege to work on this series. I know I'm biased but I genuinely love the podcast and really look forward to each episode.

Queens in springtime is pretty lovely. Shout out to the grounds staff who make this happen every year 🙌🌷🌸 @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Next up we have @susiedeedigan.bsky.social talking us through experiencing conflict in Belfast and Dublin in 1922 and 1972 through Irish activist women’s diaries.

Writer-in-Residence post for 2025-26: come and work with us! Grateful for reposts 🙏

I’m very sad that my module ends tomorrow to be honest. The first one I’ve written and it’s been very fun.

Donal Fallon: From Dublin to Jerusalem, local booksellers’ endurance is a story of resilience in the face of behemoths www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

Our #IrishStudies International Lecture this year will be given by Prof David Wilson (U of Toronto) on ‘Parallels and patterns: Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Conor Cruise O’Brien and Edmund Burke’, 20 May at 5pm (in person and online) #IrishHistory #CanadianHistory

RESEARCH WORKSHOP with Dr Siobhra Aiken: 'Migrant Community Language Enclaves: The Case of the ‘Gaeltacht’ of Springfield, Massachusetts' Wed 12 March Fellows’ Room, Mitchell Institute,18 University Sq 13:00 - 14:30 www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...

Belfast, 23.03.25. Rally against racism. Photos by Stuart Bailie.