Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies

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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...

If you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com

Thanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social

Our first seminar will be Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages.

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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies Seminars, Autumn 2025 Seminars usually take place in hybrid format on Thursdays at 6pm. In person seminars are hosted in the Institute of Irish Studies, 27 University Square, Queen’s University Belfast. Please sign up to the Eventbrite for a link to the Teams meeting – these will be circulated to the USIHS mailing list and on the USIHS Bluesky. Thursday 16 October: Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages Thursday 13 November: Bridget Keown (University of Pittsburgh), title TBD Please note this seminar will be online only and will take place at 7pm (GMT). Thursday 4 December: Henry Jefferies (UU), Irish women and the Reformation All are welcome to join us! If you would like to join the USIHS mailing list, please get in touch – details can be found on the USIHS website (www.usihs36.com)

This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks!

All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com

Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September.

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Even historians have a history. @lisapine.bsky.social launches her new @ihr.bsky.social podcast A Historian's Life, where historians talk about the histories they’ve explored and the lives they’ve lived. Listen to series 1 now.
www.history.ac.uk/podcasts/a-h...

This is a fantastic tour, highly recommend it #speirgorm #pride2025

Oein DeBhairduin's (@nmireland.bsky.social) talk 'Challenging the Narrative: Reclaiming Traveller Heritage in Ireland's National Collections' is now available to watch on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/yhIroMkqoAw

Congratulations to Dr Ruth Duffy, @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social who is awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for her @livunipress.bsky.social book, 'Healthcare and the Troubles: the conflict experience of the Northern Ireland Health Service, 1968–1998'

The board of Irish Historical Studies are delighted to announce that the winner of the 2024 First Book Prize is @hoireabhard.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie for his book 'The Medieval Irish kings and the English invasion', published by @livunipress.bsky.social. Congratulations Seán!

Delighted that The Medieval Irish kings & the English invasion has been chosen for the IHS first book prize for 2024!

We are delighted that Dr Ruth Duffy has been awarded an honourable mention in the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 for Healthcare and the Troubles! Congratulations, Ruth 🎉

Discover more about the book here:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

We also had the USIHS AGM yesterday and we have a new President and Secretary! @sophcocooper.bsky.social is now President and @conorbrockbank.bsky.social is our new Secretary. Thank you to Trevor Parkhill for his excellent years as President!

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Thank you to @tortietabby.bsky.social for an excellent J.C. Beckett Lecture last night - what a brilliant way to round off the 2024/25 year of talks! We'll be back in the autumn with more.

I’m delighted to be giving the J.C. Beckett lecture for the @usihs.bsky.social at PRONI in Belfast on 22 May. I’ll be talking about the history of the anti-abortion movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. Do come along if you’re in Belfast that day.

'Ti's far from it I was reared etc etc, but delighted to celebrate Jackie Hill's retirement after an uparalleled 45 years of service as secretary to the Irish Historical Studies editorial board! @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @usihs.bsky.social

Brilliant news for our committee member (and past president) @drandrewsneddon.bsky.social !

The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92 Prof. Laura Kelly will deliver the J.C. Beckett Annual Lecture on 22 May at 6pm. This *in person* event will be held at PRONI.

A reminder that the final @usihs.bsky.social event of the year is tomorrow!

Prof. Laura Kelly will speak on The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92. This will take plqce at PRONI at 6pm. More information below.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...

Our #IrishStudies seminar on Mon 31 March will be given by Dr Colleen Taylor of @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social on 'Tales of seals and shipwrecks: Irish new materialism goes to sea’. All welcome, in-person or online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/irish-stud...

Irish Studies International Lecture: David Wilson - ‘D’Arcy McGee, Cruise O'Brien and Burke'

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

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies Frank Rynne 24.3.25

A recording of Frank Rynne's talk on ‘The Most Wanted tourist, the Invincible Frank Byrne in France, 1883’, is now available at youtu.be/bHdPG4JPGZ8

This should be a great conference with keynotes by Professor Lindsey Earner-Byrne (Trinity College Dublin) and Professor M’Hamed Oualdi (European University Institute)

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Bill Kirk / Belfast Archive Project photography exhibition opening at Ulster Museum on 28 March #Belfast

The Program in British, Irish, and Empire Studies (BIES) at the University of Texas at Austin invites you to the final talk in the Second Books series: Ciaran O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin): Power and Powerlessness in Union Ireland: Life in a Palliative State Ciaran O'Neill (Trinity College Dublin) Wednesday, April 2 at 11:00 am CT / 5:00 p.m. IST (UTC +1) Zoom Registration required: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMuc--hrT4tGtXpLQ5459tCOzdufmxsAup- The Second Books series host virtual sessions with the authors of new academic monographs. Please join us to hear about these extraordinary books as well as the stages of creation and development that brought these authors' second monographs into print. This event is free and open to the public.

Next week, through the magic of the internet, I'll appear simultaneously at the Uni of Texas (Austin) as part of their Second Books Series, at 11am local time, and at 5pm Irish time. I'll talk about my new book, and I'll also talk about the (sometimes tortuous) process of writing it. Join us!

#WHAI2025 Registration opens April. Delighted to welcome Prof Caitríona Beaumont as our keynote. @caitbeaumont.bsky.social is an expert on Female Activism in the early 20th century so you won't want to miss it 😎 #SaveTheDate 23 -24 May 2025 #Skystorians #Historians #GenderHist #WomensHist #History

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If you missed Prof. Cara Delay's excellent paper on transnational mothering in the era of the Famine last week, a recording is now on our website! usihs36.com

Looking forward to first of two events on 'Ireland and America' that I'm organizing with the help of Tim Murtagh (@timvrti.bsky.social) and other colleagues at PRONI and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social. This event will bring experts together to discuss points of connection in Irish and American Pasts.

The Anti-Abortion Movement in Ireland, c.1972-92 Prof. Laura Kelly will deliver the J.C. Beckett Annual Lecture on 22 May at 6pm. This *in person* event will be held at PRONI.

Due to where Easter falls, our next USIHS event will be the J.C. Beckett Lecture which will be delivered by Prof. Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social on 22 May at PRONI. More information on the eventbrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-anti-a...