Caitríona Beaumont

Book cover: Tales of the Suburbs: LGBTQ+ Lives Behind Net Curtains by John Grindrod. It has an orange border with text in black and yellowy orange and features a black and white photograph of two men embracing each other as they stand in a kitchen.

Front cover of I Will Not Abandon You: Queer Women in Nazi Germany by Samuel Clowes Huneke

A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

Book cover: My Bad: A Personal History of the Queer Nineties and Beyond by Hugh Ryan. The bright yellow cover features a marble stature of two men suggestively wrestling, on top of which sits an unspooling mix tape.

LGBTQ+ History Month (UK) is almost over, but #queerhistory is being made all year round! 🌈📚🗃️

Here are just a few fab-looking books that will be published in the coming months by wonderful authors @grindrod.bsky.social, @schuneke.bsky.social, @tomhulme.bsky.social, @hughryan.bsky.social . . . 1/2

Love #FamilyHistory? Love family history societies? Societies always need help. Consider volunteering with your favourite society for a fun and rewarding experience! #GenHour www.familyhistoryfederation.com/find-a-society

Lovely to spend time with my team in Edinburgh
Bonus point for having a sneak peak of the excellent Prison Nursing exhibition which launches tonight www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

University of Galway plans to end and replace arts course amid fall-off in interest ‘Urgent’ reform aims to meet changing needs of students as they seek ‘direct routes to employment’

Worrying headline today in Irish Times. Experiencing maelstrom of cuts to humanities & social sciences in UKHE at first hand means that this is a clear warning sign that the crisis could spread to Ireland. Ignore at peril to these subject areas & the right to study them. @royalhistsoc.org @ria.ie

biggest solidarity to the Department ot Languages and Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh): heriotwatt.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/02/04/d...

please sign their petition and send them any support they need, this is part of a UK-wide attack on languages education!

Fab as always meeting up with colleagues on #Afterlives project & meeting at @ucddublin.bsky.social means I get to see the chimneys from hotel windows ❤️. @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social @tiinalintunen.bsky.social @corinnepainter.bsky.social @profingrid.bsky.social

Happy publication day to @uobrishistory.bsky.social’s Professor Sumita Mukherjee!

My wonderful PhD student @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social aced her viva today: beyond proud.

‘Twas a joy to examine this thesis along with @caitbeaumont.bsky.social well done @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social

It was a wonderful experience & can’t wait to see what you do next.

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

Congrats to @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social on passing her PhD viva today with aplomb 👏. Brilliant project making significant interventions into how we conceive of veterans & the gendering of that category. & 👏 to her fab supervisor @lloislanel.bsky.social. #Afterlives @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

And feeling very nostalgic here at @dculibrary.bsky.social to see this childhood book on display, I still have a copy back at home in London, bit battered & scribbled on & was always a bit afraid of this bonkers egg scéal ❤️🇮🇪.

Just arrived at @dculibrary.bsky.social to examine a PhD shortly & what a beautiful sculpture sits outside the library, ‘Teachers’ by Sandra Bell.

What oral histories can teach us about effective environmental research - LSE Impact What can oral histories tell us about the tacit knowledge required for successful collaborative environmental and sustainability research.

👀ICYMI: "Through the oral histories, we capture aspects of the experience of research that might be difficult to access in other ways."

✍️ @angecass.bsky.social & Paul Merchant

#ResearchMethods #Sustainability #AcademicSKy

The scale of job losses in the sector is a disaster for research capacity everywhere, not just in so-called 'research intensive' universities. Research is not confined to these institutions and the work that does happen there often relies on research done elsewhere.

Dr Frank Prochaska (1941-2026) - Somerville College Oxford We are deeply saddened to pass on the news of the death of Dr Frank Prochaska on Sunday 15th February, his 85th birthday. Frank was an accomplished historian of modern Britain and a valued member of t...

Frank Prochaska (1941-2026) - always amusing, often shrewd, articulate and perceptive historian of philanthropy in modern Britain. www.some.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-fran...

Screen shot from the RHS website from the Join Us page. Text reads: Join the Royal Historical Society Closing dates for next applications: Mondays 9 March and 11 May 2026 The Royal Historical Society represents the interests of historical researchers in universities, libraries, archives, museums, heritage and broadcasting, as well as those engaged in public, community and family history research.

Our 250 new Fellows and Members practice history in the UK / worldwide (in 16 countries in this today's intake). If you'd like to join them, please see our Join Us page bit.ly/4tHkAHH.

Next closing dates for applications (for historians at all career stages and backgrounds) are 9 March & 11 May 2/2

AFTERLIVES - History Hub The aim of the AFTERLIVES project is to uncover the life stories and contributions of rebellious women in the wake of revolution and civil war in Ireland, Finland and Germany 1918-1980s.Supported by U...

Off to Dublin ❤️ tomorrow for 3 days thinking & talking about #Afterlives of women involved in Irish revolution. If interested in these fascinating afterlives listen to our podcast series via @ucddublin.bsky.social @historyhub.bsky.social
historyhub.ie/afterlives. @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social

Introduction to Oral History: The Lifecycle Approach – OHNI Training: Introduction to Oral History: The Lifecycle Approach – Maynooth University OHNI Training: Introduction to Oral History: The Lifecycle Approach – Maynooth University, Fri 6 Mar 2026 - OHNI FULL-DAY, IN-PERSON WORKSHOP WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO ORAL HISTORY THE LIFECYCLE A...

⚠️ Places are limited with booking in advance strongly recommended to secure your spot.

🎟️ Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/oralh...

#OralHistory #OralHistoryProject #Maynooth #LifeCycle #OralHistoryTraining #OralHistoryWorkshop #MaynoothUniversity

The workshop covers:

Commissioning and Planning an Oral History Project
Interviewing Skills
After the Interview – Editing & Archiving
Using Oral History – Exhibiting & Publishing

Event flyer for OHNI Training: Introduction to Oral History at Maynooth University on Friday, 6th March 2026. The graphic features a colourful "Lifecycle Approach" wheel detailing Research, Recording, Editing, Archiving, and Dissemination, with Ethics at the centre. Costs are €50 for members and €70 for non-members.

📢 Join the Oral History Network of Ireland for a full-day, in-person #oralhistory workshop: Introduction to Oral History: The Lifecycle Approach.

🗓️ Date: Friday 6th March 2026
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍Location: Maynooth University, Co. Kildare

🎟️ €50 (OHNI Members) / €70 (Non-members)

We're hiring image, Join Our Team

🚨We're hiring! The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a Post-Doctoral Researcher in NLP for Historical Texts and Knowledge Graphs with Prof John Kelleher on the VOICEs project.
💡Find out more here www.adaptcentre.ie/careers/ @researchireland.ie

Stained glass artwork featuring a landscape with fields and flowers under a blue.sky

Annie Rie, contemporary stained glass artist inspired by the UK countryside #womensart

Iconic Aran jumper to be celebrated on postage stamps The iconic Aran jumper is being celebrated by An Post with the launch of a new stamp collection.

Take a look! ✉️
Beautiful new stamps from An Post celebrate the Aran jumper! 🧶
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2026/0219/1559318-aran-jumper-stamp/

Celebrate LGBTQ+ History Month with Dr Sam Rutherford (@echomikeromeo.bsky.social) and learn more about the last 150 years of trans history in Scotland. More info and tickets (free): edin.ac/4tecKoD

#Lgbtq #Lgbtqhistorymont #Transhistory #Scottishistory #History #Edinburgh #WorldDayOfSocialJustice

I visited with them two weeks ago and discussed my research on the civil war women and their prison experiences. Watching them interpret that work was an amazing and thought provoking experience.

Play programme

Last night I was privileged to see a powerful performance by final-year students of TUD Conservatoire's BA (Hons) in Drama (Performance). ‘the devil may cares’ is based on the experiences of the anti-treaty women imprisoned in the NDU (now part of TUD campus)-directed by the great Louise Lowe.

Researching Love Letters Discover how expressions of love have been uncovered in unexpected places by The National Archive.

Learn more about the discovery process behind our current exhibition, Love Letters.
From structured research to serendipitous finds — three specialists and a volunteer share the thrill of uncovering heartfelt emotions centuries later: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...