Ciaran McDonough

Ciaran McDonough

@metamedievalist.bsky.social

Postdoc on ‘Classical Influences and Irish Culture’ ERC project @clic-erc.bsky.social, Aarhus University

1,139 Followers 850 Following 108 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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The CFP has now been extended until the end of March!

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Danke sehr!

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Stunning view of the Alps as I made my way back to the land of the green gold, where I’ll spend the next four months as a visiting researcher in the Dimensions of Europe research group

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A reminder that this post closes in one week! 👀👀

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A ‘temporary’ but seven-year post in Medieval English literature.

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A reminder that abstracts are due in by 28th February!

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This sounds fascinating! I can’t wait to read!

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Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity explores the connections between Irish myths and modern stories and the classical world

Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses

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Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity explores the connections between Irish myths and modern stories and the classical world

The latest volume from the CLIC project is in the Irish Times! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... The article by PI Isabelle Torrance discusses Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity from the earliest mentions in Ireland to Ulysses.

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Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

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Vacancies - Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History Read this story on the University of Oslo's website.

Available Oslo PhD positions – heritage conservation, archaeological & paleoenvironmental geochemistry, & on the POLYCHROME project (concerning historical sources on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries) #jobfairy
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...

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Same! All I've heard today are rejections!

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Thank you!

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We all know I have the wrong kind of patronymic for Rannís success, but still - fuck them!

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Got to love national funding bodies waiting for European funders to announce results so you can get two rejections in the space of an hour

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Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London

Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL.

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

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Norske historiedager 2026 - Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie Velkommen til Oslo! Tema for konferansen er Kritiske stemmer | Critical Voices.

Det er fortsatt litt tid for å sende inn fremlegg til Norske historiedager i mai i Oslo.
Fristen er 25. januar 2026.
www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...

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PhD Scholarship Opportunity | School of History and Geography

PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.

#MedievalSky

www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

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Despite its shortcomings (mostly related to me not being an art historian), this was one of the most enjoyable pieces of academic writing I’ve ever done!
#LámhscríbhinníGaeilge

Classicizing the Gaelic: Visual Classicism, Migration and Irish Manuscript Culture

tinyurl.com/5n7wwccd

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There are far worse places to be waiting out visa processing

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Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity Ireland has an estimated diaspora of approximately 70 million people, ten times the actual population of the island, with a history of migration dating back to the medieval period. Why should we consi...

The volume Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity is now out! Available, open access, from the following link, the volume covers such topics as the early medieval Irish migrant scholars to Joyce’s Ulysses. With a foreword by Mary McAleese. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

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Me neither!

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And here in Munich!

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It’s strong! This is Munich right now!

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Page of information outlining the aims of the Locating Loss research project which explores the histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. This project aims to bring scholars from a wide range of disciplines together in 2026. Please DM me if more info is needed and this alt text is not enough!

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

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Applications for our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships close on 5th January 2026, so don't delay! ⏳

We’re welcoming applications from scholars from across the globe to work with our unique research collections.

Apply now: glasgow.ac.uk/library/rese...
#UofGLibraryFellows

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Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones?

Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...

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14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

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Studia Celtica Fennica Vol. 21 No. 2 (2025): Special Issue: Gender and Theory in Medieval Celtic Literature

This year, we had a special issue of the journal on gender and theory in medieval Celtic literature, which has now just been published. It is available, open access as always, here: journal.fi/scf/issue/vi...

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Oh it was! Mum and I had to elbow our way past other people to see the manuscripts!

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