Marta Ramon

Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy, 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'

On 24 Nov. we welcome Dr Catriona Kennedy (York), to speak about her new book 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere'. All welcome (hybrid) www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

The cover of James Kneale's Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, published by Bloomsbury Academic

Some very kind blurbs: "James Kneale combines groundbreaking analysis of the business of temperance—life assurance companies—with exhaustive research. This is a marvelous book and an important one. Yes, it matters for temperance scholars but for others too, both in Britain and internationally." David M. Fahey, Professor of History Emeritus, Miami University, USA. "Kneale masterfully employs the tools of geography and history to trace the intricate networks defined and exposed by temperance life assurance. His meticulous excavation of the relationships that everyday people had with temperance is essential reading for anyone interested in the way temperance influenced the lives of Victorian Britain." Dan Malleck, Professor, Brock University, Canada.

Just over a month until Temperance Lives comes out in print!
Anyone interested in buying the hardback can use the discount code GLR AT8 to save 35% on the price - to do that and for more details, see bloomsbury.com/9781350529717
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social

QUB History research seminars - Fridays at 4pm starting 26 September. All welcome!

Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History at UCL Discover Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern British History- UCL - History Department #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNW277/a...

Welcome to the new official AEDEI account on Bluesky! We’ll be using this channel to share the latest news on our association and everything Irish Studies related 🍀🍀

Questions asked by Octavia, written in black and red ink. There are 22 questios in today, including 'What Vice do you most dislike?', 'Who is your favourite Painter?', and 'What is your greatest Aversion?'.

A page of some answers from Arthur James, January 11th, 1866.

Another page of answers, these ones from William Spencer of Coventry, July 14th, 1866.

A page of answers from George Wyman, 28th September, 1866. He says that his favourite historic figure is Oliver Cromwell, yet his favourite saying is 'Sic semper tyrannis'. One to mull over.

In the mid 1860s, a young Octavia Farmbrough started a project. She'd ask local people questions and record their responses in a scrapbook. There are hundreds of pages filled out with these responses that give a glimpse into the interests of these Victorians, and we're very lucky to have it today.

New CFP for a conference on Women in war in France, Britain and Ireland in the early 20th century in ULCO (Boulogne sur Mer) on 5-6 March 2026.
Proposals due for 5 September 2025! Papers in French or English.
More info on website:
femmescombattantes.univ-littoral.fr/en/call-for-...

Details of funding available for PhD studentship at TCD

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Guest Lecture Open Call Be a Guest Lecturer for Religion for Breakfast Are you a scholar of religion with a passion for public engagement? Want to share your work with an enthusiastic, globally diverse audience that’s hungry...

Are you a scholar of religion with a passion for public scholarship? Want to share your work with an enthusiastic, global audience hungry for deeper learning? We’re inviting scholars to give lectures in a live Zoom series hosted by Religion for Breakfast. More here! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New Fulbright Fellowship in Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast available from 2027 The US-UK Fulbright Commission's Queen's University Belfast Award in Irish Studies covers a six-month appointment to research, lecture and teach in Irish Studies in Northern Ireland.

We have a Fulbright Fellowship in #IrishStudies for US faculty available for 2027 - see here for details: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Unster, Londongrl, Aarmagh

This is what ChatGPT created what I asked it to create a map of Ireland - with the Ulster counties identified.

Can you spot any mistakes?

Watch full report about AI potentials & challenges - on BBC The View
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

🎧 Tune in to @nearfm.ie tomorrow (May 15th) at 6pm for a powerful conversation with Dr Georgina Laragy (School of Histories and Humanities) on Suicide in Dublin during the Great Famine.

Supported by Coimisiún na Meán.

🔗 nearfm.ie/trinity-talk...

#TrinityTalks #DublinsHiddenHistories

I am correcting undergrad theses now, so I have a whole list of pet peeves. One is, gerunds are the enemy. They do not make your writing elegant, and half the time they will not refer back to the noun you intended.

Patrick Freyne: Returning home from Chad, I feel there’s a glitch in western empathy The Sudan war is the world’s biggest humanitarian disaster, but it seems our human compassion is taken up by other conflicts

The way the algorithms keep us hemmed into a handful of news stories has really been bothering me recently www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

"Temporary restraining order or preliminary injunctive relief"

💬 Call for Expressions of Interest, Editorial Committee, UCD Press

Looking for Board Members in History; Literature; Social Sciences; Music; Science, Technology & Society; Environmental Humanities

Statement of interest & CV to ucdpress@ucd.ie by 15 May 2025

🔗 Read more: lnkd.in/dNiJSbGu

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📢📢📢 We are looking for contributors to respond to RFK’s recent eugenic-laden speech, his response to the measles outbreak, or any of his other policies. If you are interested you can DM this account or send us a pitch via our website. Please share widely! nursingclio.org/write-for-us...

We are recruiting! 3 Bridging Fellowships of 12 months for recent PhD graduates to develop research, ideas and connections in the @durhamimh.bsky.social Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities. Applications close 25 April durham.taleo.net/careersectio... Please share widely!

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

🚨FT Permanent Job 🚨
My department is hiring a lecturer (B/B) in 18th-c. Irish history, with the desire for someone whose research and teaching pertains to the Irish 'long eighteenth century (1690-1830)...and broader international, political and intellectual context of the period.' 🗃️

Call for Expressions of Interest, Editorial Committee, UCD Press

Looking for Board Members in History; Literature; Social Sciences; Music; Science, Technology & Society; Environmental Humanities

Statement of interest & CV to ucdpress@ucd.ie by 15 May '25

Read more here

mailchi.mp/82e866560efc...

Job Description - Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century European History

Job Description - Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century European History

Job Description - Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century European History

Job Description - Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century European History

📢 📢📢 Come to Dublin and join us!!! My Department is looking for an Assistant Professor in Nineteenth-Century European History. This is a specific purpose contract to replace an IRC grant holder.
#skystorians
@historytcd.bsky.social

For more information, see here 👇
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...

Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving.

Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.

We’re writing with a quick update. NCSA has decided to quit Twitter. Our account is still open for now, but we will permanently close it on 7 July, 2025.

You can help us by spreading the word to our C19 colleagues. We’ve already built quite a following over the past year!

Old trees are frickin ace. If I had my time again I would love to be a tree historian. This oak stands at the Gate of the Dead in Wrexham. It’s thought to be over 1200 years old. It was the site of a battle btn the English and Wales in 1165. I wonder what other small&big things it been witness too.

First Symposium of Medical Humanities, University of Oviedo HEAL: Health, Environment, Arts and Literature

Our HEAL Medical Humanities Symposium "Poetics of (Self-)Extinction" begins tomorrow at 9.30 (GMT+2). For those who are nowhere near Oviedo, there are MS Teams links available on request. Just drop me a line and I will arrange it. 🙂
www.unioviedo.es/heal/events/...

Annual Medical Humanities Symposium at the University of Oviedo (Spain) next week, on the off chance anyone happens to be in the area. 🙂

A podcast cover featuring Franz Halz' 'Portrait of a Bearded Man with a Ruff,' his face covered with a turquoise scribble and handwritten yellow script reading 'This Guy Sucked'

Eight weeks ago, I jokingly imagined a podcast where scholars could (expertly) hate on historical figures. Almost 100,000 people thought it was a good idea.

I am so incredibly excited to announce that the first episodes of my brand new show This Guy Sucked will be released March 20th!