Síobhra Aiken

New publication on the Ulster Special Constabulary

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Dustjacket

MA Irish Studies students Natalie Boehmer, Brynna Crumley and Harriet Brown graduating yesterday. Natalie was awarded the Mary O’Dowd prize for best dissertation in gender history.

Coming soon (June 2026) as the next book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social A powerful reinterpretation of global Irish nationalism by @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...

Delighted to be part of the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series and a real privilege to work with series editor
@kevinkenny.bsky.social. 📚✍🏼

The Fenian Empire A bold new exploration of Fenian revolutionary activity across the AmericasIn the aftermath of the American Civil War, the Fenian movement stood at a crossro...

My new book, 'The Fenian Empire: A Hemispheric History of Irish Republican Nationalism' is now live in the NYU Press catalogue and due for release in early June, fittingly on the 160th anniversary of the first major Fenian raid on Canada

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Call for Papers: ‘Irish Blood, English Hearth: creativity, identity and the migrant Irish home' - Museum of the Home Call for papers for ‘Irish Blood, English Hearth: creativity, identity and the migrant Irish home’, a one-day symposium inspired by the Irish room that was launched at the Museum of the Home in 2024.

Really interesting CFP for #IrishinBritain scholars here from @museumofthehome.bsky.social .

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I finished my paper talking about my grandparents, and the ways that we talk about people as demographics or lost causes

@siobhraaiken.bsky.social's paper was excellent, as were (genuinely) all of the contributions to the conference that weren't given by me. Also an excellent location

Míle buíochas! @tuairisc.bsky.social

@laoighseach.bsky.social

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AMÁRACH

6pm, Siopa Leabhar Charlie Byrne’s - bí linn!

Cnuasach den chéad scoth.

Seoladh do Mainistir na Feola inniu sa Chultúrlann i mBéal Feirste ag 2 a chlog! Níos mó eolas anseo ➡️ www.qub.ac.uk/Research/GRI...
@laoighseach.bsky.social

Amárach, Dé Máirt - fáilte roimh chách.

'Stoite' le Máirtín Ó Direáin. Níos tráthúla ná riamh, seans...

Tugann an Ghaeilge súil eile dúinn ar cheisteanna a bhaineann leis an bhforéigean inscne Má tá straitéis chuimsitheach agus iltaobhach de dhíth chun dul i ngleic leis an bhforéigean inscne, bíodh an Ghaeilge mar chuid den phlé sin

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d’áitigh an tUachtarán go raibh ról tábhachtach ag an dá rud – tuiscint ar an teanga agus tuiscint ar chóras na patrarcacha – i réiteach na ndúshlán againn sa tsochaí

~ @siobhraaiken.bsky.social @seanmacristeaird.bsky.social

Tugann an Ghaeilge súil eile dúinn ar cheisteanna a bhaineann leis an bhforéigean inscne Má tá straitéis chuimsitheach agus iltaobhach de dhíth chun dul i ngleic leis an bhforéigean inscne, bíodh an Ghaeilge mar chuid den phlé sin

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“The Irish language has been diminished. It is something symbolic. And if you look at the history of women, it’s the exact same” - An tUachtarán Connolly. Cén ról atá ag an nGaeilge sa chur in éadan an fhoréigin inscne?

Alt liom féin 7 @seanmacristeaird.bsky.social.

Ná habair! Nach iontach go mbíonn Raidió Fáilte le cloisteáil i Nua-Eabhrac!

Congratulations to our Senior Visiting Scholar Jack Foster on the publication of his edition of Shivaun O’Casey's memoir 'Next Year Will Be a Good One'. It will be launched at the Lyric Theatre Belfast on 18th November.

Míle buíochas le Mary Claire agus lucht @raidiofailte.bsky.social as labhairt liom faoin siompóisiam a bheas ar siúl againn sa Chultúrlann ar Dé Máirt an 25 Samhain. Is féidir clárú anseo: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/symposium-...
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Honoured that the Enchanted Bay was named runner up for the 2025 Katharine Briggs Award tonight by the @folkloresociety.bsky.social - Fantastic to see this recognition go to a work of Irish folklore!

Tar ag obair linn! Post léachtóra 18 mí, Eanáir 2026-Bealtaine 2027. An-sásta glacadh le ceisteanna faoin ról. Sprioc 24 Samhain 2025. hrwebapp.qub.ac.uk/tlive_webrec...

How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support The multilingual skills of the revolutionary generation helped them to amplify Ireland's cause on the world stage

In addition to the subject, two articles written by colleagues from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social: @siobhraaiken.bsky.social & Marc O'Rawe.

English here : www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Article en Français sur @france.theconversation.com :
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[PUB] Exposition numérique / FRA-ANG

"Les représentations photographiques de la révolution irlandaise (1912-1923) en France"

Projet de recherche IMAGIN_IRL, co-financé par le CECILLE, la @meshs.bsky.social et @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social.

Lien : meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

[Ní] teanga ó cheart a chuirtear i réim, ach dream daoine. Lucht labhartha na teanga sin a thagann i réim agus a chuireann a dteanga dhílis féin i réim ina dteannta.

Máirtín Ó Direáin
Ag cuir gaineamh i ngad
Scéala Éireann 19 Samhain 1956

Via an cnuasach in eagar ag @siobhraaiken.bsky.social

We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

Comment la photographie de guerre a transformé le regard de la France sur la révolution irlandaise Les photographes ont joué un rôle majeur dans la perception de la cause irlandaise sur le plan européen et international.

"Ce sont peut-être même les photographes qui ont transformé le regard de la France sur [la révolution irlandaise].' @clairedubois.bsky.social @france.theconversation.com

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Check out our digital photo exhibition here: meshs-omekas.univ-lille.fr/omeka-s/s/im...

Comment la photographie de guerre a transformé le regard de la France sur la révolution irlandaise Les photographes ont joué un rôle majeur dans la perception de la cause irlandaise sur le plan européen et international.

Comment la photographie de guerre a transformé le regard de la France sur la révolution irlandaise

Check our this piece on the representation of the Irish revolution in the French press - coauthored with @siobhraaiken.bsky.social and Mark O’Rawe !
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