Naomi Petropoulos

Virtual Event - Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment 7 November 2025 - This session brings together eight scholars whose research examines the intersections of industrial decline, environmental activism and remediation, and policy responses by a variety...

Don't miss the @deindustrialpol.bsky.social virtual roundtable this Friday!

Policies and Programs: Deindustrialization and the Environment
Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time
Friday November 7th at 9:30am Eastern Time

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#envhist #envstudies

IN PICTURES: ‘Did ye hear about?’ series in Derry’s Gasyard busts myths about immigration The latest in the series of the Connections Peace Barrier Project’s ‘Did Ye Hear About?’ at the Gasyard Centre saw host and former Derry Journal editor, Pat McArt joined by Gaelle Gormley of the North...

IN PICTURES: ‘Did ye hear about?’ series in Derry’s Gasyard busts myths about immigration

Talk on the archaeology of the A6 Drumahoe to Dungiven road to take place Held this Monday, November 3 at 7pm in the Lecture Room of the Central Library, Archaeologists Katy McMonagle and Johnny Barkley will be giving an illustrated talk on the A6 project The next meeting of the Foyle Family History Society will focus on the archaeology of the A6 dual carriageway b ---

Talk on the archaeology of the A6 Drumahoe to Dungiven road to take place

www.facebook.com/share/v/1B7u... 🎶 absolutely love this song! 😅 Derry women are formidable after all 🤷‍♀️😂 🎶

Radical Readings 2025: An Afternoon of Inspiration & Resistance

Join us for an afternoon of powerful performances, traditional folk music, and bold storytelling that celebrate working class voices.
🗓️ Sunday 16th November, 2PM
📍 Maxwell Hall
🎟️ Follow the link wcml.org.uk/event/radica... to book

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: CHOMI Seminar - 18 September 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Professor Mary E. Daly (University College Dublin) Not ‘Goodenough’ - Migrating doctors, medical schools and Dublin voluntary hospitals in the mid-twentieth century.

A reminder that the next CHOMI seminar is on 18 Sept at 4pm in K114, Newman Bdg, UCD:

Prof Mary E. Daly (UCD): Not 'Goodenough' - Migrating doctors, medical schools and Dublin voluntary hospitals in the mid-20th century

If you cannot join in person, join on Zoom at ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi....

For details of all seminars in our series, please visit our website: www.ucd.ie/chomi/resear...

NCPH logo. 2026 NCPH Awards. Info at www.ncph.org/about/awards Nominate the Best in Public History. Deadlines Nov. 1 2025 | Feb. 1 2026

We are accepting submissions to recognize the best in #PublicHistory for 2026! Many awards have deadlines in Feb. 2026 to accommodate our later joint conference with AASLH, but the Book Award and Robert Kelley Memorial Award submissions are still due Nov. 1, 2025. https://ncph.org/about/awards/

Along w/ @bloodysundaytrust.bsky.social we will be hosting a 'Know Your Rights Guide to Protest' event at @museumfreederry.bsky.social on 23 Sept from 5.30-7pm.

Authored by @cajni.bsky.social @pilsni.bsky.social @ejni.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social.

Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/know-your-...

Soldier F on Trial for Bloody Sunday - The Museum of Free Derry The Bloody Sunday families, together with friends, supporters and representatives of other justice campaigns, will gather at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast next Monday morning, 15 September, t...

Bloody Sunday families, friends, supporters and justice campaigns gather Royal Courts of Justice Belfast Monday 15 Sept as Soldier F finally faces trial for multiple murder and attempted murder. Fifty three long years of hope for justice. museumoffreederry.org/2025/09/12/s...

I’ve researched the politics of flags in Northern Ireland for decades – here’s what England needs to understand I’ve contributed to at least six reports assessing the tensions around flags.

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My Granny came across this fantastic charm bracelet when doing a bit of organising. It was gifted to my Great-Auntie Alice by the City Factory in Derry to mark 32 years of service. I wonder if there are many of these type of gifts still out there hiding in cubbies or drawers?

If you're interested in deindustrialization and working-class experience, do consider applying for a @deindustrialpol.bsky.social MA fellowship to be held at the @histstudiesunb.bsky.social. Topic is open, to be supervised by Peter Thompson and myself. Details below!

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Translink advises of essential works on Derry to Coleraine line over two weekends in September Rail replacement buses will operate between: Derry and Coleraine serving Bellarena and Castlerock Translink is advising passengers to plan ahead as a series of essential planned engineering works will affect services between Derry and Coleraine. To make the most of this closure period and red ---

Translink advises of essential works on Derry to Coleraine line over two weekends in September

IN PICTURES: Scenes and faces from Derry Pride Parade 2025 Thousands attended the annual parade throughout the city xxxx We want your photos to feature on the website via our Camera Club. Do you have a great photo from life in the locality? Whether it’s a party, wedding, communion, landscape, a quirky shot from your archives, or a simple everyday mom ---

IN PICTURES: Scenes and faces from Derry Pride Parade 2025

IN PICTURES: Thousands attend colourful Derry Foyle Pride Festival Parade 2025 Foyle Pride Festival featured a packed schedule of events across the city Foyle Pride parade arriving at the Diamond. (Photos - Tom Heaney, nwpresspics) We want your photos to feature on the website via our Camera Club. Do you have a great photo from life in the locality? Whether it’s a party ---

IN PICTURES: Thousands attend colourful Derry Foyle Pride Festival Parade 2025

This month's DEPOT deindustrialization blog is on "Proletarian (green) Publics in Transformation: Perspectives from the Ruhr" by Ute Eickelkamp and Stefan Berger.

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#PublicHistory Book Club is back! Join in at 6pm ET this Thursday, July 24 for a discussion of Caroline Fraser's book, Prairie Fires: The American Dream of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Register for Thursday and learn more about our upcoming August read at community.ncph.org/event/PHBook.... #virtualprogram

😊 thanks Mark

Received my certificate so I am officially an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy now 😊 Grateful to those who helped me through the application process including those in Queen's University Belfast's Merit Award team.

📝 From the Blog: Patrick Cooper-McCann and @arguinn.bsky.social share their research comparing deindustrialization in Detroit and Windsor

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I am signed up for a few events this autumn to talk about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Come along if you’re in Sheffield, Cambridge or Dublin. Possibly more to come - keep an eye on my website for more info!

www.kieranconnell.com/events

This is such a great blog on deindustrialization, offering us a geographic perspective. Highly recommended! I've pasted their map below - as it is an integral part of their analysis.

US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Asso...

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Here's the clip of my contribution to today's feature on the Factory Girl sculpture and workers' representation in public artwork.

North West Today - 02/07/2025 - BBC Sounds A roundup of local news, sport and weather across the north west of Northern Ireland.

of women's representation in public artwork in general. Hopefully some more constructive dialogue will emerge after this coverage. The programme can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... if anyone would like to listen back to it. (My part is at 8:53am)

Very privileged to be included as a contributor in BBC Radio's North West Today programme this morning regarding the shirt factory sculpture in Harbour Square Derry. Thanks to Elaine McGee for showcasing the Factory Girls' protest against the new artwork and raising the question

UCU members on Edinburgh picket line

No More Cuts written in chalk

UCU members on Edinburgh picket line

UCU members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social are striking today over University of Edinburgh plans to make £140million in cuts and threaten jobs

We're fighting against these reckless proposals

Share to show your support ✊

🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨

Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member

44 days on the picket line

ZERO compulsory redundancies

University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...