Lynsey Black

A picture of Jennifer Lawrence with the caption Jennifer Lawrence regrets everything she's ever said or dond

Me too, babe. Me too.

Thank you, I hope you like!

It’s all ‘Mesearch’ - DRB Imperial policing, extreme force and the supposed perils of ‘mesearch’

Puff Daddy, the 1798 United Irishmen rebellion, knowledge hierarchies and the militarisation of policing... I am over the moon to see this essay published. Thank you so much to the Dublin Review of Books and to @juliango.bsky.social for writing such a thought-provoking book. drb.ie/articles/its...

Somehow the “spoil your vote” vote has been split. Incredible stuff happening

My fantastic colleague Prof Claire Hamilton is recruiting a research assistant for her project FEELING POLITICAL, which looks at populist politics, emotions and feelings of in/security in Europe. Details here, closing 2nd Nov and position is for 23 months: my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Diane Keaton: ‘Where would I be without Woody? I wouldn’t be here’ An Oscar-winning performance in Woody Allen’s ‘Annie Hall’ changed everything for Diane Keaton

Me in conversation with the incomparable Diane Keaton from 2017. It really does feel as if the evening is drawing in.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/film...

CONSPACE comes to the archives!
Kicking off sabbatical with some diplomatically tricky border incidents, filed by MOD under 'navigational error, relax, nobody tell Ireland'.

Event on EU Border Violence - Maynooth University @mu-ssi.bsky.social October 9th. How EU border violence—including violent pushbacks and other violations against racialised and irregularised migrants—is recorded, represented, and contested.

I know, wouldn't that be a good night!? Maybe next dinner plans...

Going to pass it around the table and get everyone to do a reading and a shot

En route to a hen night reading material

Green Grow the Rushes from sold-out Vicar Street in Dublin, final Fables show, just a great band, sounds, crowd. Always something super-special about Dublin for this music, since way back 🇮🇪 - Bertis

@jasonnarducy.bsky.social

Claire Hamilton, my brilliant colleague at Maynooth Law and Criminology, is series editor along with David Nelkin of Routledge's New Advances in Crime and Social Harm. If you have a proposal that might be a good fit and you'd like to chat, see below.

Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.

Please share widely.

PhD Scholarship: Pacific Powers - Flinders University

Announcing a PhD scholarship for a history project on imperialism and great power projection in the Pacific. Supervised by Prudence Flowers and I here at Flinders, Adelaide. It includes an international fee waiver and stipend. Start Jan 2026. www.flinders.edu.au/scholarships...

In Conversation: 'Follies' and Sondheim - N.I. Opera

Interested in finding out more about 'Follies' and Sondheim's wider work in advance of our new production in Belfast? Come to our In Conversation event on 4th Sept with panel, Dr Richard Schoch, Stuart Pedlar and Cameron Menzies.
Full details and booking links here:
niopera.com/performances...

Gorgeous cover! Can't wait to read about these Presbyterians 😁

Pious and promiscuous Pious and promiscuous – Life, love and family in Presbyterian Ulster will be published on 15 October 2025. Pre-orders will be sent out the week of publication.  Step into the intimate worlds of Presby...

My book is now available for pre-order on the @ria.ie website shop.ria.ie/products/pio... Isn't it beautiful 😍 #PiousPromiscuous #PromiscuousPresbyterians #HistFam #IrishHist #Family #HistSex

Law and History Review: A Call for an Editor [We have the following announcement from the Publications Committee of the American Society for Legal History .  DRE]  After eight years of ...

If you are interested in applying for the position and want to discuss, please DM me or email!

legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/law-...

Congratulations on your brilliant stint at LHR! I will always be grateful to you for shepherding my very first article through to publication.

name of the day from eighteenth-century Irish history - Marmaduke Coghill

for more on Marmaduke see Hayton, ed., Letters of Marmaduke Coghill, 1722-38 (Dublin, 2005).

What happens when your mum goes to prison? In the UK, more than half of women in prison are mothers. For their children, the consequences can be profound.

A year ago I was connected to the BBC Ideas team by @ukri.org They asked me about the impact of maternal imprisonment. By the end of the meeting they were shocked, upset & determined to make a film about it.
This is it.
Huge kudos to the women who took part 💪🏼

www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c4g81...

He had no regrets. And he had very few egrets too.

Perfect

Final plenary of #MaynoothCrimCon 'Responding to the far right'

Emily, a short white woman with brown curly hair, standing at the front of a class room presenting.

Great day at #MaynoothCrimCon presenting @iccl.bsky.social and @cajni.bsky.social joint report on how the Irish government can investigate legacy jurisdictions in the South!

Great morning session on Young Adulthood & the Justice System #MaynoothCrimCon Informative presentations by our own hub colleague Kylie Gill, as well as presentations from Alison Coyne UCD and Siobhan Buckley UU @slsshub.bsky.social @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Excited to be at the 16th Annual North/South Criminology Conference with my colleagues from @slsshub.bsky.social #MaynoothCrimCon @qubcriminology.bsky.social

Ciara Bracken-Roche introducing the second plenary on online spaces and the far right, looking at the criminological implications #MaynoothCrimCon