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Resonant and always relevant words about how we are always migrants from late Manchan Magan’s last book: Ireland and Iceland

Very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new book from @marcmulholland.bsky.social bringing peasants to centre off Irish history

We also had a fantastic introduction to the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social portal on the Age of Revolutions from @timvrti.bsky.social @cwallacedublin.bsky.social and Lynne Kilgannon. An extraordinary resource for anyone teaching or researching 18c Ireland virtualtreasury.ie/portals/age-...

Also very insightful keynotes from Eliza Gould and Nicholas Canny.

Highlights included Jonathan Wright on American loyalist refugees in muddy Co Down, Victoria Pearson using inate Corkness to explain Moylan brothers contribution to revolution and Andrew Dorman showing army careers are exact opposite to academia in terms of fixed term contracts vs permanent posts

This was an excellent two days, some really thoughtful and stimulating papers and conversation. a great mix of papers from a wonderful range of speakers. Much to think about. Brilliantly convened by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social.

Was a fantastic first day at ’Ireland and the American Revolution’ capped off by a brilliant keynote address by Prof. Eliga Gould. Looking forward to day two.

Off to @tlrhub.bsky.social for what should be a fascinating conference on Ireland and the American Revolution organised by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social with support from @historytcd.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

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Among the Powers of the Earth Read an excerpt from Eliga H. Gould's book, Among the Powers of the Earth.

In Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire, historian Eliga Gould reinterprets the Revolutionary era not just as a domestic struggle for independence, but as a quest for legitimacy on the global stage.

#ReadtheRevolution: https://bit.ly/4mWCnG9

QUB History will be participating in the 2026 Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship competition. Eligible applicants (post-PhD) with strong proposals should contact a suitable mentor (www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...) to discuss application (EOI closes 5 Nov.)
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Wow! Happy reading!

Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.

Many thanks to the editors at the @historicaljnl.bsky.social blog for publishing this short piece, and to @ellasbaraini.bsky.social for her help with it. My recent article, and one of the central ideas of the book manuscript I’m currently working on, in a nutshell.

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This looks fascinating. Very much looking forward to reading it. And OA too.

50th anniversary issue of Saothar, the journal of the Irish Labour History Society, featuring articles by TCD staff members Carole Holohan, Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Deirdre Foley and Brian Hanley. The back cover has a photograph of the late Jack McGinley, long time Trinity librarian and union activist.

Big congratulations to Katja Bruisch on the publication of her book! Relevance not only to Russian history but also to Ireland given the focus on peat extraction.

More information about this seminar and a link to sign up to join in online is available via the link below:
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QUB History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm BST

Really looking forward to @speakerconolly.bsky.social’s paper tomorrow for the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar series, in co-ordination with @publichistoryqub.bsky.social. A great way to start the seminars for the academic year. All welcome, drinks and snacks supplied!

From Fellows Hall to Front square: Reckoning with the colonial legacies of the Trinity estates

Finishing prepping my final paper this week. Tomorrow I am speaking at @qubhistory.bsky.social as part of the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social seminar on the colonial legacies of Trinity’s estates.

Congratulations Katja!

Book cover of "Burning Swamps: Peat and the Forgotten Margins of Russia's Fossil Economy" by Katja Bruisch. A black and white photograph shows a woman with a headscarf stacking peat

📣 It's publication day! 🔥Burning Swamps🔥 is out with @universitypress.cambridge.org ! My book tells the forgotten history of peat in the context of Russia’s industrialization & electrification and points to the lingering presence of past extraction 1/5

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This was a very interesting evening with some great questions from an engaged and thoughtful audience. more to think about which what this sort of work is always about.

Hi everyone! I'm currently looking for participants for interviews for my PhD research. I'm working on the history of the LGBT+ community in rural Ireland, the way being in rural Ireland impacted the community and how the community impacted rural Ireland, 1970-2000.

Oak Room talk on Trinity’s Colonial Legacies in Dublin’s Mansion House 24 September

Just finished preparing for this lecture tomorrow evening for Dublin City Council's 2025 Heritage series. I will be talking about 400 years of ‘cultivating virtue‘ in Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social. @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social

Teaching Public History in Britain Today: A Roundtable Discussion Abstract. ‘What is Public History Now?’ This was the question posed by the 2022 AHRC Network led by Julia Laite. The network culminated in a conference of

Rich discussion about #PublicHistory in the UK.
Katie Carpenter, Anna Maguire, David Geiringer, and Julia Laite in History Workshop journal

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Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:

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Will let you know. I am becoming quite interested in idea of ‘profitable acres’ at the moment so this is very pertinen.

This looks great. Looking forward to reading it.

He was very interesting indeed. Sadly I don’t set or benefit from the price. I am a big fan of Castleward