Irish Studies at QUB

a brilliant, incisive piece by @earner.bsky.social et al. The focus on “stories that disturb rather than coalesce with grand narratives” - and how such histories might be written - is a vital framing for what we might playfully dub the New Irish Queer History.

Some counter-hegemonic protest from a Limavady Presbyterian in 1889 (from the wonderfully named 'County Derry Liberal', 27 Apr. 1889)

Really looking forward to reading this new article from Joe Curran! @muahi.bsky.social @ssnci.bsky.social

Ireland's Future Review of the Year

Delighted to participate in the Ireland's Future Review of the Year.

Reflecting on achievements, preparing for the pathway ahead.

open.spotify.com/episode/2DSX...

Thanks to
@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
for including @susiedeedigan.bsky.social from ARINS in valuable discussion at 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Centenary of the Irish Border' on Wednesday's centenary.

@ria.ie @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Thanks to our MA ‘Belfast’ module students for coming to yesterday’s City Hall visit and Xmas drinks afterwards

ACIS National Conference 2026 | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann When a massive strike of silver miners in Leadville, Colorado exploded in May of 1880, Michael Mooney—the Dubin-born leader of the union—declared “We may not have the whole American flag…

The CFP for the American Conference of Irish Studies' 2026 national meeting in Denver closes on 12 December. More info here: acisweb.org/conferences/...

WHAI2026 Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...

We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026.
sites.google.com/view/whai202...

Siobhra Aiken (QUB) leads off the afternoon session on the cultural and memory resonances of partition and the boundary commission

Fearghal McGarry opening our ‘From Boundary Commission to Border Poll?’ conference in the grand environs of the Belfast Harbour Offices

Launch Details - The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street Thursday, 4th December | 7pm

Do go along to the launch of Antonia Hart's new monograph, The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 (LUP). It is a brilliant piece of work, beautifully written, and well worth reading.

Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm

Delighted to see this out! Thanks to @bruceholsinger.bsky.social for all his support and to @uccresearch.bsky.social Future Humanities Institute too #IrishKeywords

We’re having a reception to mark our 60th anniversary (1/3 of the lifetime of QCB/QUB) on Monday 8 Dec.

YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies Irish Studies: Beyond the Text

If you missed yesterday's seminar on 'Irish Studies: Beyond the Text' with @emmaradley.bsky.social and @daithi-k.bsky.social - a recording is now available online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fN1...

Irish Studies / Public History Seminar: Jessica Martell

On 8 December we have a joint seminar with the Centre for Public History. Visiting Scholar Jessica Martell (Appalachian State Univ.) will speak on 'Beyond plantation mentalities in Irish literature, film, and culture'. In-person and online.
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Woohoo! 👏👏

Exciting News!!!

Belfast launch for #FewAndFarBetween will be Tuesday 7th April

Dublin Launch Thursday 9th April

More info to come and more exciting events dates too. Currently taking bookings for festivals and events from April 7th onwards.

Have you got a new book out about Irish America? Regardless of discipline, if it came out in 2025, you can submit it to the ACIS Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America! You need to fill out the form on this website and the books need to be sent by 1 January!
acisweb.org/mccaffrey-pr...

Assistant Professor in Film Studies at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Recruiting now: Assistant Professor in Film Studies on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,

5 year Tenure track

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...

The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on Coasts is now out - glad to be part of it with some thoughts about coasts and gardens in c18 Ireland #BlueHumanities #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🌊

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889

Feeling incredibly proud of Dr @mpalawrence.bsky.social, who has passed his PhD viva with no corrections! An outstanding thesis on queer Irish culture and migration c. 1880 to 1960. Examined by Matt Cook and Fearghal McGarry!

Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.

I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...

The WINNER of the 2025 @thejournal.ie Best Irish-Published Book of the Year is...

Ninety-Nine Words for Rain (and One for Sun), Manchán Magan, Illustrated by Megan Luddy (Gill Books)

#APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

‘A map of Ireland to elucidate the Rebellion of 1798’, from Sir Richard Musgrave, Memoirs of the Different Rebellions in Ireland (1801)

#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.

Cnuasach den chéad scoth.

📣 REMINDER – this Sunday

ALL WELCOME to the launch of Talking Heads by Paul Muldoon

1 to 3pm sharp,
Sunday, 30 Nov. 2025
MoLI
86 St Stephen’s Green
Dublin,
D02 XY43

Guest Speaker
Professor Margaret Kelleher

🎟️ Free, booking required – www.eventbrite.ie/e/talking-he...

Join us next week, Tues 2nd December at 8:45pm, the Parlour @magdalenecollege.bsky.social for the final CGIS meeting of term. Prof Anthony Bale @girtoncollege.bsky.social will speak on 'Approaching the Kilkenny Witch-Hunt of 1324: Questions and Challenges'. All welcome!

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This November the @dib.ie publishes 29 biographical entries: 28 new entries alongside an extensive revision of an existing entry. This eclectic range of noteworthy lives, drawn from across the spectrum of Irish society can be viewed here:
www.dib.ie/news/broadca...

New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'

academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Photogrammetry map of a round hill (Brusselstown Ring hillfort) annotated with potential roundhouse footprints, test trench locations and a potential cistern

NEW Have archaeologists identified the largest nucleated settlement in prehistoric Ireland and Britain? Survey at Brusselstown Ring, one of the largest hillforts in Ireland, found evidence for potentially hundreds of occupied roundhouses!

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology