Tomás Irish

Building UNESCO / Adeiladu UNESCO -1907-1945 Building UNESCO: Public Opinion, International Law, and Peace / Adeiladu UNESCO: Barn y Cyhoedd, Cyfraith Ryngwladol, a Heddwch - 1907-1945

I'll be talking about my new book project next Tuesday (10 February) in a webinar for the Welsh Centre for International Affairs. All welcome! More details in the link. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-u...

I am very pleased to announce the publication of a book that I had the privilege of editing with Daniel Laqua on the history of intellectual cooperation at the League of Nations!

🖥️ More about the book: www.martingrandjean.ch/intellectual...
📙 Read online: doi.org/10.18356/978...

A taxidermy rat having a bath

I’ve seen some oddities on the Belfast antique auction sites — spooky porcelain dolls, eyebrow raising WW2 memorabilia, etc — but this is by far the most inexplicable:

Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields!

I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...

📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...

#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social

Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.

We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

Poster der Universität Freiburg für die internationale Konferenz “The Aftermath – Post-War Times in Modernity and Premodernity: Re-Constructions | Re-Writings | Re-Orderings”, organisiert vom FRIAS Project Group Post-War Periods. Im Hintergrund ist ein historisches Gemälde der zerstörten Kreuzkirche in Dresden (1765) von Bernardo Bellotto zu sehen. Das Poster zeigt die Logos der Universität Freiburg und des FRIAS, Konferenzdaten (16–18 October 2025, FRIAS seminar room, Albertstraße 19), beteiligte Fachbereiche und Kontaktinformationen.

Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...

Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!

The Committed Neutrality - Casa de Velázquez

[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !

We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.

Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education?

Consider submitting to our academic journal!

Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...

#histed #academia #edusky

History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...

From the latest issue of 'History' (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): a roundtable on 'US Universities and the State: Perspectives from the Twentieth Century' w/ contributions from @kateballantyne.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, @charle.bsky.social, and Christopher P. Loss.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...

History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...

Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Return of the Blue Book? Grading and Shifting Skills in an Era of AI

I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.

Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓

Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.

Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.

Ground-breaking research, completely free.

Congratulations @simonajohn.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, Hannah Lyons, and the contributors! We're looking forward to seeing the volume when it's in print.

Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social

We’re hiring: Membership Administrator

Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator

Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity

Just over a week to go until the closing date for this...

Delighted with the latest review of Feeding the Mind, this time by Daniel Gorman in the Journal of Modern History who calls it 'an impressive work of transnational history.'

doi.org/10.1086/735207

doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs

#History #AcademicSky History PhDs/ECRs: working on an article? We are running a workshop on 'Writing History Articles' @histassoc.bsky.social in London on 19 Sept. See below for details, deadline 20 Aug. Some (limited) travel support available.
www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...

Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project

Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online

At what point can I say that I'm big in Japan?

My reading for the weekend arrived

We do have a 1798 Street in Wexford (often called 98 Street) which has, according to local lore, apparently confused American tourists in the past who were wondering where 97th street was.

I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...

My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...