This is terrible news. RIP Gordon Wood. www.golocalprov.com/news/pulitze...

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian Gordon Wood Hit and…

On Sunday, one of Rhode Island’s most accomplished writers and historians, Gordon Wood, was hit and killed by a motorist.

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My new article is out now in Civil War History! It retraces how Americans used the word 'conservative' and its cognates to litigate Reconstruction debates, and encourages historians to rethink the Conservative-Radical binary that structures our understanding of the era. muse.jhu.edu/article/988991

Very pleased to have been awarded the Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland Essay Prize for my 2024 Irish Historical Studies article 'The Irish-American press, the Franco-Prussian War and Irish-American identity in the postbellum United States, 1870–71’ doi.org/10.1017/ihs....

Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are DELIGHTED to announce that the SSNCI Essay Prize 2025 has been awarded to Dr Robert O’Sullivan @rosulli.bsky.social (@notredame.bsky.social) for his article ‘The Irish-American press, the Franco-Prussian War and Irish-American identity in the postbellum United States, 1870–71’.

The Keough-Naughton Institute, Notre Dame Global, and Miranda House at the University of Delhi brought together an international group of scholars last week for a conference, “India and Ireland: Shared Histories and Interconnected Pasts.” 👉 Read a recap here: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/india-a...

Should the US intervene to promote ‘liberty’ in the Western hemisphere? My new article in @diplomatichistory.bsky.social considers Irish Americans as active participants in the debate over whether the US should intervene in the Ten Years War in Cuba (1868-1878) academic.oup.com/dh/advance-a...

Anti-Colonial Revolution and US Intervention: The Guerra de los Diez Años in Cuba and the Irish American Press, 1868–1878

In 1875, a brutal war had been raging for seven years in Cuba, between the forces of the Spanish regime and nationalist rebels seeking independence. About

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It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland@virtualtreasury.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tickets are now available for ‘Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives’. The conference will take place @tlrhub.bsky.social on the 9-10 October. For booking and more information use the link below. www.eventbrite.ie/e/ireland-an...

“New Histories of Irish Art in Modernism: A Conference in Honor of S.B. Kennedy” is underway in Belfast! ▶️ go.nd.edu/kennedy @niamhroisin.bsky.social @michaelwaldron.bsky.social @annemillarstewart.bsky.social @billyshortall.bsky.social @elisabethansel.bsky.social @drartypants.bsky.social

Irish Americans made the Franco-Prussian war a cause célèbre - one claimed the ‘Irish people have a quarrel of seven hundred years to fight out with England - now the underhand ally of Prussia’ and ‘should wish success to France, which has always been their friend and the foe of England’

Robert O'Sullivan@rosulli.bsky.social · last yr.

My article now out in Irish Historical Studies! Explores Irish-American press engagement with the Franco-Prussian War, German Unification and the Paris Commune doi.org/10.1017/ihs.... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ssnci.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

Congratulations to our postdoctoral fellow Robert O’Sullivan on his newest publication!

Robert O'Sullivan@rosulli.bsky.social · last yr.

My article now out in Irish Historical Studies! Explores Irish-American press engagement with the Franco-Prussian War, German Unification and the Paris Commune doi.org/10.1017/ihs.... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ssnci.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

My article now out in Irish Historical Studies! Explores Irish-American press engagement with the Franco-Prussian War, German Unification and the Paris Commune doi.org/10.1017/ihs.... @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ssnci.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

New article! ‘“No race hate here”? Irish national identity and racism in the mid twentieth century’ just published online in Irish Historical Studies. Explores Irish attitudes to race and racism, including an ugly spate of racist attacks in Dublin during 1963-64. Open access: doi.org/10.1017/ihs....

“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration

Congrats to Robert O’Sullivan, currently a postdoctoral research fellow with us @ndirishstudies.bsky.social, on the publication of his latest article. More below…

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My latest article is out in @thejerpano.bsky.social This is the story of one immigrant, Mathew Carey, and how he grappled with exceptionalist, exclusionary narrative of the American founding, to claim a place for Catholics in the United States. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic... @iehs.bsky.social

My latest article is out in @thejerpano.bsky.social This is the story of one immigrant, Mathew Carey, and how he grappled with exceptionalist, exclusionary narrative of the American founding, to claim a place for Catholics in the United States. muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic... @iehs.bsky.social

Now in @enghistrev.bsky.social my article on efforts - led largely by women - to obtain intervention from the ICRC during the Irish civil war. On how republicans navigated international law, the complications posed by women prisoners, and Geneva's lukewarm response. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

Women Prisoners and the Limits of Humanitarian Intervention: The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Irish Civil War*

Abstract. In 1921 the international conference of the Red Cross movement passed a resolution expanding its remit to encompass humanitarian intervention in

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Tomorrow at noon, I'm going to be talking about Aiding Ireland at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy - join for a discussion of giving, politics and power in the nineteenth century. iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Was great to speak at #ACIS2025 and meet and connect with so many scholars I have admired and learned so much from! @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social , @jayroszman.bsky.social bsky.social, @anelisehshrout.bsky.social and many others

Excited to see Embracing Emancipation at #ACIS2025! And learned much from great talks by @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social, @rosulli.bsky.social, and @anelisehshrout.bsky.social, among others.

📣Out now on #firstview! Robert O’Sullivan (@camhistory.bsky.social) on 'Irish-American Anti-Imperialism in Patrick Ford’s The Criminal History of the British Empire' #Ireland #American #USA #Colonialism #Empire 🗃️ 19thc 🔓Read open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Updated CFP for ‘Ireland and the American Revolution’, a conference to be held @tlrhub.bsky.social on the 9-10 October 2025.

Joel Herman@joelherman.bsky.social · last yr.

CFP: 'Ireland and the American Revolution'. The organisers invite submissions for papers to be presented at a conference held in the Trinity Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin on the 9-10 October 2025. If you are interested submit an abstract of 250 words and a brief bio by the 1 May 2025.

New to bsky! I'm a political and social historian of nineteenth-century American and Irish history, and I'm a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, Notre Dame