very sad to see this - some great historians in Hertfordshire

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3d ago

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

Sophie Christensen 1 of Denmark's 1st women master carpenters & furniture designers. 1893 completed furniture maker apprenticeship, attended Chicago World Fair. 1895 opened own business in Copenhagen. Headed Industrial Design School 4 Women 1907-16 d #OTD 31 Jul 1955 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophy_A...

“The famine is over! The curse be damned!! Hit the nuclear button! Mayo have won the All-Ireland!!” An all-time great sports commentary moment from Stephen Grealis and Martin McHugh on Mayo’s Midwest Radio. #gaa

The Oakland University Archives and Special Collections has made available via JSTOR 23 oral history interviews that capture the history of Pontiac’s Black community and map the routes of the Great Migration. The post also includes a classroom activity for interpreting excerpts of the interviews! 🗃️

The Cassette Tapes of the Great Migration - JSTOR Daily

An archive of recorded interviews captures how ordinary people experienced one of the defining chapters of American history.

daily.jstor.org

I interviewed the great Brenda Fricker back in September - she was a lovely, fascinating and supremely talented person www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Brenda Fricker: ‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’

Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir

irishtimes.com

'The former lawyer who secured a Rights of Nature recognition for a Spanish saltwater lagoon believes it could.'

Rights of Nature: How legal 'personhood' could save Lough Neagh

Rights of Nature could give Lough Neagh the same status as a person, entitled to the same protections.

bbc.co.uk

It's nice to write stuff & forget it & suddenly there it is. Bumper week on that front w chapters on material culture w @maryannbolger.bsky.social 💚 & airport architecture in 50th anniversary pub @iaa45merrionsquare.bsky.social & PaperVisualArt dialogue w. wonderful Joseph Noonan Ganley. Thanks all!

TDs who voted against removing the three-day waiting period for those who seek an abortion:

The Journal@thejournal.ie · 2mo ago

TDs have voted to remove the three-day waiting period for those who seek an abortion. Government TDs were given a free vote on the legislation as a matter of conscience, leading to significant divisions within both coalition parties. jrnl.ie/7073588

A female police patrol advising female travellers at Euston Station, London, 1918. Photo: Horace Nicholls. #WW1 Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

It is a keen eye & a gifted hand that can look at a willow hedgerow & not just envision a boat but build it too. Craftsman Tom Delaney has those exceptional abilities. Curator Noel Campbell recently travelled to Tom's workshop to find out more. www.ouririshheritage.org/content/arch... #CuratorBlog

So much ugliness and hatred and bile around, and then there's Ciara Mageean. The best of us.

"A group of literally hundreds of people has sprung into action, coordinating, donating, providing lifts for families to get somewhere safe for the night, bringing food to those who don’t want to leave the house, offering shelter, car seats, toys and arts supplies for children."

Far-right chaos won’t define Northern Ireland – solidarity will

While extremists grabbed headlines, hundreds of ordinary people mobilised to protect our neighbours

opendemocracy.net

Black burial grounds are disappearing as families fight to protect them A genealogical search led to a national struggle to protect historic Black cemeteries from neglect, development, and white supremacist vandalism.

Black burial grounds are disappearing as families fight to protect them

A genealogical search led to a national struggle to protect historic Black cemeteries from neglect, development, and white supremacist vandalism.

veritenews.org

Heaney’s Mythology at Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again Saturdays, 6 & 20 June at 11.30am: https://ow.ly/44Tu50Z5vW7 Drawing from the myths of ancient Greece & Rome, and Ireland’s own heroic cycles, Heaney found a rich tapestry of story and memory—a way to understand who we are & where we come from.

Heaney’s Mythology | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again

ow.ly

Women's History Today latest issue focusses on women and the built environment. womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo... #history #women @politicdormouse.bsky.social

How does our understanding of internationalism change when we look to the margins? Today, we launch a new featured series called Rethinking Internationalisms, introduced by Ria Kapoor, Jessica Reinisch, Margot Tudor and Daniel Laqua.

Rethinking Internationalisms

How can marginalised stories of internationalism be recovered? This article introduces the new 'Rethinking Internationalisms' featured series.

historyworkshop.org.uk

I've always felt the best way to get people subscribe to @dublininquirer.com, is just to publish good articles and wait and hope. But I'm told, that people are busy and might have other things on their minds than us, so I'd better make a pitch, better ask. So here goes. 1/

Sad to see this…I’d a stint as a bike messenger in SF years ago and loved hanging out at this ugly well-used eruption in a sometimes just too pretty city that at that stage was pre-tech boom & a lot more liveable and diverse and fun

Lawrence Culver@lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Too old to be trendy, but too new to be historic, Brutalist architecture and public spaces are often in danger of demolition. This fountain was weird, scruffy, and beloved by skaters, a reminder of an older San Francisco erased by the billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

More than 25 national pavilions at the Venice Biennial shut their doors in protest this week, including France, Belgium, Austria, and Italy in an unprecedented revolt over Israel’s continued participation despite it’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Venice Biennale Descends Into Crisis as 25+ Pavillions Shut Down Over Israel Genocide

The shutdown came just days after the entire official jury resigned, plunging the world's most prestigious art exhibition into it's deepest institutional crisis in decades.

ahmedeldin.substack.com

‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression

‘I’m so grateful I got to live these days’: A Ghost in the Throat author Doireann Ní Ghríofa on recovering from depression

The acclaimed author and poet talks about her new book, telling the true stories of patients at a derelict Victorian psychiatric hospital – a place in which she might have found herself at a different time

theguardian.com

The latest issue of History Workshop Journal is out now, and it marks two exciting milestones: 50 years and 100 issues of innovative radical history. You can read the journal on the HWJ website through the link below! academic.oup.com/hwj...

RIP the great artist filmmaker feminist thinker Valie Export Some obituaries www.krone.at/4141701 www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... www.artnews.com/art-news/new... Online archive and more www.valieexportcenter.at/en/ Recent Interviews: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAl4... ropac.net/fr/video/36-...

VALIE EXPORT | Body Configurations, 1972-76

VALIE EXPORT, 'Body Configurations', 1972-76 , curated by Caroline Bourgeois, chief curator of the Pinault Collection, marked the first collaboration with the pioneer Austrian artist and the gallery.

ropac.net

This summary of different early medieval literature is still one of my favourite things on the internet. #medievalsky

In Phibsborough, pilgrims gathered at a shrine to the housing gods. It started with a chicken baster, says artist Alison Byrne, which she would take with her to house viewings for luck.

In Phibsborough, pilgrims gather at a shrine to the housing gods

The shrine started with a chicken baster, says artist Alison Byrne, which she would take with her to house viewings for luck.

dublininquirer.com

The end of environmental public interest litigation? In a highly Trumpian move, the Government yesterday signed new regulations which will all but bring an end to public interest environmental litigation in Ireland. More: www.antaisce.org/news/the-end... #environmentaljustice #environmentlaw

The end of environmental public interest litigation?

In a highly Trumpian move, the Government yesterday signed new regulations which will all but bring an end to public interest environmental litigation in Ireland.

antaisce.org

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

Dublin Inquirer Summer School 2026 tickets are on sale now! On 27–28 June, we’re running seven different sessions aiming to offer skills and knowledge useful to journalists, and others trying to make the city a better place. Come join us.

Dublin Inquirer Summer School 2026 tickets are on sale now

On 27–28 June, we’re running seven different sessions aiming to offer skills and knowledge useful to journalists, and others trying to make the city a better place.

dublininquirer.com

Design legend Margaret Calvert is 90 today. Look at that cake! If you've ever admired a road, rail or metro sign in Britain it's likely she had something to do with it. One of Britain's design heroes - happy birthday to her. Photo by: @oshgallerylondon (IG) Cake by: mybaker.co

I am absolutely here for @oliver.ie 's motion at tonight's Cork City Council meeting (referred to a relevant committee).