11 people murdered to get marching here and it’s reduced to both sides need to behave. We mean nothing to these people and have to pay taxes for the privilege of indifference

Saul Staniforth@saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3w ago

"I don't think any elected politician should be supporting an illegal protest" Chris Bryant (the secretary of state for Northern Ireland) says Michelle O'Neill (the first minister of Northern Ireland) is wrong to stand with people defending their community.

For people of my age (old) and my background (CNR) who grew up in NI during the 90s, Drumcree was the nadir of community relation & differences in our perceptions of ‘rights’. We just could not conceive how a group of snarling, angry men thought their ‘right to march’ surpassed our ‘right to exist’.

Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.

Some Friday night reading! 🎉 I have a new article out in Social History of Medicine on the history of the Billings ovulation method, a popular method of ‘natural’ family planning in 70s and 80s Ireland. Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Open-access link here: academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

It was really moving to get to see the UK AIDS Memorial quilt at Tramway in Glasgow today, and to hear from activists Cleve Jones (who conceived the US quilt in 1985) and UK activists Ian van Tillo and Siobhan Lanigan. A must-see if you’re in Glasgow before 4 Oct. www.tramway.org/event/9948ed...

Our latest Current Debates essay in @jich.bsky.social is now out! In his piece entitled "‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context" @brian-hanley.bsky.social explores the evolution of Zionist sympathies in Ireland. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context

The belief in a ‘natural’ Irish sympathy with the Palestinian people, based on a shared history of colonisation, is a very widespread one. Indeed, many suggest that the legacy of resistance to Brit...

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Finished your MA thesis and wondering what to do next? Why not apply for a history of health PhD at Strathclyde?

Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth@sexhistorian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We are looking for a fantastic person to join us at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship looking at the history of unorthodox health activism in the UK after 1948! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/... #AcademicSky #HistMed

Delighted to see my and Judith Hurley's article on ceremonies of churching in Ireland live @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social. Thanks to Cara Delay, special issue editor, and all the journal team! doi.org/10.1080/0961...

Mothering, matrescence and the changing meanings of ceremonies of churching after childbirth in Ireland, c.1800–2000

Ceremonies of churching tend to have a negative reputation, as rituals imposed by clerics on women in the vulnerable time after childbirth. Their perceived associations with ‘cleansing’ or ‘purific...

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Next time someone asks you the bad faith question “Have any women come forward?”, here you are.

socmot@socmot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I despise Substack and have previously said I will never read it (and I don't). But I will break my rule just for this eally disturbing piece of writing by Neko Case, who was / is in a band, The New Pornographers, who were supported by The Frames in 2002. nekocase.substack.com/p/in-what-fu...

Apropos to nothing, dead men can't sue you for coming forward about the sexual harassment you experienced from them. #speirghorm

Important read. At least 859 infants and 19 women are estimated to have died in the Bessborough mother and baby institution. It is likely their remains were buried on the grounds. Planning permission has been upheld for building apartments on this site. [1/2] www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government

Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny says her daughter was the last baby to die at the Cork institution and urges the Government to halt redevelopment

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📢 Book news!! My new book, Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923, with Oxford University Press is now out online & open access ahead of print! doi.org/10.1093/9780... This image comes from the final chapter on Bolshevik and early Soviet attitudes to Ireland @leverhulme.ac.uk

A few weeks ago, @wellcometrust.bsky.social announced that scholars in the republic of Ireland would no longer be eligible to lead bids to the flagship discovery research scheme. We think this decision is badly flawed, and are asking them to rethink: www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/...

#eshs-hss 🤦🏻‍♀️

Laura Kelly@tortietabby.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Excited to be at the #hss-eshs conference in Edinburgh today, presenting with my colleagues on the @europrolife.bsky.social team this morning and this afternoon!

Excited to be at the #hss-eshs conference in Edinburgh today, presenting with my colleagues on the @europrolife.bsky.social team this morning and this afternoon!

Strathclyde history represent! Really enjoyed hearing two excellent papers this morning by my colleagues @annalively.bsky.social (on the Women’s Guild of Empire) and Fearghus Roulston (on anti-dampness campaigns in early 80s Britain). #SHS2026 @strathhumanities.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Excited to be en route to Lancaster for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference. I’m particularly looking forward to the 70s disco tomorrow night! 🕺 I’m speaking on Friday at 11.15 about my research on Women’s Information Network as part of this fab panel on Feminist Politics.

Social History Society@socialhistsoc.bsky.social · 4mo ago

📣We're so excited to welcome you to our 50th anniversary conference today!✨ Check out our fabulous programme here: socialhistory.org.uk/wp-content/u...

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

There's just under 10 days left to apply for this funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain! #HistMed #PhDFunding Strathclyde is a lovely place to work and Glasgow is a seriously great city! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

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New article (open access!!) online now with Contemporary British History www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘In the eyes of the law I might be a man but what do I look like?’: trans women and sex work in 1980s and 1990s England

This article considers the precarious position of trans sex workers in 1980 s and early 1990 s England by examining the ambiguities of medico-legal interpretations of their identities and labour. D...

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Another life-affirming Sparks gig at Kelvingrove bandstand in Glasgow tonight. 🤩

📣Out now on #firstview! Anna Muggeridge @worcesteruni.bsky.social and Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social on 'Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History' #Motherhood #Political #Maternal #History #Identity 20thc 🗃️👩‍🍼 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Kieran Connell: How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

Kieran Connell: How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?

AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s riots, but loyalists were at the centre of the disturbances

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My copy of Dealing With Drugs. New Histories of Risk and Benefit has just arrived. Very pleased to see my chapter published in this wonderful volume!

I have a new article out on miscarriage in late twentieth-century Ireland. Special thanks to @delaycara.bsky.social for organising a 2024 workshop from which this & the other articles in the special issue stemmed, and for all the support through to publication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘It’s a really empty feeling’: women’s experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland

This article explores women's experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland. Drawing on oral history interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, the newsletters o...

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I have a new article out on miscarriage in late twentieth-century Ireland. Special thanks to @delaycara.bsky.social for organising a 2024 workshop from which this & the other articles in the special issue stemmed, and for all the support through to publication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘It’s a really empty feeling’: women’s experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland

This article explores women's experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland. Drawing on oral history interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, the newsletters o...

tandfonline.com

I’m really pleased to see my article on “The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign” in the @jbritishstudies.bsky.social Many thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding this research. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...