Fascinating talk at the Cardinal Tomas O Fiaich Memorial Library & Archive in Armagh on Wednesday 20th May at 7.30pm on the subject of the Migration of Ulster-born soccer players by Dr Conor Curran. Looks to be a really interesting lecture.
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Looking forward to Roisín's Beckett Lecture tonight! A reminder that this is an in-person event and there will be a drinks reception just before (after our AGM which is at 5pm).
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur annual J.C. Beckett Lecture will be held on 14 May at 6pm. Please do join us at PRONI for Prof. Roisín Higgins' lecture on 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'! This will be an in person event and will no doubt be fascinating! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-hig...
Should be an excellent lecture by Prof. Roisín Higgins, Department of History @maynoothuniversity.ie
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur annual J.C. Beckett Lecture will be held on 14 May at 6pm. Please do join us at PRONI for Prof. Roisín Higgins' lecture on 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'! This will be an in person event and will no doubt be fascinating! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-hig...
Our final Irish Studies seminar this semester will be on Monday 27 April at 4.30, when Enda Delaney will talk on 'The Cognitive Revolution in Modern Ireland, 1850-1920'. All welcome in-person or online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Irish Studies Seminar - Enda Delaney, The Cognitive Revolution in Modern Ireland, 1850-1920
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Our annual J.C. Beckett Lecture will be held on 14 May at 6pm. Please do join us at PRONI for Prof. Roisín Higgins' lecture on 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'! This will be an in person event and will no doubt be fascinating! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-hig...
Roisín Higgins, 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'
You're very welcome to join us for the annual USIHS J.C. Beckett Lecture by Professor Roisín Higgins. This will be held at PRONI.
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This promises to be a great talk. Please join us on Thursday - in person or online!
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe're really looking forward to our April USIHS seminar! Prof. David Dickson @historytcd.bsky.social will speak on Thurs 23 April on The Foyle, the Chesapeake, and a fifty-year transatlantic conversation: Getting the measure of the Moore family archive, 1798-1847 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986210363...
Join our PhD Representatives this Friday 3 April at 10 am CET for some focused writing time and/or a casual Lunch Break! Register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you’re Belfast-based, there are paperback copies of my book already on sale in the brilliant indie shop No Alibis!
We're really looking forward to our April USIHS seminar! Prof. David Dickson @historytcd.bsky.social will speak on Thurs 23 April on The Foyle, the Chesapeake, and a fifty-year transatlantic conversation: Getting the measure of the Moore family archive, 1798-1847 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986210363...
USIHS Seminar: Prof. David Dickson (TCD) on 23 April, 6pm
‘The Foyle, the Chesapeake, and a fifty-year transatlantic conversation: Getting the measure of the Moore family archive, 1798-1847′
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Congrats to Dr Shonagh Joice who today defended her excellent PhD dissertation on 'Resilience, Adaptability and Anxiety: Women’s experiences of shipbuilding deindustrialisation in Glasgow and Belfast, 1970-2000'.
Our next USIHS seminar will be on Thursday 5th March (next week!) when we'll welcome Antonia Hart to speak on Ulster Women in Business & Bankruptcy, 1888-1922. All welcome! www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-ulst...
USIHS: Ulster women in business & bankruptcy, 1888-1922
Dr Antonia Hart (TCD) will speak at USIHS on 5 March. All are welcome - in person and online.
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome! First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
A reminder that our first seminar of 2026 is on Thursday! Neil Murphy @northumbriauni.bsky.social will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'. If you can't join us in person @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social join online 👇 www.eventbrite.ie/e/violence-c...
Violence, Colonialism and the Mid-Tudor Monarchy: Ireland in Context
Our first USIHS seminar of 2026 will be Professor Neil Murphy (Northumbria) who will speak on Thursday 19th February at 6pm.
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome! First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
Our Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026. womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
Grants & Prizes
The MacCurtain/Cullen Essay Prize in Irishwomen’s History The Women’s History Association of Ireland awards an annual MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen’s History in recognition of the outstandi…
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Susan Flavin gave us a sneak peek of this film and her research last year - and it was excellent! Get along to Dublin Castle on 6 February if you can!
Office of Public Works@opwireland.bsky.social · 6mo agoFilm screening at Dublin Castle Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing Introduced by Dr Susan Flavin & Shreepali Patel Fri, 6 Feb | 7pm Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/1980811598814 Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome! First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.
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...
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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...
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We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!
Just a reminder that this seminar is tonight! You are very welcome to join us in person in 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast, or online by signing up to the link below!
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 9mo agoOur next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇 www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
Our next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇 www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi...
USIHS seminar: Irish women and the Reformation
Dr Henry Jefferies on Irish women and the Reformation
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If you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social
History at Queen's University Belfast@qubhistory.bsky.social · 9mo agoA recording of @sophcocooper.bsky.social's recent @usihs.bsky.social talk on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora' is now available at: usihs36.com/2025/11/04/u...
In a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ie/e/sophie-coo...
Sophie Cooper: USIHS seminar - Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online, Thursday 13 November at 7pm.
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Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social deadline.com/2025/10/dais...
Daisy Edgar-Jones And Emilia Jones To Star In ‘Bad Bridgets’ From LuckyChap
Daisy Edgar Jones and Emilia Jones are set to star in 'Bad Bridgets', from 'Kneecap' director Rich Peppiatt.
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An important contribution on metal detecting & archaeology in England and Wales. (N.B.: Metal detecting is illegal in Ireland, & subject to fines & even imprisonment, under the National Monuments Acts) #MedievalSky 👇🏻
Dr Tess Machling@tessmachling.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this? (Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.) #Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
If you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com
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Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 10mo agoThanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social
Thanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social
Ulster Society for Irish Historical Studies@usihs.bsky.social · 10mo agoOur first seminar will be Seán Ó Hoireabhárd (Maynooth University), When Ulster became Ulster and Meath became Meath: The divorce of the Northern and Southern Uí Néill in the Central Middle Ages. Sign up here! www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-semi... @hoireabhard.bsky.social @irishhistsoc.bsky.social
This semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks! All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com
Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities. Maynooth university, 12-13 September. Please share widely.
Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS@irishhistorians.bsky.social · 12mo agoWe are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...