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Adrian Kirwan

@adriankirwan.bsky.social
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Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholar, exploring the intersection of Science, Technology and Society, including AI in Education. Teaches Critical Skills, Maynooth University.

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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
do actors in movies actually die? they at least behave as if they do
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Robin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 01/10/2026
Before diving in, just for giggles, Ireland currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Council but their proposed compromise text is so spectacularly bad that their own AI Minister won't even admit to it being their proposal. mu.social/profile/toni...
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Irish Studies at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We're now accepting applications for the Hachey Professorship of Irish & Irish-American History! This is a tenured position in the History Department and the Irish Studies Program. Apply here apply.interfolio.com/194167 by November 13.
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
sounds reasonable; do it
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Jack Stilgoe @jackstilgoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Our project on Mapping AI Safety needs a research assistant for six months. Please do pass on to anyone you think would be interested www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
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UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CFP: Economic and Social History Society of Ireland - Annual Conference 2026 (4-5 Dec. at TCD). Paper proposals should be sent to Dr Anne Dolan adolan@tcd.ie by 23 October.
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Daniella M. @farsouthhistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Check out Aoife O'Leary McNeice's review of Jodie Asselin's "Troublesome Ground: Farming Trees and Green Policy in Rural Ireland," published in 2025 by @upcolorado.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #envpolicy www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
No challenge presented to the narrative put forward by Gates. AI doomers are hyping these technologies just as much as boosters.
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Bill Gates warns world unprepared for AI upheaval
Bill Gates warned today that the world is dangerously unprepared for the upheaval brought by artificial intelligence, with the technology destroying jobs and threatening human connection, especially f...
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026
and remember, algorithms are not invisible or autonomous entities but rather tools used to further the power and influence of individuals, namely big tech ecos and their shareholders. meaning, accountability always has to point to those that are benefiting from these algos
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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Looking forward to this. I've no doubt it will be an important contribution to current discourse on AI.
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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Half the planet is having a massive fight about how to correctly interpret an Ancient Greek poem but go ahead, close some more humanities departments.
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Prof Carmen M. Mangion @carmenmangion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks. Please post! @dralanagharris.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @sshmedicine.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org
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British History Online @bho.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History Open, online meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline in a time of crisis. 2-4pm BST, Tuesday 4 August 2026 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis...
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The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History
An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We're hiring a #ProjectManager to lead a multi-year, cross-institutional programme spanning cultural programming, professional development, research, and policy. ⭐ More info + #apply: www.nli.ie/about-us/working-nationa… 📅 Closing date: 3pm, 24 July 2026. #Jobfairy
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Ireland’s upcoming EU presidency highlights tensions between simplifying digital regulation and expanding protections on AI, data use, and child online safety, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Liz Carolan.
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Ireland Targets AI Omnibus, Child Safety in EU Presidency Agenda
The program signals an EU push to streamline digital rules while advancing AI omnibus and new online safety measures for children, writes Liz Carolan.
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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Delighted my article exploring the early development of Telephony in Ireland has been published in Irish Economic and Social History journal. It explores the multitude of factors that shaped the development and use of this technology. It's Open Access. doi.org/10.1177/0332... #hstm #HistTech
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The Telephone Company of Ireland, 1878–93: An Exploration of the Early Marketing, Development, Expansion, Financing and Users of Telephony - Adrian Kirwan, 2026
This article provides the first comprehensive study of the early development of telephony in Ireland. It begins by exploring the technology's promotion, hi...
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I think tech tutorials should be text with screenshots
Guy standing up in church meme
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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yesterday I discussed the initial results of my research project on student use of GenAI at Maynooth's Teaching and learning showcase. A few interesting findings include much less use amongst arts and humanities students, clear ethical concerns and a thirst for more knowledge about GenAI.
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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Friends, my student was assigned to attend & review a virtual #HSTM event this semester & put it off to the last possible minute. Does anyone know of a virtual event they could attend this week? Could be aimed at public or scholars, so long as a lurking undergrad would be ok. Thanks!
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Gerard McCarthy @germac.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
And, for the plug, here's our paper from last year: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Signal and Noise in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at 26°N
There is a weakening of 1.0 Sv/decade from 2004 to 2023 in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) as observed by the RAPID array Low frequency variability is concentrated in the t...
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Michael Brown @medhistoryman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
📢 JOB ALERT📢 Please spread the word that there are 2x1-year, F/T (Teaching & Research) posts going in History @ Lancaster: Lecturer in Modern British History (1800-2000), with a focus on the social & cultural histories of the economy, advertising, or consumerism. hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Modern British History
Lecturer in Modern British History, c1800-2000 The School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Modern British History, c.1800-2000 (Teaching and Scholarship). ...
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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I think about this comic all the time.
Comic by drawer of drawings on Instagram. A detective stands in a kitchen that looks like it's splattered with blood. The detective says, mother of god. Nothing human could have done this. In the bottom panel it says, earlier. And there is a dog uneasily holding a ketchup bottle with its paws trying to put ketchup on a hamburger.
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Adrian Kirwan @adriankirwan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Just spent the day transcribing interviews and the hardest person to decipher is myself. Also, transcription software does not like working-class Dubs.
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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference programme includes Cindy Sissokho, who curated the ‘Expecting: birth, belief, protection’ at the @wellcometrust.bsky.social. This exhibition featured themes of infertility & IVF. www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...
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Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss
Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…
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Alex Campolo @alexcampolo.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A new in our time on cybernetics featuring John Agar and Orit Halpern: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In Our Time - Cybernetics - BBC Sounds
The origins and lasting influences of the study of communication in animals and machines.
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Anelise Hanson Shrout @anelisehshrout.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Peter's work deftly weaves together cultural and historical analysis, drawing together metaphor and archives to show us something new about technologies of the Famine.
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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Call for proposals: @ihsa2026.bsky.social Irish History Students’ Association Podcast, deadline Friday 22 May 2026
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Call for proposals: Irish History Students’ Association Podcast, deadline Friday 22 May 2026
IHSA Podcast CFPDownload
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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Public lecture: Irish Society for Archives’ Spring Lecture Series ‘How to start a new archives service: experience of the CIÉ Group Archives’, Kevin Forkan, Wednesday 6 May at 6pm
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Public lecture: Irish Society for Archives’ Spring Lecture Series ‘How to start a new archives service: experience of the CIÉ Group Archives’, Kevin Forkan, Wednesday 6 May at 6pm
The Irish Society for Archives’ Spring Lecture Series 2026 continues with a talk on Wednesday 6 May at 6pm in The Conference Room, Dublin City Library and Archive, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.‘Ho…
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
A full recording of Saturday's Symposium on 'Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in Ireland' is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJaf... @marcmulholland.bsky.social @peelersandsheep.bsky.social @petergray47.bsky.social @sophcocooper.bsky.social
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Peasant Movements and Land Agitation Symposium - full recording
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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Kevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Historians of humanitarianism, aid and development nodding in agreement. The oil crisis in 1973 drove up the costs of production and contributed to a global food crisis within 12 months.
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HSTM Network Ireland #HSTM @hstmnetworkireland.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Delighted to welcome keynote Dr Juliana Adelman, DCU to our #HSTM 2026 Annual Meeting. The keynote: Milk transformed by science & technology: the rise of infant formula manufacturing in 20th-century Ireland will be hosted @unioflimerick.bsky.social 24 April 5.30pm #HistMed #MedHums #Skystorians
Milk transformed by science & technology: the rise of infant formula manufacturing in 20th-century Ireland. 24 april 2026. 5.30pm. picture of Dr Juliana Adelman
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Benjamin Casey @benjamin-casey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🔗It is available open access at doi.org/10.1177/0332...
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Hidden Women in the Early Nineteenth-Century Dublin Print Selling Trade: A Case Study of Sarah and Ann Allen - Benjamin Casey, 2026
This article reveals the multifaceted roles played by Sarah and Ann Allen in the retailing business of their father, William Allen, who was a specialist retaile...
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Benjamin Casey @benjamin-casey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Excited to announce that my journal article on women printsellers in early nineteenth-century Dublin has been published in @eshsi.bsky.social It explores the gendered dynamics of the family print shop and how labour was divided in these domestic and commercial spaces.
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D. Anca Cretu @dacretu.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
We’re hiring more at Warwick! Assistant Professors in History of Capitalism: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... & History of Iberian Empires: warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/mobile-1/... Happy to answer any questions for anyone interested!
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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Only 4 in-person tickets remaining (online option also available).
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Lucy Jane Santos @lucyjanesantos.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
There is never an easy time to be flogging a book with the subtitle "A Hopeful History of Uranium" but there is also never a time when uranium isn't of global interest either. So go on buy a copy and find out more about this fascinating and incredibly important element.
Chain Reactions by Lucy JAne Santos - Out Now
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Georgina Laragy @geolug.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For our final week after a hiatus for football :-( we welcome @drdeefoley.bsky.social to @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social to discuss her work on an iconic #dublin #factory. Come for the #irishhistory stay for the biscuits! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social please RT
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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ICHS 2026 Symposium: Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in Modern Ireland,  Institute of Irish Studies, QUB, Saturday 11 April 2026, 9.30-4.00pm. All welcome (in-person and online). Further details and registration👇
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Symposium: Peasant Movements and Land Agitation in Modern Ireland
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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
📢 Doctoral and early career historians: submit your abstracts for the 1-day Cambridge-based workshop examining the history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain. Submission deadline: 1 April Workshop date: 29 May More info and contact info👉 histmed.org/call-for-par...
Applications for participation open: 1-day workshop for doctoral/ early career historians on history of Black health and healthcare in 20th-century Britain
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Historical Archives of the European Union @eui-euarchives.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚀📡 ESA Post-graduate Research Grant 2026 The @esa.int & the Historical Archives of the European Union offer 2 grants for postgraduate & early-career researchers using ESA archives. 📅 Apply 9 Mar–15 May ℹ️https://loom.ly/Ybo4xsM #SpaceHistory 🔗 More info
Scholars consulting archival documents at the HAEU
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Salvador Ryan @salvadorryan.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
#StPatricksDay is an appropriate time to issue a call for expressions of interest in my latest book project, with working title “Im/migration and the Irish”. This will chart BOTH the experiences of Irish migrants abroad over 1,500 years AND those who have migrated…
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Interested in environmental history? The IHR is offering a summer 2026 internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). Apply by 15 April 2026, 11:59 pm BST. More details at: buff.ly/Vzpz6G3.
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IHR Internships
IHR Internships support new researchers to develop their skills and broaden their experience within and beyond the historical research community.
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
‘Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society through Archaeology, History and Experimental Archaeology’ University of Chester, 2021-2022 research seminar. youtu.be/jFBXAivgd5s?...
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Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society
YouTube video by University of Chester
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Exactly what we need to make this world safer, more caring, more equitable, more humane.
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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This should be a great conference. Well done @unioflimerick.bsky.social
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ihta_ria.bsky.social @ihtaria.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
For #MapMonday the Irish Historic Towns Atlas (IHTA) will be showcasing our open source material. There are 32 atlases available as open access on #IHTAonline. To start the series, we’ll look at the first atlas published in the series: Kildare, by John Andrews, published by the @ria.ie in 1986.
Cover of IHTA no. 1 Kildare, by John Andrews. Cream background with an reproduction of an engraving with teh round tower in green.
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
CFPs open for the Gender & Sexuality PGR Conference 12 June 2026, Queen's University Belfast, ‘CRITICAL ENOUGH? Orientations of Authority and Resistance’ … delighted to be the keynote speaker. Abstracts due by 15 April 2026
CFPs open for the Gender & Sexuality PGR Conference
12 June 2026, Queen's University Belfast, ‘CRITICAL ENOUGH?
Orientations of Authority and Resistance’ … delighted to be the keynote speaker. Abstracts due by 15 April 2026
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Thony Christie @rmathematicus.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
An empirical refutation that Al-Ghazali's "The Incoherence of the Philosophers" put an end to Islamic science #histsci thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/a...
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Al-Ghazali did not put a stop to Islamic science
It is an established fact that medieval Islamic science rose to spectacular hights and then declined, explaining both aspects is the job of the historian of science. Unfortunately, as in other area…
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