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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 02/10/2026

"Fictions, Frictions, Evictions" is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project exploring the complex realities of housing, displacement, and the social fabric of contemporary Ireland. @erc.europa.eu @mu-ssi.bsky.social fictions-frictions-evictions.ie

An event poster featuring a photograph of a weathered, corrugated metal shutter in vertical panels of blue, grey, and white, marked with graffiti.

Large, bold red text at the top reads: "FICTIONS, FRICTIONS & EVICTIONS".

At the bottom left, white text reads: "Understanding Ireland's housing emergency through data stories, public knowledge, art & activism."

At the bottom right, bold red and white text reads: "16–24 OCT, The Bank at The Digital Hub, Dublin 8".

Across the bottom footer, logos are displayed for "data stories", "Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute", the European Union flag, and the "European Research Council".

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Eoin Lettice @eoinlettice.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Beara

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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile) @amberflood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It was a pleasure to attend the 'Belonging to the Victorians' conference last week. Great to see scholars researching a range of Victorian institutions. Thanks to @djrgrey.bsky.social & Dr William Bainbridge for organising. Thank you, as always, to @dexinst.bsky.social for access to the archive! 📜

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Calling all independent and early career scholars working on nineteenth-century Ireland! Submit your essay for the SSNCI essay prize! Deadline 30 Sept 2026

A document providing details of the SSNCI essay prize

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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️

Dolly Parton reads to children in the Library’s Great Hall in 2018. Photo by Shawn Miller.

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Annaliese Money @amm-maritime.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

There’s just over a week left to register for the Conflict, War, and Violence conference at the University of Exeter. This three-day event will feature engaging panels of academics from various interdisciplinary fields and wrap up with a tour of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, led by me.

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IHR Women @ihrwomen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.

Call For Participants in 3rd Annual Institute of Historical Research Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks

Participants in IHR Women's History Lightning Talks 2025

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Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This month our 'Imprisoned with Oscar' blog series explores the story of the "The Great Silver Robbery". Find out what happened and learn more about George William White, the man at the heart of the case, here: bit.ly/4aQn2ns

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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile) @amberflood.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Delighted to be involved with this again this year! Looking forward to the next season of lectures📚🎉

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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile) @amberflood.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Very excited to present and participate in this!!

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The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

With all this talk about Christopher Nolan's Odyssey, we thought we'd cast our minds back to another "modern" representation of the epic poem The DEI holds a late eighteenth century reprint of Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's Odyssey in three volumes (1772; originally published 1725-1726)

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"Douglass’s 19-month tour of Britain and Ireland began in Liverpool in 1845 and, for much of the time, Manchester was his base." #slavery #abolition #history www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ju...

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‘He became a sensation’: Manchester pays tribute to abolitionist Frederick Douglass

Annual lectures will discuss work of writer and campaigner who ‘revitalised the anti-slavery cause’ in Britain

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Evan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Cover of ‘The Cheese and the Worms’ by Carlo Ginsburg, with early modern drawing a man reading a book in a field with a windmill behind him

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 30/06/2026

#DIBLives #OTD 1922 a huge explosion at the Public Records Office in the Four Courts destroyed centuries of Irish administrative, legal & genealogical records. @virtualtreasury.bsky.social has spent years recreating many of these records & made them freely available to the public. virtualtreasury.ie

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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile) @amberflood.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

This heat is not conducive to brain usage... feel like I'm writing up in hell

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Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick @cemslimerick.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The School of History and Geography at the University of Limerick (UL) invites applications for the post of Assistant Professor in European and/or Global History (pre-1800). Details can be found at the following link: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRU993/a... #centreforearlymodernstudies #cems #ul

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I keep thinking about the UCF students booing the technocratic commencement speaker who was overhyped about AI. And I laugh and laugh. Students rebelling against this terrible technology is *exactly* what we need and what we are seeing more and more. www.orlandoweekly.com/news/orlando...

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UCF students boo commencement speaker over AI praise

University of Central Florida graduation commencement speaker Glorida Caulfield called AI "the next industrial revolution."

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Oral History Network Ireland @oralhistoryie.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📢Last few hours to register for the Oral History Network of Ireland's FREE ONLINE #oralhistory networking event this evening! 📌TODAY, 6th May (7pm–9pm) 💻Via Zoom 🎟️FREE TICKETS: tickettailor.com/events/oralh... #OHNI #OralHistoryEvent #OralHistorians

Last few hours to register for the Oral History Network of Ireland's FREE ONLINE #oralhistory networking event this evening! Join us from 7-9pm to discuss 'Hidden Voices.'

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Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.memyon.org · 27/04/2026

Just a remarkable public space, the New York Public Library main reading room #hatm

The main reading room of the New York Public Library

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Maurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 20/04/2026

I have GONE WILD on the 1926 Irish census and have made some fun discoveries: Trinidadian medical students, a Baháʼí couple in Donegal, the Irish widow of an emigré Cossack, and Egyptian sailors in Cork city - among many others.

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Claire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 20/04/2026

I think this is my favourite so far. Alice Knox in Blackrock, Co. Dublin who is very glad to be single. #1926census nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

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Siobhán Dowling @siobhandowling.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

1926 Census: Sean McDermott Street Magdalene Laundry. 30 nuns and over 100 other women. Occupation entered as: Laundress. The incarceration of women in the early Free State. #SpeirGorm

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Mary M. Burke @maryburke.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Dracula 1933 Irish translation cover

Dracula, Bram Stoker, translated into Irish by Seán Ó Cuirrín, Oifig Díolta Foillseacháin Rialtais, 1933. Design: AóM (Austin Molloy). John Moore/Little Museum of Dublin

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ECHOES @echoes-she.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

CFP. The Society for the History of Emotions biennial conference. June 2-4, 2027. Vienna. Emotions in Adversity. societyhistoryemotions.com/she-conferen...

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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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Nick Slawicz @ellingtonelms.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Royal Museums Greenwich is advertising for a fully funded collaborative doctorate: Uncharted Voices: Subaltern Cultures and Identities in Global Seafaring, 1880–1950 It looks like a great opportunity and theme to me. www.rmg.co.uk/collections/...

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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship: Uncharted Voices

Learn more about and apply for this fully funded collaborative doctoral studentship starting in October 2026

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

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Claire Langhamer @clairelanghamer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

On Thursday I will be chairing our online session on writing history aimed at a wider audience with guests Elliot Prior and Sabhbh Curran from Curtis Brown Literary Agency. All welcome - sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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How to Reach a Broader Audience: An Introduction to Non-Fiction Trade Publishing in 2026

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

To celebrate #InternationalBagPipeDay here is a pleased looking pooch playing the puppy pipes. M.S. B.11.27 mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B...

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The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

What's on at the DEI this March! 🍂

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

When we were looking for a place in Bristol I randomly clicked on a listing and then clicked out again very quickly. Cromwell Road.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

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Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

We're back! Building on the success of our inaugural conference last year, we are delighted to announce its return with the new theme: Beyond the Battlefield🗡️ The conference will take place at the University of Exeter on 2-3 September. Deadline for abstracts is 22 May. Please circulate widely!

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Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution @brlsi.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🌍✨ Science in the Global Renaissance ✨🌍 with Dr James Poskett 📅 Thu 19 February In person or watch online tickets available www.brlsi.org/whatson/scie... Was the Renaissance and the birth of modern science really just a European story? #Renaissance #HistoryOfScience #GlobalHistory #BRLSI

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Science in the Global Renaissance – Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Modern science is typically understood as a product of the European Renaissance, but this view is far too narrow. Other cultures across the world - from Ming China to Ottoman Egypt - also experienced ...

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Single people after Valentine's Day: Well, at least that's over. Kerry and Cork on Shrove Tuesday night: Hold my pancake

Screenshot from the RTÉ website.

"What became known as Skellig Night was a feature of Shrove Tuesday in parts of the south, especially Cork and Kerry. After sunset, noisy crowds went onto the streets of towns in the region and the Skellig night procession was all about loudly slagging off the still- single and telling them to "go to the Skelligs". The Skellig islands off the coast of Co. Kerry were said to still run under the old calendar, therefore Ash Wednesday would arrive later there, hence there would be still time for the single to go there to marry before Lent began. Sometimes, people in disguise would call to the homes of the single and try to take them by force onto the street to be jeered, making as much of a din as possible."

#SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Happy Lunar New Year! This beautiful specimen is from our 1668 edition of 'Markham's master-piece ... touching on curing all diseases in horses', a seminal text on horse care #LunarYear #YearOfTheHorse

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

UCC Library is hiring a Scholarly Communications Librarian! Lead Open Research initiatives, manage CORA & UCC Journals, and shape scholarly publishing. Permanent, whole-time. Closing 24 March. More info www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...

A recruitment graphic announcing a job opening for a Scholarly Communications Librarian. The background shows a person reading an academic book outdoors beside a laptop and smartphone. Text on the image states the position title and the closing date of 24 March 2026.

Recruitment graphic.
The text on graphic reads as UCC Library is looking for an exceptional Scholarly Communications Librarian to join our ambitious Research Services team.

The Scholarly Communications Librarian will play a vital role in making UCC’s high-quality research publications openly accessible to the benefit of all.

In addition, the post holder will develop, assess and lead efforts in improving scholarly publishing across UCC, which will entail further service and policy development in line with the Library’s Vision & Plan 2024–2028

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The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Join us for an evening lecture this month with Professor Craig Beall - 26th February!

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors. Great work everyone.

The Board of Governors decided, unilaterally, that no published textbook in the field of sociology could be used in compliance with the law for an Intro to Sociology class. None.
Victor: There's not a single existing textbook on the market that could be used that would qualify under state law?
Zachary: Correct.
Victor: I'm sorry, that's kind of funny. Like, the absurdity of not a single sociology textbook getting past the censors. I mean, it makes me kind of proud of our colleagues, but...

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

98% of the difficulty using international social media is trying to figure out whether someone is using the Irish "not mad about it" or the internet/US "not mad about it"

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University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Library Shelfie Day is always a great excuse to show off the variety of ages, colours, shapes and sizes on the shelves of our rare book collections! 📷 Syon Abbey Library, Chris Brooks Collection, Hypatia Collection and Dodderidge Parish Library #LibraryShelfieDay #ShelfieDay #RareBooks

Shelf of small books in the Syon Abbey Library. Most have parchment bindings and hand-made modern orange labels created by the community of Syon Abbey.

Shelves of books in the Chris Brooks Collection. The books in this photograph were written for children and young adults in the 19th and early 20th century, and many of them have colourful and illustrated bindings.

Shelves of books in the Hypatia Collection of books and journals by and about women. Many of the books in this photo have colourful or illustrated spines.

Several shelves of old and very large leather-bound books in the Dodderidge (Barnstaple) Parish Library. The books have raised bands or ridges along the spines, which were created during the binding process and show the structure of the cord-bound books.

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