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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A reminder that we have no seminar this week and we'll be back on the 14 October!

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 25/09/2026

Booking still open for this evening's @royalhistsoc.org lecture with Prof. Glen O'Hara: 'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' bit.ly/3TjKYtw 6pm Friday 25th. In person and online. All welcome #Skystorians

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RHS Lecture: 'In All Our Footsteps?' with Professor Glen O'Hara IN PERSON

'In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act' at the IHR

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for 'Imagining Diﬀerence in Early Modern London', a conference exploring how EM Londoners experienced and negotiated forms of diﬀerence.

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Societas Celtologica Europaea @soccelteuropaea.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🚨 CfP: The Origins of the Irish Language: Texts and Traditions. 28–29 October 2027, Norwegian Institute, Rome. 🔸 2-day workshop aimed at producing an anthology of texts on the mythical origins of the Irish language (c. 700–1700). 🗓️ Submission deadline: 30 Sept 2026 🔗 www.hf.uio.no/dnir/forskni...

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Call for papers: The Origins of the Irish Language: Texts and Traditions - Det norske institutt i Roma

Bidrag og deltagelse fra både etablerte og yngre deltagelse ønskes velkommen. Vi ber om innmelding av interesse innen 30. september 2026. Konferansen holdes i Roma 28. - 29. oktober 2027.

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Department of History, Trinity College Dublin @historytcd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Proposals for papers are invited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 & 5 Dec. Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to adolan@tcd.ie by 23rd Oct. 2026. All aspects of Irish economic and social history are welcome.

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New issue | The latest issue of Studia Hibernica is available now! Discover articles on Gaelic succession, the origins of the place name Leixlip, the influence of the anti-Home Rule movement in New Zealand and more in Volume 52. Find out more here ⬇️ bit.ly/Studia52

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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We hope that lots of you will consider submitting a piece for our upcoming forum on early modern women and generations #EarlyModern

The editors of Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal invite submissions for the Fall 2027/Volume 22.1 Forum on the topic of Early Modern Women and Generations.
In keeping with the Journal’s tradition since its third issue (2008), this Forum will comprise short contributions on a single topic by scholars from a variety of disciplines. For Volume 22.1, we invite contributions on **women and generations in the early modern world**. Papers might include examinations of intergenerational relationships among and between women, how gender shapes the expression of generational knowledge and status, how women preserve and protect the generations ahead of and behind them, how representations of generations are gendered, etc. We particularly encourage submissions that appeal to readers across disciplinary and national boundaries. Articles may cover literature, history, art history, history of science, geography, music, politics, religion, theater, cultural studies, and any region of the early modern world.
At least part of our selection process will be focused on assuring geographical, chronological, and disciplinary diversity across the essays ultimately published in this Forum.
Submissions are due October 1, 2026 and should be 3,500 words including footnotes; essays should follow the EMW Style Guide (www.journals.uchicago.edu/pb-assets/docs/journals/EMW-style-guide-CMOS18-1735857164913.pdf). Contributions will be peer-reviewed.
If you have any questions about whether your proposed forum essay fits the scope of the journal, please contact us at emw@press.uchicago.edu.
Please submit contributions at https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/journals/emw/about.
See Submissions and Instructions for Authors. For article type, select Forum

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Conor Brockbank @conorbrockbank.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Very excited to announce the @qubhistory.bsky.social seminars for the upcoming semester. Join us each Friday to hear about the great research being done at Queen’s & elsewhere. Online attendance by request via the email below. For updates on the seminars, sign up to mailing list: shorturl.at/igu1r

Seminar schedule for the Autumn 2026 QUB history seminar series. These seminars all take place at 4pm each Friday in 01/003, 27 University Square from 18 September to 4 December.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10/09/2026

Published today: the latest volume in the Society's Camden Series of primary source editions: 'Francis Slingsby (1611–1642) and the Jesuits', edited by Brian Mac Cuarta bit.ly/4xPl9AT - a study of Jesuit involvement in conversion to Catholicism in the Caroline era. #Skystorians 1/2

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'Francis Slingsby and the Jesuits': new volume in the Society's Camden series - RHS

The latest volume in the Society’s Camden Series of primary source materials -- Francis Slingsby (1611–1642) and the Jesuits, edited by Brian Mac Cuarta -- is now available. To mark publication, Brian...

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Lá cainteanna agus seoladh eagráin nua den Navigatio Sancti Brendani A day of talks to mark the launch of the new edition and translation of the Voyage of St Brendan 24 Meán Fómhair / September 2026 DIAS #DIASdiscovers www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-voyage...

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The Voyage of St Brendan, A European Odyssey

A day of events to celebrate the launch of a modern edition and English translation of the text

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Clár Thionól na bliana seo ar fáil anois! Tabhair faoi deara gur ar an Déardaoin a chuirfear tús leis i mbliana. Programme for this year's Tionól now available. NB this year it starts on the Thursday. #DIASdiscovers www.dias.ie/2026/04/30/t...

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In-person research seminars @ceilteachomn.bsky.social in Maynooth this semester! All welcome.

Maynooth University Early Irish and Celtic Studies Research Seminars. 15 October, Dr Hannah Mac Auliffe (MU), The Good, the Bad and the Saintly: Clonard in Medieval Irish Hagiography. 5 November, Dr Simon Rodway (Aberystwyth), Peis Dinogat from the Book of Aneirin and Rewilding. 10 December, Dr Liam Ó hAisibéil (Galway), Snub-nosed, Scabby and Toothless: Descriptive Bynames in the Irish Personal Naming System. All seminars are at 5pm in Room 1.33, Iontas Building, North Campus.

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National Monuments Service @nationalmons.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Heritage Ireland 2030 Summit 2026 Edmund Burke Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 02, Dublin Friday, October 30, 2026 - 09:30 – 17:00 www.eventbrite.ie/e/heritage-i... Copyright and Photo Credit ©Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

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University of Galway - History @historyatgalway.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We are delighted to announce the line up for the History Research Seminars this semester. All welcome! Wednesday, 4pm, Hardiman Building G011.

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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

🚨New Blog Alert🚨 As Ireland currently holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, VOICES researchers Felix Vanden Borre and Dr Claire McNulty shed light on the women in early modern Ireland with continental connections ranging from Belgium to Tuscany who feature in the Funeral Entries. Read more:

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Blog 14: Spotlight on European Women - VOICES

By Felix Vanden Borre & Dr Claire McNulty As Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, we are reminded of the many women of early modern Ireland who had connections with con...

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History Ireland Magazine @historyireland.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A ‘unique relationship’?—Ireland and the USA, 1920–present Recorded live at Electric Picnic, Tommy Graham discusses Ireland’s complex relationship with the USA with Dan Mulhall, Bernadette Whelan, John Gibney and Michael Kennedy. open.spotify.com/episode/2lQa...

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A ‘unique relationship’?—Ireland and the USA 1920–present

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Friends of Medieval Dublin @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

UPCOMING EVENT Dear Friends, Join us on Saturday 3 October in the JM Synge Theatre (Room 2039), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 27th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of @historytcd.bsky.social as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/2]

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Síle Ní Mhurchú @silenimhurchu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An leabhar is déanaí ó Chló Torna @ucc.ie - Mícheál Óg Ó Longáin: Saothar Fileata, in eagar ag Breandán Ó Conchúir #filíocht

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Irish Association of Professional Historians #IAPH #Skystorians @iaphistorians.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

FREE to @iaphistorians.bsky.social Members 👉 SAT 26 SEP 2026 #Dublin Email to secure a place. Workshop for professional historians. Learn how to optimise research with walking tours & about walking tours as public history research practice. #Speirgorm #Skystorians #Historians #JamesJoyce #IAPH

SATURDAY 26 SEP 2026 at the James Joyce Centre, Dublin, D01 WK44

A half-day workshop for professional historians interested in learning more about engaging different audiences with their research through walking tours, and about walking tours as public history research practice. With speakers from from the Dublin City Council Historians in Residence programme and Uncomfortable Oxford.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Relics and Their Afterlife Conference #medievalsky #London

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

One for the diary: Symposium "The Voyage of St Brendan: A European Odyssey" in celebration of the new edition & translation of Nauigatio St Brendani published by @scs-dias.bsky.social Where: @dias.ie 10 Burlington Road, Dublin 2 When: 24 Sept 2026 registration: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-voyage...

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again  Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk

Photograph taken from above showing a man working at his laptop at the British Library.

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A trip to the coast is often a good way to cool down. However as this 1901 postcard points out, everyone else in Dublin may have a similar idea! This humorous postcard written to Irish republican William Pearse is featured in the Pearse Papers, 1870-1932 collection. ow.ly/9xSV50ZlTYT

Humorous postcard showing masses of visitors to seaside town of Skerries in 1901

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Luke Drury @luke-drury.mastodon.dias.ie.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Is it conceivable that printed books and encyclopaedias from before AI may become quite sought after and valuable as reliable sources of information in the near future?

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Tailte Éireann @tailteeireann.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Tailte Éireann is delighted to organise a lecture on the life of the public servant Sir Richard Griffith to be held in the Registry of Deeds, Henrietta Street on 30 June: www.eventbrite.com/e/sir-richar... Portrait of Sir Richard John Griffith. Artist: Stephen Catterson Smith, 1806-1872 (NGI)

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

ACAA* my latest for @newscientist.com *a cartoon about abbreviations

Panel 1
A figure addresses an audience from a lectern:
"Welcome to the IWAS*! Today I'm Going to talk about ARPs* in our communications."

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*1 Institute-Wide Abbreviation seminar
*2 Abbreviation-Related Problems

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She continues "These fall into two categories:" gesturing to a screen wshich reads:
1. ROAs*
2.WUAs*

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*3 Ridiculously Obscure Abbreviations
*4 Wrongly-Used Abbreviations

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She says:
"...In conclusion: Stick to WRAs* and use them correctly and sparingly."
One of the audience thinks "WTF!"

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*5 widely-recognised Abbreviations
*6 Well, that's fascinating.

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 30/05/2026

Your weekend watch! Watch the Friends of the Bodleian Annual Lecture featuring Richard Ovenden OBE, Bodley’s Librarian, as he explores the deliberate destruction of knowledge throughout history and its urgent relevance today. youtu.be/TlKBAYH1KAc?si=whFJTfkNQAi…

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Friends of the Bodleian Annual Lecture // Richard Ovenden: Defending Knowledge: Why Libraries Matter

YouTube video by Bodleian Libraries

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The registration page for the conference is now open. If you are planning to attend the conference dinner let us know as you register. The dinner is being held at the Lock Bar on 29 May at about 7.15 pm. www.eventbrite.ie/e/whai-confe...

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WHAI Conference 2026

The WHAI Conference is organised by members affiliated with University of Limerick & Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 21/04/2026

Council managers are pushing forward with a plan for a smaller Bull Island Discovery Centre. A scaled-down version is being looked at, said council Chief Executive Richard Shakespeare on Monday.

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Council managers push forward with plan for a smaller Bull Island Discovery Centre

A scaled-down version is being looked at, said council Chief Executive Richard Shakespeare on Monday.

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Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The IAI conference is approaching! We have 2 days full of fascinating talks on a wide range of topics. The conference will be on 17/18 Apr @ the Clayton Hotel Silver Springs in Cork. To get your ticket, visit buff.ly/a0w2gcF . #iaiconference2026 #archaeologyconference #archaeology #irisharchaeology

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Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh OMN | School of Celtic Studies MU @ceilteachomn.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Beidh Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2026 ar siúl sa Centre Culturel Irlandais, Páras, 24–25 Aibreán 2026. Pléifear gnéithe éagsúla de shaothrú léann agus litríocht na Gaeilge sa Fhrainc. Déan RSVP ag nua.ghaeilge@mu.ie más mian leat freastal ar an gcomhdháil. Gach eolas ag buff.ly/sEi91JC

Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2026, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Páras, 24-25 Aibreán

Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2026 Clár Déardaoin 23 Aibreán go Dé Sathairn 25 Aibreán 2026

Léachtaí Cholm Cille 2026 Clár Dé Sathairn 25 Aibreán 2026

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Brian Gurrin @briangurrin.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

In 2006 I told the late (great) Prof. Ray Gillespie that I wanted to publish every surviving scrap from the 1766 religious census, by 2016. I missed the 🎯by 10 yrs, but 😃 to report that on the 260th anniv. it's done. Everything, >50k names & population details, now online. @maynoothuniversity.ie

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Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

This is a free event in-person and online. Registration required.

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Irish Script On Screen (www.isos.dias.ie) @dias-isos.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

1/3 📜✨ New on ISOS: Russell Library, Maynooth Three Irish-language manuscripts (19th c.). Grammar, poetry, devotion & tradition, scribes Seán Ó Coileáin, Denis Murray & Seosamh Ó Longáin. Ogham lore, spiritual texts & literary reflection. 🙏 Thanks to @mulibrary.bsky.social @dias.ie #DIASdiscovers

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Aoibheann Ní D @aoibheannnid.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Dr Bernadette Cunningham will discuss the Annals of the Four Masters and its Mayo connections at @atumayo.bsky.social. All welcome. Lecture presented by our History & Geography programme in association with MHAS. @oflynnatu.bsky.social @b7cunningham.bsky.social

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The Disappearing Text Project @disappearingtext.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Acallam talk alert! 🔔 Register at celtic@uni-bonn.de to get the link to Nina Cnockaert-Guillou's talk, next Monday 9th February at 18:00 CET. @ninacnock.bsky.social will discuss some of the Disappearing Text project's work so far, and the (many) different versions of Acallam na Senórach..!

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Welcome to our new followers! Looking for historical inspiration (or distraction)? 150 UK galleries, libraries, archives & museums - all active on Bluesky - are highlighted in this new pack. Excellent and diverse collections, info about online events, heritage snark and more. go.bsky.app/Ms7endH

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Deborah Hayden @dhaydenceltic.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Folúntais: Scoláireachtaí Uí Dhonnabháin @scs-dias.bsky.social @dias.ie. Spriocdháta 5 Eanáir 2026 2 O’Donovan Scholarship vacancies at the School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Deadline 5 January 2026: www.dias.ie/2025/12/05/v...

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Vacancies: O’Donovan Scholarships – DIAS

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Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

There is still time to apply for one of our 50+ Visiting Fellowships @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the 2026-27 academic year! A vibrant interdisciplinary research centre in the heart of one of the world’s great libraries!

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025 SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025 Gregory Toner, QUB The historian at work in Lebor Gabála Friday 14 November UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025 www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t... #DIASdiscovers @dias.ie

Poster advertising lecture `The historian at work in Lebor Gabála'.

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Clár Tionól na bliana seo! Programme for Tionól 2025! 14-15 Samhain/November. #DIASdiscovers @dias.ie www.dias.ie/celt/

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School of Celtic Studies - Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh DIAS @scs-dias.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Sraith léachtaí am lóin - lunchtime lecture series St Laurence O'Toole and the Medieval Gaelic World Ardeaglais Chríost, BÁC / Christchurch cathedral, Dublin 4, 11, 18, 25 Samhain / November. #DIASdiscovers @dias.ie christchurchcathedral.ie/lunchtime-le...

Poster advertising lectures on St Laurence O'Toole to be held in Dublin; click link for details.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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Aoibheann Ní D @aoibheannnid.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau will begin our series of evening lectures with a talk on the Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark on Wednesday 22nd October at 7.30pm. All welcome. @atumayo.bsky.social @atu-hrg.bsky.social @oflynnatu.bsky.social

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Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland. scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...

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SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 29/09/2025

Join us at the Royal Irish Academy on 2 and 3 October for a two-day conference exploring all aspects of the Book of Lecan. Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...

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IHR Society, Culture & Belief, 1500-1800 @ihrscb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

To attend, please register at the event of your choice here. If you have signed up but suddenly find yourself unable to make it, you can relinquish your spot by emailing: ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. If you would like to attend in-person and the event reads as fully booked, please do drop by anyway as we can always find some extra chairs!

Thursday 16 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford), Turbulence and the German Peasants’ War of 1524-6
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid. Online-via Zoom & Room 243, Second Floor, Senate House

Thursday 30 October, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Emily Vine (University of Exeter), Birth, Death and Domestic Religion in Early Modern London
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

Thursday 27 November, 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm
Nailya Shamgunova (University of East Anglia), ‘English and Scottish Scholars at the Global Library, c. 1500-1700’
Please register here if you would like to attend.
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House

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