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Richard Bell @richardbell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My new book, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society, is (sort of) out now! Currently available online for anyone with institutional access: www.cambridge.org/core/books/i...

Book cover of Richard Thomas Bell, Imprisonment in Early Modern England: Politics, Debt and the Origins of a Carceral Society

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 18h

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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Frank O'Connor @frankoconnor.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me & @judesherry.bsky.social have been researching the Irish housing crisis since we returned in 2018 This piece in todays The Journal is by far the most shocking Realising how badly we treat the most vulnerable should put a chill down the spine of every reader www.thejournal.ie/the-housing-...

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Do we care where people with disabilities live?

Being disabled and homeless has long been normalised in Ireland, it is just largely hidden from us.

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Clíona Ó Gallchoir @clionaog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This article was very much a labour of love, and it took even longer than usual to be published, so I really mean it when I say I am DELIGHTED to see it in print. I have free prints if anyone needs one! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VXW3P...

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Growing up as a Girl in Edgeworthstown House, c.1782–1807: the Experiences of Elizabeth and Charlotte Edgeworth

Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth are hailed as educational pioneers whose jointly-authored work, Practical Education (1798), outlines methods that are grounded in and illustrated by accounts of t...

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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was reminded of a very Dublin insult this morning - “oh he’s such a martyr, Padre Pio has a picture of him on his windscreen”.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you’ll be in Durham on 18/11, I’m giving a talk at @durhamhistory.bsky.social seminar “Murder, Magic… Spreadsheets?” about writing my new book on witchcraft in France(1790-1940) due out with Cornell next year. The highs, the lows… the stupid stupid spreadsheets. www.durham.ac.uk/departments/... 🗃️

Black and white photo of a woman manipulating an ox heart with various other magical paraphernalia

History Department Research
Seminars
Wednesday 21 October 2026
Catherine Fletcher (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Wednesday 18 November 2026
Will Pooley (University of Bristol)
Wednesday 2 December 2026
Jane Whittle (University of Exeter)
Wednesday 27 January 2027
Emma Hunter (University of Edinburgh)
Wednesday 10 February 2027
Shamara Wettimuny (The Queen's College, Oxford University)
Wednesday 24 February 2027
Holly Stephens (University of Edinburgh)
Wednesday 10 March 2027
Olesya Khromeychuk (Ukrainian Institute London)
Wednesday 12 May 2027
Mark Bailey (University of East Anglia)

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

First wild trampoline sighting of the autumn.

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is Michaelmas, a quarter day in the Irish calendar, and traditionally when rents were paid & contracts signed. It's also the last day to eat blackberries - after today, they belong to the Devil and will make you sick!

Detail of a page showing text in Spanish and a woodcut of blackberries. From Dioscorides' Materia Medica, 1555

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Hoo boy, guess where I am on the scale of excited to step out on the platform of Limerick Junction in this rain and wind...

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dublin, Dec 1669: Mr Slaughter killed in a duel with Mr Savage. (CSPI)

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'The Westminster government’s contribution to funding domestic undergraduates studying in England fell in real terms from £8.9 billion in 2012-13 to just £3.3bn in 2024-25, a drop of more than 60 per cent, an analysis has found.'

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

'In his [Ivison's] view, the government is avoiding the bigger issues of what universities are for and who should pay for them.' It would help if universities would ask (and answer) that 1st big question in public rather than just parroting government. That's what institutional autonomy is for.

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To save UK higher education, start talking about knowledge - Research Professional News

Until debate on universities foregrounds their core purposes, their woes will deepen, says Margot Finn

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dublin, Dec 1669: Mr Slaughter killed in a duel with Mr Savage. (CSPI)

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Early modern name of the day: Theophilus Wimple

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they told the AI to design a peasant dress, it took the task literally.

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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm going to tell you a story and then, at the end, I'm going to ask you if anyone happens to have the niche knowledge I need to help... The story begins, as so many of my stories do, in an ancient church in the middle of a city. But it's not now. And it's not hundreds of years ago. It's the 1960's

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rickinirvington.bsky.social @rickinirvington.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You can’t “wage war” on a country without an army, navy or air force, what’s being waged is genocide.

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Gavin Sheridan @gavinsblog.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ok Bluesky it's rare I ask for help. But this time I need huge help from the #osint community and #speirgorm #speirghorm, and everyone who follows me. I have a goal to raise up to €100,000 for a long time friend and colleague who is going to leave us.

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Aidan O’Brien @aidanobrien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Interesting to note, there was no vote taken. The leaders decided on this course of action based on "pure vibes"; it almost feels like this whole meeting was a performative act to rattle the parties before the budget, without announcing any meaningful action.

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House of Cards UK: I Couldn't Possibly Comment

Alt: House of Cards UK: I Couldn't Possibly Comment

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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ah yes the circle of life

• Dispatched
Sep 25 23:03 pm
In Transit
Sep 26 09:52 am
Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
Sep 26 15:08 pm

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

The before and after it's even more haunting.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first lecture in memory of our late colleague Professor Jan Plamper will take place in UL on 6 October 2026. at 6pm, and all are most welcome. The lecture will be given by Professor Uffa Jensen. Details below:

Picture of Professor Jan Plamper, on an invitation to the memorial lecture in his honour, to be given by Professor Uffa Jensen on the subject of 'what are antisemitic hate pictures' in the Glucksman Library, Ul, at 6pm on the 6th October. All welcome

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mskathleenquinn.bsky.social @mskathleenquinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"In one case, the IDF called a 12-year-old girl and asked, "Where's Daddy?" to determine when he would be home. The building was later bombed while the man and his family were asleep inside." www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

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I saw 'NAZA.' In a healthy Israel, it would be shown on the evening news

'NAZA,' Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's documentary about Israel's targeting system in Gaza, shows what happens when AI is used as an excuse for abdicating accountability

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Den M @mousketeer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fuck the Football. Fuck every blazer in the FAI. Fuck the Irish government. Fuck every player who voted to play. Fuck RTE for broadcasting it. And Fuck every gobshite who claims sport is above politics.

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Gerry McBride @gerrymcbride.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

But by all means, play your shitty fucking game.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being

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Josef O'Shea @josefoshea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Bodycam. He means a bodycam

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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It was such a treat to work with @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social (and Nick and Judy) on this - and thank you to all our authors. More to come later but for now, have a look muse.jhu.edu/issue/57682

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Project MUSE -- Verification required!

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Absolutely wild to hear "is computer human" from dickheads who treat large groups of people as if they're not

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Astra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.”

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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We welcome book proposals to this new series of peer-reviewed books - Early Modern Visual & Material Cultures Series Editor: Allison Levy, Brown Univ Publisher: @degruyterbrill.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Pls contact me with any q's - by DM or email (Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com)!

A book series announcement in the guise of a book front cover visual. The series name, "Early Modern Visual & Material Cultures," is reversed out of a translucent purple panel across a detail of an early modern painting.

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This looks like a cool queer history conference!

Call for Papers: Queer Rural History Symposium
Date: Monday 15th March 2027
Venue: The Museum of English Rural Life, Reading, RG1 5EX
Lunch to be provided for all attendees
About the Symposium
Until recently, studies of queer history have focused almost exclusively on the urban sphere, given the greater availability of archival material evidencing queer lives in the city. The few queer rural histories which have been popularised in public consciousness are those of aristocrats in country homes, such as Anne Lister and Vita Sackville-West. However, it goes without saying that people with dissonant sexualities and gender identities lived and loved in all corners of society throughout the centuries, including the countryside. As such, there is a growing appetite for broader research into this area. How did queer people meet those who were like-minded in regions of scarce population density? What forms did their relationships take against a backdrop of criminality and stigma? And how did rural attitudes towards queer people differ to those in the city?
This one day symposium aims to bring together researchers of all backgrounds, and at any stage of their work, to share ideas and discuss methods on this emerging field of study. It works towards the goal of not just filling gaps in academic knowledge that exist for both rural history and queer history, but also to show queer people living in the countryside today that there is, and always has been, a heritage and a place for them.

Proposals
We invite proposals on themes such as, but not limited to, the following:
1.
Queer histories of the working and middle classes in rural areas
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Methodologies for recovering queer rural histories, such as the use of museum and archive collections
3.
Queer rural networks: how they met and flourished
4.
The response of rural communities to queer relationships
5.
Migration of same sex couples from the city to the countryside and vice versa
6.
The ways in which museums and archive services respond to queer rural history
If you would like to submit a proposal, please send an abstract (max 250 words) along with a short bio (50 words) to symposium organisers Tim Jerrome and Esther Rutter at t.jerrome1@uni.brighton.ac.uk. It is preferable that these come in the form of a Word document attached to the email. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Sunday 6th December 2026.
If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting a paper, let us know via the above email as we need to ensure we do not go above capacity.
We are currently applying for funding to help cover travel costs for those who need it. Please let us know if you would like to attend but would require assistance with travel costs to do so. Priority will be given to attendees where cost would otherwise be a barrier to participation.
Many thanks to Rainbow Canopy (The LGBTQ+ network of Forestry England), the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, and the staff at The MERL for helping us to fund and organise the symposium.

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

D.D.T. hair lotion. Made in Galway! C.1950

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

if you say "The Museum of English Rural Life" three times in a mirror, nothing happens. but if you speak it a fourth time, a man in a smock appears and asks you to incant the poem on the side of this rather menacing jug

harvest festival jug featuring a rather spooky sunshine design

the reverse of the jug, featuring a poem. it reads: "Harvest is come all
busy now in making
of the Barley mow if
you the Barley mow
neglect of Good ale you
can not then expect"

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Daniel F Gosling @thegozfather.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In the matter of Suckling against Cock... [From a calendar of Duchy of Lancaster Proceedings for the reign of James I]

Finding aid entry, pen and ink on paper.

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Call me old fashioned but I don't think the mission of Irish universities is to educate Chinese students in China or American students in America. We are not budding multinational businesses- we are a public service for students in Ireland, wherever they come from. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

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Irish colleges should focus on teaching abroad, not attracting foreign students – Minister

State already has insufficient accommodation for those in higher education, James Lawless says

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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not. Photo: AP News

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Richard Chambers @newschambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The story of Natalie Abudayyeh (21) a journalism student and member of the Palestine Women's Football Team. She played in Dublin against @bfcdublin.bsky.social in 2024. Today, she's in an Israeli jail. Her family and teammates say she was taken at gunpoint from university without charge.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026

Y’all have seen the viral short clip. Here’s the full original. The energy we need when somebody tries to push disinformation down our throats.

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I will always remember fondly the student who finished an essay with the line "In conclusion, the early modern period marked a massive shit in European history."

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Émilie Oléron Evans @bringyourownsun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'[Students] generally do not want history departments to normalise or require high levels of AI use.'

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

British hooligans' innovation proceeds apace. "Football pitch hearse disorder"

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