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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
History Seminar today at 4pm To request online access, please email phanley03@qub.ac.uk.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
CFP: Michael Longley Conference at QUB, 9-12 June 2027 www.seamusheaneycentre.com/Events/Confe...
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Michael Longley Conference - 2027 | Seamus Heaney Centre | Queen's University Belfast
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
If you missed the inaugural Seamus Deane Lecture last Wednesday by Malcolm Sen on 'Irish Anthropocene: Literary Ecologies and Political Geologies', at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social there's a recording at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlW4...
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Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture (30.09.26)
YouTube video by Queen's University Belfast
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Film Ireland @filmireland.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
We are very grateful for the lovely shout-out from Dan Barry of The New York Times, who broke the story of the Tuam babies and has long written with such care about this story. Read Orla's review here: www.filmireland.net/review-the-l...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series - Autumn 2026 Mon 12 Oct: 4.30pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online) Natalie Boehmer (Ulster University, NMNI) ‘Beyond the Atalantic’s foam’: Transatlantic Perspectives in the Robert Huddleston Papers Register here: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series Monday 5 October : 4.30pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online) Ron Dudai, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, QUB: Lundies, Touts and other Traitors: The Construction of Betrayal in Divided Societies Register here: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of...
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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for the 16th EFACIS International Conference, which will be held in Lodz, Poland, from 27 to 30 July 2027! Deadline for abstracts is 10 January 2027. Find the full CFP at www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul... We hope to see you all there!
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ERIN Sorbonne Nouvelle @erin-paris3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear all, a chairde, Please find here the programme of the Paris Lille Irish Seminar for 2026–2027. PLIS is the joint seminar organised by the ERIN team at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Aire Irlande team at Université de Lille, previously known as the Irish Thursdays / Aire Irlande seminars.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SEAMUS DEANE MEMORIAL LECTURE 2026 Wed 30 Sept, 5.00pm (BST) Great Hall and Online Prof. Malcolm Sen (UMass Amherst): ‘Irish Anthropocene: Literary Ecologies and Political Geologies’ register at: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of... Preceded by a wine reception from 4.15pm. All welcome.
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"Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture: Malcolm Sen" at Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast, and online
Tickets are now available for Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture: Malcolm Sen at Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast, and online, Belfast on Wednesday 30th September 2026 at 5:00PM. Click the link for f...
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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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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Today at 4pm
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Early Deane: Essential essays from a towering Irish revolutionary intellectual
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Early Deane: Essential essays from a towering Irish revolutionary intellectual
Seamus Deane warns of the dangers of sentimentalising a precolonial past (the Gaelic Eden) or idealising a postcolonial future (when the island is one, all will be well)
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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The new issue of Eighteenth-Century Ireland/Iris an dá chultúr is out now and open access (not sure if this is temporary or not). Use the link below to view the special anniversary issue. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
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Contents | Eighteenth-Century Ireland 41,
This article surveys writings on the history of eighteenth-century Ireland over the first forty years of the journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland/Iris an dá Chultúr. Commissioned to mark the journal’s fortieth anniversary, it adopts a cautiously ...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series Monday 5 October : 4.30pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online) Ron Dudai, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, QUB: Lundies, Touts and other Traitors: The Construction of Betrayal in Divided Societies Register here: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series - Autumn 2026 21 September : 4.00pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online) - Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB) ‘Performing Paramilitarism: Loyalist Songs, Conflict, and Culture War in Northern Ireland’ Register here: www.ticketsource.com/institute-of...
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"Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB)" at Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square 01/003
Tickets are now available for Book launch: Dr Stephen R. Millar (QUB) at Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square 01/003, Belfast on Monday 21st September 2026 at 4:00PM. Click the link for fu...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Stephen R. Millar @stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Launching my new book Performing Paramilitarism two weeks today! This will be a hybrid event, so please feel free to join in-person at Queen's or online.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Congrats to former Irish Studies director Dom Bryan for his work on this report www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
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First Northern Ireland peace index highlights falling level of violence
Northern Ireland Peace Index reveals sharp fall in violence but slow progress on positive peace, institutions and trust across local districts.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Irish Studies Assistant Prof post available at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/191724
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 21/08/2026
Are you a low- or non-funded organisation or individual seeking preservation of your digital materials? Then join us for the online launch of the @dri.ie Community Archive Scheme 2027 at 11am on 26 Aug to find out how to apply! dri.ie/events/dri-c...
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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
After 10 years at the helm of Irish Studies at QUB, with various ups and downs over the last decade, I’m handing over to our new leadership team from Monday. Many thanks to Peter and @siobhraaiken.bsky.social for stepping up to take forward Irish Studies in Belfast! www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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New Irish Studies Leadership
After 10 years as Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, Prof Peter Gray is handing over to a new leadership team from the start of August 2026.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A reminder that the 2028 Fulbright Scholarship in Irish Studies at QUB is open for applications until September 15th. More info at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Fulbright Fellowship in Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast available for 2028
The US-UK Fulbright Commission's Queen's University Belfast Award in Irish Studies covers a six-month appointment to research, lecture and teach in Irish Studies in Northern Ireland.
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History Ireland Magazine @historyireland.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Given the week that's in it, a good time for a Mayo focus! In this piece by Elizabeth Malcolm, Captain Boycott is taken on by the women of Mayo. historyireland.com/captain-boyc...
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CAPTAIN BOYCOTT V. THE WOMEN OF MAYO - History Ireland
By Elizabeth Malcolm The boycott in late 1880 of Captain Charles Boycott, the English-born agent for the earl of Erne’s Lough Mask estate in south-east Mayo, is still remembered today mainly because i...
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Library of the Royal Irish Academy @rialibrary.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The manuscript of the week is RIA MS 23 P 7, the Annals of the Four Masters. Two full sets of the annals were prepared by the Four Masters and are now divided into multi-volume sets. www.isos.dias.ie/RIA/RIA_MS_2...
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MS 23 P 7 (The Annals of the Four Masters) (Royal Irish Academy)
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Banned Comics at the NLI 📖 Were comics really banned in Ireland? Join comic scholar James Bacon as he explores the history of comic censorship in Ireland using material from the National Library's collections. 📅 Thursday 6 Aug at 6pm (for ages 16+): ow.ly/fipx50Znh9q
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Banned Comics at the NLI
A history of Censorship of Comics in Ireland
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UCD Archives @ucdarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If anyone is considering editing something from our collections, we will happily supply a digital copy at no cost. Please contact Kate (archives at ucd dot ie).
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Eithne O'Neill's translation of her father Séamus Ó Néill’s novel Tonn Tuile (Flood Tide) was launched this month in Dublin. Congratulations to Eithne, who came to QUB to speak about the book in 2025 www.mercierpress.ie/2026/07/15/t...
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Tonn Tuile Comes Ashore in English – Flood Tide Launched at Hodges Figgis
Mercier Press published 52 Proverbs Against Depression and Trauma in 2024 — an Irish self-help book using ancestral wisdom, CBT, and mindfulness to overcome depression. Available now.
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Shaun McDaid @drshaunmcd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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Hilary Benn sacked as NI Secretary amid Cabinet reshuffle
Mr Benn has pledged to support the new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham from the back benches.
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Stephen R. Millar @stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
🚨Just received copies of my new book Performing Paramilitarism, a deep dive into loyalist ideology via its song scene which speaks to some of the events happening in N. Ireland over the last few weeks. 📚It lists at £12.45 on google books, £19.16 on Kindle and £22.99 in paperback.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 18/07/2026
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I still describe my day to my husband John Montague 10 years after his death
The poet continued to write ardent lyrics full of love for me, his daughters, nature and for our troubled world
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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
🎶 In case you missed it, listen back to 'Europe’s Minstrel’, a tribute concert to Dublin’s own #ThomasMoore (1779–1852), an Irish writer, poet and lyricist of European renown, perhaps best remembered for his volumes of Irish Melodies. Now available on RTÉ lyric fm: www.rte.ie/radio/lyricf...
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'Europe's Minstrel' - Thomas Moore
A tribute to Thomas Moore for Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 30/06/2026
Almost 200,000 historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland. The release of the records will cover seven centuries of Irish history and will make over half a million documents free and permanently available to the public
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Almost 200,000 Irish historical records released online
Almost 200,000 historical records have been released online by the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.
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Syracuse University Press @syracuseup.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In the Irish Times, Malcom Sen's Irish Anthropocene "offers illuminating and frequently poignant readings of writers including Eavan Boland, Mike McCormack, Claire Kilroy, and Doireann Ní Ghríofa."
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Irish Anthropocene - Literature, Climate Change, Sovereignty: Meditation on words and nature
Tracing the path of a global issue through accomplished writers
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Stephen R. Millar @stephenrmillar.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Pleased to share the first media article about my new book Performing Paramilitarism that connects this month’s violence in Belfast to a broader culture war within loyalism: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/feature...
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‘The Orange Order were keen for me to stay away from these songs’: Inside the controversial world of the loyalist song scene
Queen’s University academic Dr Stephen R Millar on his new book which explores the scene — and why the Orange Order wasn’t keen on its subject matter
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The series is named for the distinguished Irish critic and writer Seamus Deane, who was professor of English and the Donald and Marilyn Keough Chair of Irish Studies at Notre Dame from 1992 until his retirement.
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Each institution will take its turn in hosting an annual public lecture by a leading Irish Studies scholar, which will be available online as well as in person. The first lecture will be given by Malcolm Sen (UMass Amherst) on 30 September 2026. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture - Malcolm Sen, ‘Irish Anthropocene'
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting, in collaboration with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame University, and the WB Yeats Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Sao Paulo, the inaugural Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture Series in Irish Studies.
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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
EFACIS Centres of Irish Studies can still send in their applications for the 2026-2027 Irish Itinerary! Second deadline for applications is 15 July 2026! Find all information in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
On the question of influence, ‘Personal Helicon’ is indebted to Robert Frost’s well poem ‘For Once, Then, Something’; ‘The Other Side’ is in conversation with John Hewitt’s ‘The Hill Farm’; Edward Thomas, whom the young Heaney was immersed in, wrote two poems called ‘Digging’. drb.ie/article/when...
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When More is Less - Dublin Review of Books
When More is Less - % Dublin Review of Books
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Dublin Review of Books @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Issue 161 (Summer 2026) of the Dublin Review of Books (www.drb.ie) is now available. Essays and reviews by Edna Longley, Kevin Power, Luke Gibbons, Ruth Evans, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh, David O'Connor and Enda O'Doherty among many others. All on free access, as is our archive, all 19 years of it.
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Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Great to see the Dublin Review of Books here on Bluesky—why not give them a follow: @dubreviewofbooks.bsky.social
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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 11/06/2026
#NewLives The first female professor of politics in Ireland and the UK, Elizabeth Meehan forged an impressive career addressing gender, feminism, women’s rights, identity, citizenship and pluralism. In 2018 the PSAI renamed their annual award as The Elizabeth Meehan prize. www.dib.ie/biography/me...
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Professor Dominic Bryan believes those involved in disorder feel ‘empowered’ by their actions
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Migrants as well as nationalists now targets for working class loyalists, says academic
Professor Dominic Bryan believes those involved in disorder feel ‘empowered’ by their actions
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History Ireland Magazine @historyireland.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Following on from Trinity College's Legacies of Slavery Project, Rachael Scally investigates the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) and its historic links to slavery and empire, in the latest issue of History Ireland. historyireland.com/the-royal-du...
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THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY AND THE LEGACIES OF EMPIRE PROJECT, 1731–1877 – History Ireland
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Irish Historical Studies @irishhiststudies.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
#OpenAccess highlight! 'Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland' by Cormac Keenan, is now available through the following link: @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Military service pensions for the dependants of deceased combatants of the Irish Revolution and Civil War in Northern Ireland
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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw "Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil
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