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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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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Looking forward to talking character in Austen, Edgeworth and Scott @tlrhub.bsky.social next week, with Sharon Marcus and Jim Chandler Date: 14 Apr - 14 Apr 2026 Time: 13:30 - 15:30 Venue: Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...

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Character at the Turn of the Novel: Edgeworth, Scott, and Austen

A panel discussion bringing together experts on Edgeworth, Scott, and Austen.

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We are delighted to have partnered with @womenshistnet.bsky.social to offer this award. Please do spread the word

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Gentle reminder for those that submitted an abstract for the conference. Please check your inbox (and junk email folder). We need to confirm attendance by this day next week (20 March)

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Dr Sally Tuckett @sallytuckett.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Come and work with us at Glasgow! Full time permanent post in History of Art: lecturer in material and visual culture with specialism in dress history or textile history. Details below 👇 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR311/l...

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Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures (R&T) at University of Glasgow

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Visual and Material Cultures (R&T) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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Dictionary of Irish Biography @dib.ie · 04/03/2026

#DIBNewLives Born in July 1781 and at a time when women’s intellectual contributions were rarely publicly disseminated, Louisa Beaufort was among the first in Ireland to publish in her own name and to contribute original antiquarian research. www.dib.ie/biography/be...

Illustration is a water colour by Louisa Beaufort, entitled a Connemara net-maker. It shows a lady and gentleman on the quays with nets, water, cobbled, stone, clouded sky. Uploaded to Wikipedia by JaneMaxwell63

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center: If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

The organizer, introducing the bear on stage

A tardy speaker, trying to fend off the bear as he/she leans forward patiently.

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Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This Valentine’s season, discover how 18th c. couples poured their hopes, anxieties and desires into hand written love letters - read my article in Bath Spa uni news feature here #18c #love #letters www.bathspa.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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Love Letters

BSU Senior Lecturer Dr Rachel Bynoth analyses love letters throughout the ages

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

It's St Gobnait's feast day, so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper @liber-ray.bsky.social @ria.ie looks at the life and times of Ireland's lesser-known patron saint of bees and beekeeping www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

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It's St Gobnait's feast day so who was Cork's medieval beekeeper?

St Gobnait was an Irish female saint associated with bees in the Middle Ages and is still celebrated by local communities today

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Our latest PhD Placement opportunities - come and work at the British Library for 3-6 months to develop your research and professional skills. 8 projects available, deadline for applications 27 February. www.bl.uk/services/res...

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PhD placement scheme

Our annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply skills and expertise outside the university sector.

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Just a regular fox taking an #earlymodern Uber. Nothing to see here. #skystorians

A fox on the helmet of a human knight. The knight sits on a fabulous beast. The handdrawn image is part of a 1447 German manuscript (Staats- und Stadtbibliothek Augsburg, 2* Cod. 160).

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Shannon Devlin @shannondevlin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

If you’re at a loose end tonight, come along to the first Galway Archeological and Historical Society lecture of the year! I’m speaking on tangled knots of sibling obligation, guardianship, unravelling family reputation and the nephews caught in the crossfire (poor Edmund). The Harbour Hotel at 8pm!

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨Special announcement: our annual conference will be 3–4 Sept 2026 at LSE Library, in collaboration with @lselibrary.bsky.social, & Friends House, London. Theme: Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library: One Hundred Years of Women’s History. Call for Papers coming mid-Jan! #WomensHistory

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Some festive greenery courtesy of Mary Delany.

A botanical collage of holly by Mary Delany (1700-1788).

A botanical collage of mistletoe by Mary Delany (1700-1788).

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

In our last blogpost of 2025, Maddock Research Fellow Dr Zoë Van Cauwenberg @zvancauwenberg.bsky.social sheds light on some of the women authors and illustrators among the book owned by Benjamin Guinness, now part of our Benjamin Iveagh collection marshlibrary.ie/between-the-...

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Between the Bindings: Uncovering the Histories of Irish Women Writers - Marsh's Library

Zoë Van Cauwenberg uncovers some of the Irish women writers and illustrators in the Benjamin Iveagh collection.

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Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie · 19/12/2025

📻 Listen back: Dr Niamh Wycherley of the Dept of Early Irish (Sean-Ghaeilge) was on Newstalk's Let Me Explain With Sean Defoe, talking about what medieval Christmas was like in Ireland and whether pagans had similar festivals around the same time of year 🎄 www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/206...

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206. Christmas before Christians

This week the wonderful Dr Niamh Wycherly from Maynooth University joins us to discuss what medieval Christmas was like in Ireland and whether pagans had similar festivals around the same time of year

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Sarah Roddy @seroddy.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!

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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

After the hard work that goes into a peer-reviewed article, very pleased to be in print today! Come for the constructions of women’s sexuality in the 19th century Lords; stay for new diary source on the hidden attic from which women watched the Commons below onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Ringside seat? Women's modes of entry to the early 19th‐century parliament

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

It was lovely to catch up with @whaireland.bsky.social members on Saturday at the annual Christmas event and AGM, held this year at O’Connell House - once home to Daniel O’Connell - where @melissashiels.bsky.social helped us step back in time to Georgian Dublin with an engaging costumed talk.

The facade of a terraced Georgian building in Dublin.

A woman in regency dress holds up an item of clothing in front of an audience.

An early 19th century painting of a woman holding a book.

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

On behalf of the committee and all of the members of the WHAI we would like to thank Diana Urquhart for her support as president of the association over the past five-years. Congratulations too to @sonjatiernan.bsky.social our new WHAI president.

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

We had a really great catch up yesterday. Thanks again to @melissashiels.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on how Regency women dressed.

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Very excited for this conference next summer! #CFP (deadline 28 Feb) Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750 at Oxford 18-19 June 2026. #earlymodern 🗃️ clioreframed.hcommons.org/call-for-pap...

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Call for Papers

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 05/12/2025

"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign." Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq

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Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England

Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

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Tina Morin @drtinamorin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

More happy publication news! The first of a two-part special issue on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' is out. Thanks to our fantastic contributors and to the editorial team at LIT! Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory: Vol 36, No 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/glit20/3...

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Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory

Volume 36, Issue 3 of Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Really looking forward to this tomorrow!

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Women were first admitted to the Linnean Society in 1905, after a campaign by Marian Farquharson. This portrait by James Sant shows the first formal admission of women as Fellows. buff.ly/vcmY3sD #EYAInclusion

An oil painting of the Linnean Society's meeting room in warm ambers and golds. Women are amongst the crowd in front of and behind the desk, and one is writing.

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

📣 #CfP Reminder 📣 Are you a #historian researching #earlymodern gender-based violence? 📜 Check our Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow @ladygiada.bsky.social 's Call for Papers: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 👇 ⏰ Send your proposal by 20 December 2025 📣 #genderhistory #genderstudies

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Naomi Pullin @naomipullin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus. Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... #history #envhistory #earlymodern

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Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of Warwick

Title: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Only six days left to our annual Christmas event and AGM. Don't forget to register via the link below if you want to attend.

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...

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WHAI2026

Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Looking for new learning experiences, enrichment and inspiration? Try our new IHR Discovery Courses : Historic Maps, Townscape and Architecture, and Archaeology for Local History. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

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Sophie Cooper @sophcocooper.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Have you got a new book out about Irish America? Regardless of discipline, if it came out in 2025, you can submit it to the ACIS Lawrence McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America! You need to fill out the form on this website and the books need to be sent by 1 January! acisweb.org/mccaffrey-pr...

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Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann

Larry McCaffrey, co-founder of ACIS, was a highly respected, engaging, and beloved teacher throughout his entire career. He served as the first Secretary of ACIS and was ACIS President from 1975 to…

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@histofgdlsem.bsky.social @histofgdlsem.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Anyone looking for a Christmas present idea? Our inspirational publication with 5 star reviews, 'Conversations in Garden History: New Research, New Ideas, New Approaches', is available in either paperback or kindle format, from www.amazon.co.uk/Conversation...

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Kristina Decker @kristinadecker.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The WHAI's Christmas Event and AGM is coming up! It's sure to be a lovely afternoon. Mince pies and a costumed talk by @melissashiels.bsky.social! Please take the time to register via Eventbrite so we can get a sense of numbers: www.eventbrite.ie/e/whai-chris... @whaireland.bsky.social

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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The special issue of Eighteenth Century Studies on Coasts is now out - glad to be part of it with some thoughts about coasts and gardens in c18 Ireland #BlueHumanities #CoastalHistory #CoastalStudies 🌊 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55889

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Project MUSE - Eighteenth-Century Studies-Volume 59, Number 1, Fall 2025

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English Literatures & Creative Communication-THW @elccprogramme.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We have MA scholarships available for theses on 18th-century/Romantic poetry and/or settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty in poetry and other literary forms ... details here! www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...

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MA scholarship in English | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

There are only two weeks left to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowships for Overseas Researchers 2026. The scheme helps early career and postdoctoral researchers to cooperate on research projects with leading research groups in Japan. Apply now: bit.ly/3WQ14Jw

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VOICES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN IRELAND @voicestcd.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Earlier this year, VOICES' own Dr Bronagh Ann McShane (@bamcshane.bsky.social) delivered the opening keynote lecture at the annual Catholic Record Society Conference in Leeds, with her paper entitled: 'Hiding in Plain Sight: Women, Agency and Catholicism in the Early Modern Courts'. Read more here:

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Keynote Lecture at the Catholic Record Society Hiding in Plain Sight: Women, Agency, and Catholicism in Early Modern Ireland - VOICES

By Dr Bronagh Ann McShane In July 2025, I had the pleasure of delivering the opening keynote lecture at the annual Catholic Record Society Conference, held at Hinsley Hall in Leeds. My paper, ‘Hiding ...

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Tehila Sasson @tsasson.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🚨 Applications are now open for the 2026–27 Koch History Centre Fellowships at Oxford! We are seeking 12 historians (9 junior, 3 senior) for a one-year fellowship at Wadham College & the Faculty of History. This year’s theme: “Scarcity and Abundance” Deadline: 17 Dec 2025 Please share widely!

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 21/11/2025

In the late 18th century, men were digging a drain at the edge of the lake of Loughnashade in the shadow of Emain Macha, Navan Fort, in County Armagh. They made a truly spectacular discovery, four enormous sheet bronze horns or trumpets, dating to around 100 BC, along with human remains.

The Loughnashade Trumpet, it is made from riveted sheet bronze with delicate La Tène decoration

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