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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's happening! 'Killjoy Comedy: Willful Women and 1750s Fiction' is coming out with @uvapress.bsky.social in February 2027. @sinsleyh.bsky.social says it is 'a ROMP'. I am *floored* @bsecs.bsky.social @asecsoffice.bsky.social #18thcentury #c18th www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10256/

A dour looking elite woman is sitting side-saddle on a horse, followed by a ridiculous supercilious little dog. The title of the book, in hot pink, is KILLJOY COMEDY.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Publishing in paperback in September, @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social & @odavies9.bsky.social gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore, the definitive guide to folklore both past and present. Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops. #FolkloreThursday #booksky

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James Kneale @jameskneale.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've just heard that the BA/BSc Geography programme is to close at the University of Exeter’s Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES) in Cornwall. This programme was made up of excellent modules with original and content, taught brilliantly—often with real innovation—by extremely 1/9

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Lovely weekend at the West Cork History Festival 🤓 I shared research from my book on "Runaway husbands, Unhappy wives and Cheating Spouses: Tales of Marital Disorder in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Ulster". Tiny historian came too 👶 @ulhistory.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ria.ie

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Cordelia Beattie @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I see some people are reading this post as being about Exeter but it’s referring to the University of Hertfordshire. And that’s Owen’s point. Less coverage about the axe falling there but it’s equally sad.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Such a waste. Thinking of my friends & colleagues in History & across Hums. UH History is where I really learned *how* to teach & how to drive my teaching with my research. A dept that really cared about their students. So many brilliant & talented people in my old dept.

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

A new coauthored article just out on open access. Written with Finola O’Kane and Chris Nikkel, it looks at the ways that Irish families with connections to enslavement elide, remember, or forget those connections www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Rotten roots: the colonial genealogies of Irish enslavers

This article reinterprets Irish links to Atlantic slavery as a problem of kinship, inheritance, and family memory. It focuses in particular on genealogy as a technology of memory within enslaver fa...

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The article was inspired by a call for ‘messier’ histories of the Irish family by @leannecalvert.bsky.social and Maeve O’Riordan in their 2024 special issue of The History of the Family www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhof20/2...

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE

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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

16thC outfit courtesy of Melissa Shiels, the roll is surprisingly heavy, but mantle ideal for working from home! @whaireland.bsky.social

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I was on BBC Radio Ulster Talkback today with @williamcrawley.bsky.social talking about "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" - listen here from 12:47pm! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Radio Ulster - Listen Live - BBC Sounds

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

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Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss

Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…

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Dr Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

You can now read mine and @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social new article about the remedies 18thc women took six weeks before birth. doi.org/10.1017/S001...

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Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England

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History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Tom Hulme’s ‘Belfastmen’ launched tonight by @sophcocooper.bsky.social at No Alibis

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Thinking of my friends & former colleagues at UH in History & broader Hums. An excellent dept who do excellent research, deliver a top programme, & support local students to achieve their full potential. All done in spite of the challenges & obstacles that come their way.

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Dr Deirdre Foley @drdeefoley.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Loved doing this, love the Jacob’s factory girlos! Thank you @dublincityheritage.bsky.social @dubcitycouncil.bsky.social

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"a veritable Bridgerton on the Bann" 😘 drb.ie/article/unho... Many thanks to Lynsey Black for this lovely review of my book, Pious & Promiscuous. Life, Love and Family in Ulster. @ria.ie @ulhistory.bsky.social @cemslimerick.bsky.social #HistSex #HistFam #PiousPromiscuous

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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

CfP: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500–2026 (Lucerne, Oct 8–10, 2026)🚨🗃️ We’re organizing an interdisciplinary conference on global histories, cultures, and legacies of hair. Researchers from all relevant fields and early-career scholars are encouraged to apply. All costs are covered. 📆 May 15, 2026

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CfP: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500-2026

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 13/02/2026

With St Valentine’s Day tomorrow, we’re dipping into some of the courtship rituals and games explored in Pious and Promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious

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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

FINALLY sitting down this evening with @leannecalvert.bsky.social's 2024 article on trans* histories of the family in 18th C Ireland and its absolutely 👌🌟 Also picking up more than a few further reading suggestions! doi.org/10.1080/1081...

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‘Came to her dressed in mans cloaths’: transgender histories and queer approaches to the family in eighteenth-century Ireland

This article engages with queer and trans scholarship to produce a methodological think-piece on how to queer the Irish family. It draws on a case study of alleged crossdressing and attempted intim...

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Rebecca Anne Barr @rabarr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Lovely piece on hair gift-giving by @leannecalvert.bsky.social who has been digging around in the hairy archives at PRONI.

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Tom Hulme @tomhulme.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

*drum roll* Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026! I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...

A book cover, showing the title 'Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation' by Tom Hulme. It is lavender coloured with yellow text, and shows two men sat on a bench, c. 1935.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Please send us any photos you have of past IFRWH events! We'd love to show them off as part of our anniversary celebrations 🥰 Please share widely #HistWomen #GenderHist #WomenAlsoKnowHistory

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Have you published a book on transnational women's or gender history between 2020 and 2025? Do submit to the IFRWH book prize. Closing date for submissions is end Feb. Full details on eligibility & how to apply below. Please share! 👇#GenderHist #WomensHist

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Don't forget! Less than a week to submit your abstract for what promises to be a brilliant conference!

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Calling History of Fam folks! UL are hiring an Assistant Professor in Irish History with specialism in #HistFam to cover a period of leave. I'm not on the panel but happy to informally answer qs about the MA HoF programme to anyone interested www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE158/a...

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Assistant Professor in Irish History at University of Limerick

Apply for the Assistant Professor in Irish History role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Lovely to see my MA History of Family students sharing their research 🥰 Paula Cronin features in the Kilkenny People with a piece about her grandfather's career in the British Army "From Kilkenny to the Kyber Pass" @ulhistory.bsky.social #HistFam www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/history...

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From Kilkenny to the Khyber Pass: Lance Corporal William Ryan and the making of an imperial soldier

A family history revealed a surprise Kilkenny connection

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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2026 conference 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland' @maynoothuniversity.ie deadline for abstracts 1 Feb! For more see ssnci.org/annual-confe...

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Annual Conference 2026 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Request for #skystorians Im finishing a piece on food&sex & looking for scholarship to cite on ingestion as an allegory for intercourse. Partic interested in food moving through the body, changing shape & form. I have Rachel Hope Cleves new book & a super PhD thesis by Catherine Rose Ellis #HistSex

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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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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

#ICYMI or need something to liven up your week back to work, click below to listen to me chat to Fin Dwyer about the sex lives of Presbyterians in 18th century Ulster. We cover baby daddy drama, masturbation, adultery & more #HistSex @ulhistory.bsky.social #IrishHist #NewBook #HistFam

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Averill Earls @aearls.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Join me, @tomhulme.bsky.social & @paraickerrigan.bsky.social in Dublin on Jan 23 at the Irish Georgian Society to talk about my book, Love in the Lav! Tickets scanner.topsec.com?d=1962&r=sho...

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 18/12/2025

'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors': Listen to Pious and Promiscuous author @leannecalvert.bsky.social in conversation with Fin O’Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast about sex in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster: from paternity and gossip to adultery and runaway spouses.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

british history is when you write about england but your footnotes note “may have been different in wales, scotland and ireland”

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The new episode of the Irish History Podcast features me with Fin O'Dwyer on 'The Secret Sex Lives of Our Ancestors'. Listen in to hear more about Presbyterians & their sex lives in c18th Ireland #HistSex #PiousPromiscuous @ulhistory.bsky.social @ria.ie @unioflimerick.bsky.social Links below 👇

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Absolutely delighted to see that my article on Catholic chapels in Ireland from the 1790s to the 1820s is now available in Architectural History, the journal of the SAHGB - a real career dream come true to have an article in this journal, I must say! #skystorians www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 | Architectural History | Cambridge Core

The Development of Catholic Chapels in Ireland Prior to Catholic Emancipation, 1778–1829 - Volume 68

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

We're staying in Tipp for Xmas. Parents sent us down our Xmas boxes. Frank already in brat mode. As you can see, my ma packed us the essentials 😂 Tayto & soda farls

Frank, a white and tan jack russell terrier stands up to look into a box. You can see Tayto crisps (the real ones not the interlopers) at the top of a bag of presents.

Frank looking happy next to a present addressed to him.

Frank looking over a parcel that contains his Xmas pj's. We have matching ones.

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Katie Barclay @katieebarclay.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Who is doing interesting work on children and crises - disaster, war, famine, climate, familial, personal, gender, etc? Tell me about them!

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 10/12/2025

🎄 On the tenth day of #12PubsOfChristmas, we’re uncovering Ulster’s intimate past! @leannecalvert.bsky.social ’s Pious & Promiscuous explores love, rebellion, and everyday life in 18th-century Presbyterian Ulster.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Ah lovely to see that I have been elected as a Fellow @royalhistsoc.org this morning 🥰 Many thanks to @djrgrey.bsky.social for supporting my application

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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Our Newsletter editor & web officer is Prof Heidi Hannele Kurvinen (Uni of Bergen, Norway). She is a gender and media historian who has mostly focused on the post-war period in Finnish and Nordic history #WomensHist #GenderHist

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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Our Treasurer is Dr Shannon Devlin who is new to IFRWH this term @shannondevlin.bsky.social Shannon is a social & gender historian with a focus on sibling relationships, cousinhood & the family in C19th-20th Ireland #GenderHist #WomensHist

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Intl Federation for Research in Women's & Gender History @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Our Vice-President is Prof. Manuela Martini. Manuela is Professor of modern history at the Université Lumière Lyon 2 and member of the Institut Universitaire de France (2020-2025). She has published extensively on European economic history, family & gender history & labour international migrations.

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Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The @ifrwh-offical.bsky.social voted in their next board for the 2025-30 term. Delighted to be serving as President for the next five years alongside some great friends & colleagues. This means the next IFRWH conference will be in Limerick, Ireland, in a few years time! Details to follow soon 😍

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