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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

If you haven't already done so, please consider signing this open letter outlining some of the serious issues with the Research Ireland Strategy. ECRs in particular are badly affected by the insecurity caused by devolving GOI funding. We need proper consultation. @deptoffhed.bsky.social

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Concern about Research Ireland’s Strategy and Programme Plan

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Enjoying a wonderful talk about the arts of the book in Moghul books by Dr Bronwen Sulkis from St Andrews stressing the importance of the visual language of this art. #thebook @tcdthebook.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Join us tomorrow at 5pm at the @tlrhub.bsky.social for our first @tcdthebook.bsky.social seminar of the year. We will have a panel discussion on the value of libraries in the 21st century with no less than four distinguished guests! See you there!

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 29/10/2025

This Halloween, delve into the world of 'ghost words' with Dr Anthony Harvey, Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Dictionary of Medieval Latin from Celtic Sources (DMLCS).

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Haunting Vocabulary and Celtic Lexicography: Towards a...

Most Humanities scholars probably have an intuitive sense of what is meant by a “ghost word” – it is a word that, in one way or another, exists as...

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Quick reminder that this is happening today! On October 30th (1pm) the Sign Design Society is hosting me to talk about cló gaelach signage. All welcome! See: bit.ly/sds_Octb25 #SDS

image showing announcement of the talk, on October 30th, 1pm

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Beste tegenstemmers, dd volgende keer dat je kind ziek is, bedenk dan eens hoe het zou voelen als jullie de behandeling wordt geweigerd. @tweede-kamer.bsky.social

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Het rampkabinet dat massamoordenaars steunt. Staat vast goed op je CV mensen. De VVD hobbelt achter de feiten aan - er IS al een kopgroep in Europa die de leiding neemt tegen Israël en NL hoort daar niet bij! Schandalig gewoon! Zelfs DE is bijgedraait. Kudos aan Veldkamp www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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CDA roept het rompkabinet op tot terughoudendheid

Kamerdebat: Welkom in dit liveblog! De politieke redactie van NRC volgt vandaag het Kamerdebat over de ontstane crisis in het demissionaire kabinet-Schoof.

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Very proud to share that my PhD student Peter Fraundorfer won the Terence Barry Prize for Best Graduate Paper in Irish Medieval Studies for his paper presented at the IMC in Leeds last year! Well done Peter! @historytcd.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @researchireland.ie

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Great news! Celtica is finally available online with back issues to be digitised soon! @scs-dias.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

This Yondr pouches debacle is approaching epic proportions. 9mln to buy *phone pouches* rather than investing in SNAs, school counsellors, speech therapists, books, learning aids, extracurriculars, or the AIM programme - you know, things that actually help kids. 😱🙈

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

A great big thank you to all 200 (!) of you who participated in this event! I It was a fabulous day and I think we all learned something new! #EIH @researchireland.ie @historytcd.bsky.social @tcdthebook.bsky.social #medievalsky #stgallen

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

June 12: Trump says attack by Israel on Iran 'could very well happen' June 14: Israel starts throwing bombs June 17: G7 statement: "Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror" Really?? Head in the sand much?? Recording this for posterity. #peace @simonharrisireland.bsky.social

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

📢Nearly sold out again!! If you can't make it in person or have a last minute hiccup just order an *online ticket* and you'll automatically get the link to join in the morning! 🤩🎬

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

📢 Brief reminder that we now have *additional* tickets as well as *online only* tickets!

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Thank you all for your interest in this event! Some of you will have noticed that we were sold out, but we have now moved it to a bigger venue so I just released ADDITIONAL tickets! We will also now attempt to make the event hybrid. Please spread the word! 📢

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

After the second world war everyone said "no more". Germans who said "we didn't know" were scorned for decades. Those guilty of the genocide were put on trial. Fast-forward to 2025 and we are WATCHING a full-scale genocide in action and the EU is hesitant to even impose sanctions...💔 @ec.europa.eu

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Day 4 of the @antidote-network.bsky.social DH workshop! We're discussing digital editions this morning led by the wonderful Paola and Federico. #medievalsky

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Nora White @ndefaoite.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Last chance to sign up for this free, hands-on, introductory workshop utilising digital tools to record ancient & medieval inscriptions - happening next Monday to Wednesday! @tcddublin.bsky.social & @maynoothuniversity.ie

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

📢 Clear your calendars! 🗓 On June 16th I'm hosting a day of talks on the Irish manuscripts in St Gall! The stellar line-up includes special guests from the Stiftsbibliothek. Tickets are free! Reserve here 👉 stgallmanuscripts.eventbrite.ie @historytcd.bsky.social @researchireland.ie #medievalsky

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The Irish Manuscripts in St Gall - A Day of Public Lectures

Join us for a day of fascinating public lectures on The Irish Manuscripts in St Gall - a must-attend event for history buffs!

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Day 3 of ANTIDOTE! This morning Mark Faulkner talks about scalability in corpus linguistics. @antidote-network.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social #DH #ANTIDOTE #medievalsky

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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Digitization by day, distillery by night An intense first expert workshop day ended in true Dublin fashion with a visit to Teeling Whiskey Distillery, followed by a great evening over dinner. antidote.hi.is

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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We followed up with theoretical and practical foundations of @transkribus.bsky.social HTR and OCR workflows with AbbyyFinereader, with hands-on presentations by Elisabetta Magnanti and Nicole Volmering (Trinity College Dublin) #DH #ANTIDOTE #HTR #OCR #medievalsky antidote.hi.is

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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Starting Day 1 of the #ANTIDOTE expert workshop with a treat at TCD Library. Participants had the chance to see English and Irish manuscripts and an Old Icelandic law book. An inspiring start to a week focused on scale, data and the material past.

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ANTIDOTE - Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts @antidote-network.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The #ANTIDOTE expert workshop on 'Scale and Scalability' is now underway at @tcddublin.bsky.social. This week, we cover data scraping & wrangling, OCR & HTR, corpus linguistics & visualisation techniques for historical texts and manuscripts. antidote.hi.is #DH #medievalsky

Laptop screen showing HTR software in use with a digitized medieval manuscript image visible on screen.

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My project on cló gaelach street signs got a shout out! 📢 www.rte.ie/video/id/240...

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Project aims to track down Dublin’s old street signs

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Het is genoeg! Help je mee om de genocide van Palestijnen in Gaza te stoppen? Zorg dat de telefoon op de Israëlische ambassade roodgloeiend staat. www.amnesty.nl/kom-in-actie...

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Laat de Israëlische ambassade weten: no more genocide

!De tijd tikt! Elke dag is er wéér risico op burgerslachtoffers. Kom in actie en stuur je bericht naar de Israëlische ambassade

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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

📸 Do you have historic photographs of Dublin street signage in the cló gaelach? ☘️ 🍀As we celebrate #StPatricksDay this year, we talk to @medievalireland.bsky.social (@historytcd.bsky.social), about Ireland's unique street signs and how you can help! 💡Learn more: bit.ly/CLOSCAPE #HubMatters

Dr Nicole Volmering, School of Histories and Humanities, smiling beside an example of the cló gaelach font on an Irish street sign in green on a red brick building that reads Ardán Poole, Poole's Terrace.

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Having a fantastic time at our first ANTIDOTE DH training week in Klosterneuburg! Our students are learning all about TEI and HTR for manuscripts. #nextgen We also got to see some insular fragments and Icelandic, Italian and and Czech manuscripts in the ONB (Vienna). 😍 @historytcd.bsky.social

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

📢 Only a few days til Feb 6, when we deepdive into the contents and context of the Karlsruhe Bede (Aug. perg. 167)! @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social See earlyirishhands.ie/karlsruhe-bede-conference

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Had the pleasure of examining some rewritten manuscripts from the Reichenau (or not?🤔) in Karlsruhe today with my student Peter. A big thank you to the staff of the #BLB for their kind assistance! @historytcd.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social

Badische landesbibliothek post about ongoing research on rewritten manuscripts with photo

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WOinActie.bsky.social @woinactie.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

STATEMENT WOinACTIE De deal die CDA, CU, JA21 en SGP met Geert Wilders sluiten, is volstrekt onacceptabel en verwerpelijk. De onderwijsbezuinigingen zijn funest voor universiteiten, steden, regio’s en uiteindelijk voor heel Nederland. Dat zeggen tal van maatschappelijke partners met ons. 1/

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Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Call for Papers: (Re)Creating Stories, a conference on (Early) Modern Irish adaptations of Old and Middle Irish prose and poetic narratives. 🚨 Deadline to submit: 31 January 2025 🗓️ Friday 23rd & Saturday 24th May 2025, @diasdublin.bsky.social www.dias.ie/2024/11/05/c...

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Call for Papers: (Re)Creating Stories – DIAS

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

📢 join us on February 6-7 2025 for a deep dive into the contents and context of the Karlsruhe Bede (Aug. perg. 167). @historytcd.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social See earlyirishhands.ie/karlsruhe-be...

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Love our campus during the winter ❤️

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This week's Ó Cléirigh seminar in @ucddublin.bsky.social at 4pm on 29 Nov is Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh (Edinburgh), ‘The visuality of Irish manuscripts in the age of print’ Fáilte roimh chách /all welcome. And feel free to re-post.

Research schedule for the months November-December, with an image from a medieval Irish manuscript.

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David Petts @davidpetts1.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Some of the amazing early medieval gold thread recovered by our Durham University/ DigVentures excavations at Lindisfarne (Holy Island)

Fragments of gold thread recovered from archaeology excavation

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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Just one week remains for postgraduate students and those who have recently graduated with a higher degree to submit to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2025! Visit our website to submit your entry today: aevum.space/EssayPrize

Submission guidelines:

- Graduates should submit an essay of no more than 8,000 words, on a topic in the range of interests of Medium Ævum, by 12:00 midday (GMT) Monday 2nd of December, 2024.
- The Prize is open to post-graduates and those recently graduated with a higher degree

The Prize:

- The value of the prize is £500
- An entry declared proxime accessit will be awarded £100
- The winning essay and other entries of sufficient quality and promise may be considered for publication in Medium Ævum

For more information and instructions on how to submit your entry, and a downloadable poster, visit our website (medium.aevum/space).

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

📢 Applications open! Postgrad training course in the electronic editing of medieval texts funded by the ERASMUS+ KA2 program. 💻 Two 5-day sessions in beginner-level and advanced-level training in text encoding and big data technologies. Is your institution participating? 👉 antidote.hi.is/apply/

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Apply - ANTIDOTE

Apply Advanced Training in Digitization of Older Texts — ANTIDOTE 2025The University of Iceland (Reykjavík), Charles University (Prague), Klosterneuburg Abbey Library (Klosterneuburg, Austria), Comeni...

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Book launch coming up next Thursday Dec 5 in @tlrhub.bsky.social Pls register here: shorturl.at/haod9

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Dr Nicole Volmering @medievalireland.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

📢📜 The Trinity Centre for the Book’s final seminar of the year is at 5pm on Wed 27 Nov in the Neill Lecture Theatre in Trinity Long Room Hub. The Hon. Sir Donnell Deeny, who is one of Trinity’s Pro-Chancellors, will be speaking on rare book collecting in contemporary Ireland. Hope to see you there!

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S.C. Kaplan @medievallitura.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

In other news, if you want to learn a little something about French paleography with me, now's your chance: I'll be leading a short online course through the Institute of English Studies and London International Palaeography School on March 10-11, 2025. ies.sas.ac.uk/events/trans...

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Transcribing Old and Middle French (1300-1500)

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