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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I had a great time at Critical Enough?, talking about working-class sexual morality in early-twentieth-century Ireland - congrats to the organisers for putting on a great lineup!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

happy worker’s day to those who celebrate (everyone should celebrate workers)

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Nearly four years of work wrapped up with one e-mail! The thesis is officially off my desk 😌🎉

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

How I feel visiting my family in the rural West Midlands

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Had a great week doing thesis edits in pubs and bars around London! And yes, I giggled at the last picture because I have the humour of a 12 year old.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Had an absolutely fantastic time at Belfast Pride with the team at @cara-friend.bsky.social !

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

This was a black and white slide but apparently my ambient homosexuality was enough to make the projector gay.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Had a great time presenting in the @ssnci.bsky.social conference! Aberdeen, as a city, is often taken for granite in my opinion.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Someone needs to stop me sending this to my friends every time I do something mischievous

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

A beautiful day for solidarity in Belfast today!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Found out my building manager won't fix the crack in my ceiling, unexpectedly didn't get paid my PhD stipend, and I spilled coffee down myself... all within fifteen minutes of each other.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Partner finally decided to organise his books after moving. We moved in last January.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

How I feel in front of my class when I can’t get the projector to work

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

With that, my organising stint for the QUB History Seminar Series is at its end! Had some amazing speakers over the last two years, and the wine wasn’t bad either! Thank you so much to @conorbrockbank.bsky.social for my gift, and for taking over the seminar series from me! 💖

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

The last seminar of the semester is happening today at 4! Hope to see you there!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Happening tomorrow! Come along and join us in welcoming Alex Lichtenstein to QUB!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Every time I see this it locks that sentence into my head for a good 2-3 weeks. Sorry to my partner who now has to listen to me washing the dishes saying ‘Give orange me give eat orange’ on repeat.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

So please to have @phghaslam.bsky.social for the QUB History Seminar Series!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Had an absolute blast with @tashwalker.bsky.social on Friday for the QUB Public History Seminar!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Used some of my favourite primary sources for teaching about the gay rights movement and the U.S. black civil rights movement today: in 1971, a group of gay rights activist groups joined together to picket the 'Lost and Found' gay bar in Washington, D. C. for refusing service to non-white people.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

An amazing seminar on British humanitarianism and the racial politics of charity in Southern Africa by Matthew Hilton (QMUL), chaired by @kconnel.bsky.social that introduced me to a new inclusion to my terrible-movies-to-watch list!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Happening today at 4 -- hope to see you there!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Here's the QUB History Seminar series programme with some minor mid-semester edits!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Join us tomorrow where we'll be hosting Professor Bryant Simon to talk about the history of the public restroom in the United States! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1224968948...

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

An excellent seminar on prisons, race and fascism by @liamliburd.bsky.social - thanks to @kconnel.bsky.social for chairing!

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Great seminar yesterday! Niall Herron’s research not only challenges the idea of a non-sectarian gay community in Northern Ireland but highlights how the ways in which the myths was intentionally maintained in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Was honoured to speak at Belfast City Hall as part of this year’s LGBTQ+ Holocaust Memorial on the topic of queer resistance to the rise of fascism

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Another seminar advertisement! Super excited to say that next Friday we'll have @liamliburd.bsky.social from Durham University delivering his research on prisons, race, and fascism in 1970s Britain! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1216752261...

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hope you can join us for the first seminar as part of the QUB History Seminar Series Spring Programme! We'll have the wonderful Mrinalini Venkateswaran delivering her paper on partition, museums, and identity in South Asia! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/1152463492...

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Excited to share this semester's QUB History Seminar Series programme with you all! This semester we have an amazing mixture of PhD students, visiting scholars, and public historians! Hope to see you there! @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social

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Michael Lawrence @mpalawrence.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Love that I started off my PhD thesis determined not to talk about Oscar Wilde and now I have a whole chapter about his legacy in Ireland...

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