Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Very proud of this amazing bunch of public historians. Wishing them all the best for whatever lies ahead 080
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Fantastic crowd for our @publichistoryqub.bsky.social roundtable on developing non-extractive practice in arts, culture and historical research #publichistory 000
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Join us on Thursday 6 Nov for this wide-ranging discussion on the ethics of engaged research with communitues www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukBeyond Extractivist Practice: the Ethics of Engaged Research with Communities 001
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Brilliant close to a brilliant conference as UCSC’s Jasmine Alinder reflects on how traumatic and erased historical narratives can be brought to the fore in new and accessible ways in an age of anxiety 041
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Interested in contested or difficult public history? Fulbright-Queen's University Belfast awards now available for an MA in Public History in Belfast, Northern Ireland @ncph.bsky.social @publichistory.bsky.social @westernupubhist.bsky.social us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/eu...us.fulbrightonline.orgUnited Kingdom - Fulbright/Queen's University Belfast Award in in 'Conflict, Security and Contested Pasts' The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed for U.S. graduating seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to 023
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 29/08/2025Interested in contested public history? Fulbright-Queen’s University Belfast award now available for an MA in Public History at Queen’s University Belfast. Apply now! @ncph.bsky.social @@qubelfastofficial.bsky.social us.fulbrightonline.org/countries/eu...us.fulbrightonline.orgUnited Kingdom - Fulbright/Queen's University Belfast Award in in 'Conflict, Security and Contested Pasts' The Fulbright U.S. Student Program provides grants for individually designed for U.S. graduating seniors, graduate students, young professionals and artists to 087
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Join us on 4 September for the launch of this Special Issue on 'Conflict and Peace: the Cultural Dimension'. @laiabalcells.bsky.social will be discussing our article on the roles of museums in addressing Northern Ireland's violent past 066
Reposted by Olwen PurdueNational Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 24/07/2025🎤 In Conversation: Exploring Travelling Culture & Craft 🗓️ Aug 7 | 6–7PM 📍 Collins Barracks, Dublin Hear from Traveller artists & curators on heritage, craft & identity. 🎟️ Free – Book via www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... #TravellerCulture #IrishCraft #Mincéirí 043
Reposted by Olwen PurdueMaurice J. Casey @mauricejcasey.com · 12/06/2025Which is why I am so excited to reveal that Europe Speaks, my project on the ISK, has been awarded an AHRC Catalyst Grant. This grant enables me to conduct this research in @qubhistory.bsky.social, starting later this year. I can't wait to delve into the archives again. 13927
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 10/06/2025www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...qub.ac.uk23.06.2025 Call for Papers: Hubris in International Relations | School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics | Queen's University Belfast 010
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 06/06/2025www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ... 092
Reposted by Olwen PurdueJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 29/05/2025“If universities start to fail, it will be disastrous for Labour MPs and their constituents. It would be the modern equivalent of the factory closure, or the end of the pit. “And despite how some Labour MPs seem to imagine their voters, it would be Labour’s core supporters who were most affected.”theneweuropean.co.ukIf universities sink, then so will StarmerSome Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them 9299119
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Fantastic to celebrate with this year’s @publichistoryqub.bsky.social MA students as they share the great work they’ve been doing during their 30-day internships. And thanks as always to our many amazing partners who provide these wonderful opportunities 031
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Great initiative by @nmireland.bsky.social to mark the 10 year anniversary of the Marriage Equality referendum! www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/W...museum.ieMark the 10 year anniversary of the Marriage Equality referendum | National Museum of IrelandWelcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions 053
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 10/05/2025Join us on 27 May for a talk by Prof Mark McGowan, Uni of Toronto, on Indigenous aid to Ireland during the Great Famine. Cohosted with @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social and @irishheritage.bsky.social . Register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-mcgow... 073
Reposted by Olwen PurdueIrish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 02/05/2025On 27 May Irish Studies will be co-hosting with @publichistoryqub.bsky.social and @irishheritagetrust.bsky.social a talk by Prof Mark McGowan on 'Honouring Indigenous Aid for Famine Ireland from Canada in 1847'. All welcome: register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mark-mcgow... @olwenpurdue.bsky.social 057
Reposted by Olwen PurdueHistory Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15/04/2025How is the crisis in higher education impacting history and historians in the UK? Lucy Noakes on the scale of cuts and closures, and how the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.org) can advocate for our discipline. www.historyworkshop....historyworkshop.org.ukMaking the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical SocietyLucy Noakes on how the crisis in UK higher education is impacting history and historians, and how the Royal Historical Society can advocate for our discipline. 112965
Reposted by Olwen PurdueMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Fully funded Queen Mary University of London with the Museum of the Home (Soundscapes of Domesticity: Music and Lived Experience in Non-Elite English Homes, 1780-1870). Deadline 17:00pm BST, Friday 23 May 2025. Great topic, great team. Go for it!qmul.ac.ukAHRC Collaborative Doctoral Studentship with Museum of the Home - School of GeographyFacebookTwitter XInstagramYouTubeLinkedInTikTok 01113
Reposted by Olwen PurdueJay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 11/04/2025🚨FT Permanent Job 🚨 My department is hiring a lecturer (B/B) in 18th-c. Irish history, with the desire for someone whose research and teaching pertains to the Irish 'long eighteenth century (1690-1830)...and broader international, political and intellectual context of the period.' 🗃️ 37191
Reposted by Olwen PurdueDr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 11/04/2025University of Derby faces mass job cuts as management plans to make half of senior academics redundant. Please spread the word. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1398...ucu.org.ukUniversity of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academicsUniversity of Derby staff face mass job cuts as management plans to axe half of senior academics 30102135
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Applications now open for our exciting Creative Residency opportunity at Mount Stewart, County Down (Nat Trust), part of our Historic Houses, Global Crossroads project. treatiedspaces.com/creative-res... 0115
Reposted by Olwen PurdueRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 08/04/2025Applications now invited for the Society's 2 new funding programmes supported by the Scouloudi Foundation: > RHS Public History Grants bit.ly/4bF4zJK > RHS Panel Grants bit.ly/4ky23ZP Both programmes will assist historians working collaboratively, in and outside higher education #Skystorians 02018
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 02/04/2025What a great paper on Hip-Hop and Rapping (US) Republicans by GW’s Prof Loren Kajikawa! Great to have him here at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for a week! 020
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Three days left to submit your abstract. Public History in an Age of Anxiety conference, Belfast, 10-11 Sept 25. *Please repost* 054
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Interested in an MA in Public History? Where better to study than in Belfast! Want to hear more? Sign up now to join our information webinar this Monday at 5pm BST (noon EST) www.qub.ac.uk/Study/AHSS/w... 0135
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Never more appropriate, and important, than now 11212
Reposted by Olwen PurdueEvan @evansmithhist.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Our new volume, edited by @andrekosvarnava.bsky.social, @yiannicart.bsky.social and myself, has been published by Brill. Please order 'Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire, 1815–1949' for your institutional library today! brill.com/display/titl...brill.comForced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire, 1815–1949"Forced Migration: Exiles and Refugees in the UK and the British Empire, 1815–1949" published on 24 Mar 2025 by Brill. 14318
Reposted by Olwen PurdueKevin O'Sullivan @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social - Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context) - Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900) Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/ 🗃️universityofgalway.ieJobs - University of Galway 02528
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Not unexpected, but deeply depressing news nonetheless. It didn’t take long for the Smithsonian to become the next target www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukTrump targets 'anti-American ideology' at Smithsonian museumsThe order says that 0111
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 26/03/2025‘UNMASKED: Curating a Public History Anti-lynching Exhibition’. Join us this Friday for our 4pm seminar with Prof Alex Lichenstein, Indiana University. www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukUnmasked: Curating a Public Anti-lynching ExhibitionCentre for Public History seminar with Alex Lichtenstein, Professor of History, Indiana University 033
Reposted by Olwen PurdueIrish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS @irishhistorians.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Call for papers for the 35th Conference of Irish Historians, 'Inner lives and outer realities' closes 31 March. Open to historians of any geographic area and period. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...maynoothuniversity.ieCall for Papers: 35th Irish Conference of HistoriansCALL FOR PAPERS Irish Conference of Historians Hosted by the Irish Committee for Historical Sciences and Maynooth University Department of History Maynooth University, 12–13 September 2025 --- Inner 01314
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 24/03/2025www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukUnmasked: Curating a Public Anti-lynching ExhibitionCentre for Public History seminar with Alex Lichtenstein, Professor of History, Indiana University 121
Reposted by Olwen PurdueNational Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Learn about the exciting plans across the National Museum of Ireland's locations in Dublin and Mayo for 2025. www.museum.ie/en-IE/News/J...youtu.beJoin the Conversation at the National Museum of Ireland in 2025YouTube video by National Museum of Ireland 01811
Reposted by Olwen PurdueDr Paul Huddie @paulhuddie.bsky.social · 13/03/2025And now we've got our cover. Check it out! Courtesy of @ssnci.bsky.social and three exceptional (if I do say so) staff from ucddublin.bsky.social and a dozen of their genius peers via @livunipress.bsky.social #ssnci #ireland #conflict 1249
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 20/03/2025This fantastic new Public History grant has just been launched by the @royalhistsoc.org - four awards of £1K to support historians working with & for public audiences royalhistsoc.org/research_fun...royalhistsoc.orgRHS Scouloudi Public History Grants | RHS 02716
Reposted by Olwen PurdueNational Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We're seeking applications from suitable candidates to fill the post of Collections Assistant in the Registration Department- Closing Date for Applications- Friday, 28th March 2025- www.museum.ie/en-IE/About/... 12525
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 17/03/2025After two days of workshopping our ideas on ethical, collaborative and restorative historical practice around traumatic pasts, today we had the privilege of presenting our work in a public forum. What an incredible, thought-provoking and inspiring few days. These conversations must continue 090
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 16/03/2025What an incredible two days of discussion at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social, USHMM conference about how to tell difficult histories and recover lost voices in ethical and truly collaborative ways 1140
Reposted by Olwen PurdueJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16/03/2025Religious groups who work with foreign aid have consistently told me the same thing, over and over, since the gutting of USAID: people — real people — are going to die, including children. According to this NYTimes piece, it’s already begun. 17835326
Reposted by Olwen PurdueQueen's University Belfast @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Yesterday, we co-hosted a symposium on ‘Different Communities, Difficult Histories’ in Washington DC. This fascinating event highlighted the role NI can play in helping the world develop difficult shared narratives. Find out more here: ow.ly/jALX50Vgxrc 095
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 12/03/2025What a fantastic conference with the Smithsonian’s Museum of American History. And we’re delighted that Secretary Lonnie G Bunch will be joining QUB’s Centre for Public History as an Honorary Professor of Practice www.qub.ac.uk/News/Allnews...qub.ac.uk‘NI leads the way in developing difficult shared narratives’ says leading US academic in DCThe event held in Washington DC was jointly organised by Queen’s and George Washington University, alongside the Smithsonian and Ulster Museums. 0154
Reposted by Olwen PurdueHistory & Policy @historyandpolicy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025An important statement from the heads of the leading organisations serving British historians including @ihr.bsky.social @royalhistsoc.org & @histassoc.bsky.social. www.history-uk.ac.uk/2025/03/08/m...history-uk.ac.ukMore than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach: a statementThe following is a joint statement (issued 26 February) from the Historical Association, History UK, Institute of Historical Research, and the Royal Historical Society following the most recent mee… 03521
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Great start to our Divided Communities: Difficult Histories conference in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History as Secretary Lonnie Bunch reflects on the need for empathy and authenticity in museums 0154
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Tomorrow, 11th, in the National Museum of American History we’re hosting the ‘Divided Communities: Difficult Histories’ conference. Never been more relevant www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen... 02713
Reposted by Olwen PurdueTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/03/2025"Antisemitism in the Oval Office: A confrontation seen with a historian's eye" snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...snyder.substack.comAntisemitism in the Oval OfficeA confrontation seen with a historian's eye 641426447
Reposted by Olwen PurdueRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 02/03/2025Coming up in March, we look forward to hosting this year's 'History and Archives in Practice' day conference, on Weds 5th, with partners @ihr.bsky.social and The National Archives bit.ly/3XlcLbW #HAP25's theme is ‘Working with Memory', with contributions from historians and archivists #Skystorians 08840
Reposted by Olwen PurdueThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Stefan Collini in @londonreview.bsky.social, October 2013 212857
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Very much looking forward to these very relevant discussions in National Museum of American History, 11 March. www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukDivided Communities: Difficult Histories 020
Reposted by Olwen Purduepublichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Great work by some of our MA in Public History students and an amazing opportunity for them to experience working with local cultural heritage initiatives www.irishnews.com/news/norther...irishnews.comIrish language heritage project to tell hidden history of Gaeilgeoirí in the 1970sBudding archivists from Queen’s University Belfast are delving into unseen documents, photos, and stories 041
Olwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 13/02/2025www.theguardian.com/research-to-...theguardian.com‘Many look to Northern Ireland for hope’: how a Belfast university became a world leader in conflict resolutionAcademics draw on lived experience in their global peacebuilding work as they foster dialogue between opposing groups and look to give victims a voice 041