publichistoryqub.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 @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNiamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Another day of fascinating and thought provoking papers at @publichistoryqub.bsky.social conference on ‘public history in an age of anxieties’, incl eco-anxieties, museums + Lough Neagh, @amycking.bsky.social on anti-fascist pedagogies, and great discussions of community histories + co-production 051
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Short term and casual contracts increase anxiety, reduce productivity and undermine institutional memory. Great discussion about precarity in public history with @mauricejcasey.com and Emma McAlister. Day one of ‘Public History in an Age of Anxiety’ conference 091
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNiamh Cullen @niamhcullen.bsky.social · 09/09/2025A really strong, thought provoking start to the @publichistoryqub.bsky.social annual conference on ‘Public History in an age of Anxiety’ with @cathfletcher.bsky.social on museums and gun heritage, and Lisa Goff on the challenges of public history in Trump’s America 173
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Public History in an Age of Anxiety conference off to a great start as Prof Catherine Fletcher speaks on the public history of guns in an anxious age 050
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNational Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 27/08/2025🌈 Some stories were never meant to be hidden. But they were. We’re joining the effort to bring them into the light. 📣 “In Conversation” at Collins Barracks 🗓️ Sept 4 | 🕕 6–7PM | 🎟️ Free With Dr. El Reid Buckley & @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social 🔗 www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum... 32716
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Well done to two graduates of the MA in Public History for their contribution to this year’s International Summer School at the University of Wrocław centreforpublichistory.substack.comcentreforpublichistory.substack.comQUB MA alumni participate in the 8th Public History International Summer School, WrocławTwo alumni of HAPP’s MA in Public History recently had the opportunity to present their dissertations at the 8th International Public History Summer School in Poland. 021
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNational 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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 04/08/2025National Museum of Ireland are hiring! www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...museum.ieVacancies | National Museum of IrelandWelcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions 000
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 04/08/2025centreforpublichistory.substack.com/p/chinese-we...centreforpublichistory.substack.comChinese Welfare Association workshop at Mount Stewartwith the Centre for Public History, Queen's University Belfast 010
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNational Museum of Ireland @nmireland.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Ancient Manuscripts, Modern Science! What links medieval monks, secret ink recipes & ancient cow DNA? Learn how Scientists used X-ray technology and genetic sequencing to uncover the secrets of 1,200-year-old Irish manuscripts in Switzerland Read more: museum.ie/en-IE/Collec... #NMIBlog #MuseumBlog 122173
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 06/06/2025www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ... 092
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialIrish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 28/05/2025If you missed Mark McGowan's talk this week on 'Honouring Indigenous aid to Famine Ireland from Canada in 1847', co-hosted with @publichistoryqub.bsky.social, there is a recording available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHC3... #IrishHistory #CanadianHistoryyoutube.comMark McGowan: Honouring Indigenous Aid for Famine Ireland from Canada, 1847YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies 02011
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialOlwen 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
publichistoryqub.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 @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialIrish 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
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Interested in how your school might engage in teaching about the Holocaust? Sign up for this free one-day workshop for teachers with the Holocaust Educational Trust, 23 April. www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukTeaching about the Holocaust in Northern Ireland 010
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 08/04/2025@royalhistsoc.org announces its Scouloudi Public History Grants - 4 awards of up to £1000 each royalhistsoc.org/research_fun... 011
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Join us Thursday at 4 to hear Kimberly Welch, Vanderbilt, talk about Eulalie Mandeville, her legacy and the the legal archive in Antebellum New Orleans www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukEulalie Mandeville, Her Legacy, and the Legal Archive in Antebellum New Orleans 011
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 28/03/2025All set for Prof Alex Lichenstein’s paper on his work with community museums to curate an anti-lynching exhibition 020
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.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 @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNational 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
publichistoryqub.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 @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNational 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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Fantastic panel on difficult and entangled histories of the Holocaust, slavery, empire and the NI Troubles with a great paper by our own Dr Briony Widdis 040
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialQueen'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
publichistoryqub.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
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialOlwen 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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 26/02/2025**Call for Papers** Public History in an Age of Anxiety CPH Annual Conference, Belfast, 2025 13524
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 25/02/2025Today we welcome 215 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and PGR Members who join @royalhistsoc.bsky.social: bit.ly/3EV5fhJ The Society is an international membership and our new Fellows and Members practice #history in 15 countries. Applications to join are welcome 👇 #skystorians 1/2 25411
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 23/02/2025www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...qub.ac.ukDivided Communities: Difficult Histories 020
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Live in Belfast? Interested in doing some oral history with your community? Register now for our free workshop, Linen Hall Library, 25 February. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/community-... 011
publichistoryqub.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
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Great publishing initiative by @royalhistsoc.bsky.social to highlight the value, use, discourse and impact of history today. royalhistsoc.org/society-laun... 001
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 13/02/2025What a fantastic afternoon when our current Public History MA students learned about working in archives from four former students all of whom are now employed in the Public Records Office of NI! 092
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Our Place, Our Stories. Excited to launch this fantastic community oral history project in west Belfast with Greater Shankill Partnership and the Public Record Office of NI. Please share! 052
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialNaomi Petropoulos @n-petropoulos.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Really worthwhile oral history project starting in Belfast. Brilliant collaboration between PRONI and Queen's Univeristy Belfast's @publichistoryqub.bsky.social team with my lovely friend Sinead Burns conducting some interviews. Please share 😊 064
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialOlwen Purdue @olwenpurdue.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Northern Ireland’s historic houses have a complex and contested past. But can they become spaces today for exploring understandings of identity and belonging and building social cohesion? That’s what our new public history project is exploring. Read more here treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou... 44018
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 17/01/2025We are delighted to announce with the National Archives and @ihrlibrary.bsky.social that the History and Archives in Practice 2025 registration is now live! Join us to explore 'Working with Memory: History, Storytelling and Practices of Remembrance' orlo.uk/HAP25_hq0EE 25043
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Delighted to have Dr Mrinalini Venkateswaran from @royalholloway.bsky.social history giving a really thought-provoking paper on museums, partition and identity. Great way to kick of our seminar series for 2025 073
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialBoardgame Historian @boardgamehisto.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Am 6. Februar 2025 organisiert das Museum Schnütgen in Köln gemeinsam mit Mittelalter Digital und Boardgame Historian von 17:00 bis 22:00 die Boardgame-Nacht. Der Eintritt ist an diesem Abend frei! Mehr: mittelalter.digital/spielen-im-m... #Brettspiele #museum #boardgames #spielkultur #gamestudiesmittelalter.digitalSave the Date: Boardgame-Nacht im Museum Schnütgen | Mittelalter DigitalAlles zum Mittelalter: Finde und diskutiere aktuelle Veranstaltungen, spannende Artikel, populärkulturelle Medien und vieles mehr! 1155
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialUlster Society for Irish Historical Studies @usihs.bsky.social · 07/01/2025The seminar will take place on Thursday 6th February at 6pm in @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social and, due to the film screening, will take place in person only. All are very welcome to join us on the night! @publichistoryqub.bsky.social @petergray47.bsky.social 111
publichistoryqub.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social · 10/12/2024www.routledge.com/Public-Histo....routledge.comPublic History in Ireland: Difficult HistoriesThrough a collection of essays that reflect the complexity of the island’s historical past as it operates today, Public History in Ireland delivers a scholarly yet accessible introduction to contempor... 032
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 09/12/2024We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians 29384219
Reposted by @publichistoryqub.bsky.socialMuseums Association @museumsassociation.org · 05/12/2024The new Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund is now open for applications 🥳 We're supporting projects using museum collections to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners, and the new name better represents our dual focus on collections and inclusion. 12311
