Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Bit of a long shot - would anyone have a pdf of this memoir by Mario Magri - 'Una vita per la libertà. Diciassette anni di confino politico di un martire delle Fosse Ardeatine'? Grazie! 002 0
Reposted by Selena DalyWilliam Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The DfE line is particularly and bleakly consistent 32510 0
Reposted by Selena DalyFirst World War Studies @fwwsjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026We are recruiting new Associate Editors! First World War Studies, the interdisciplinary journal of the International Society for First World War Studies, published by Taylor & Francis, is seeking to expand its editorial team. 12329 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Oh totally, when we teach 20 weeks per year and have Zoom etc living a good distance from campus is more than doable and often the more desirable option. 010 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I think this post is right about a lack of belonging in universities but as well as job losses the post-Covid reality of only meeting colleagues remotely is also part of the picture. 151 0
Reposted by Selena DalyIrish in Britain @irishinbritain.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Share your memories! Join Stella Moss and Paul Callery for a free history workshop on memories of Irish pubs through the years 10-1pm Saturday 25 July Senate House, University of London Reserve your spot by 20 July 174 0
Reposted by Selena DalyBenedetta Carnaghi @benecarnaghi.bsky.social · 19/05/2026If you are in London on May 21-22, please join us for our workshop, “Teaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices,” at the @ilcs.bsky.social. You can find registration details and the schedule here: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/.... This event is open to all.ilcs.sas.ac.ukTeaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices 002 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Congratulations, Vanda! This will be a fantastic book - can't wait to read it. 030 0
Reposted by Selena DalyKathleen Commons @kabcommons.bsky.social · 28/04/2026The second @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social x @ihr.bsky.social Migration and Mobility showcase is approaching fast! We have another round of fascinating papers from brilliant young scholars - sign up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukHistory Lab x Migration and Mobility Seminar: New Research Showcase 047 0
Reposted by Selena DalyProf. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 01/04/2026#skystorians #hivemind I have a family taking 5 rooms at the Tower Inn in Verona in 1796. They pay 20 Venetian lira per day - 6 lira per person/day for dinner, & 4 lira per person/day for servants' dinner & supper. Was this cheap or expensive? What would it have been in £? #c18th #Italy 3612 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Really pleased to share the full programme for the 'Teaching Anti-Fascism Today' workshop (London 21-22 May). Presentations on teaching in UK, Italy, Spain, Brazil, US (and elsewhere) as well as reflections on AI, embodied learning and archaeology and much more. ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...ilcs.sas.ac.ukTeaching Anti-Fascism Today: Developing and Shaping Practices 095 0
Reposted by Selena DalyChris Kempshall @chriskempshall.bsky.social · 23/03/2026For the @alcs.co.uk users in the audience - it looks like our statements are available in the members area! 044 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Another week - another book talk! This time at the University of Milan - if anyone happens to be in the area, do come say hi! studistorici.unimi.it/it/eventi/em...studistorici.unimi.itEmigrant Soldiers. Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War 030 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 19/03/2026If anyone happens to be in Padua tomorrow, I’ll be speaking about my book Emigrant Soldiers at 1pm. Remote attendance possible - see email address to book here www.dissgea.unipd.it/presentazion... 050 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Looking forward to this seminar on the teaching of migration history at schools, universities and broader society at Università di Torino 050 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Just in time for St Patrick's Day, a little piece I wrote about Ireland's Italian chippers. italysegreta.com/how-italians...italysegreta.comHow Italians Came to Run Ireland’s Chippers - Italy SegretaFrom Italian villages to Irish chippers: the story of families who fried, served, and shaped a nation’s taste. 1107 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 02/03/2026A baffling celebration of “eating last night’s curry from tupperware on a bench”. Forgive me if I find the Italian (and French) habit of joining colleagues for a convivial lunch a rather more enticing prospect. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe French are in uproar about gen Z not lunching with colleagues. I’m on Team Solo Dining | Rhiannon Lucy CosslettFor once we can celebrate a British custom: grabbing lunch away from your colleagues to do whatever you like, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 010 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 23/02/2026I can’t say that seeing Pimpa (beloved Italian comic-strip character) co-opted into far-left rhetoric was on my Carnevale in Turin bingo card but a fun neighbourhood street parade all the same. 030 0
Reposted by Selena DalyFound a Guy Kazama @jcoley3.bsky.social · 21/02/2026Right around 1200 started feeling like Grendel was waiting for me 42662 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 21/02/2026A great list of recent First World War scholarship here … and thanks for the shout-out for my book too! ☺️ 041 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Really interesting Decolonial Walking Tour this morning around Porta Palazzo in Turin led by Dr Gabriele Proglio as part of Black History Month. Fun fact: Cirio canned tomatoes are originally from Piemonte! 081 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Thank you! Kind of you to write. It’s a very unusual phenomenon alright! 010 0
Reposted by Selena DalyImmigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026New book by @selenadaly.bsky.social : Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War (Cambridge University Press, 2025) www.cambridge.org/core/books/e... 11910 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Thank you! But NB my name is Selena not Serena! 110 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 12/02/2026This is absurd. I have yet to encounter an AI system that can go into an archive and sift through thousands of documents and then put it all together in a coherent narrative! 050 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Extremely interesting and beautiful, imo (I’ve written a book and lots of articles about the Futurists). But yes, their political stances left a lot to be desired! 000 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Not sure that checks out, historically speaking. Supporters of Italian Fascism produced some fantastic avant-garde artworks. 181 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 31/01/2026This is fantastic! There can’t have been very many Italians in Dakar - I didn’t come across any who returned to serve in WW1 either. 020 0
Reposted by Selena DalyNiamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm 12535 0
Reposted by Selena DalyFabio Simonetti @fabiosimonetti.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Have a look at the Introduction of my 'Encounters in Wartime Italy: A Social History of Invasion, Liberation, and Occupation' (OUP 2025)!! This is now available for free until 18 February 2026: academic.oup.com/book/61479/c... And the book is still 30% off with code AUFLY30!! Thank you, OUP!academic.oup.comIntroductionAbstract. This chapter establishes the framework for examining the overlooked encounter between British soldiers and Italian civilians during the Allied oc 2107 0
Reposted by Selena DalyNiamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! Sharing again for morning Bluesky! 42526 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Looking forward to reading this series, as a fellow historian who never studied history at university! Intanto buon anno! 110 0
Reposted by Selena DalyNicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 28/12/20245.20 a.m. on Monday 28 December 1908, the prosperous Sicilian port city of Messina is mostly asleep. The evening before saw the inauguration of the city's new public lighting system and a Christmas performance of Verdi's opera "Aida" at the Vittorio Emanuele Theatre [Thread] >> 1 16222 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 23/12/2025I never knew Chris Rea’s dad was Italian! Unclear how the family ended up in Middlesborough but they ran coffee bars and ice cream shops like so many of their compatriots in Britain. www.independent.co.uk/life-style/t...independent.co.ukThe Worst of Times: Up to my elbows in ice-cream: Chris Rea talks toThere were nine of us, lots of screaming, crisis after crisis, somebody would be in the bathroom when someone else had an important date. Every meal would be a time bomb, rows breaking out from one si... 141 0
Reposted by Selena Daly Chloë J. A. Pieters @cjapieters.bsky.social · 17/12/2025There are FIVE MORE DAYS to get your abstract submissions in for our forthcoming conference on Food and Nutrition in Wartime in the Modern World! Based on submissions so far, there's fantastic research going on in the field and we're excited about bringing scholars together on this topic. 023 0
Reposted by Selena DalyNicholas Whithorn @nickwhithorn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Italian cuisine has been awarded world heritage status by UNESCO. It is the first time that a national cuisine in its entirety has been added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Italy's greatest soft power weapon.ansa.itItalian cuisine wins UNESCO World Heritage status - Food & Wine - Ansa.itItalian cuisine was added to UNESCO's 'Intangible Cultural Heritage' lists at a meeting of the UN agency's Intergovernmental Committee in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANSA) 6499 0
Reposted by Selena DalyRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 10/12/2025We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social 'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.bit.lyPitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHSHave you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the... 05247 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 28/11/2025This is the kind of statistic that never cuts through into public debate, more’s the pity. 120 0
Reposted by Selena DalyVanda Wilcox @vandawilcox.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Are you working on literature and culture in the First World War? have you considered submitting to First World War Studies? meet our Associate Editor @afrayn.bsky.social who is keen to receive more submissions in these fields! 01713 0
Reposted by Selena DalyIrish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Funded PhD opportunities at QUB: 'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)' www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...qub.ac.ukREF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast 0212 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 14/11/2025An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...royalhistsoc.orgPhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by ERC - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - RHSPhD Studentship on Family Separation, funded by European Research Council Call for Applications, deadline - 1 March 2026 This is a call for expressions of interest for a European Research Council-fund... 02529 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 12/11/2025(I signed a few copies which were apparently going to be sent to Maynooth campus bookshop!) 020 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Ah no worries. UCD is a bit of a trek! Went very well - 3 generations of my family present! See you next week! 020 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Have just registered! Look forward to hearing more about the project. 120 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Fascinating to see the impact of Catherine Connolly's Presidency already in terms of the visibility of the Irish language. I can't ever remember seeing RTE print several paragraphs in Irish in a news article (with English translations). Tús maith! www.rte.ie/news/ireland...rte.iePresident Connolly speaks of 'intrinsic worth' of IrishThe Irish language has been a central part of President Catherine Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency. 050 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 29/10/2025On 5 December, I'm organising a workshop entitled 'Exploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain today' feat. contributions from academics, psychologists & community groups. See full programme here. Free but booking required! www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...ucl.ac.ukExploring the health and wellbeing of Italian migrants in Britain todayA one-day workshop supported by UCL Health Humanities Seed Funding. Organised by Dr Selena Daly, Associate Professor in Italian Studies, UCL 061 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Every country should conduct their presidential elections as Ireland does.* That apple tart looks delicious. *(or, at the very least, should have elections to vote for a head of state). 020 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 24/10/2025This week, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about my recent book Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War. If anyone has a commute they'd like to liven up with tales of war, take a listen! newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...newbooksnetwork.comSelena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network 0105 0
Reposted by Selena DalyElisabeth Piller @elisabeth-piller.bsky.social · 24/10/2025We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id... 095 0
Selena Daly @selenadaly.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Congrats on your fellowship. Just looked up the blurb. Looks like a fascinating project. Good luck! 110 0