iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Seána @grantsana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

11 people murdered to get marching here and it’s reduced to both sides need to behave. We mean nothing to these people and have to pay taxes for the privilege of indifference

313441

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

For people of my age (old) and my background (CNR) who grew up in NI during the 90s, Drumcree was the nadir of community relation & differences in our perceptions of ‘rights’. We just could not conceive how a group of snarling, angry men thought their ‘right to march’ surpassed our ‘right to exist’.

29423

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.

18638255

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Some Friday night reading! 🎉 I have a new article out in Social History of Medicine on the history of the Billings ovulation method, a popular method of ‘natural’ family planning in 70s and 80s Ireland. Funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social Open-access link here: academic.oup.com/shm/advance-...

academic.oup.com

Validate User

12110

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It was really moving to get to see the UK AIDS Memorial quilt at Tramway in Glasgow today, and to hear from activists Cleve Jones (who conceived the US quilt in 1985) and UK activists Ian van Tillo and Siobhan Lanigan. A must-see if you’re in Glasgow before 4 Oct. www.tramway.org/event/9948ed...

06314

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Jonas Fossli Gjersø @jonasgjerso.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Our latest Current Debates essay in @jich.bsky.social is now out! In his piece entitled "‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context" @brian-hanley.bsky.social explores the evolution of Zionist sympathies in Ireland. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.com

‘Muscle Memory’? Irish Republican Attitudes to Zionism and Palestine in Historical Context

The belief in a ‘natural’ Irish sympathy with the Palestinian people, based on a shared history of colonisation, is a very widespread one. Indeed, many suggest that the legacy of resistance to Brit...

1115

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Finished your MA thesis and wondering what to do next? Why not apply for a history of health PhD at Strathclyde?

032

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 02/08/2026

Next time someone asks you the bad faith question “Have any women come forward?”, here you are.

18239

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Wendy Lyon @wendylyon.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026

Apropos to nothing, dead men can't sue you for coming forward about the sexual harassment you experienced from them. #speirghorm

1020676

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Important read. At least 859 infants and 19 women are estimated to have died in the Bessborough mother and baby institution. It is likely their remains were buried on the grounds. Planning permission has been upheld for building apartments on this site. [1/2] www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

irishexaminer.com

'Do not bury our history beneath concrete', mother of last baby to die at Bessborough tells Government

Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny says her daughter was the last baby to die at the Cork institution and urges the Government to halt redevelopment

162

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Anna Lively @annalively.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

📢 Book news!! My new book, Revolutionary Connections: Russia and Ireland, 1905-1923, with Oxford University Press is now out online & open access ahead of print! doi.org/10.1093/9780... This image comes from the final chapter on Bolshevik and early Soviet attitudes to Ireland @leverhulme.ac.uk

Illustration from Novoe vremia, 8 July 1916, 4.

24619

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A few weeks ago, @wellcometrust.bsky.social announced that scholars in the republic of Ireland would no longer be eligible to lead bids to the flagship discovery research scheme. We think this decision is badly flawed, and are asking them to rethink: www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/...

irishhumanities.ie

33228

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to be at the #hss-eshs conference in Edinburgh today, presenting with my colleagues on the @europrolife.bsky.social team this morning and this afternoon!

030

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Strathclyde history represent! Really enjoyed hearing two excellent papers this morning by my colleagues @annalively.bsky.social (on the Women’s Guild of Empire) and Fearghus Roulston (on anti-dampness campaigns in early 80s Britain). #SHS2026 @strathhumanities.bsky.social @socialhistsoc.bsky.social

Opening PowerPoint slide for Anna Lively’s presentation on ‘Women on the right: anti-communist activism and the Women’s Guild of Empire in Interwar Britain’

PowerPoint slide showing images related to anti-dampness activism in the Divis flats (NI) and Glasgow

2205

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Excited to be en route to Lancaster for the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference. I’m particularly looking forward to the 70s disco tomorrow night! 🕺 I’m speaking on Friday at 11.15 about my research on Women’s Information Network as part of this fab panel on Feminist Politics.

Description of panel. Papers by Laura Kelly (Women’s information network and abortion information activism in 1980s and 1990s Ireland), Maisie Jensen (Motherhood and Banner-Making at Greenham Women’s peace camp) and Emily Jane Cowan (‘Only four days for manslaughter’: gender, moral work and sentencing in Victorian Lancashire)

1122

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride

1112269718

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Sinéad Gleeson @sineadgleeson.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

923 children died at Bessborough Mother and Baby Home between 1922 and 1998. Only 64 have known graves. Utterly shameful decision by Cork City Council to build apartments on the site. More erasure of the historical mistreatment and shaming of women in Ireland. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/soci...

irishtimes.com

Bessborough vigil hears survivors will chain themselves to diggers to stop building work

140 apartments are planned for the site of a mother and baby home where 923 children died

510057

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There's just under 10 days left to apply for this funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism in Britain! #HistMed #PhDFunding Strathclyde is a lovely place to work and Glasgow is a seriously great city! www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

static.klipy.com

Amaris: We Are Hiring! Animated Ad

Alt: Amaris: We Are Hiring! Animated Ad

01114

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Another life-affirming Sparks gig at Kelvingrove bandstand in Glasgow tonight. 🤩

Sparks playing live. Russell and Ron are at the front of the stage with three band members behind them. Some of the crowd can be seen at the front of the stage.

050

Reposted by Laura Kelly

The Historical Journal @historicaljnl.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

📣Out now on #firstview! Anna Muggeridge @worcesteruni.bsky.social and Ruth Davidson @ruthdav.bsky.social on 'Revisiting the Politics of Motherhood in Modern British History' #Motherhood #Political #Maternal #History #Identity 20thc 🗃️👩‍🍼 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This article argues for the importance of motherhood as a category of historical analysis. This review will explore trends in the historiography of motherhood in modern Britain, first examining maternalist literature, then the turn towards maternity policy, examinations of motherhood and activism, and finally the recent turn towards experiential histories of motherhood. It suggests that these approaches have grown more expansive, but often remain disconnected. The article argues that motherhood is not a fixed identity; it has been defined, challenged, and performed in response to specific historical moments. In drawing these together, the article offers new ways to understand the histories of motherhood and mothering, and opens up potential avenues for future exploration.

02713

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Caroline Rusterholz @carorusterholz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

My copy of Dealing With Drugs. New Histories of Risk and Benefit has just arrived. Very pleased to see my chapter published in this wonderful volume!

1207

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I have a new article out on miscarriage in late twentieth-century Ireland. Special thanks to @delaycara.bsky.social for organising a 2024 workshop from which this & the other articles in the special issue stemmed, and for all the support through to publication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tandfonline.com

‘It’s a really empty feeling’: women’s experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland

This article explores women's experiences of miscarriage and pregnancy loss in late twentieth-century Ireland. Drawing on oral history interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, the newsletters o...

24514

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Belfast this morning: families evacuated from burned homes. Near the Shankill, the Guardian’s reporter watched masked men storm a house, a woman at the upstairs window, a voice in the crowd saying “there’s wee girls inside.” That was not protest. It was organised racist terror. (1/5) #Spéirghorm

215573

Reposted by Laura Kelly

George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

My latest article has just been published in The Historical Journal. It looks at the ways in which HIV/AIDS was positioned as not just an urban problem, but one that was antithetical to rural spaces. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

cambridge.org

HIV/AIDS and the English Countryside | The Historical Journal | Cambridge Core

HIV/AIDS and the English Countryside

04722

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

This was an amazing day. I learnt so much about histories of infertility and loss from a range of disciplines. Thanks v much to @niamhroisin.bsky.social for bringing us all together and for facilitating the most open and supportive conference I have attended. www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/Locat...

irishhumanities.ie

193

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Absolutely fascinating keynote lecture by @historianjen.bsky.social on early modern understandings of pregnancy loss and its connections with the weather. Excellent start to the Locating Loss conference organised by @niamhroisin.bsky.social at UL this morning. #histmed

Dr Jennifer Evans speaking in front of a PowerPoint screen

0333

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Final spaces available for our ‘Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces’ conference next week @unioflimerick.bsky.social - 27 May. Free, all welcome (booking required) - we have a wonderful line-up of speakers on the day - www.irishhumanities.ie/news-events/...

irishhumanities.ie

Irish Humanities Alliance | Locating Loss

Locating Loss: Histories of Infertility in Landscapes and Spaces conference, University of Limerick on 27 May 2026.<br /> <br /> The aim of the Locating Loss project is to explore the spaces…

12313

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Excellent piece by @kieranconnell.bsky.social on Ireland’s multicultural history in @irishexaminer.bsky.social. I’m so thrilled to be CI on this AHRC-funded project and to get to work with Kieran and @jcrangle.bsky.social on uncovering Ireland’s rich history of diversity over the past 100 years.

0157

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

0157

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is a cat check point: relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone.

A brown tabby cat lazing on a blue sofa with a red cushion.

350

Reposted by Laura Kelly

University of Hertfordshire UCU @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Petition to save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire: c.org/9JLppW5tMS

c.org

Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

094107

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Carrie Purcell @drcarriep.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I'm excited to share a new paper that's now available OA in Signs: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... We put forward a framework for a “feminist abortion,” which aspires to centre the person seeking abortion and their needs & to factoring in the power structures in which they are situated.

journals.uchicago.edu

Framing a Feminist Abortion | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 51, No 4

Abstract With reproductive health and rights actively under attack, it is critical to support researcher and activist communities in pushing beyond basic access. In this article we propose a framework...

1107

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Do you know someone fantastic who'd like to do a health history PhD? Get them to apply to come and work with me and @tortietabby.bsky.social at Strathclyde! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

strath.ac.uk

Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 | University of Strathclyde

13440

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Not surprised by this. Morale is low everywhere in UK HE, with humanities departments most affected. And as cuts to excellent departments like Hertfordshire show, doing well in REF, publishing in high-impact journals, bringing in funding etc won’t save any of us in the long run.

050

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Claire L Jones @claireljones.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

This is unfathomable to me! As well as being stupid and cruel, it doesn't even make financial sense! Humanities subjects are cheap! They are subsiding expensive subjects! Please someone stop this mindless destruction!

25516

Reposted by Laura Kelly

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 28/04/2026

Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to live, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) warned, decrying a campaign of "collective punishment" against Palestinians

rte.ie

Israel using water access as 'weapon' in Gaza - MSF

42927

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Brilliant presentations from @cshhh.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social PhD and ex-MSc students about their research which forms a special issue of the Ex Historia journal on the theme of ‘Resistance’. This stems from the 2024 @sshmedicine.bsky.social conference. #histmed

Five people sitting down at front of PowerPoint screen which says ‘Ex Historia: Resistance’. One person stands to their right.

021

Reposted by Laura Kelly

Liam Hogan @liamhogan.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

When slavery was abolished in Jamaica in 1834, the following Irish surnames were present in the long list of compensated slave-owners: Barry, Bourke, Boyle, Brady, Brennan, Broderick, Buckley, Burke, Byrne, Carey, Carroll, Codd, Coleman, Collins, Conway, Corbett, Costello, Cowan, Creighton, Crowley

6239116

Laura Kelly @tortietabby.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I’m so looking forward to speaking at this fantastic conference organised by @niamhroisin.bsky.social. Wonderful line-up of speakers working on infertility from the early modern period to the present. I’ll speak about Irish women’s experiences of pregnancy loss & infertility in late 20th century.

1104