Irish Committee of Historical Sciences - ICHS

Happy #InternationalWomensDay Founded to investigate science, literature and antiquities, @ria.ie encouraged debate between scholars of diverse background & interests so long as they were male. Our blog, 'Skirting the issue', looks at the first women of the Academy www.dib.ie/blog/skirtin...

Seal of Mary Whitshead. RIA GSA/25/1, Deeds of the Guild of St Anne, 9 George I, Item 1 (13 February 1723) - By 1723, the heavy wax seals hanging from the bottom of the parchment have been done away with in favor of an image impressed into several drops of wax poured directly on the document itself. https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/RIA-GSA-25-1

Locating women in the historical archive deepens our understanding of the past.
For #IWD2026 we're sharing records + research highlighting women in the records + their role in History. Starting with this 😀 👇️
Women in the Guild of St Anne - Virtual Treasury
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We were very sorry to hear of the death of Dr Deirdre McMahon, who is remembered in today’s Irish Times

IGRS Top Research Tip #197: PRONI’s Historic Environment online map viewer for Northern Ireland allows users to search, browse, or navigate to a particular area to view maps and explore local heritage: www.communities-ni.gov.uk/services/his...

📢 Call for Participation: #OHNI2026

Don’t forget to submit your abstract for the @oralhistoryie.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Tralee!

🗣️Theme: Oral History and Movement
🎙️ Keynote: Mary Stewart
⏳ Abstract Deadline: 20th March 2026

Apply at🔗 oralhistorynetworkireland.ie/events/2026-...

#OralHistory

Celebrating Women’s Voices: Exploring the VOICES Project Knowledge Graph - VOICES By Lucy McKenna and Jane Ohlmeyer Much of the historical data for VOICES – our ‘digital windfall’ – is unstructured and exists in ‘digital silos’ or what one of the founders of the WWW described as a ...

Ahead of International Women's Day, the VOICES project is delighted to publish a blog exploring the background, purpose, and future uses of the VOICES Knowledge Graph. In addition, we've published a video that demos the KG in action, giving voice to the women of the Early Modern period.

From ‘A Prospect of the City of Dublin, from the Magazine Hill’ (1753) James Mason, after Joseph Tudor. Yale Centre for British Art.

#IWD2026 A nice find among the records in the Public Record Office of Ireland (before the fire of 1922!) Katherine Bayly's 'domestic accounts books'. Her daily life with her daughters in 18th-century Dublin.
Read more 👇️
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A selection of books form the Fagel Collection

TCD Library is recruiting a Senior Bibliographer to help catalogue the Fagel Collection! This is a fabulous professional opportunity to work on one of Europe's great early modern private libraries. Closing 10 March at noon. Full details available at www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies

Conference : The Plantation of Ulster

Thanks to all who supported the 'Plantation of Ulster' conference at PRONI on 12 February, associated with the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project. Recordings of the talks are now available at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Hugely looking forward to hosting this one-day symposium on 'Medical Learning in the Medieval Gaelic World' as part of the @researchireland.ie LEIGHEAS project @maynoothuniversity.ie - join us @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social on Thursday 12th March!

Join the Irish Historical Society on Tuesday, 24 February (7pm) for a panel on: “New Directions in the Study of Early Medieval Ireland”

Speakers: Dr Elva Johnston (UCD) Dr Immo Warntjes (TCD)
Chair: Prof Dáibhí Ó Cróinín

Boston College, 43 St Stephen’s Green or online: tinyurl.com/mr59w9k2

Friends and colleagues in Irish academia! The wonderful Dr Mary McGill has asked me to circulate her @researchireland.ie - funded survey on Exploring experiences of gender-based online abuse among female academics in Ireland - please do share! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History at University of Oxford Recruiting now: Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job o...

Early medievalists! Come join us at Magdalen College, Oxford: apply for this permanent job by 27 March. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQP650/t...

Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

New Labour, New Britain: How the Blair Government Reshaped the Country Join Glen O'Hara at the Gilded Acorn, where he will be discussing his new book: New Labour, New Britain!

I'll be launching my book on the Blair governments in London on Monday 9 March! Between 6.30pm and 8pm. We'll be at the Gilded Acorn bookshop between LSE and the Hunterian... Come along! Booking details below:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-labour...

Our @glasnevincemetery.bsky.social @historytcd.bsky.social Spring Lecture Series is live. Theme is 'Work and working in 19th & 20th century #Dublin' - please RT. Speakers @antoniahart.bsky.social @dublincity.bsky.social @drdeefoley.bsky.social & Conor Dodd formerly Glasnevin.

‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition at University of Cambridge Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a ‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition on jobs.ac.uk!

A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.

Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Hello 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

Minister of the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Patrick O'Donovan with Director of the National Museum of Ireland Lynn Scarff (left) and Chair of the Advisory Committee and UCD University Librarian Dr. Sandra Collins (right).

2/2 UCD is well represented on the @deptcultureirl.bsky.social Advisory Committee by two members: Chair of the Committee, University Librarian Dr. @collinssandra.bsky.social, and committee member & Assistant Professor @ucdspswsj.bsky.social Dr. Mary McAuliffe. 👏👏

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

Ireland Department of Culture, Communications and Sport Advisory Committee members and Minister Patrick O'Donovan sitting and standing at a table holding the Committee's Report on Women's Stories.

1/2 We are delighted with the publication of @deptcultureirl.bsky.social Advisory Committee's Report on Women's Stories, with recommendations to enhance & enrich the representation of women & women’s stories in National Cultural Institutions & collections.

Press release:
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Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland Similar initiatives elsewhere include the Vietnamese Women’s Museum and Glasgow Women’s Library

Permanent women’s museum may be developed in Ireland - hooray - its is necessary and a matter of equality and gender justice #speirgorm

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

*JOB FAIRY*

Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)

UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.

Today’s the final day to submit your abstracts!

Vetted Resources - AHA AHA Vetted Resources These resources include accessibility guides, pedagogy resources, and materials specific to a range of places, eras, topics, and fields, all shared by fellow historians or already...

The AHA's Vetted Resources compile materials that have been professionally vetted by historians, offering instructors access to high-quality accessibility guides, pedagogy resources, and materials specific to a range of places, eras, topics, and fields that meet professional standards.🗃️

'In writing about the life of this remarkable but overlooked Corkwoman, historian Leeann Lane has performed a great service. A meticulously researched and engrossing portrait of the Republican activist, suffragette and educational pioneer.'

Well done Leeann..so deserving👏

On Thursday 12 Feb. we will be sponsoring a conference on THE ULSTER PLANTATION, linked to the 'People of Plantation Ulster' database project (QUB/Maynooth). This is a free event open to all, held at PRONI (11-4). Registration and programme is at: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...

We are delighted to announce that we'll be hosting the SSNCI conference in Maynooth next June. Call for papers attached. Please spread far and wide!

On Friday 16 January we will be hosting a one-day conference on LABOUR POLITICS IN WEST BELFAST, 1918-83. Free event - all welcome (in-person and online). www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...