Fantastic news, Rebecca! Best of luck with this!
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Fantastic news, Rebecca! Best of luck with this!
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society is now inviting applications for its Open Bursary 2026-7. €2000 to support archival research, symposiums/conferences, or publication expenses associated with original work on eighteenth-century Ireland. More information here: www.ecis.ie/2026/01/05/e...
An alert deer faces the photographer, surrounded by trees
Heavily glazed pastry on Fitzbillies-branded plate
Beautiful red brick college court with clear blue skies above and students walking along the paths
Majestic buildings in King’s College with a moody cloudy sky and some well-tended lawns
With sincere thanks to everyone for the wonderful hospitality @rabarr.bsky.social @camwachowich.bsky.social It was a real pleasure to present to the Group, consult some MS, and to meet the Jesus deer!
The Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society has a new website that is well-worth checking out for details of the annual conference, journal, and news of the inaugural ECR bursary, which was awarded to @mzukovs.bsky.social. The next bursary will be announced shortly.
www.ecis.ie/news-events/
Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.
One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.
www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...
Listen in to a discussion about Ireland and the American Revolution on @newstalkfm.bsky.social featuring Patrick Geoghegan, Finola O’Kane, Eliga Gould, and Patrick Griffin. The episode airs this Sunday at 7PM, ahead of our conference next week. It was a privilege to take part in the conversation.
Standing in front of PowerPoint screen celebrating the recipients of TRDA funding are Chris Morash, Paul Delaney, Alaa Alqaisi, Amy Prendergast, Emily Bresland, and Aya Albsoul
Emily Bresland and Amy Prendergast smiling at TRDA event in TCD lecture hall
Such a lovely occasion today attending the celebration of the 2025 Trinity Research Doctorate Award Winners Event! Delighted to be working with my new PhD student Emily Bresland on Writing from the Margins - women’s narratives from 18c Ireland @tcddublin.bsky.social @tlrhub.bsky.social
Good morning! The Trinity Arts & Humanities Research Festival is in full swing — and today brings another exciting programme of events.😊
Check out what’s happening today and join us for inspiring talks and lively discussions.🎙️
#TCDAHFest
Volume 40 of the Journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland is just out. Great articles from @speakerconolly.bsky.social on Swift and @francesmnolan.bsky.social on women as Jacobite agents, among others. Have a look at the link below:
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
My latest article now out in Eighteenth-Century Ireland my first and probably last foray into Swift Studies liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...
A hardback book is held up against a green landscape.
The first page of a chapter and its heading.
I’m absolutely delighted to receive my contributor copy of ‘Bluestockings and Landscape in Eighteenth-Century Britain’. Thank you to the editors, Markman Ellis and Jack Orchard, and congratulations to all contributors. I can’t wait to read all the other chapters!
Catriona Kennedy’s new book, photographed in front of the historic King’s Manor.
Many congratulations to Dr Catriona Kennedy @trionakennedy.bsky.social on her new book, Women, Politics, and the Irish Public Sphere in the Age of Revolution, from Oxford University Press. A beautiful and insightful book! 📚💫🎉
Find out more @oxfordunipress.bsky.social: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Don’t forger to register for my Shakespeare and Ireland Symposium on June 14 @tlrhub.bsky.social. Of interest to scholars of the theatre, 18th century Ireland, the history of the book, and Shakespeareans alike! www.eventbrite.ie/e/hibernian-...
Women in red dress and white runners points at a screen on which a book is displayed.
It was a real pleasure to deliver a plenary lecture at this year’s ECIS conference held @tlrhub.bsky.social. Having completed my PhD at Trinity and later organised the 2012 ECIS conference there as a postdoc, it felt like a homecoming of sorts!
(Photo by @amyprendergast.bsky.social)
And we are done! Two fantastic days of Eighteenth Century papers and conviviality at @tlrhub.bsky.social. Finished up with a great keynote on political caricature by James Kelly.
ECIS conference all done until next year @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social Another fabulous day of papers, with my own personal highlight of chairing the wonderful @drtinamorin.bsky.social for today’s brilliant plenary @tlrhub.bsky.social
Day 1 of ECIS 40th anniversary conference done and dusted! One of the highlights was the awarding of the inaugural ECIS PG & ECR bursary to @mzukovs.bsky.social Congratulations to Maria and good luck with your research!
Details of funding available for PhD studentship at TCD
Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social
Hardback book sitting on other copies of the same book, a collection of essays about Huguenot refugee Élie Bouhéreau. the book is sitting on a table in the old reading room of Marsh's Library where Bouhéreau's his collection is now housed.
What a thing of beauty! 'Élie Bouhéreau: the collections & communities of a Huguenot refugee' is out! The 12 essays explore the worlds Bouhéreau, Marsh's first librarian & Ireland's first public librarian, traversed & impacted through his print & manuscript collections #BookHistory #Huguenots
Reminder - this Friday is the last day to submit applications for Eighteenth-Century Ireland’s postgrad & ECR bursary!
€2,000 up for grabs for a postgrad or early career scholar of eighteenth-century Ireland! Full details & application form available here: www.ecis.ie/postgraduate...
Thanks so much Christabel! And thanks for all the support from you & the team @livunipress.bsky.social
Calling all eighteenth-century Ireland scholars! You still have time to submit proposals for the annual ECIS conference to @speakerconolly.bsky.social & myself before our deadline tomorrow. Postgrad bursaries also available!
Looking forward to the annual conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society, which is taking place in the @tlrhub.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin on the 5-6 June this year. See the CFP below and there are postgraduate bursaries.
Our last book review of the year is now online. Please do have a look at the other book reviews for 2024 they might inspire you for the last minute Christmas idea. Thanks as always to those who give of their time to review these wonderful publications. womenshistoryassociation.com/book-reviews...
With thanks to Angela Byrne for such a warm and generous review! @livunipress.bsky.social
The WHAI are delighted to announce the call for papers for our 2025 Conference. See our website for more details. retweets appreciated.
Thanks so much Niamh! Always lovely to hear about research making its way to students. Great they can download this for free too. Fingers crossed they find it useful!
