The Sixteenth Century Society (SCS) has extended the deadline for submission of proposals for its Toronto conference to Monday, May 6, 2024. #SCSC2024 #CfP #earlymodern

Fascinating visit to St Nicholas Abbey, a sugar plantation from 1650. Men harvested sugar cane - backbreaking work - & then sent it to the mill.

Indentured servants worked alongside enslaved Africans. Irish women were in cane fields until 1670s & as domestics in big house.

The archives in Barbados are incredibly complete for the 17C. Spent a glorious day in search of Irish women & found plenty of Bodkins, Byrnes, Daniels, Dillons, Kellys, Kennys, Lynches, Neals, O’Sheas, Rices & more.

One third of all indentured servants to 🇧🇧were 🇮🇪 women.

The deadline for this fantastic #earlymodern PhD studentship is 1 May - please do share with those who may be interested. There's lots of scope for the successful candidate to take it in a direction that most interests them.

This week's Ó Cléirigh seminar at 4pm on 19 April in University College Dublin is Neil Johnston (TNA, Kew) on ‘Why was Ormond dismissed in 1669? – revisited’.

Fáilte roimh chách /all welcome

💡What an incredible day it has been here Trinity Long Room Hub with the launch of the #VOICESProjectTCD .

We look forward to learning and discovering more with the VOICES team in the near future. 🙌

Read more here: irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

#HubMatters

Please save the date for our annual J. C. Beckett Lecture which will take place PRONI on 9th May at 6pm. We're delighted that Dr Clodagh Tait will speak to us on
'Margaret Isabella and the fairy in the churn: Women's folklore and girls' histories'.
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Our big day!
The workshop to launch VOICES was so productive. A huge thank you to colleagues who contributed & the amazing VOICES team.🙏 🤩European Research Council (ERC) Dr Amanda Capern 🇪🇺💙 Dr Clodagh Tait Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Dr Bronagh Ann McShane TCD History The ADAPT Centre

🚀Launching Trinity Long Room Hub today, the #VoicesProjectTCD will revolutionise our understanding of early modern Ireland & offer a new narrative placing women’s perspectives at the centre of this transformative period of Irish history.

Find out more here: tcd.ie/news_events/to…

AI is helping to uncover the hidden voices of women in early modern Ireland.

The VOICES Project is harnessing new digital tech to document women’s experiences of extreme trauma and civil war in 16th & 17th century Ireland #VoicesProjectTCD

Learn more:
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Big day Trinity College Dublin today as we officially launch Jane Ohlmeyer ERC VOICES project on women in early modern Ireland Trinity Long Room Hub The ADAPT Centre TCD History European Research Council (ERC) #wmnshist irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS: Clerical Lives in Britain, c.1600-1800 🚨 School of Arts, Languages and Culture conference on the social & cultural significance of the early mod clergy by myself & Hannah Yip. 2 great keynote speakers & much potential to bring together exciting new research on 17/18C clergy

I wrote a short blog about my forthcoming book. The intention is to whet peoples appetite, rather than turn people off! time will tell....

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A beautiful evening on Galway’s Claddagh Quay #springisintheair

The Dominicans in Galway are celebrating the 800th anniversary of the arrival of the Dominican Order in Ireland. In 2018, the Dominican Convent in Taylor’s Hill donated its library of more than 2,000 volumes, built up over five centuries, to Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway hardimanlibrary.blogspot.com/2024/04/celebr…

A reminder that Dr Bronagh McShane (Dr Bronagh Ann McShane) will be speaking tonight at 7.30pm in St Mary's Church, Claddagh, Galway, on 'Dominican Women in Galway'.

📢NEW POST📢

Harry Smith (our #DigitalHumanities Research Fellow) explains the digital methods we are using to transcribe 25,000 wills.

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#EarlyModern #twitterstorians #History The Leverhulme Trust Exeter History Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Transkribus CEMS Exeter

having a lovely time reading about types of fabric in 17th-century inventories: canvas, dowlas, fustian, say, calico, holland, lawn, jeans, Philip, moccado, China, changeable buffin [!], mingled perpetuana, black billament, tabinet, velvet and ... tabby grosgrain.

Obsessed by this little baby Jesus (?) in a box: auctioneer says 'made by The Poor Clare Sisters in Loughrea'. #nuntastic Dr Bronagh Ann McShane (Antony Foley on easyliveauction, lot 900)

Women often entered the book trade through family connections. Living and working in a family printing house, enabled them to develop skills and knowledge.
Today we share some examples of printing families from our exhibition ‘Printing Women’ Maynooth University Library