Peter Hession
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Historian of famine and technology in Ireland, Assistant Professor Faculty Fellow @GIHNYU nyu.academia.edu/PeterHession
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We are delighted to announce SSNCI: C19th Ireland Conference will be held at the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen on 19-21 June 2025. The conference theme is Universalism and Locality in Nineteenth-Century Ireland! See ssnci.org/annual-confere…
I'll be talking about Back-channel Negotiation during the Northern Ireland conflict on Thursday 13 February at 7pm in Glucksman Ireland House NYU where I am currently based as a Fulbright Ireland visiting fellow. All are welcome. You can pre-register at this link below as.nyu.edu/research-cente… #NYUAS
Fabulous launch of the monumental Routledge History of Irish America at Glucksman Ireland House NYU with Prof Kenny, Con Gen Helena Nolan, editors Professors Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan Irish Consulate NYC Helena Nolan, Consul General of Ireland in NY @kgmkenny Cian T. McMahon
I'll be talking about links between the civil rights campaigns in the US and N. Ireland in the 1960s next Mon 24 Feb 6:30pm in City College New York Center for Workers Education CCNY CWE All are welcome. ccny.cuny.edu/calendar/trans… Fulbright Ireland University of Galway CASSCS Glucksman Ireland House NYU
Congratulations to Marion Casey and Anelise Hanson Shrout for receiving honorable mention for the Lawrence J. McCaffrey and James S. Donnelly prizes at American Conference for Irish Studies for their books with the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series!
We are so proud of our alumni achievements at ACIS! Caroline B. Heafey was awarded the 2025 David Krause Research Fellowship, Sean O’Hare received the Maureen Murphy Postgraduate Award, and Samantha Haddad Prophet (حداد) (she/her) received the Emmet Larkin Research Fellowship. Comhghairdeas, all!
Honored to receive the Maureen Murphy prize for my paper at American Conference for Irish Studies 2024 on the ecocritical aspects of Brian Coffey’s poetry! Grateful for this academic community, and the terrific faculty and students at Glucksman Ireland House NYU who helped shape this paper into something presentable.
Happening this Thursday! Dr Ida Milne Adrian Kirwan Ian Miller Conor Heffernan/@physcstudy.bsky.social Hannah Brown
Submit your abstracts by 20 April! @ssnci_tweets will hold its 2025 Annual Conference Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies on 19-21 June 2025. The theme for our 2025 Conference will be Universalism and Locality in Nineteenth-Century Ireland. For more details see ssnci.org/annual-confere…
GIH faculty fellow Peter Hession will lead a history workshop that explores the Irish Famine in a global context, adopting a comparative lens and drawing on parallels from across the field of contemporary famine studies. May 3rd at Irish Arts Center: irishartscenter.org/event/the-iris…
The SSNCI will hold its 2025 Annual Conference at the Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen on 19-21 June 2025! To find out more see ssnci.org/annual-confere… #irishstudies #19thcentury
Have just received hard copies of my book from Cambridge University Press. It's about the ordinary people who funded the Irish Catholic church between the end of the Famine and independence. It takes in social, economic, religious, emotions history and much else besides...
Brilliant colloquium organized by Joseph Nugent and Patrick Mullen for Bloomsday in Paris, hosted at the Irish Embassy. The event featured engaging panels, lectures, and conversations, including a panel moderated by our own Kelly Sullivan! Irish Embassy Paris
