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Only two more days to get those abstracts in.

We are now accepting applications for our Anna Parnell Travel Grant! Be sure to send them in by 9 February. See our website for more information on eligibility and how to apply: womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/

Solidarity to all the unions taking action in a bitterly cold Northern Ireland today. The Queen's University Belfast 🎓 campus is consequently shut today - though not, as BBC News NI erroneously implied last night, because of UCU at Queen's (we are not on strike).

Our MacCurtain/Cullen Essay Prize is open for submissions! The prize is offered for the best original essay in the field of Irish women’s or gender history by a current or recent BA or MA/MPhil student. Visit our website for more information: womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/

Looking forward to our first USIHS of the semester. Stephen Scarth will speak on 'From the Ashes: A history of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland' on Thu 15 Feb at 6pm. Join us in person @IrishStudiesQUB or online eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-the-ash…

Thanks to all who joined our packed First Friday Networking Breakfast in honor of St Brigid – a true Irish icon! A massive thank you to Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick for their captivating discussion of their book “Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem & The Lives of Irish Emigrant Women"

What a wonderful #StBrigidsDay weekend we've had in #NewYorkCity! Huge thanks to the amazing team at the Irish Consulate for hosting us, & to the fab audience who turned up to hear about #BadBridget on a Fri morn. So lovely to meet you all🥰 Penguin Books Ireland Queen's University Belfast 🎓 Ulster University

I know many people who might like a job in Gender Studies in the lovely Vienna! See here: h-net.org/jobs/job_displ… #jobfairy

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Some book suggestions for International Women's Day! Happy reading! And have a lovely day...men & women! 2024 theme "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress!" Martina Devlin Columba Books #IrishHistory #herstory #IWD #IWD2024 #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalWomensDay2024 📚♀️

Prepping for an upcoming event exploring the lives of women Ulster Folk Museum on Saturday 20th April, followed by an all-female trad session in the pub! 🍻 "...am glad your mother and sisters are still here to comfort and help each other..." ❤️ Tickets: ulsterfolkmuseum.org/whats-on/women…

Exciting news! 🤩 In partnership with School of Museum Studies we have a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship available funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council examining the establishment of Ulster Folk Museum! Application deadline 20th May 2024. Further details here: le.ac.uk/rcmg/current-n…

Happy #SiblingsDay 👫🎉 delighted to say that my first monograph will be out later this year. It’s on the website, so it must be real!!

📢📢#PhD Opportunity Collaborative Doctoral Partnership National Museums NI & Queen's University Belfast 🎓 (CDP Connect Arts and Humanities Research Council) on 'Conflict and Creativity in young people' supervised by Liam O'Hare & #LouiseRice deadline 16/5/24. qub.ac.uk/social-charter… Please share! Emily MarkFitzGerald @opurdue Heritage&MuseumStudies@Ulster

Huge congrats to the brilliant Leanne McCormick on promotion to prof! Beyond deserved💕

The tulips are out for the WHAI conference at Queen's University Belfast 🎓

🎓Fully funded Arts and Humanities Research Council #PhD opportunities in collaboration w/ National Museums NI: 1️⃣Delve into Ulster Folk Museum at School of Museum Studies 2️⃣Explore education & creativity at Queen's University Innovation Zones 3️⃣Uncover the NI Prison Collection at Ulster University 🚀Deadlines approaching,apply now! #FundedPhD #AcademicTwitter

It's not all about archives! Buildings and objects Ulster Folk Museum will also be examined as part of our CDP studentship with School of Museum Studies, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. For further details, please visit: le.ac.uk/rcmg/current-n…. Deadline 20th May 2024! ⏰

Details of the 2024 IMC Student Prize for editing a short historical document of Irish interest are available here irishmanuscripts.ie/imc-student-pr… Closing date for applications is Wednesday 31 July 2024

Not on here very often these days so please do get in touch directly if you have a new Irish history book out or spotted a book that you'd love to review for Irish Historical Studies. Dr Andrew Sneddon and I as joint book reviews editors are always open to suggestions🥰