early thoughts on ‘Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation’! 🥰

I am hearing that copies are starting to land stateside already… official publication date is April 15

www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

Come join us @oralhistoryie.bsky.social for #oralhistory training in Maynooth!

Considering ‘mixed’ romantic relationships, female choices and everyday multiculturalism in Britain, 1960s-1980s: Love beyond boundaries

I’m chairing an online seminar by Sue Bishop (University of Leicester) tonight at 5.30pm. ‘Considering ‘mixed’ romantic relationships, female choices and everyday multiculturalism in Britain, 1960s-1980s: Love beyond boundaries’. All welcome. Please book in advance. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Tiger Bay, 1950, Cardiff's oldest multi-ethnic community, photo by Bert Hardy for Picture Post.

Many thanks to @jcrangle.bsky.social for this generous appraisal.

Thanks so much @niamhcullen.bsky.social for the lovely review of my book ❤️

Review in IHS of Shane Lynn’s book about Irish nationalists and the South African War. Recommended read.

Job Vacancy: Research Fellow, 1660-1832 House of Lords - The History of Parliament The History of Parliament are excited to advertise for a research fellow to join our House of Lords 1660-1832 project.

📣 We’re hiring!
The History of Parliament are seeking a Research Fellow for our House of Lords 1660-1832 project. @georgianlords.bsky.social

We’re looking for a historian with a PhD in 18thC British political or cultural history to join our expert team.

🔗 Details below:
#AcademicJobs #HistoryJobs

Just released - the preliminary program for @deindustrialpol.bsky.social's June 18-20 conference in Montreal on "(Un)Just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment." Check it out!

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Thank you Charlie - all the best for 2026!

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!

Looking forward to chairing this online event tomorrow. Lots of fascinating research in this book. All welcome.

Ahead of Tuesday’s shindig, here’s a video of me talking about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN and what it means to be shortlisted for the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social prize.

A big thank you to Gordon, the videographer who somehow made me sitting in my tiny office look cinematic 🎬

All set for this evening’s seminar for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social with Dr Katerina Papakonstantinou. Looking forward to hearing her fascinating paper, & thanks to our fab Chair Prof Pat Thane & Term programme organiser @helenglew.bsky.social

Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England

On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihr.bsky.social

QUB History Seminar tomorrow at 4pm BST

QUB History research seminars - Fridays at 4pm starting 26 September. All welcome!

Article by @brian-hanley.bsky.social Hanley on events across Ireland in the long hot summer of 1935. July 1935: ‘Remember Belfast – Boycott the Orangemen!’
www.theirishstory.com/2013/01/07/j...

Sex, Love, and Everyday Life: A History of Northern Ireland before Gay Liberation - The Linen Hall, Belfast Ask the average person on the street what they know about Northern Ireland’s LGBTQ+ or ‘queer’ history, and they will likely mention the Reverend Ian Paisley’s notorious campaign to ‘Save […]

A few tickets left for this talk next week for Belfast Pride 2025!

Come hear about a ‘female husband’ dockworker (1880s), a scandalous Victorian male brothel, Jazz Age gay novels, a trans woman in mid 20th c. Ballycastle, & NI’s (sadly forgotten) 1st lesbian activist!

linenhall.com/event/sex-lo...

Modern racism has become loud and proud | The Observer The response to a photo of a class in London shows how ethnic notions of national identity have seeped into mainstream conservatism

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

I am signed up for a few events this autumn to talk about MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN. Come along if you’re in Sheffield, Cambridge or Dublin. Possibly more to come - keep an eye on my website for more info!

www.kieranconnell.com/events

I am working on 'The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign' which ran from 1984-1986. I would love to interview any linkworkers who were employed by the campaign or any women who were supported by linkworkers. Please spread the word or get in touch if this is you! My email is saima.nasar@bristol.ac.uk

Northern Ireland has a long history of immigration and diversity. And of racism. Dr Jack Crangle discusses recent anti-immigration disorder in Northern Ireland, and places it in historical context.

Piece I wrote tracing the historical context of last month’s riots in Ballymena and elsewhere in NI. We have a long history of immigration in NI and also, sadly, a long history of racism.

www.qub.ac.uk/Research/Our...

Funny, i can think of one that happens every year.

Accents d'Europe - Face aux frappes en Iran, les tiraillements du gouvernement allemand Crainte d'une escalade, et de la fermeture du détroit d'Ormuz par lequel transite 20% du pétrole mondial. Les frappes sur l'Iran se sont poursuivies lundi (23 juin 2025) et les ministres européens des...

I spoke with Radio France Internationale about this month’s rioting in Ballymena, providing the historical context of Northern Irish immigration: www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/... piece starts around 9.25

Jack Crangle. Migrants, Immigration and Diversity in Twentieth-century Northern Ireland: British, Irish or ‘Other’?. For most of the twentieth century, immigrants were invisible in Northern Ireland. This is the starting premise of Migrants, Immigration and Diversity in Tw

Thanks to @markdoyle.bsky.social for a lovely review of my book in The American Historical Review. A very concise summary of the book’s key themes which will leave you (hopefully) wanting to pick up a copy!

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A Green Party NI campaign graphic shows a row of terraced houses in Ballymena with two police vehicles and a fire burning in the street. Large white text at the top reads “CALL IT WHAT IT IS.” A red text box in the centre says, “The situation in Ballymena is where male violence against women and girls collides with racist violence – driven by people misled and inflamed by years of lies and scapegoating from Executive parties.” A black banner at the bottom says “STORMONT ISN’T WORKING.” The Green Party logo and publishing details appear at the bottom.

Call it what it is. Racist violence in Ballymena is the toxic legacy of 27 years of failure by DUP, Sinn Féin, SDLP, UUP, and Alliance.

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Politicians need to call racism racism. LEAD
They’re all well able to say when something is sectarian. Talking about real or imagined sectarianism keeps most of them elected. They need to find the courage of Anna Lo when she was basically a lone voice calling out racism even when it was v dangerous

Poster advertising an oral history project on South Asian Medical practitioners in Scotland. Please get in touch with monique.lerpiniere.2022@uni.strath.ac.uk if you know anyone who worked/studied in the medical field in Scotland who is of South Asian heritage.

My PhD student Monique Lerpiniere is looking for oral history participants for her @sgsah.bsky.social project on South Asian medical practitioners in Scotland. Please see the poster for info and share if you know anyone. Thank you! @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social @strathhumanities.bsky.social #histmed

Thanks Charlie! That’s very much the vibe of the article…