From a politician whose constituency was home to probably multiples of its current populations before the Famine.

Love these images of a pipe smoking West African woman in Marseille in January 1914. She was likely a camp follower who travelled with West African soldiers. Captured by Agence Rol and available on Gallica. gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

A reminder to get your tickets for this this evening. Should be fascinating. (There's also a cool dance performance happening as part of the Festival of Palestinian Culture taking place beforehand in the Phoenix PE Hall). Tickets for the talk available here: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Reminder to get your tickets for tomorrow's talk with Rashid Khalidi. Should be fascinating. And while you're at it, check out the programme for Maynooth Festival of Palestinian Culture. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

Up to four in a room in Dublin 2 house as landlord says it's a hard time 'to make money' A former Clare Street office now houses up to 22 people paying up to €890 for bed spaces.

This man is cartoonishly evil but there are many more like him are more subtly but no less exploitative in their greed. And the state is allowing them to get away with it. www.thejournal.ie/clare-street...

It also means a whole swathe of the Irish population can't engage in the kind of tracing a lot of us have been doing over the weekend thanks to the great work of the NAI team. Once more stories from the North are marginalised in national narratives. We should be conscious of this.

We might be well used to statistical partition in maps like this but it's all the more striking given that there was a census conducted in 1926 in the North but it has been "lost". Simultaneous censuses underlines ofc how these were as much about constituting the state as representing its population

Very funny that Mr Beast's name is Jimmy Donaldson. The biggest Gen Z star on the planet, the most successful YouTuber of all time, and he has the name of a 55yo loyalist councillor who's made the news for trying to ban yoga in Lurgan and calling left handed children satanic.

Birds nesting in Mary's crown.

Normally wouldn't bother just for myself, but a roast is the perfect accompaniment to Sunday championship hurling.

*scorn not score!

Yes that's definitely true. And I suppose I should acknowledge that starmer inherited an economic mess not of his making. But still, he seems to be singularly incapable of picking the right political fights, something Sanchez is very good at doing.

Interesting to compare Starmer and Sanchez in that the latter has had more corruption scandals in his government but has better weathered them than the former because he thinks politically and can pivot to politics that engage his base and beyond while starmer seems to score politics and his base.

Government and civil servants uneasy over President’s choice of first overseas trip Catherine Connolly will meet Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, but not her counterpart, the king of Spain

Whatever about politicians briefing against Catherine Connolly, which is par for the course in politics, who are these officials contacting the press to complain about her decision, which has express permission from the government? Embarrassing themselves.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

A reminder to book your tickets for Prof Rashid Khalidi's talk on Tuesday evening, 17.00, in Renehan Hall, Maynooth South Campus. It should be fascinating. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

To single out Eileen Flynn, a woman who has contributed so much to representing the marginalised and has managed to build her own political base against substantial odds, as the supposed exemplar of incompetence in the Seanad (of all places) is clearly motivated by racism and misogyny.

Fianna Fáil TDs rally behind Micheál Martin as prospect of leadership heave fades Jim O’Callaghan ally John Lahart joins other party figures in backing FF leader a day after the party’s three youngest TDs voice criticism

The anti-Martin caucus are truly the Mayo of political heaves. Bottlers every last one of them. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

The book cover for Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation. It shows two men sat on a bench in the 1930s.

"Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life before Gay Liberation" is published TODAY by @cornellupress.bsky.social! I tell the story of how queer men didn't just exist in Belfast but could be accepted by friends, family & colleagues... at least until a moral panic about homosexuality in the 1950s. 🧵

We have seen a degree, however uneven and limited,of opening of media spaces to genuine pro-Palestinian voices, many of whom are Palestinians and/or rooted in the region. These are the people we should listen to and promote, not hacks who trade in hatred in all its forms, especially antisemitism

I love a Cox pippin.

History: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with The National Archives (RS948) - Swansea University We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.

Fully funded four year AHRC PhD project @swanseahistory.bsky.social on 'Rethinking Reparations: A Cultural and Social History of Post-First World War Compensation to Civilians in Britain and its Empire, 1918-25.' Closing date 22 May. Get in touch if you are interested!

Vacancy for a three-year post-doc position at the Universiteit van Amsterdam!

This postdoc position, part of the European Research Council (ERC)-sponsored 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐀𝐃𝐄 project, seeks to understand the long legacies of blockades on the post-war order.

It has to be a sour apple like a Granny Smith so you get a bit of sweet and sour going on. I am sure there's someone on here better placed than this lapsed southern Catholic to defend the apple and mars bar sandwich (which I've only eaten once myself!).

It's a surprisingly delicious sandwich that's a staple at protestant community and family events in the North. Indeed, protestants are innovators not only in theology but also in confectionary.

These Catholic converts are more Protestant-coded than an apple and mars bar sandwich after an Orange march in mid July.

Delighted that we will be welcoming the brilliant Prof Rashid Khalidi to Maynooth next Tuesday for a talk on the shared genealogies of colonial counter-insurgency in Ireland and Palestine. Follow this link to register. www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/...

We will have plenty of time to catch up over wine in Paris soon hopefully!

This is excellent and worth remembering long roots of export driven Irish agrarian capitalism. Goes back to 18th Century ‘provisions’ trade connecting Munster grasslands to Caribbean and North America. Then as now inequality at home shaped inequality abroad in world shaped by extractive capitalism.

Visiting Professors & Scholars - Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Il Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici, in un’ottica di sviluppo culturale e scientifico, accoglie annualmente ricercatrici e ricercatori italiani Read the full article...

Looking forward to being a Visiting Scholar at Roma Tre the week of May 10. Looking forward to meeting colleagues and students and getting into Italian colonial archives with @camilleriana.bsky.social. studiumanistici.uniroma3.it/internaziona...