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Congratulations to SEIC & @cemslimerick.bsky.social student Emma Barrett who presented a paper at the Tragedy & Resistence conference hosted by the Literaturforum im Brecht-Haus in Berlin, organised by staff of Northumbria University and Ghent University! @unioflimerick.bsky.social

There's still time to register for this event! #speirgorm #UL @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social

Calling FYP and MA students! For those thinking of becoming a researcher in Medieval or Early Modern studies, please join us on the 30th of April for Next Steps: Research and Study in Medieval and Early Modern Subjects. Sign up at forms.cloud.microsoft/e/VR2YAELm5G

Join us for the annual Máire Ní Chrualaoich lecture taking place at the People's Museum, Limerick, 14 April, from 6pm to 8pm to hear Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh's lecture on the subject of ‘Prudentia versus politia: bardic encouragement in a poem by Tadhg Mac Bruaideadha for the fourth earl of Thomond’.

The Neglected History of Slavery in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net While often overlooked, slavery persisted throughout the Middle Ages, shaping economies, societies, and cross-cultural trade in ways that challenge traditional historical narratives.

The Neglected History of Slavery in the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2025/02/hist... #history

Call for Papers: Forgotten Libraries: Lost, Dispersed, and Marginalised Manuscript Collections - Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures The Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures (CMTC) is pleased to invite Oxford-based researchers to participate in the workshop Forgotten Libraries to be held at The Queen’s College (Oxford)...

Don't forget this CFP cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/call-for-pap...

Why Being a Medieval Priest Wasn’t as Easy as You Think - Medievalists.net Here are a few drawbacks to being a medieval priest.

Why Being a Medieval Priest Wasn’t as Easy as You Think www.medievalists.net/2025/02/bein... #middleages

The Worth Library's Research Fellowships for 2026 have just been advertised.

Find out more at edwardworthlibrary.ie/research-fel...

Please repost! @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @cerl-community.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @harvard.edu

Limerick History Research Seminar series, in association with CEMS: Tues 10 February, Dr David Brown (Trinity College Dublin): ‘Beyond the black box: critical AI pipelines for historical research.' 5.30pm in room G08 (Foundation Bdg) in MIC @ulresearch.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social

Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm

Two of our terrific graduate students in UL English, Emma Barrett and Jack Reid, have established a new journal! _Early Modern Society_ has a #CFP out currently for its first issue -theme = gender & the supernatural! #ecr #graduate @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social #research

See the call for papers from The Early Modern Society below for the first issue of their e-journal. #centreforearlymodernstudies #cems #earlymodernsociety #ems #ullibrary #ul_eic #ul_history #irishworldacademy #ul.languagecentre #earlymodern #supernatural

Discipline and Punish, a #conference organised by our colleagues Dr Richard Kirwan and Dr Wouter Kreuze, takes place in @unioflimerick.bsky.social in January. Details at malcontents.hcommons.org/conference/

@ulresearch.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who attended/spoke at our 4th Winter School this week! It was a fantastic event that featured talks by staff & students, a wonderful keynote lecture by Dr Jason Harris of History @ucc.ie, all expertly & generously faciltated by @ullibrary.bsky.social special collections staff.

Join us for the Limerick History Research Seminar Series taking place in Mary Immaculate College today, 25 November, at 5.30pm to hear Mario Luis López Durán's paper on the subject of ‘Lost in the archives, found on the battlefield: Irish officers in the Spanish army, 1690–1715’. #cems #limerick

Join us for the Limerick History Research Seminar Series in the Kate O'Brien Room (C1075) this Wednesday, 19 November, at 5.15pm to hear Mónica Yanguas Muñoz's paper ‘Sorcery and political power: persecutions and sociopolitical influences in Madrid in the Seventeenth Century.’ #CEMS #LimerickHistory

Such a great talk tonight by Dr Harold E. Braun tonight in the Hunt Museum organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social and chaired by @alimalhistory.bsky.social. Thoroughly enthralling with great resonance in today's world.

The next #English Lunchtime Research Seminar takes place on 5th November, 12pm, LCB012. Professor Michael Griffin will talk to us about Editing Goldsmith for @universitypress.cambridge.org. All welcome! #spéirgorm @ulresearch.bsky.social

If you're near Limerick, Dr. Harald E. Braun (University of Liverpool) will speak in the Hunt Museum on 5 November, 6-8pm, on:
‘War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.’ Organised by @cemslimerick.bsky.social

The tale of Elizabeth Sawyer, executed for witchcraft in 1621 The Witch of Edmonton offers a socio-economic commentary on the hypocritical and gendered roots of the witch phenomenon

Another #samhain themed article, this time by English UL graduate student Emma Barrett on The Witch of Edmonton for @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social! Congratulations, Emma! 👻@ulresearch.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2... #research @cemslimerick.bsky.social

All welcome on Wednesday 5 November at 6pm in The Hunt Museum, Limerick, to the Limerick CEMS Bolton-King lecture, 2025 in association with The Hunt Museum, with speaker Dr. Harold E. Braun (University of Liverpool) on 'War Crimes: Seventeenth-Century Perspectives from the Bolton Library.'.

Hi Will, thanks for your interest! @alimalhistory.bsky.social - do you know if the lecture will be livestreamed or recorded?

The CEMS 2025 Bolton-King lecture will be delivered by Dr Harald E. Braun @liverpooluni.bsky.social Hunt Museum, 6pm Nov 5th. @ulresearch.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @michistory.bsky.social @ulenglish.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social

image of Thor's hammer pendant from Repton Derbs

Today's Knowledge Commons share 'Warfare and Peoplehood: The Vikings and the English' from Y. Stouraitis ed. War and Collective Identities in the Middle Ages East, West, and Beyond (ARC Humanities Press: 2023) works.hcommons.org/records/sass... #medieval #viking #history #archaeology #warfare

Our second English lunchtime research seminar of the new semester will be delivered by our colleague Prof Michael Griffin, who will speak on Editing the Cambridge Goldsmith. All welcome! #speirgorm #research #English @ulresearch.bsky.social

Traveller traditions to be celebrated at Misleór festival A four-day event to celebrate Nomadic cultures is under way in Galway.

The Misleór festival features discussions, exhibitions, cinema and cultural performances, all aimed at showcasing the lives and experiences of the communities represented at the gathering
www.rte.ie/news/connach...

Date for the diary! Our first #English seminar of the academic year takes place 1 October, 12-1, LCB012. All welcome! @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ulresearch.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social @ul-gps.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social @ulgeog.bsky.social @ulcigs.bsky.social @jackreid27.bsky.social

Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory Conference

We have a big conference this week and the weather is going to be gorgeous. The University of London Senate House looks amazing in the sunshine.