Cover of IHTA, no. 15 Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas. An inset of a view of Derry City with bridge over the River Foyle and mountains in the background

We move North-West to Derry~Londonderry for our next #MapMonday. Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 15, Derry~Londonderry by Avril Thomas was published by the @ria.ie in 2005
As a plantation town, much of the town's development and redevelopment can be traced through the rich map collection.
#IHTA
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Tomorrow’s Tuesday Discussion is with Davide Orsini who will present his research project “(Dis)Empowered Communities: A Comparative Study of Decommissioning Nuclear Sites.”

What happens to nuclear power plants and facilities when their productive life comes to an end?

Free and open to the public.

Looking to rehome these journals for the cost of postage only - UK based. Costs £12 to post 20kg and less to post less #booksky #academia #archaeology #history

Collage of prints from my site. #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Art #BuyIrish

🛍️ Looking for art prints for yourself or as gifts AND want to help an Irish artist/bog-dwelling hag? Prints on fine art paper at the link below, printed in Kerry and shipped in eco-friendly packaging, with proceeds going towards my dowry fund for a bachelor farmer husband www.ciaraioch.com/artprints

Do not cry, mother. I am a writer now.

“Medieval Rural Settlement and Infrastructure Archaeology Across Europe” (eds. 2026, by Carenza Lewis, Neil Christie, Gareth Davies, Aidan O'Sullivan)
Available for a period at reduced price, use website and voucher code as below

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Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely.
www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.1 is now available at risejournal.eu !

The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, Part 2

edited by Maureen O'Connor, Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann and Kirsten Sandrock

Have a look at the Table of Contents at www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...

Promotional graphic for the book Irish Culture and Partition, 1920–1955 by Stephen O’Neill. On the left is the book cover, with a dark green top section displaying the title and author, and a colorful stained-glass image below featuring a red hand and a sword among abstract shapes. On the right, yellow text on a blurred stained-glass background reads: “Comprehensively reinterprets the effect on culture of the continuing division of the island of Ireland.” The Liverpool University Press logo appears in the top right.

New in Irish Studies | @oneillsb.bsky.social's Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955, is the first book dedicated to examining culture and partition in Ireland.

Discover more here ⬇️
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A bright coral red graphic with black and white Yugoslavian stamps accross the bottom. Text in the centre reads Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961 - 1979. With University of Exeter. Uncover fresh insights into Cold War socialism and anti-colonialism from a Yugoslav perspective, centering on the largely unexamined Joint Translation Service (JTS) bulletins. Deadline Tuesday 5 May.

Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk .

This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme.

Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95

I am finishing up a book on early modern news in Europe, and I think I am aware of most research published in English, French and German. But I want to cite, mention and refer to much more relevant literature done in Europe on the topic. So, #skystorians communities with knowledge of ...

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#ICYMI

This column is the best response I've seen so far to the thuggery of last weekend. And it made me realise that this image of Trump is what I was metaphorically seeing in every one of those men who like Trump deserve to face consequences for their actions but are quite sure they won't.

Free webinar course: introduction to becoming a public intellectual, for folks with a PhD *or* midway through a PhD degree, in a historical discipline (doesn't have to be History)!

Applications close April 20.

#academicsky 🗃

Prisoners of Norman Cross, the World's First POW Camp Claire Richardson reveals the ingenious activities of Napoleonic prisoners at Norman Cross, the first purpose-built POW camp in the world.

In two months I’ll be giving my first online talk about Norman Cross! So if you’ve ever wondered what the prisoner of war camp was like or what the prisoners made, now’s your chance to find out

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Radical Histories - Manchester University Press The Radical Histories series encourages innovative and field-defining research in the history of individuals, groups, movements and ideas which challenged the political, social and cultural status quo...

I'm pleased to announce I'm a founding co-editor of the new @manchesterup.bsky.social book series, Radical Histories.

Do let me know if you have a proposal for a book that fits our inclusive remit on radical histories.

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The Incorporation of Cordiners, 1677 in Canongate, Edinburgh for #AdoorableThursday. The inscription in the book reads:

'Behold how good a thing it is
And how becoming well
Together such as brethren are
In unity to dwell'

A man of property Just outside the City of London, in the secluded streets once occupied by the monastic precinct of the Black Friars, is an unassuming warehouse building

Found a Shakespeare thing; wrote about it in @thetls.bsky.social: www.the-tls.com/regular-feat....

A small dragon next to a text part. This is an entry in a sixteenth-century book, and you can find access to a digitized copy over here: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/details/bsb11069310

This "Trach. Draco." is clearly a handsome dragon, and according to the #earlymodern German book this entry was in, dragons are the biggest snakes available on earth, and may be found in India and "moren land" (likely the biblical Ethiopia).

Postdoctoral Researcher (History of Everyday Nationalism, CoE NARS) / Tutkijatohtori

2.5 year postdoc opportunity at CoE NARS, Tampere University. The focus is on the history of everyday nationalism and we encourage applications dealing with the history of childhood and youth. Please distribute far and wide and encourage great scholars to apply. tuni.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_...

Unflattering, but plz come!

Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

Ex-libris bookplate featuring a shield with a chevron design and two flowers, and a knight’s helmet with plume and a motto banner reading ‘Je suis de Campagnon Bon Seigneur’.

Mystery Bookplate! I’m trying without any luck to identify this bookplate after checking through printed sources and online databases, and would be grateful for any advice! 📖🔎

Fold out sheet showing a sketch of Mont Blanc with marked features of interest

Today's #archive30 is #unusualarchives. Bit difficult for us and none of what we have is unusual to mountaineers - even if it might be to other people!

But this fold out panorama is rare in that it records Burfords panorama in Picadilly rather than the real landscape ...

Out today!

CfA: International Visiting Fellowship Programme in the History of Knowledge (Lund)

We invite early career/postdoctoral scholars to join us at LUCK during a period of one week between 2 November and 6 November, 2026.

Read more here: newhistoryofknowledge.com/2026/04/13/c...

History and Heritage Studies: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Studentship (Fully Funded) in History with Museum Wales (RS951) - 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 AHRC PhD scholarship at Swansea University in conjunction with Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales, examining the imperial and colonial associations of their natural sciences collections.

Please share widely, and get in touch if you want to know more. Closing date 22 May.

Different strokes: changing identities and connectivity between Iron Age Ireland and Northern Britain The rich decoration of Irish and British Iron Age metalwork once conveyed complex symbolic meanings, though its language has long since been lost. Ornamentation remains a vital avenue for interpret...

And at long last!
This paper is finally live. It's been a labour of love, with thanks to so many @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social @micireland.bsky.social @ulstermuseum.org @nmireland.bsky.social and so many more!
And it's open access!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I'm delighted to say we have opened our visiting fellowship scheme in the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies @uniofgalway.bsky.social. Deadline for applications is 1 May 2026. All visits must take place in the period May to Sept 2026.
www.universityofgalway.ie/colleges-and...

Cover of IHTA Belfast part II, 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle, showing engraving of Beflast in the 19th century, bridge to the fore, ships, industry and a mountain in the distance

This #MapMonday we’re back in #Belfast in the second half of the 19th century
Irish Historic Towns Atlas no. 17 Belfast part II 1840 to 1900 by Stephen A. Royle was published by the @ria.ie in 2007
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