Irish diaspora history start pack
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@sophcocooper.bsky.social
@ciantmcmahon.bsky.social
Historian of Ireland and the Irish, at home and abroad. Currently working on a global history of Saint Patrick's Day. *The Routledge History of Irish America* (2024) *The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine* (2021)
@iandelahanty.bsky.social
>Civil War Era and Immigration in 19th c. America. >Author of Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865 (2024) >Assoc. Prof. of History at Springfield College
@martinodonoghue.bsky.social
Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory, Frankfurt. Researching Ireland and India. Author - The Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 https://shorturl.at/BNQNP Views own
@saytheirnamesir.bsky.social
Public historian (Irish slaveholders), genealogist, lover of justice, neurodiversity, an teanga, planting trees & music. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ https://iaamcfh.omeka.net/s/IAAM_CFH/page/south-carolina-slavery-related-records
@janegvmcgaughey.bsky.social
Johnson Chair of Quebec and Canadian Irish Studies | Host of The Irish in Canada Podcast |
@n16breda.bsky.social
Post-Public History MA at UCL 2023-24 & "Finding Ireland in the History of London" is my thing ☘️ https://www.irishlondonhistory.com/ Irish in Hackney & Stoke Newington - used to be @N16Breda on Twitter
@mpalawrence.bsky.social
Queer Historian 🌈| PhD: Homosexuality in the Irish Diaspora 1880-1960 @ QUB | Views expressed are not only my own, but are objectively correct 🇮🇪🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
@ciaranon.bsky.social
Historian at TCD, interested in Ireland and Empire, Public History, and lots of other things. Co-lead for Trinity's Colonial Legacies.
@markdoyle.bsky.social
Historian & writer. Britain, Ireland, empire, music. In Nashville. Wrote a book-and-a-half on Belfast & one on the Kinks. Latest is John Cale's Paris 1919 for 33 1/3. Next: histories of African people/music in Ireland. “Pipe-sucking radical”-Mail on Sunday
@leannecalvert.bsky.social
Historian of the Family working on Sexualities, Religion, & Gender in Ireland & the Atlantic World. Like dogs? Meet Frank 🐶 Belfast 🔁 Tipperary
@wugolini.bsky.social
Professor of Second World War Studies (Edinburgh Uni). Co-founder of RSE-funded Second World War Network (Scotland); PI on AHRC project 'Beyond Borders: The Second World War, National Identities and Empire in the UK'; Author of Wales in England 1914-1945
@momoulton.bsky.social
Professor of Modern British & Irish History at the University of Birmingham (UK). I write about communities from a queer & trans perspective. Currently working on cooperative creameries and queer languages of kinship. Je parle français. 한국어를 공부하고 있어요.
@delaycara.bsky.social
Historian of reproduction and women's health studying abortion in Ireland and the American south. WGST professor at the University of South Carolina
@petergray47.bsky.social
Historian of 19thC Ireland; Director of Irish Studies, QUB. Last book: William Sharman Crawford and Ulster Radicalism (2023); working on politics of Irish land reform and the Tenant League(s). Chair of @Irishhistorians.bsky.social There may also be cats.
@simonbriercliffe.bsky.social
Historian at the Black Country Museum and elsewhere: talk to me about the Black Country, Shropshire, modern and local British history, the Irish in Britain, museums, local heritage and all stops in between. Baby gaeilgeoir. https://simonbriercliffe.com/
@draftery.bsky.social
University College Dublin | Full Prof of the History of Education | FRHistS | Affls.: University of Cambridge & Trinity College Dublin | author | mother | gardener | sailor | book collector. Writes about 19thC schools/childhood/convents/Irish diaspora.
@gillianobrien.bsky.social
Professor of Public History. Author of 'The Darkness Echoing'. Public History/Museums/Heritage/Memory/Death/Dark Tourism/Spies/Nuns/ Board member Irish Museums Association
@drciaranmcdonnell.bsky.social
Historian: 18thC war & society (Jacobites, French Revolution & Napoleonic Wars), Irish in foreign armies (Wild Geese), Medieval history (Crusades). Also interested in archaeology & heritage management. https://ciaranmcdonnell.weebly.com/
@peelersandsheep.bsky.social
New documentary short ‘Land and Revolution’ out now - https://youtu.be/9KUqvXjlHts?si=Dhn-BXZTHQHbF51v New edited volume ‘Spirit of Revolution’ - https://www.fourcourtspress.ie/books/2022/spirit-of-revolution
@kellyodonn.bsky.social
History person. Clover’s dog mom. ☘️ Definitely not that journalist of the same name, so I am begging you please don't @ me.
@maryburke.bsky.social
Race Politics & Irish America (OxfordUP bit.ly/3XKj0nn) Excerpt: bit.ly/3FuH1sa Podcast: bit.ly/3ZT7pnW JuanitaCasey "HorseOfSelene"Afterword: bit.ly/3QTOlSo Irish/Irish-U.S. identities & cultures/ #irishresearch https://english.uconn.edu/person/mary-burke
@emilymfg.bsky.social
Professor of Art History & Cultural Policy at University College Dublin (UCD). Irish studies; art history; museums; photography; cultural omnivore. Angeleno by birth, Dubliner by choice. Mildly interesting at times. https://people.ucd.ie/emily.mark
@joguldi.bsky.social
Professor of Quantitative Methods at Emory. Data scientist, writer, historian. Newest: The Long Land War (2022), The Dangerous Art of Text Mining (2023).
@maireadenright.bsky.social
Irish academic living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
@niamhroisin.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of History at the University of Limerick. Researching religious architecture, histories of public space. Interested in books, new music, design. #CeaseFireInGaza https://pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
@earlymodernjohn.bsky.social
Irishman in Yorkshire. Historian of language, education, mobility at the University of Leeds. Co-editor of the Historical Journal, occasional BBC radio presenter. Dad!
@conorbrockbank.bsky.social
PhD History student @QUB. Research incl. the Irish Diaspora in Wales, England and Zimbabwe, transnational networks within the Irish Carmelites + female Catholic religious institutions. Previously at Aberystwyth University
@olwenpurdue.bsky.social
Historian of the urban poor, children & welfare, migration, difficult public histories. Director, Centre for Public History Queen’s University Belfast . Happy in the forest with the pup or in front of the fire with a glass of something red
@stuartbro.bsky.social
PhD Researcher • QUB Belfast • Economic History • Banking History • Business History • Irish History • Irish in America • Scots-Irish in Baltimore • Alex Brown & Sons • Brown Brothers & Co 📍 Belfast / London
@swgannon.bsky.social
Irish Historian. Twentieth-Century Ireland: Ireland and Empire: Irish Revolution: Royal Irish Constabulary: Irish Jewish History. https://independent.academia.edu/Se%C3%A1nWilliamGannon https://irishhistorians.ie/members/seanwgannon/
@speakerconolly.bsky.social
Associate Professor of eighteenth century Irish History, co- director Trinity Colonial Legacies Project. Procrastinator
@karlykehoe.bsky.social
Professor of History & Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities. Working on issues & legacies of migration, religion, & empire. Committed to science diplomacy & freedom and responsibility in science. https://www.smu.ca/history/karly-kehoe.html
@elainefarrell.bsky.social
Professor of Irish History at Queen's University Belfast. 19th-century Irish social history, gender, crime, gossip and secrets. #BadBridget co-lead with Leanne McCormick @badbridgetbook
@carmenmangion.bsky.social
historian of 19th and 20th gender&religion; currently writing about feminist Catholics; religious communities in the inner city; lay sisters, female medical missioners
@drbethkitson.bsky.social
research and policy Pro Bono Economics PhD in economic and gender history people, data, stories
@timvrti.bsky.social
Research Fellow with the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland Based at Trinity College Dublin/PRONI Historian of 18th/19th century Britain and Ireland. Author of 'Irish Artisans and Radical Politics, 1776-1820' (Liverpool Uni Press, 2023)
@timtimothy87.bsky.social
Historian of 19th-20th c Ireland & the British Empire. Faculty at Marquette University (WI, USA). Researching national identity, empires, decolonization, popular culture, especially religion.
@tortietabby.bsky.social
Historian of medicine and gender in modern Ireland. Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. I work on #histmed, reproductive health, and activism. Cat lover. 🐈 she/her. https://www.strath.ac.uk/staff/proflaurakelly/
@lauramca.bsky.social
Irish Academic, archaeologist, heritage, memory, creative at UC Cork. Interest in post/conflict and post/colonial contexts inc fieldwork in Ireland and Caribbean.
@liamhogan.bsky.social
Librarian & Historian. Twitter migrant. Researching Slavery - Memory - Power. Blog > https://medium.com/@Limerick1914/ hcommons > https://hcommons.org/members/liamhogan/
@scrozierderosa.bsky.social
UOW Historian | Bks on Shame, Anti-Feminism & Empire, Remembering Women's Activism, & Emotions Sources | Irish Migrant | Dep Editor Women’s History Review | Views my own
@irishacw.bsky.social
Historian & Archaeologist. Digital Humanities, Public Engagement. Latest Book: lsupress.org/9780807183700/green-and-blue/ Transatlantic Podcast: shows.acast.com/transatlantic StoryMaps: storymaps.com/profile/irishacw www.shielsheritage.com
@irishhistorians.bsky.social
The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences is the national committee for history in Ireland. Further details: http://www.historians.ie/
@irishinstitute.bsky.social
Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history. https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
@bairishstudies.bsky.social
BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. https://bairishstudies.wordpress.com/
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
@bc-irish-studies.bsky.social
The Irish Studies program at Boston College offers a richly interdisciplinary study of Irish and Irish-American culture, history, and society. https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/morrissey/sites/irish.html
@aidanbeatty.com
History Lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University and President of the American Conference for Irish Studies Current research: Capitalism and Irish nationalism Old research: aidanbeatty.com/books/
@catbateson.bsky.social
American Historian & Lecturer/FRHistS/British Online Archives Academic Liaison Manager/Associate Editor http://irishamericancivilwar.com / “Irish American Civil War Songs” LSU Press out now! https://lsupress.org/books/detail/irish-american-civil-war-songs/
@baileyhistory.bsky.social
VAP, History @BostonCollege Writing about the Irish diaspora and the Spanish Empire; Capitalism & Slavery; Cuba, New Spain & Gulf Coast
@annaannawalsh.bsky.social
Contemporary historian. Interested in migration, cities and towns, visual and material cultures, 20th century buildings, photography, leisure centres, pubs, creative methodologies, Irish and British history and oral history. Liverpool.
@siobhraaiken.bsky.social
Léachtóir Sinsearach/ Senior Lecturer @ Ollscoil na Banríona, Queen's University Belfast. Member of Young Academy Ireland. Legacies of Irish revolution | modernist & contemporary Irish literature | ✍🏼📖 on urban Gaeltacht communities in US at turn of 20c
@shahmimaakhtar.bsky.social
Historian. Exhibiting Irishness: Empire, race and nation, c. 1850-1970 out now with @ManchesterUP Studies in Imperialism Series. 30% discount code: EVENT30
@mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in interwar Europe (think Marks & Engels meets Mills & Boon). Author of Irish Book Awards shortlisted HOTEL LUX — about a hotel in 1920s Moscow — and radical history newsletter Archive Rats: archiverats.substack.com
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
@dihall.bsky.social
Victoria University, Melbourne. Historican of Ireland and the Irish diaspora. Interested in gender, violence, religion, race and memory
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
@kevinkenny.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora
@kevinkosullivan.bsky.social
Author of The NGO Moment (http://cambridge.org/9781108708548). Associate Professor in History at University of Galway. Co-editor @difp-ria.bsky.social. Currently researching climate change and capitalism in c20th & early c21st Ireland
@sophcocooper.bsky.social
Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.