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Joel Herman

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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

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · Nov 7

Thanks for following along. I’m here for all things history. But posting mostly on the history of Ireland, America, Britain, and the wider Atlantic world, 1650-1850.

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Modern Intellectual History @mihjournal.bsky.social · 1d

Now on FirstView: Losing Control of Tocqueville? Peter Madill and Richard Whatmore examine Jacob Peter Mayer and the genesis of Gallimard’s Oeuvres complètes d’Alexis de Tocqueville

Losing Control of Tocqueville: J. P. Mayer and the Genesis of Gallimard’s Oeuvres complètes d’Alexis de Tocqueville | Modern Intellectual History | Cambridge Core

Losing Control of Tocqueville: J. P. Mayer and the Genesis of Gallimard’s Oeuvres complètes d’Alexis de Tocqueville

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Age of Revolutions @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social · 1d

@katytelling.bsky.social explores how race and masculinity were contested and constructed in the early American republic. What did it mean to have “a great reputation among men”? Dive into the complexities of honor, identity, and power.

📖 Read here: ageofrevolutions.com/2025/10/13/a...

A Great Reputation Among Men: Race and Contested Masculinities in the Early American Republic

By Kathleen Telling In 1785, Robert Pleasants, a wealthy tobacco planter, abolitionist, and prominent member of Henrico County’s Quaker community, penned a letter to Virginia’s most famous son, Geo…

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UCL Early Modern Exchanges @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social · 1d

HYBRID: Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History
29 Oct 5:30–7:30 pm
A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic: Bethan Fisk, @chloeireton.bsky.social, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez.
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Space, Mobility, and Subjecthood in Early Modern History

A roundtable with authors of new books on histories of the Spanish Atlantic, featuring Bethan Fisk, Chloe L. Ireton, Adolfo Polo y la Borda, Julia McClure and Santiago Muñoz Arbeláez. Respondent, Jorg...

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Keith Grant @keithsgrant.bsky.social · 15h

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No parties, only men voting and no secret ballot. New Brunswick did elections differently in 1785. | CBC News

When it comes to democracy, New Brunswick's first ride was more than a little bumpy. It was 240 years ago this week that politicians first hit the campaign trail in the newly established British colon...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

The October updates include, for example, 162 titles about the history of Wales, 229 records re histories of African nations, 359 publications re Scottish history, 448 records discuss the histories of the Americas and Atlantic Ocean, 468 publications focusing on Irish history, and much more.

Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 1d

The Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) has recently been updated with 5000+ new references. Discover further details about this update in this On History blog blog.history.ac.uk/2025/10/bibl... @brepols.net

Bibliography of British and Irish History October 2025 update - On History

What’s new in BBIH?  The October 2025 update to the Bibliography of British and Irish History adds over 5,000 new publications. The new update includes books, journal articles, book chapters and…

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Ciaran O'Neill @ciaranon.bsky.social · 1d

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030.

One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods.

www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

PhD Opportunity - Trinity East - Graduate Studies | Trinity College Dublin

Professor Timothy Stott and his team are inviting applications to doctoral research on the heritage of Trinity East in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin.

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Marsh's Library @marshslibrary.bsky.social · 1d

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Was great to meet you.

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 3d

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Was great to meet you Billy.

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks so much for coming, Niamh!

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 3d

It was a fantastic closing roundtable and a fitting end to a wonderful two days. Many thanks to my co-organisers, @virtualtreasury.bsky.social, @tlrhub.bsky.social, and all the speakers, participants, and attendees! The start of a generative conversation that I hope we will continue.

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much, Patrick!

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 5d

Was a fantastic first day at ’Ireland and the American Revolution’ capped off by a brilliant keynote address by Prof. Eliga Gould. Looking forward to day two.

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 5d

Off to @tlrhub.bsky.social for what should be a fascinating conference on Ireland and the American Revolution organised by @joelherman.bsky.social and @timvrti.bsky.social with support from @historytcd.bsky.social and @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

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Ireland and the American Revolution - Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute | Trinity College Dublin

A-two day conference exploring the role of Ireland and its people in the American Revolution, will take place in Trinity Long Room Hub on Thursday, 9 October and Friday, 10 October.

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Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman @niamhroisin.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to attending this conference today!

Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 28d

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

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Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social · 5d

How was Ireland involved in the American Revolution? 🇮🇪 🇺🇸

Launching the ‘Ireland and the American Revolution’ conference, Dr @joelherman.bsky.social (@tcddublin.bsky.social & @virtualtreasury.bsky.social) explains how Ireland is connected with the #AmericanRevolution.

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Ireland and the American Revolution

YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities

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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 5d

Enjoyable conference today @joelherman.bsky.social - esp. Atlantic world session of interest, encourages me to read again a slightly battered copy of David N.Doyle's book.
Back tomorrow.

David N. Doyle’s Ireland, Irishmen and Revolutionary America explores the political and social links between Ireland and America from 1760 to 1820. It focuses on Irish migration, especially of Ulster Protestants, and how their identities and loyalties evolved in the revolutionary Atlantic world. He examines why some Irish emigrants supported American independence while others remained loyal to Britain, and connects developments in Ireland to wider movements for reform and revolution in America, France, and Britain.
The book places Ireland within the broader Atlantic context, showing how ideas and people moved across borders.

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Museum of the American Revolution @amrevmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

In Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire, historian Eliga Gould reinterprets the Revolutionary era not just as a domestic struggle for independence, but as a quest for legitimacy on the global stage.

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Among the Powers of the Earth

Read an excerpt from Eliga H. Gould's book, Among the Powers of the Earth.

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Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social · 6d

Really looking forward to your talk!

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Henry Snow @henrysnow.bsky.social · 7d

My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it

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Terra Nova

A bottom-up story of the fishworkers, whalers, First Nations, merchantwomen, oceans, and animals who together made a new colonial world in the early Atlantic...

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Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies @abdnriiss.bsky.social · 8d

We have more exciting things lined up this semester. The New Voices in Irish and Scottish Studies webinar series is back and has a stellar line-up of emerging researchers. To attend simply contact Dr Sharp at the address on the poster:

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Rachel Herrmann @raherrmann.bsky.social · 7d

Yesterday I submitted the proofs for Claiming Land, Claiming Water: Borders and the People Who Crossed Them in the Early Modern Atlantic. This volume I’m editing with Jessica Roney is out next spring with @pennpress.bsky.social, but here’s a peek now at our table of contents!

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 7d

📢NEW MANY HEADED MONSTER POST📢

A series of posts to celebrate the publication of a really important new study of work in #EarlyModern England, by Jane Whittle, Mark Hailwood, Hannah Robb, Taylor Aucoin.

Just off to fetch a 'burden of wood'. 🪵🪵🪵🪵🪵 🗃️

Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social · 7d

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?'

Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England)

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The Experience of Work in Early Modern England I: Winter is Coming

This post is part of a series that marks the publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by monster head Mark Hailwood, along with Jane Whittle, Hannah Ro…

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Casey Schmitt @csschmitt.bsky.social · 7d

If you're bored tonight around 7pm EST, join Jessica Chopin Roney and I for a conversation about The Predatory Sea! 🗃️

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Fireside Chat- The Predatory Sea: Human Trafficking and Captivity in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 7d

Join us on 8 Oct for Collecting Ireland’s History, a lecture for the Dublin Festival of History in collaboration with @virtualtreasury.bsky.social

Explore 700 years of Irish manuscript collecting.

Book your tickets now: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

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