Dr. Morgan Wait
@mwait13.bsky.social
Historian of late 20th century Ireland. Interests in media, recreation, gender, and sexuality. Dog parent. Historian for the lols.
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Dr. Morgan Wait
@mwait13.bsky.social
· Apr 11
I am beyond delighted to share that my first book Rediscovering Women in Early Irish Television 1957-73 is officially under contract with @livunipress.bsky.social and will be part of the brilliant Reappraisals in Irish History Series. I am so excited to be able to get this work out in the world.
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Do go along to the launch of Antonia Hart's new monograph, The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 (LUP). It is a brilliant piece of work, beautifully written, and well worth reading.
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Do go along to the launch of Antonia Hart's new monograph, The Commercial Lives of Irish Women, 1850-1922 (LUP). It is a brilliant piece of work, beautifully written, and well worth reading.
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street
Thursday, 4th December | 7pm
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Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning.
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Required reading of the most welcome sort in IHS this morning.
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
'It is in the space between our divining and conjuring that the argument lies, the debate happens, history is written and the story gets its endless quality.'
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00.
October 8, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We are delighted to welcome @susiedeedigan.bsky.social to Maynooth tomorrow evening for a research seminar entitled '"Hardly serious”: the detention of republican women in wartime Ireland, 1939-45'. The seminar is open to the public and will take place in Roque Lab, Rhetoric House 17:00-18:00.
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Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
We are delighted to release the full conference programme for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians. Full details and registration available here: www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish...
35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities
The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History
www.eventbrite.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Programme and registration is now available for the 35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
@maynoothuniversity.ie, 12-13 September.
Please share widely.
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Delighted that the CfP for the first @kthabitproject.bsky.social workshop is now live! Please do circulate freely, and consider submitting an abstract if of interest. Also more than happy to answer any queries you might have about the workshop, etc.
CfP: Excited to announce our first workshop, exploring histories of Commercial Determinants of Health. Workshop to be held at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on 15 April 2026. Please circulate widely/consider submitting an abstract by 13 October 2025.
July 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Delighted that the CfP for the first @kthabitproject.bsky.social workshop is now live! Please do circulate freely, and consider submitting an abstract if of interest. Also more than happy to answer any queries you might have about the workshop, etc.
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My @researchireland.ie project 'LGBT+ Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward'. Panels & podcasts from (1)History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (2)Where We’re Going – Backlash, Solidarity, and Mobilising 👉 historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023 - History Hub
LGBT Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward is a UCD project which comprised of two workshops which were organised by Dr Mary McAuliffe (Director, UCD Gender Studies), in partners...
historyhub.ie
June 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
My @researchireland.ie project 'LGBT+ Activism in Ireland, 1973-2023: Looking Back, Going Forward'. Panels & podcasts from (1)History of LGBT Activism in Ireland (2)Where We’re Going – Backlash, Solidarity, and Mobilising 👉 historyhub.ie/lgbt-activis...
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
#speirgorm #queerhistories #LGBTIQactivisms
This is still one of my favorite research discoveries I've ever made. That said I won't be watching the Eurovision again this year for all the obvious reasons.
How the cost of the 1971 Eurovision nearly sank RTÉ. The station's decision to film the 1971 Eurovision in colour led to programme cutbacks and cancellations, writes @mwait13.bsky.social #Eurovision2025 www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How the cost of the 1971 Eurovision nearly sank RTÉ
The station's decision to film the 1971 Eurovision in colour led to programme cutbacks and cancellations
www.rte.ie
May 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is still one of my favorite research discoveries I've ever made. That said I won't be watching the Eurovision again this year for all the obvious reasons.
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Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
How did the housewives of rural Ireland make money?
Census categories camouflaged the multi-faceted and often profitable nature of many women's work within the home
www.rte.ie
May 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Recently published by @drdeefoley.bsky.social: how did the housewives of rural Ireland make money? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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I’m starting the week of 19 May with a paper to War Studies @ucddublin.bsky.social and finishing it on 24th with a paper to the @whaireland.bsky.social 2025 conference in Carlow College! Looking forward also to co-hosting papers by @caitbeaumont.bsky.social and Eilis ni Dhuibne in between!
& on 19 May can't wait to hear papers by fab #Afterlives project colleagues @fionnualawalsh.bsky.social & @tiinalintunen.bsky.social speaking at @ucddublin.bsky.social Centre for War Studies event. Again open to all, don't miss what will be an important session on women's experiences of civil war.
May 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I’m starting the week of 19 May with a paper to War Studies @ucddublin.bsky.social and finishing it on 24th with a paper to the @whaireland.bsky.social 2025 conference in Carlow College! Looking forward also to co-hosting papers by @caitbeaumont.bsky.social and Eilis ni Dhuibne in between!
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🎧Tune in to episode one of Trinity Talks: Dublin's Hidden Histories on @nearfm.ie, where Ciaran Murray interviews Dr Susan Byrne (@historytcd.bsky.social) about Mountjoy Prison and female prisoners of the Free State. 🇮🇪
🔊Listen now: listenagain.org?p=55214
🔊Listen now: listenagain.org?p=55214
April 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🎧Tune in to episode one of Trinity Talks: Dublin's Hidden Histories on @nearfm.ie, where Ciaran Murray interviews Dr Susan Byrne (@historytcd.bsky.social) about Mountjoy Prison and female prisoners of the Free State. 🇮🇪
🔊Listen now: listenagain.org?p=55214
🔊Listen now: listenagain.org?p=55214
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PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.
I am beyond delighted to share that my first book Rediscovering Women in Early Irish Television 1957-73 is officially under contract with @livunipress.bsky.social and will be part of the brilliant Reappraisals in Irish History Series. I am so excited to be able to get this work out in the world.
April 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I am beyond delighted to share that my first book Rediscovering Women in Early Irish Television 1957-73 is officially under contract with @livunipress.bsky.social and will be part of the brilliant Reappraisals in Irish History Series. I am so excited to be able to get this work out in the world.
Really looking forward to speaking at this at the end of the month.
Booking now for this symposium on 25 April, featuring @kevinkosullivan.bsky.social @mwait13.bsky.social @tortietabby.bsky.social @brian-hanley.bsky.social and others working on Ireland in the 1970s beyond. Hoping for some interesting discussion! @iaphistorians.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social
Upcoming symposium, 25th April, on Contemporary Irish History. www.eventbrite.ie/e/new-direct...
April 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Really looking forward to speaking at this at the end of the month.
Looking forward to moderating a panel at this excellent event later in the week.
Really looking forward to this event on Thursday. Hearing the histories of those who campaigned for LGBT+ rights in Ireland from the 1970s. It is booked out but it’s being recorded so there will be a chance for all to hear the contributions and podcast. #history #queerhistories #speirgorm
April 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Looking forward to moderating a panel at this excellent event later in the week.
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Honoured to have contributed to this volume on death and institutions. My chapter examines how the priorities of post-Famine Irish workhouse administration shaped institutional mortality Thanks to @cendeathsociety.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
March 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Honoured to have contributed to this volume on death and institutions. My chapter examines how the priorities of post-Famine Irish workhouse administration shaped institutional mortality Thanks to @cendeathsociety.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/death-and-in...
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Wonderful Morning session @hexhistory.bsky.social Conferece. Gender, Sexuality, and in Modern Irish History by Susan Byrne, Deidre Foley & Morgan Wait.
March 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Wonderful Morning session @hexhistory.bsky.social Conferece. Gender, Sexuality, and in Modern Irish History by Susan Byrne, Deidre Foley & Morgan Wait.
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Fascinating talks yesterday for the Modern & Contemporary Irish History seminar by @caitwhite.bsky.social and @lmcevoy.bsky.social on public commemoration in sculpture, and the legacies of post-war humanitarian hospitality. Left me with a lot of ideas. @historytcd.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Fascinating talks yesterday for the Modern & Contemporary Irish History seminar by @caitwhite.bsky.social and @lmcevoy.bsky.social on public commemoration in sculpture, and the legacies of post-war humanitarian hospitality. Left me with a lot of ideas. @historytcd.bsky.social
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Looking forward to returning to Dublin to speak at the UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland’s seminar series on 6 Feb. My paper will discuss the institutional options for end of life in late 19th and early 20th century Dublin. #histmed #irishhistory #workhouse @tlrhub.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Looking forward to returning to Dublin to speak at the UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland’s seminar series on 6 Feb. My paper will discuss the institutional options for end of life in late 19th and early 20th century Dublin. #histmed #irishhistory #workhouse @tlrhub.bsky.social
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The spring series of CHOMI seminars begins with Dr Shelby Zimmerman on 6 Feb who will speak about: 'Who Cares for the Chronically Sick and Dying Poor?: The Role of the Dublin Workhouse as a ‘proto-hospice’ 1872-1920'
Current Seminar Series - UCD Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland
www.ucd.ie
January 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The spring series of CHOMI seminars begins with Dr Shelby Zimmerman on 6 Feb who will speak about: 'Who Cares for the Chronically Sick and Dying Poor?: The Role of the Dublin Workhouse as a ‘proto-hospice’ 1872-1920'
A link to my most recent article in case anyone missed it at the other place and is interested in women who worked at RTÉ. My free copies are used up but if you don't have access I can easily send a copy.
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
‘Well they Weren’t Married!’: The Marriage Bar at Radio/Telefís Éireann 1962–72
This article examines the use of the marriage bar at the Irish national broadcaster Radio/Telefís Éireann from 1962, when the station went to air, until 1972, when the station lifted the bar. The m...
doi.org
December 12, 2024 at 10:07 AM
A link to my most recent article in case anyone missed it at the other place and is interested in women who worked at RTÉ. My free copies are used up but if you don't have access I can easily send a copy.
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
doi.org/10.1080/0143...
I can't believe I have to learn a new platform at this big age.
December 10, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I can't believe I have to learn a new platform at this big age.