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Keith Lilley
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Academic geographer on a long journey. Coventry kid, washed up on Ireland's shore. Interests in bench marks, industrial archaeology, maps and mapping, new towns, landscape histories, medieval stuff, pottering about on my bike, being outdoors 🚵 .. more

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Keith Lilley is Professor at Queen's University Belfast, known as a historical geographer and urban historian.

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DH_Age @digitalheritageage.bsky.social · 8h
Among good company in this year @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social JIA. My paper explores phasing of 12/13th C. Buildings in Connacht and regional patronage of stonemasons. - Thanks to Dr. Kerri Cleary for all her editorial guidance. I have big shoes to fill as I step into the editorial role.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 12h
Another year, another end-of-semester infographic presentation from my students. Here's a map showing Alcuin's letter network.
Map showing Alcuin's letter network (based on Allott)

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Prof. Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 21h
🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 2d
Absolutely hits the nail on the head 💪

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American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 2d
Demian Hommel, associate professor at Oregon State University, shares how the discipline is critical to create students who think spatially and act ethically: “Geography belongs at the center of that transformation, no longer a legacy subject, but a frontline framework.”
What If Geography Is the Curriculum We Need for the Future? - EdSurge News
A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”He ...
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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 2d
Ooh this sounds great 👍 👇
mediumaevum.bsky.social Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 2d
Five days remain to submit your presentation proposal for the Medieval Wales conference taking place at Prifysgol Caerdydd/ Cardiff University, 25th-26th April 2026.

Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

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Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures @mediumaevum.bsky.social · 2d
Five days remain to submit your presentation proposal for the Medieval Wales conference taking place at Prifysgol Caerdydd/ Cardiff University, 25th-26th April 2026.

Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 2d
Tomorrow, Wednesday 26 November, #Canterbury - open to the public and all welcome!
www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/2025/...
Event details: https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/2025/a-history-of-england-in-25-poems

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 2d
Our last seminar for this year, on 15 Dec. will be Patrick Walsh (TCD) speaking on 'A colonial sinew of power? Rethinking the 18th-century Irish state' (joint event with CECS). All welcome in-person and online. www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

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Isle of Man Public Record Office @isleofmanpro.bsky.social · 2d
This week's #TithePlanTuesday comes from the parish of Ballaugh. In 1840, Ellan Rhennee and Ballakeoge belonged to James Wilks, son of Elizabeth Christian and the Reverend James Wilks (described by A.W. Moore in Manx Worthies as 'the ablest Manx clergyman of his time'). #ManxArchives #IsleOfMan
Colour image of 1840 Tithe Plan showing lands at Ellan Rhennee, Ballaugh. The field divisions, land boundaries, neighbouring landowners' names etc are detailed in inks of various colours. The dimensions of each parcel of land (in acres, roods and perches) are shown. Colour image of 1840 Tithe Plan showing lands at Ballakeoge, Ballaugh. The field divisions, land boundaries, neighbouring landowners' names etc are detailed in inks of various colours. The dimensions of each parcel of land (in acres, roods and perches) are shown. The land borders the sea, which is delineated in blue inks.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 3d
Today's knowledge commons free download "Vikings' Settlements in Ireland Before 1014" (2014) #ireland #vikings #medievalsky #history #archaeology
works.hcommons.org/records/4ae7...

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Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social · 3d
🇺🇦 Anton Kotenko, 'The value of names: toponymic commercialization in late nineteenth-century Kyiv'

🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096...
Title and abstract for the linked article

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dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social · 4d
Our new South Ronaldsay field-names site is up and running:
fieldsoftime.cmackenzie.net

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 4d
@andccg.bsky.social 🙂🚲👇
cycul.bsky.social Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 4d
Good to meet up with other cycle campaigners from across Ireland at the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social “Crossing Borders Conference”in Drogheda - and thanks to Quay Cycles in Drogheda for the bike hire.

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 4d
Our new Maps & Memories project this week has a guided walk following in the footsteps of OS surveyors of 200 years ago 😍 with @nationaltrust.org.uk 👇

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Ulster Archaeological Society @ulster-archaeology.bsky.social · 4d
Our next monthly lecture is tomorrow at 19.30 in-person at Elmwood QUB and online (www.youtube.com/live/XkAIUSg...). It is titled ‘Drumclay in the 9th Century: From Dates to Daily Life — Reconstructing an Early Medieval Community’ and will be given by Dr Marie Therese Barrett (IAC).

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Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 4d
Good to meet up with other cycle campaigners from across Ireland at the @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social “Crossing Borders Conference”in Drogheda - and thanks to Quay Cycles in Drogheda for the bike hire.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 5d
Our great thanks to Jane Ohlmeyer who gave the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture on Friday evening.

Jane's lecture, 'Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland', charted new work to recover the lives of Irish women, c.1550-1700 bit.ly/43NZXhv. Video to follow soon #Skystorians
Jane Ohlmeyer delivers the Society's 2025 Anniversary Lecture - RHS
On 21 November, the Society was delighted to welcome Professor Jane Ohlmeyer to give the 2025 RHS Anniversary Lecture: ‘Visible | Invisible: Voices of Women in Early Modern Ireland’. Jane's lecture in...
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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
Interesting geographical distribution! 🤔
cathamclarke.bsky.social Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 5d
#Talk: 'From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England’s Places through #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. What happens to our understanding of the nation when we start at the very smallest scale? Friday 28 November, 3pm, University of Leicester - all welcome! www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/09/2...
Map created by the brilliant @shaunawaterman at Penguin Press, which helps us see how my book takes us inside different places across England. (Poems were pinned to places on the map for various reasons, and there are definitely conversations to be had there!)

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
Excellent, our @andccg.bsky.social cycle campaign group is represented by our chair Stephen McCrory 👍
petergray47.bsky.social Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 5d
I see some familiar faces there
cycul.bsky.social Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 5d
Down at the “Cycling Across Borders: All Ireland Cycle Campaigners Conference” in Drogheda, organised by @IrishCycle

Hearing about all the new infrastructure projects underway in ROI is going to be a tough listen!

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · 5d
I see some familiar faces there
cycul.bsky.social Cycul @cycul.bsky.social · 5d
Down at the “Cycling Across Borders: All Ireland Cycle Campaigners Conference” in Drogheda, organised by @IrishCycle

Hearing about all the new infrastructure projects underway in ROI is going to be a tough listen!

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
Aw yes of course, I use this a lot in my teaching on maps and mappings, inspired by the late great J B Harley 🙏

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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 5d
#Talk: 'From Nation to Local: Re-Discovering England’s Places through #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems'. What happens to our understanding of the nation when we start at the very smallest scale? Friday 28 November, 3pm, University of Leicester - all welcome! www.englishlocalhistory.org/wp/2025/09/2...
Map created by the brilliant @shaunawaterman at Penguin Press, which helps us see how my book takes us inside different places across England. (Poems were pinned to places on the map for various reasons, and there are definitely conversations to be had there!)

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 5d
The Royal Irish Academy has just released the Discourse Series 2024/25 report ‘Our Future with AI’

Read the report and explore what our future with AI could look like: https://www.ria.ie/2025/11/19/our-future-with-ai-the-2024-25-discourse-series-report-is-out-now/

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 5d
Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
adammarkham.bsky.social Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 6d
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
An old map under glass.

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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 6d
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
An old map under glass.

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 6d
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
With match funding from Queen’s, we are offering six funded studentships beginning in 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 6d
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Art and enhancing community engagement with and support for net zero and climate action'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEPOL1 - POL-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 6d
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS03 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 6d
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS02 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk