History at Queen's University Belfast
@qubhistory.bsky.social
History in the School of HAPP and adjacent historians at Queen's University Belfast. Find the QUB Historians and projects under ‘Lists’. We are at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
My friend and colleague getting the recognition he deserves for his brilliant book. Good luck Kieran!
"I want to know what it was like to live in those multicultural societies at different points in time."
@kieranconnell.bsky.social on his approach to writing 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
@kieranconnell.bsky.social on his approach to writing 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' #WolfsonHistoryPrize. @hurstpublishers.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My friend and colleague getting the recognition he deserves for his brilliant book. Good luck Kieran!
In his outstanding 2025 Wiles Lectures at QUB, Sven Beckert addressed many of the themes and episodes which are now explored at length in his new book 'Capitalism: a global history' - it's reviewed here by Marcus Rediker in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
How Capitalism Took Over the World
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In his outstanding 2025 Wiles Lectures at QUB, Sven Beckert addressed many of the themes and episodes which are now explored at length in his new book 'Capitalism: a global history' - it's reviewed here by Marcus Rediker in the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/b...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Very happy to be included on this shortlist for my biography-in-progress on Darina Silone, an Irishwoman in the Italian antifascist resistance thebiographersclub.com/the-biograph...
@qubhistory.bsky.social
@qubhistory.bsky.social
The Biographers’ Club is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Elizabeth Buccleuch Prize 2025! | The Biographer's Club
The prize awards £2,000 to the best proposal for an uncommissioned first biography, and is generously sponsored by the Duke of Buccleuch in memory of his late wife Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch (195...
thebiographersclub.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Very happy to be included on this shortlist for my biography-in-progress on Darina Silone, an Irishwoman in the Italian antifascist resistance thebiographersclub.com/the-biograph...
@qubhistory.bsky.social
@qubhistory.bsky.social
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
This November the @dib.ie publishes 29 biographical entries: 28 new entries alongside an extensive revision of an existing entry. This eclectic range of noteworthy lives, drawn from across the spectrum of Irish society can be viewed here:
www.dib.ie/news/broadca...
www.dib.ie/news/broadca...
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
This November the @dib.ie publishes 29 biographical entries: 28 new entries alongside an extensive revision of an existing entry. This eclectic range of noteworthy lives, drawn from across the spectrum of Irish society can be viewed here:
www.dib.ie/news/broadca...
www.dib.ie/news/broadca...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Please do spread the word.
Just a reminder to our members we will be updating our Members Directory in December. If you would like to have your name added to the Directory please email Martin at [email protected]. We especially encourage PhD & ECR's to submit their name to the Directory.
On this International Women's Day the WHAI is delighted to announce our intention to create an online Directory for our members. See below for more details.
November 26, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Please do spread the word.
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Registration for this conference closes today - there are a few places left!
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Registration for this conference closes today - there are a few places left!
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
In a change to the advertised schedule this week‘s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar will be given by QUB’s very own @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social. Snacks & drinks will be provided as usual. For more information & to sign up to attend online, see the Eventbrite below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
November 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
In a change to the advertised schedule this week‘s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar will be given by QUB’s very own @pfarrelly2025.bsky.social. Snacks & drinks will be provided as usual. For more information & to sign up to attend online, see the Eventbrite below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
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...
November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Irish Studies Seminar: Catriona Kennedy
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If you missed Catriona Kennedy's talk yesterday on 'Women, politics, and the Irish public sphere in the age of revolution', a recording is now available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-dV...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Junior Research Fellowship in the Northern Ireland Peace Process (Quill Project)
Pembroke College wishes to appoint a Junior Research Fellow in the History of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The appointment will be from early 2026 until 31 July 2027. The post is full-time and ...
www.pmb.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New vacancy (Junior Research Fellowship) working on the Northern Ireland Peace Process at the Quill Project in Oxford!
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Based at Pembroke College with funding from the Carnegie Foundation of New York.
See details here: www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/vacancy/juni...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Delighted to be invited by @conorbrockbank.bsky.social and the @qubhistory.bsky.social Seminar Series committee to deliver a paper next Friday!
Topic: The Tory Titanic: Civic Society Opposition to Thatcher's Poll Tax.
4pm, 27 University Square. All welcome sign-up at Eventbrite! #History #QUB
Topic: The Tory Titanic: Civic Society Opposition to Thatcher's Poll Tax.
4pm, 27 University Square. All welcome sign-up at Eventbrite! #History #QUB
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Delighted to be invited by @conorbrockbank.bsky.social and the @qubhistory.bsky.social Seminar Series committee to deliver a paper next Friday!
Topic: The Tory Titanic: Civic Society Opposition to Thatcher's Poll Tax.
4pm, 27 University Square. All welcome sign-up at Eventbrite! #History #QUB
Topic: The Tory Titanic: Civic Society Opposition to Thatcher's Poll Tax.
4pm, 27 University Square. All welcome sign-up at Eventbrite! #History #QUB
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
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...
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
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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...
AHRC 'Doctoral Landscape' - 6 awards for candidates proposing their own research topics - closing 13 January 2026
www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We're very excited to announce our collaborative PhD with @qubhistory.bsky.social on the residents of The Salvation Army's Bethel Rescue Home in Belfast in the C19th. Supervised by @elainefarrell.bsky.social (@badbridgetbook.bsky.social)
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Applications by 13 Jan 2026.
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: CSHIS01 - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Funded PhDs at QUB:
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Belfast’s ‘bad girls’ and gender-based discrimination, c.1870-1920'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'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
November 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Observing the Heavens from the ‘Periphery’: Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'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
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Our Place: Our Stories: History and Placemaking among Belfast's Underserved Communities'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
Funded PhD opportunities at QUB:
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
'Childcare provision in late twentieth-century Northern Ireland (1960s-1990s)'
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...
REF: DfEHIS - HIS-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
www.qub.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Opportunity to work with other me on a funded PhD at Queens - may suit anyone interested in gender, history of the child and family in 20thC Ireland. Happy to chat to anyone thinking of it!
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
On my way to Belfast this morning to talk about the pharmaceutical industry, bodies, ecosystems, and how we read the history of Ireland's economic transformation since the 1960s. Will include some chat about the smells of 1980s Ireland, as well as what topography tells us about Ireland's economy.
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
On my way to Belfast this morning to talk about the pharmaceutical industry, bodies, ecosystems, and how we read the history of Ireland's economic transformation since the 1960s. Will include some chat about the smells of 1980s Ireland, as well as what topography tells us about Ireland's economy.
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Fabulous PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast and Armagh Observatory:
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Observing the Heavens from the 'Periphery': Astronomy in Ireland 1640-1830
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post... Deadline 13 Jan #histSTM #histastro
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
A really thrilling day working on an upcoming documentary for BBC Radio 4: the story of a family history of anti-Nazi resistance.
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A really thrilling day working on an upcoming documentary for BBC Radio 4: the story of a family history of anti-Nazi resistance.
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
Thanks to the IISH Amsterdam for hosting and sharing some of its vast riches!
Reposted by History at Queen's University Belfast
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Applications invited for the Society's Centenary PhD Fellowships, 2026-27 - RHS
Applications are now invited for the Royal Historical Society’s Centenary PhD Fellowships to support postgraduate historians to complete a doctorate. Two Fellowships, of six months each, are offered f...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Applications are now invited for the Society's 2026-27 Centenary PhD Fellowships for early career historians completing a doctorate bit.ly/48pWB72
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
Fellowships provide support of £8500 per award for 6 months and are held jointly with @ihr.bsky.social. Closing date: 31 January 2026 #Skystorians
🎉 All stipendiary IHR Fellowships, Bursaries, & Prizes are now LIVE! 🎉
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/lst/
(All of our open competitions start with "IHR" in the title.)
Got a question? Please check the application page & our website for more information.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...
Programs - School of Advanced Study
universityoflondon.smapply.io
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A recording of @sophcocooper.bsky.social's recent @usihs.bsky.social talk on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora' is now available at: usihs36.com/2025/11/04/u...
USIHS Lecture – Dr Sophie Cooper (QUB): Building to feel ‘at home’
USIHS Seminar. Online only, Thursday 13 November at 7pm. Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora. This paper will explore the var…
usihs36.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
A recording of @sophcocooper.bsky.social's recent @usihs.bsky.social talk on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora' is now available at: usihs36.com/2025/11/04/u...