Tomás Irish
@tomasirish.bsky.social
Professor at Swansea University. Interested in internationalism, humanitarianism, reparations, war and peace. Currently writing book about creation of UNESCO.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/feeding-the-mind/54928931819294582DE0357C61AEBD7F
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/feeding-the-mind/54928931819294582DE0357C61AEBD7F
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I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
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📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
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#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.
📢 Ed. with @capandgown.bsky.social A Cultural History of Higher Learning in the Age of Industry was published by Bloomsbury today! Many thanks to the series eds & all contributors
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
#histed @sheffielduni.bsky.social @histedsocuk.bsky.social @ische-news.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Really excited to see this volume published! My contribution is called 'communities' and explores 19th century universities as sites of inclusion and exclusion in real and imagined ways.
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We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We are recruiting again. Come join the Trondheim team of BLOCKADE as a 4 year, fully funded postdoc in Modern Economic History - you'll be working with Prof. Jonas Scherner and in one of the most beautiful university towns in Europe (evidence from last visit below)! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...
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Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Eighty years after the end of World War II and in view of the numerous conflicts worldwide, urgent questions about the nature and history of postwar times once again arise. The FRIAS project group "Post-war periods" organizes an international conference on the topic. uni-freiburg.de/frias/the-af...
Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Very much looking forward to this great conference about Post-War Times next week in Freiburg!
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[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !
The Committed Neutrality - Casa de Velázquez
www.casadevelazquez.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
[SAVE THE DATE] We are organising a conference on neutrality and humanitarianism (1914–1920s), taking place April 15–17, 2026. Deadline for proposals: December 1 > www.casadevelazquez.org/news/the-com... Thanks to @casadevelazquez.bsky.social, FIES, @fwwsoc.bsky.social, @uc3m.es for your support !
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We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
We're so looking forward to talking to everyone at the @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social History and Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum later this month! Come find our stall, we'd love to meet you.
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Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education?
Consider submitting to our academic journal!
Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...
#histed #academia #edusky
Consider submitting to our academic journal!
Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...
#histed #academia #edusky
September 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Do you have research you would like to share in the field of history of education?
Consider submitting to our academic journal!
Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...
#histed #academia #edusky
Consider submitting to our academic journal!
Find out more about it, and check out our submission site: www.tandfonline.com/journals/the...
#histed #academia #edusky
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From the latest issue of 'History' (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): a roundtable on 'US Universities and the State: Perspectives from the Twentieth Century' w/ contributions from @kateballantyne.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, @charle.bsky.social, and Christopher P. Loss.
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History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century
This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
From the latest issue of 'History' (@hisjournalha.bsky.social): a roundtable on 'US Universities and the State: Perspectives from the Twentieth Century' w/ contributions from @kateballantyne.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, @charle.bsky.social, and Christopher P. Loss.
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century
This roundtable explores four historical episodes in the history of state–university relations in the United States. In doing so, it addresses issues that also figure prominently in present-day debat...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Delighted to be part of this roundtable on US 'Universities and the State' now available open access with @hisjournalha.bsky.social
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
History Roundtable on US Universities and the State: Episodes from the Twentieth Century - History onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.
A Return of the Blue Book?
Grading and Shifting Skills in an Era of AI
michaelneiberg.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I started a #Substack on #AI and #HigherEd. This is #4, on how we grade in an era of AI. Happy back to school!: michaelneiberg.substack.com/p/a-return-o... Are there #AI starter packs out there? Thanks.
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Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓
Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.
Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.
Ground-breaking research, completely free.
Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.
Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.
Ground-breaking research, completely free.
July 22, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Hey... our July titles in Modern History are all #OpenAccess on manchesterhive.com 🔓
Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.
Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.
Ground-breaking research, completely free.
Available from 29 July, these books are new in our @sshmedicine.bsky.social & Cultural History of Modern War series.
Feat. @sarahcrook.bsky.social, Joel Morley & more.
Ground-breaking research, completely free.
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Congratulations @simonajohn.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, Hannah Lyons, and the contributors! We're looking forward to seeing the volume when it's in print.
Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Congratulations @simonajohn.bsky.social, @tomasirish.bsky.social, Hannah Lyons, and the contributors! We're looking forward to seeing the volume when it's in print.
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Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Submitted to the publisher this morning: 'Contested Histories: Global Perspectives on the Past, Present and Future of Public Monuments', edited by myself, @tomasirish.bsky.social and Hannah Lyons. Could also have been titled 'Colston Five Years On' @swanseahistory.bsky.social
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We’re hiring: Membership Administrator
Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator
Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity
Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator
Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
We’re hiring: Membership Administrator
Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator
Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity
Join the HA team in our London office as a full-time Membership Administrator
Check out the full job description and application details: www.history.org.uk/membership/news/4310/membership-administrator-job-opportunity
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Just over a week to go until the closing date for this...
Do you have a fabulous MA student who is interested in the 1990s? Send this fully-funded 4 year AHRC doctoral studentship their way. They'll get to work with me (yay?) and the fabulous @jessamycarlson.bsky.social (yay!) www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...
History: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Early education, education, education: childcare in the policy and imagination of New Labour’s England, 1994-2003 (RS852) - Swansea UniversityMenu
We offer a wide range of funded and fully funded research scholarships in all subject areas. Explore your options and apply now.
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July 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Delighted with the latest review of Feeding the Mind, this time by Daniel Gorman in the Journal of Modern History who calls it 'an impressive work of transnational history.'
doi.org/10.1086/735207
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doi.org/10.1086/735207
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July 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Delighted with the latest review of Feeding the Mind, this time by Daniel Gorman in the Journal of Modern History who calls it 'an impressive work of transnational history.'
doi.org/10.1086/735207
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
doi.org/10.1086/735207
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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#History #AcademicSky History PhDs/ECRs: working on an article? We are running a workshop on 'Writing History Articles' @histassoc.bsky.social in London on 19 Sept. See below for details, deadline 20 Aug. Some (limited) travel support available.
www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
Writing History Articles: A Workshop for PhD students and ECRs
www.history.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#History #AcademicSky History PhDs/ECRs: working on an article? We are running a workshop on 'Writing History Articles' @histassoc.bsky.social in London on 19 Sept. See below for details, deadline 20 Aug. Some (limited) travel support available.
www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
www.history.org.uk/higher-ed/re...
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Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online
Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online
Almost all 19th-century census records were destroyed but some have been recovered as part of the Virtual Treasury project
www.irishtimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Worldwide interest expected as 19th-century Irish census records recovered and put online
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My reading for the weekend arrived
June 20, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My reading for the weekend arrived
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I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Feeding the Mind is now available in paperback and you can get 20% off using the code HIST1925.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Feeding the Mind
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Feeding the Mind
www.cambridge.org
June 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
Feeding the Mind is now available in paperback and you can get 20% off using the code HIST1925.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Feeding the Mind
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Feeding the Mind
www.cambridge.org
June 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm thrilled with Michael Barnett's generous review of Feeding the Mind in the June issue of the American Historical Review which you can find here: academic.oup.com/ahr/article/...
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My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
Rethinking the Colonial in the Greater War
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June 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
My first article for the @erc.europa.eu funded COLVET
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
project has been published Open Access in @conteurohistory.bsky.social. It explores how the Greater War concept might facilitate better engagement with colonial experiences of conflict in the early 20th century www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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I couldn't wait, so I grabbed the hardback when it was out. For everyone else who's looking into the post WWI intellectual life, it's a must.
Feeding the Mind is now available in paperback and you can get 20% off using the code HIST1925.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/f...
Feeding the Mind
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Feeding the Mind
www.cambridge.org
June 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I couldn't wait, so I grabbed the hardback when it was out. For everyone else who's looking into the post WWI intellectual life, it's a must.