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Keith Lilley

@profkdlilley.bsky.social

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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

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

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 14h

👀 Fantastic opportunities (& dream job!):

Lecturers in Information Studies (Digital Humanities) @uofgartshums.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Lecturers in Information Studies (Digital Humanities) (R&T)

These roles are available at Lecturer Grade 7 or Grade 8 Level. Please indicate on your Covering Letter which Grade Level you are applying for. College of Arts and HumanitiesSchool of Humanities Le...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Thibault Clérice @ponteineptique.bsky.social · 19h

It's been brewing for months: @inriaparisnlp.bsky.social releases CoMMA (Corpus of Multilingual Medieval Archives) !

📚 2.5bn tokens of mostly Latin and French texts
🕰️ 800→1600 CE
📜 23k manuscripts
🖥️ 18k on the reading interface: comma.inria.fr
🔍 Paper: inria.hal.science/hal-05299220v1

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Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social · 20h

📆 Join us for our Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History, coming up later this month! This year, we are honoured to host speakers @kschake.bsky.social & Prof Francis Gavin

🕡 30 Oct, 18:30–20:00 GMT
📍 Strand Campus

👇 Registration is now open www.kcl.ac.uk/events/engel...

Engelsberg Annual Lecture in Applied History | King's College London

The Centre for Statecraft & National Security will host its Annual Lecture in Applied History. This year, we are honoured to host Dr Kori Schake and Professor Francis Gavin, who will be speaking about...

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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) @dri.ie · 20h

The DRI October Newsletter is out now!
This month's updates include news of new DRI Expert Advisory Group Members, our updated Digital Preservation Policy, a new collection and more, as well as a variety of exciting upcoming #DigiPres and #OpenScience events!

Subscribe: dri.ie/dri-friends-...

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 1d

Are you using #maps in research?

Want to learn about their history and use as sources?

In London in late January?

Sign up for @ihr.bsky.social short course, Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place!

#maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place

Discovery Course 1

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laurajcleaver.bsky.social @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 1d

Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Dean Bond @deanbond.bsky.social · 1d

Geographers: Please consider submitting an abstract for the 2026 AAG session I am organising: "Revisiting race, climate, and environment in the history of geographic thought". docs.google.com/document/d/1...

CFP, AAG 2026, Revisiting race, climate, environment in the history of geographic thought

CFP, AAG 2026, San Francisco Revisiting race, climate, and environment in the history of geographic thought This session invites papers that address questions of race and environment in the history of...

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Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 1d

Great stuff 👍 such a natural for the wireless, more please 😁

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Royal Archaeological Institute @royalarchinst.bsky.social · 2d

𝐑𝐀𝐈 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐙𝐄
𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

The MA Dissertation Prize will be for the best dissertation written in 2024 or 2025 on the archaeology or architectural history of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other countries.

Details at www.royalarchinst.org/grants/disse...

Dissertation prizes

The Institute awards a dissertation prize each year for either an undergraduate (the Tony Baggs Undergraduate Dissertation Prize) or Master's dissertation on an alternating basis. The prize goes to th...

www.royalarchinst.org

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 2d

Could you help shape the future of the CBA? We’re looking for two new Trustees!

You do not need a background in archaeology to apply. We’re particularly keen to hear from individuals with experience in:

📱Comms & Marketing
💚Safeguarding

👉 tinyurl.com/yc8k2cpp

Nominations close midnight 20/11

We are looking to fill vacancies on our Board of Trustees. If you think you have the skills and knowledge to help propel the CBA forwards into its next phase of development, please get in touch.

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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 2d

Grant: Archaeological Research for World Heritage Properties and Tentative List Sites

Through this grant, Clíodhna Ní Lionáin deepened her understanding of pollen analysis.

Apply for funding https://www.ria.ie/grants/archaeological-research-for-world-heritage-properties-and-tentative-list-sites/

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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

‪ANN SAUNDERS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2026

A prize of £1,000 is offered annually for an original and unpublished 8000-word research essay on the topography, development or buildings of London in any period.

Submissions by 1 April 2026.

Details can be found at: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...

Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 2d

Listening with interest 🙏

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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 2d

Free workshop (two afternoons) on ‘Getting started with open LLMs for humanities research’, 6-7 November www.sas.ac.uk/digital-huma...

Getting started with open LLMs for humanities research

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Journal of Historical Geography @jofhistgeog.bsky.social · 3d

New article!

'From idea to urban form: The evolution of Howard's concept & typology of historical garden cities in Poland', by Tomasz Spórna, Paweł Sudra, Tomasz Figlus, Łukasz Musiaka, Piotr Kryczka, Agnieszka Lisowska-Kierepka, Dominik Sikorski & Robert Szmytkie

doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2025.09.004

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ulhistory.bsky.social @ulhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival on November 1, marked when the veil between gods and humans thinned. It was a mysterious, perilous time when deities mingled with mortals, causing fear and strange supernatural happenings. #HI6171 #PublicHistory #Samhain 📸: @britannica.com

People dressed up in robes and decorated with horns on their heads, carrying flags on poles, celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain.

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 3d

This #MapMonday, explore historic maps of #Ireland!

We've added new georeferenced map layers to our Maps Images Website. View first and second edition one-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey of Ireland maps in our georeferenced and side-by-side viewers 🗺️

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/...

side by side view of first and second edition ordnance survey maps for Waterford from National Library of Scotland website

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Hayden Lorimer @slipshodspeller.bsky.social · 3d

Winter Well is on air BBC Radio 4 this week.

An audio guide to thriving in winter, with advice from medics, artists, poets and future-gazers on simple but effective ways to bring light into your life during the darkest part of the year.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

@hesterparr.bsky.social

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British Cartographic Society @bcsmaps.bsky.social · 3d

👋🏻 Hey Students! We get it, navigating career decisions in the cartographic sphere can be tricky. But we've got you... We're hosting an online Careers Talk, FREE for Student Members, feat. inspiring talks from 4 cartographic professionals (including the brilliant Hannah!). Check your inbox to sign-up

Keith Lilley @profkdlilley.bsky.social · 3d

Slieve-na-Aura/Sliabh an Earra, a short but steep ride this afternoon, fantastic views across to Scotland, and what looks like some Ordnance Survey archaeology on the summit, possibly the remains of a hut, or a wall built to protect a tent for the survey team

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Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland @iaiarchaeo.bsky.social · 3d

Join us Monday 13 October at 7:30pm for the first of the IAI's online lecture series: "Characteristics and legacy effects of historic raised beds in Ireland".
Sign up here ▶️ buff.ly/q8bxsXN #archaeology #irisharchaeology #raisedbeds #modernarchaeology #postmedievalarchaeology

Characteristics and legacy effects of historic raised beds in Ireland

Learn about the distribution and properties of Raised Beds in Northwestern Ireland - a common and widespread agricultural practice

www.eventbrite.ie

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 4d

Jean Payton Reid, architect and town planner (1917-97). Liberton Kirkyard, Edinburgh. Thought to have been Scotland's first female town planner. Family monument - pink granite obelisk.
#31DaysOfGraves day 12 notable women. #herstory
thepastandotherplaces.wordpress.com/2023/01/14/a...

Greek-style tall pointed obelisk in polished pink granite standing in a kirkyard. Most of the other gravestones are smaller and grey. The tower of the Kirk is prominent in the background. There are green shrubs and several bare-branched trees in the background.

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Stuart Dunn @stuartdunn.bsky.social · 4d

This Wednesday, 18.30 - "Digital Futures of History", featuring, among others, yours truly talking about the future of digital folklore. www.kcl.ac.uk/events/the-d.... An approximate text will go on my blog straight after.

@kings-dfi.bsky.social @kingsdh.bsky.social

The Digital Futures of History | King's College London

Join us in The Digital Futures of History in looking forward to the new ways in which we may soon be looking back.

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 4d

Maxim Samson, Earth Shapers: How We Mapped and Mastered the World, from the Panama Canal to the Baltic Way - @profilebooks.bsky.social, August 2025; @uchicagopress.bsky.social, October 2025
profilebooks.com/work/earth-s...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The globetrotting story of how humans have harnessed the geographical landscape and written ourselves onto our surroundings. Mountains, meridians, rivers, and borders—these are some of the features th...

press.uchicago.edu

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Patrick walsh @speakerconolly.bsky.social · 4d

Very much looking forward to getting stuck into this new book from @marcmulholland.bsky.social bringing peasants to centre off Irish history

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Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social · 5d

We’re at the @balhnews.bsky.social Herts. Beds. and Bucks. conference today. Do come and say hello!

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 5d

VACANCY: KTP Associate – Peat Management and Restoration Project Officer based at @uhiinverness.bsky.social

(Desirable: Experience of 4 x 4 driving off-road)

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk/en/staff/vac...

Staff - Vacancies - KTP Associate - Peat Management and Restoration Project Officer

www.nwh.uhi.ac.uk

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ENIGMAEU project @enigmaeu.bsky.social · 5d

Cultural Heritage Conference, 18 & 19 September 2025,
@UoNBookClub

This conference aims to unite researchers and practitioners to explore best practices in heritage management and conservation.
culturalheritageconference.org

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CFA Archaeology @cfaarchaeology.bsky.social · 5d

We are #hiring! #TeamCFA has a busy autumn ahead, with excavations scheduled across the UK. From prehistoric settlements to a medieval city centre, we have a wide variety of sites which would interest any archaeologist!

To find out more, visit our website: https://www.cfa-archaeology.co.uk/careers

An informational poster with blue background, listing the job positions available. A photo of a smiling woman is in the bottom right hand corner.

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 5d

Just arrived. The posthumously published book of my late colleague, Dr Colmán Etchingham. Thanks to everyone who saw it through to publication. We plan to hold an event in Maynooth to mark its publication (details to follow). Available to order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/vikings...
#MedievalSky

A copy of Colmán Etchingham, Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland: Church-raiding, Politics and Kingship (Boydell and Brewer, 2025).