B. Cunningham
@b7cunningham.bsky.social
Historian of early modern Ireland, former librarian.
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There is still time to apply for one of our 50+ Visiting Fellowships @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the 2026-27 academic year! A vibrant interdisciplinary research centre in the heart of one of the world’s great libraries!
VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27!
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025.
For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
There is still time to apply for one of our 50+ Visiting Fellowships @bodleian.ox.ac.uk for the 2026-27 academic year! A vibrant interdisciplinary research centre in the heart of one of the world’s great libraries!
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Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Léacht reachtúil na Scoile do 2025
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
SCS Statutory Lecture for 2025
Gregory Toner, QUB
The historian at work in Lebor Gabála
Friday 14 November
UCD, Theatre R, Newman Building
Mar chuid de Thionól 2025 / Part of Tionól 2025
www.dias.ie/2025/10/22/t...
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
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Clár Tionól na bliana seo!
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
October 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Clár Tionól na bliana seo!
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
Programme for Tionól 2025!
14-15 Samhain/November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
www.dias.ie/celt/
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Sraith léachtaí am lóin - lunchtime lecture series
St Laurence O'Toole and the Medieval Gaelic World
Ardeaglais Chríost, BÁC / Christchurch cathedral, Dublin
4, 11, 18, 25 Samhain / November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
christchurchcathedral.ie/lunchtime-le...
St Laurence O'Toole and the Medieval Gaelic World
Ardeaglais Chríost, BÁC / Christchurch cathedral, Dublin
4, 11, 18, 25 Samhain / November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
christchurchcathedral.ie/lunchtime-le...
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Sraith léachtaí am lóin - lunchtime lecture series
St Laurence O'Toole and the Medieval Gaelic World
Ardeaglais Chríost, BÁC / Christchurch cathedral, Dublin
4, 11, 18, 25 Samhain / November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
christchurchcathedral.ie/lunchtime-le...
St Laurence O'Toole and the Medieval Gaelic World
Ardeaglais Chríost, BÁC / Christchurch cathedral, Dublin
4, 11, 18, 25 Samhain / November.
#DIASdiscovers
@dias.ie
christchurchcathedral.ie/lunchtime-le...
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
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Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau will begin our series of evening lectures with a talk on the Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark on Wednesday 22nd October at 7.30pm. All welcome. @atumayo.bsky.social @atu-hrg.bsky.social @oflynnatu.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau will begin our series of evening lectures with a talk on the Joyce Country & Western Lakes Geopark on Wednesday 22nd October at 7.30pm. All welcome. @atumayo.bsky.social @atu-hrg.bsky.social @oflynnatu.bsky.social
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Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
SHS Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
scottishhistorysociety.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Winter Lecture Series: Finding Women in Scottish History
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
Join us for a series of free, online lectures to explore sources of women's lived experience, intellectual and religious networks, and socio-political power in medieval and early modern Scotland.
scottishhistorysociety.com/shs-winter-l...
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Join us at the Royal Irish Academy on 2 and 3 October for a two-day conference exploring all aspects of the Book of Lecan.
Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...
Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Join us at the Royal Irish Academy on 2 and 3 October for a two-day conference exploring all aspects of the Book of Lecan.
Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...
Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...
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We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
September 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We're back! 🎉 And we're thrilled to announce our term card for Autumn 2025! Our first event is on Thursday 16 October at 5.30 pm. Lyndal Roper will be discussing 'Turbulence and the German Peasants' War of 1524-6'. You can register to attend the event at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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BC Irish Studies is inviting applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
BC Irish Studies is inviting applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
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UPCOMING EVENT
Dear Friends,
Join us on Saturday 4 October in the Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 26th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of the Department of History of TCD as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/3]
Dear Friends,
Join us on Saturday 4 October in the Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 26th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of the Department of History of TCD as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/3]
September 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
UPCOMING EVENT
Dear Friends,
Join us on Saturday 4 October in the Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 26th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of the Department of History of TCD as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/3]
Dear Friends,
Join us on Saturday 4 October in the Robert Emmet Theatre (Room 2037), Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin, for our 26th Medieval Dublin symposium, organised with the support of the Department of History of TCD as part of the Dublin Festival of History [1/3]
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One month left to submit an abstract for our conference 'Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800', 1-3 July 2026 in Leiden:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
#medieval #earlymodern #bookhistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
#medieval #earlymodern #bookhistory
Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800
Prayer was central to religious life in the late medieval and early modern period. Despite growing scholarly interest in religious texts, devotional practices, and spirituality, prayer and prayer book...
www.universiteitleiden.nl
September 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
One month left to submit an abstract for our conference 'Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice, 1300–1800', 1-3 July 2026 in Leiden:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
#medieval #earlymodern #bookhistory
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...
#medieval #earlymodern #bookhistory
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Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025) and the Royal Historical Society: an appreciation bit.ly/4mSADyn
We are very grateful to @petermandler.bsky.social for his reflections on Peter Marshall, former President of the Society (1996-2000), which are published today on the RHS blog #Skystorians
We are very grateful to @petermandler.bsky.social for his reflections on Peter Marshall, former President of the Society (1996-2000), which are published today on the RHS blog #Skystorians
September 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Peter J. Marshall (1933-2025) and the Royal Historical Society: an appreciation bit.ly/4mSADyn
We are very grateful to @petermandler.bsky.social for his reflections on Peter Marshall, former President of the Society (1996-2000), which are published today on the RHS blog #Skystorians
We are very grateful to @petermandler.bsky.social for his reflections on Peter Marshall, former President of the Society (1996-2000), which are published today on the RHS blog #Skystorians
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REGISTRATION OPEN!
Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.
Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.
Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
Conference: Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade | Museum Plantin-Moretus
The aim of this two-day conference is to share knowledge of women’s rich and varied lives and works in the period before the rapid industrialisation of book production which changed the face of home l...
museumplantinmoretus.be
August 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
REGISTRATION OPEN!
Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.
Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
Now more than ever, research is reshaping our view of women’s roles in the early modern book trade. Join us in Antwerp (5–7 Nov 2025) for our conference Women & the Household in the #earlymodern Book Trade.
Register here: tinyurl.com/womenbooktrade
#rarebooks #bookhistory 💙📚📜
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Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories - Royal Holloway #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories
Full-time, Fixed Term (12 months)Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engage...
jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk
August 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Postdoctoral Research Associate (16th-18th century focus) - Inclusive Histories - Royal Holloway #skystorians 🗃️#earlymodern #c18th jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Excited to share a new collaboration led by Dr Eamon Darcy @maynoothuniversity.ie with @ria.ie @dri.ie
The Molyneux Papers-20 vivid county descriptions from the 1680s online:
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
+ 👀👇
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc3b3tpa
#IrishHistory 📷TCD Library
The Molyneux Papers-20 vivid county descriptions from the 1680s online:
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
+ 👀👇
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc3b3tpa
#IrishHistory 📷TCD Library
August 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Excited to share a new collaboration led by Dr Eamon Darcy @maynoothuniversity.ie with @ria.ie @dri.ie
The Molyneux Papers-20 vivid county descriptions from the 1680s online:
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
+ 👀👇
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc3b3tpa
#IrishHistory 📷TCD Library
The Molyneux Papers-20 vivid county descriptions from the 1680s online:
virtualtreasury.ie/curated-coll...
+ 👀👇
@rtebrainstorm.bsky.social tinyurl.com/yc3b3tpa
#IrishHistory 📷TCD Library
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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 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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...
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'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇
August 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
'Diasporic documents from the Gaelic Atlantic' - a one-day, in-person workshop at the University of Edinburgh on 5 September. Tuilleadh fiosrachaidh | More information 👇
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Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) – unified access to early European printed works (c.1455–1830) from major European and North American libraries.
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
July 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Heritage of the Printed Book Database (HPB) – unified access to early European printed works (c.1455–1830) from major European and North American libraries.
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
Open access, with growing links to digitised copies.
Explore via: www.cerl.org/resources/hp...
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#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#cfp for the 2026 Conference of the History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland, ‘Women Religious: Patronage & Networks from Medieval to Modern’ taking place at Queen Mary University of London on 11/12 June. Please share widely #nuntastic
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-pap...
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Very exciting opportunity, Assistant Keeper, in Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland
www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...
www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...
Vacancies | National Museum of Ireland
Welcome to the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin & Castlebar covering Archaeology, Decorative Arts, Folk & Country Life, & Natural History.FREE Exhibitions
www.museum.ie
August 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very exciting opportunity, Assistant Keeper, in Irish Antiquities Division, National Museum of Ireland
www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...
www.museum.ie/en-ie/about/...
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UCC Library is currently hiring for Two roles:
Learning Support Librarian
Deadline: 5 August, 12pm
Head of Special Collections & Archives
Deadline: 19 August, 12pm
More info and applications:
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Learning Support Librarian
Deadline: 5 August, 12pm
Head of Special Collections & Archives
Deadline: 19 August, 12pm
More info and applications:
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
July 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
UCC Library is currently hiring for Two roles:
Learning Support Librarian
Deadline: 5 August, 12pm
Head of Special Collections & Archives
Deadline: 19 August, 12pm
More info and applications:
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Learning Support Librarian
Deadline: 5 August, 12pm
Head of Special Collections & Archives
Deadline: 19 August, 12pm
More info and applications:
www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
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We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
June 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here:
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...
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Registration is now open for conference on the manuscript known as the "Book of Lecan", collaboratively organized by @ria.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social. Taking place 2-3 October at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin:
shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
Book of Lecan (Leabhar M r Lecain)
Event Date: Thursday 2nd October 2025 @ 1:30 PM - Friday 3rd October 2025 @ 5PM Event Detail: This conference explores all aspects of the manuscript known as the Book of Lecan (Leabhar M r Lecain), cr...
shop.maynoothuniversity.ie
July 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Registration is now open for conference on the manuscript known as the "Book of Lecan", collaboratively organized by @ria.ie @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @scs-dias.bsky.social. Taking place 2-3 October at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin:
shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...
shop.maynoothuniversity.ie/index.php?ap...