Joel Herman
@joelherman.bsky.social
Research Fellow @virtualtreasury.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social, Houses of Parliament | Historian of the press, publicity, and popular political action in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
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Joel Herman
@joelherman.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Thanks for following along. I’m here for all things history. But posting mostly on the history of Ireland, America, Britain, and the wider Atlantic world, 1650-1850.
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I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map
An interactive map with biographical info and addresses of 700+ women, men and children who received U.S. pensions in 19th century Ireland.
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I'm very pleased to formally launch "Yankee Pensioners in Ireland 1845-1905: An Interactive Map" with location/bio info on 720+ women & men receiving U.S. pensions in Ireland-significantly more than previously thought: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/4e3d...
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‘Benjamin Franklin smuggled saucy comment pieces into the New-England Courant under the alias of a worthy widow called Silence Dogood – the first of many noms de plume that he adopted for his squibs and satires.’
Ferdinand Mount on Franklin’s science.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount on Franklin’s science.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount · His Very Variousness: Benjamin Franklin’s Experiments
Benjamin Franklin was a total immerser; he bathed in the cold morning breeze, just as he plunged into the freezing...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
‘Benjamin Franklin smuggled saucy comment pieces into the New-England Courant under the alias of a worthy widow called Silence Dogood – the first of many noms de plume that he adopted for his squibs and satires.’
Ferdinand Mount on Franklin’s science.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Ferdinand Mount on Franklin’s science.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Come and take my job here in beautiful (if currently slightly chilly) Turin:
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
Research Project 2025
After the Enlightenment: Histories, Debates, and Reinterpretations
by Elisabeth Décultot
Few concepts occupy as central a place in contemporary intellectual, political, religious, and cultural de...
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Come and take my job here in beautiful (if currently slightly chilly) Turin:
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
turinhumanitiesprogramme.fondazione1563.it/research-pro...
Happy to answer any questions anyone might have about the programme
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At the University of Milan, lecture series on the “Annales school”, from November 2025 to March 2026, with great speakers such as Müller, Rubin, Calafat, Burke and Abulafia! @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @historysorbonne.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
At the University of Milan, lecture series on the “Annales school”, from November 2025 to March 2026, with great speakers such as Müller, Rubin, Calafat, Burke and Abulafia! @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @cnrs.fr @historysorbonne.bsky.social
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
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#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026.
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
Conference
Visit the post for more.
socialhistory.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#SkyStorians #History @socialhistsoc.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference CFP now live! A Lancaster, historic home of SHS, 1-3 July 2026. CFP deadline 16 Jan 2026.
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...
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🚨 We're hiring!
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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jobs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
🚨 We're hiring!
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
The LSE Department of Government is searching for a new #Assistant #Professor in #Political #Science.
Could it be you? 👀
🗓️ Closing date: 4 January 2026
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME: 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS - 2025
TURIN HUMANITIES PROGRAMME 6th CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – 2025 2026-2028 RESEARCH CYCLE The full call can be found here as pdf file. Terms and Conditions (pdf) Project Description (pdf) Flyer (pdf)…
voltaire.ox.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
For all postdocs and ECRs: don't miss out on this great opportunity with the Turin Humanities Programme!
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/tu...
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New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
New article! Joe Curran on '(Re-)Making the ‘Stateless Capital’: Edinburgh and Dublin in European Context, c.1820–1850'
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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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...
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#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
#WomenInRebellion We hope you've enjoyed this series (curated by our colleague @timvrti.bsky.social)! These voices — from courtrooms, safehouses, prison cells, and family rooms — reveal women as actors, witnesses, and narrators in the 1798 Rebellion.
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You can read more in our new image gallery: Women’s Voices in the Rebellion Papers virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...
Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You can read more in our new image gallery: Women’s Voices in the Rebellion Papers virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...
Looking forward to speaking at the History Research Seminar at Maynooth tomorrow. I'll be talking about 'the news' and how its disruptive qualities are anything but new. The context will be the British Empire, particularly Ireland and America. Very grateful to conveners for the invitation.
A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Looking forward to speaking at the History Research Seminar at Maynooth tomorrow. I'll be talking about 'the news' and how its disruptive qualities are anything but new. The context will be the British Empire, particularly Ireland and America. Very grateful to conveners for the invitation.
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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...
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I can’t say enough how fantastic the programme staff are at the Visiting Scholars Programme @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. If you don’t know about this wonderful programme, read more here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
🚨 Deadline is this Friday 30 Nov, still time to apply.
🚨 Deadline is this Friday 30 Nov, still time to apply.
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I can’t say enough how fantastic the programme staff are at the Visiting Scholars Programme @bodleian.ox.ac.uk. If you don’t know about this wonderful programme, read more here: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
🚨 Deadline is this Friday 30 Nov, still time to apply.
🚨 Deadline is this Friday 30 Nov, still time to apply.
This looks fascinating!
This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This looks fascinating!
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This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
Ireland and the American Revolution Keynote Address | Prof Eliga Gould
YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.
Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4F...
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From the ould book: Orangeism and Ribbonism. (there's a freebie sample chapter here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro... )
AT THE RISING OF THE MOON
AT THE RISING OF THE MOON
wordwellbooks.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 AM
From the ould book: Orangeism and Ribbonism. (there's a freebie sample chapter here: wordwellbooks.com/index.php?ro... )
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As part of the @cemslimerick.bsky.social Winter School at Univeristy of Limerick next Tuesday and Wednesday, you're welcome to Jason Harris's keynote on 'Manuscript publication in the seventeenth century: questions and approaches'. 5.15pm.
November 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
As part of the @cemslimerick.bsky.social Winter School at Univeristy of Limerick next Tuesday and Wednesday, you're welcome to Jason Harris's keynote on 'Manuscript publication in the seventeenth century: questions and approaches'. 5.15pm.
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CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
CFP: 5th Venice Multidisciplinary World Conference on Republics and Republicanism. June 26-28, 2026. Venice International University.
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
The conference is open to all work on republicanism, but with special focus on 'Power, Freedom and Oligarchy'.
Deadline: December 30
www.univiu.org/campus-servi...
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@svenbeckert.bsky.social’s new global history of capitalism — looks great👇 www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
Capitalism
No other phenomenon has shaped human history as decisively as capitalism. It structures how we live and work, how we think about ourselves and others, how we organise our politics. Sven Beckert situat...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
@svenbeckert.bsky.social’s new global history of capitalism — looks great👇 www.penguin.co.uk/books/295668...
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THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THIS FRIDAY! Come and hear the fabulous @ebenbow.bsky.social about #LowCountries Merchants in and around London: Specialising in the Trade of Everyday Goods
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
FRI 28 Nov, 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #MedievalSky #EarlyModern #Skystorians
A good news humanities story. Yes, please.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A good news humanities story. Yes, please.
Reposted by Joel Herman
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe