Perfect. 'Banjaxed' is such an evocative word.

I think I've found the most Irish newspaper caption of all time. (From the Irish Examiner sport section, 28 Sept 2024.)

This week's University of Galway history seminar. All are welcome - in-person or online. Register at the link below to receive the Zoom link. 🗃️

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The next event in our Research Seminar series takes place next week and features Dr Roman Birke (Regensburg) on 'Population Control to Protect Human Rights'. In-person: 4pm, Wed 2 Oct. Rm G010, Hardiman Building. Online: register at forms.office.com/e/m9akErK19m. All welcome!

This is why we do this job.

I know. It's like an alternative universe where Darby O'Gill turned entrepreneur after the crock-of-gold career didn't work out.

Posted without comment, as they used to say in the other place...

In which I reveal my girl-crush on Cherie Blair www.historyworkshop.org.uk/practice-his...

Time and the Middle-Aged Historian

How can, or should, the process of aging reshape the way an historian thinks about and writes history? Helen McCarthy reflects.

Yes! Brilliant piece.

I remember @historianhelen.bsky.social writing something about this, I think? About confronting the histories of our youth. Personally, I've found it quite an advantage in researching the 1990s and 2000s: skipping the need to learn the cultural norms is helpful.

Those workshops were great - I went to a few of them online. They also wrote up the conversations in a few blogs on @pastpresentsoc.bsky.socialpastandpresent.org.uk/what-is-the-...

What is the archive of the 1990s? - Past and Present

This post is the sixth in a series of six blogs which will document and critically engage with a workshop series hosted by Dr. David Geiringer (QMUL) and Dr. Helen McCarthy (Cambridge) under the title...