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Niamh NicGhabhann
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Associate Professor, Department of History at the University of Limerick. Researching religious architecture, histories of public space. Loves Irish design and new music! Labhair Gaeilge liom! pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
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Applications are now open for Newberry Library fellowships for 2025-26. Both long-term and short-term fellowships are available. Here are the details: mailchi.mp/df368812be45...

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Delighted to be spending some time in Leuven this winter with the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies as one of their visiting scholars (& thanks SSNCI for sharing the call!) ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis...

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We're delighted that our first project article is now available Open Access in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' 'Material and Digital Archives: The Case of Wills' was written by research fellows @bhamhistory.bsky.social@emilymayvine.bsky.social#historydoi.org/10.1017/S008...

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Friends & colleagues, this cross occurs with some frequency across 19th c buildings & grave markers - it seems to be a kind of flowering cross? Any further insight on the specific symbolism would be most welcome! Thank you! (Below - Durrow graveyard, Mater hospital)

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This (open-access!) article has just come out as part of a special cluster on Shakespeare and antifandom in the latest issue of Transformative Works and Cultures. tl; dr: fandom and antifandom studies are really useful for theorising the contradictions of Irish Shakespeares!

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Things you notice more on the way home from a day-long meeting on histories of prayer…

Prayer symbol in an airport
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It's out! 'Migrant Voices in Multilingual London, 1560-1600', open access in Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. Read to find out how insults and information moved between the city's languages, and to think about how linguistic diversity shaped urban life. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Early modern London was multilingual, and early modern urban life was shaped by linguistic diversity. This article draws on the multilingual archives of Elizabethan London's ‘stranger churches’ – Protestant congregations which catered to the needs of French-, Dutch- and Italian-speaking migrants (among others) – to explore how linguistic diversity shaped social relations. These sources offer insights into the everyday multilingualism of the early modern city. They demonstrate London's migrant communities’ intense interest in what people said and why, and show how different languages and their speakers interacted on the streets and in the spaces of later sixteenth-century London. By charting how linguistic diversity was part of the lives of ordinary Londoners in this period, including close examination of incidents of multilingual insult, slander, and conflict, this article argues that the civic and religious authorities relied on the stranger churches’ abilities to carry out surveillan
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One of the best things University of Galway does is to provide scholarships for International Protection applicants, refugees, vulnerable immigrant groups and Irish Travellers, as part of the University of Sanctuary programme. Details here: www.universityofgalway.ie/sanctuary/sc... Spread the word!

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What a treat to visit the Victor Horta house museum today! No photos allowed inside, but every hinge, skirting board, and detail was a delight

Exterior of the victor Horta house
Detail of ironwork outside the victor horta house
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Niamh NicGhabhann
@niamhroisin.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of History at the University of Limerick. Researching religious architecture, histories of public space. Loves Irish design and new music! Labhair Gaeilge liom! pure.ul.ie/en/persons/niamh-nicghabhann-coleman
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