Category: Blog
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Women and the shaping of Irish identities in Melbourne paper.
I recently gave a paper to the Melbourne Irish Studies seminar in which I explore one of the key arguments in my forthcoming book Forging Identities in the Irish World: Melbourne and Chicago, 1830-1922. That by bringing together the influences of men, women, and children, we can move away from immigrant histories that are actually…
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Building with Feeling reading group
You are very welcome to join the new ‘Building with Feeling’ reading group in which we will discuss the intersections of Histories of Emotions and the histories of buildings/space/architecture. Please get in touch with Ed DeVane (Ed.Devane@warwick.ac.uk) or Sophie Cooper (irishdiasporahistory@gmail.com) to be added to the reading group mailing list. The Zoom link will be…
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Wanted: The sea (and a few hills please).
As you may know, I moved to Leicester 6 weeks ago. Leicester. A city of multitudes which is right in the centre of England. It’s a welcoming place. Not that I’ve been able to explore all that much since moving here, because, well, pandemic and lockdown. In theory though, it’s a place where I get…
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Tanzania here we come…
Due to the current global pandemic, we cancelled our Tanzania trip – hopefully we’ll go in the not so distant future, but for now it’s all about practicing social distancing and getting cosy in Leeds/Leicester/London. Sending positive thoughts and clean hands your way! It’s finally here…and yet it’s come round so quickly! A week from…
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#AcWriMo Week 2
Last week was Week 1 of Academic Writing Month, and if you follow me on Twitter, you are probably already sick of seeing the #AcWriMo hashtag which accompanies my writing updates. Unfortunately if this has been your response, you’ve still got a few more weeks of it – though this may be disrupted by the…
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#AcWriMo – My plans for November
For the past few years I’ve seen #AcWriMo referenced on Twitter repeatedly, particularly in November. For those not in the know, it stands for Academic Writing Month and takes place each November to encourage academics to take the time and to actually ‘write like there’s no December’. It takes its inspiration from a similar hashtag…