Category: Blog
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Canada ✔ Chicago week 1 ✔ Conference ✔
I’m sat in the cafe of Hotel Lincoln waiting out the gap between checkout here and check-in at the next place I’m staying and I have just found out that refills only cost $1 so I might be here for a while! As I don’t want to desert my massive suitcase to dive into the…
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Up up and away!
It’s finally here. My trip. The one I’ve been going on about since May or something. Remember, the one that you thought I was going on in October because I was tweeting about it in July? Yup, that one. It’s here!!!! I’m currently on the train (first class, because it was £10 more than the…
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If I were a book, what would I be? My books of 2018.
I realise that it’s not quite yet the end of 2018 but I decided that this evening would be the evening to write this list of loves and lusts. I began the year determined to read more books by women and by people of colour, and kept a reading diary in order to try to…
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Year Two: Finding Camille and Jo after Ed.
So, it’s that time of year again. The time when I get a little more obsessed with death and grief than I normally am (please see my posts on graveyards – there’s always a slight obsession with death). I would apologise for the interruption of service, but then again, I’m not all that sorry, and I…
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Open Access Resources for US and Canadian History
I’m always on the look out for digital repositories that can be used in teaching (and for my own interest!). As teaching is just about to start and I’m working on different modules, I thought I’d post some of the open access repositories that I found when working on a course on the United States…
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Irish Diaspora Histories Network.
I’m delighted that the Irish Diaspora Histories Network website has been getting such a warm reception since its launch on Tuesday. As I’ve mentioned in previous blog posts [Yes, there is a future for Irish History, and it’s in and of the diaspora… and Call to scholars of Irish diaspora histories], there’s a need for an online…