Martin O'Donoghue

After many years in the works, Jim Jaffe & Marc Galanter's source book on panchayats is finally out! This will be very useful for teaching, plus it has a nice introduction on panchayats in South Asian legal history: orientblackswan.com/details?obsi... Buyers in the US can get it via Abe Books.

Ukrainians in Ireland: ‘Thousands of people my age are dying. We need a lasting peace’ Four years ago, life changed forever for Ukrainians as Russia launched its invasion. Liz Dunphy spoke with three women living here who are hoping for peace

I spoke to @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Thank you for having me @deshocks.bsky.social !
I think it's my gravest assessment of the situation in all four years of the current war.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlig...

York History Department - Academic Jobs Uncover the past to define the future. We are seeking research-led historians to join our world-class, collaborative community. Discover career-defining opportunities within one of the UK’s most disti...

3x Lecturers and 1x Associate Lecturer in History

features.york.ac.uk/history-jobs...

🚨Job klaxon 🚨
Come and be my colleague at York! We're looking for an Associate Lecturer in Modern British History and Public History. Two year post - apply by 19 March. 🗃️
More details here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQO971/a...

British Association for Irish Studies

A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website:

irishstudies.co.uk

With St Valentine’s Day tomorrow, we’re dipping into some of the courtship rituals and games explored in Pious and Promiscuous by @leannecalvert.bsky.social

Find out more about Pious and Promiscuous: shop.ria.ie/products/pious

To give people a little more time to get those abstracts in we are extending the deadline for submission until 6 February. We are really looking forward to receiving people's abstracts and putting the programme together.

Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street

Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm

2 Postdoctoral positions in Intellectual History at the Department of History - Ledig stilling på Aarhus Universitet Ledig stilling ved Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Historie, fag, Aarhus Universitet

Some professional news: I'm now hiring two postdocs to be part of the research project I'm leading on global republicanism and the making of democratic cultures in the early 19th century. If you know someone for whom this may be relevant, don't hesitate to let them know.

www.au.dk/om/stillinge...

Excited to share details of my first monograph, Revolutionary Connections, coming out Open Access with OUP this year! It explores diverse forms of international engagement in revolutionary Russia and Ireland, including responses to Ireland in Russian-language texts. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

The MPI-Frankfurt invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Legal History of India, starting April 2026. Independent research in Indian legal history. Apply by 6 January: jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/8... #Vacancy #Postdoc

Disaster?

Christmas card sent by Chief Justice Hugh and Mrs Clare Kennedy. Drawing by George Monks, depicting a scribe at work, with Dublin Castle, the Bermingham Tower (with tricolour) and the Chapel Royal in the background, [1924].

Lecturer in Public Law at University of Sheffield An opportunity for an academic position as a Lecturer in Public Law is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings.

A public law job at Sheffield: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW952/l...

Gastgeber*in gesucht

👉 Jetzt bewerben und internationale Wissenschaft mitgestalten.

jobs.lhlt.mpg.de/jobposting/8...

Prison reform from below: London, c.1780–1830* Abstract. This article explores the history of the English prison reform movement from ‘below’ – that is, from the perspective of prison inmates. By highli

A nice surprise this morning: my article on prison reform from below is out!

I believe it’s open access but let me know if you can’t get a copy and would like one.

academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Louis Douglas.

On 17 Dec 1926, the Hindusthan Association of Central Europe held an "Indian Evening" in Berlin, with Urdu songs, dances by Mme Vernice, Jawaharlal Nehru on piano, and a special performance by Louis Douglas, the American dancer then in Berlin. More here:

www.transimperialhistory.com/cosmopolitan...

we have 5 positions open at @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt
- a 4,5 year postdoc in my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage
- 2 postdoc & 2 PhD positions, 4 years, in a research group on Reconfiguration & Internalization of Social Structure

www.uni-frankfurt.de/48794784/FB0...

Land War poster in Irish bar, Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main

Broken Bonds - New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969 This conference invites paper proposals from scholars in history, legal studies, human geography, anthropology, English, film studies, sociology, politics, and related disciplines. We welcome research...

📃 CfP: 'Broken Bonds - New Perspectives on Marital Breakdown in the English Common Law World 1801-1969,' @northumbriauni.bsky.social, April 2026. Deadline: February 2nd, 2026 (bursaries available for unfunded PhD students/ECRs).
www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

GLUCKSMAN CHAIR IN CONTEMPORARY WRITING IN ENGLISH at University of Limerick in Luimneach, IRELAND Nov 7, 2025 | Applications are invited for the following position: Title of Post: Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English JOB SYNOPSIS If you are... | NEW JOB

Come and work with us in @ulenglish.bsky.social! www.researchgate.net/job/1033506_...

Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Gaeilge ceaptha ag DCU Ceapadh Scríbhneoir Cónaithe Gaeilge na Comhairle Ealaíon in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath 2026. Is í an file agus scríbhneoir as Dún na nGall, Laoighseach Ní Choistealbh a roghnaíodh.

www.rte.ie/gaeilge/2025...

Alt ag RTÉ faoi deis nua @laoighseach.bsky.social

Tá cónaitheacht meamraiméise dlite don duine a scríobh preasráiteas an Chomhairle Ealaíon.

Wildlife in foggy weather. Birds flying over Loire, and trees with hoarfrost in Orléans. December 2016.

Birds flying over Loire, and trees with hoarfrost in Orléans. December 2016.
#photography #birds #river #Loire #Orléans #France

Assistant Professor in International Politics at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in International Politics on jobs.ac.uk!

Assistant Professor in International #Politics - Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin - School of Social Sciences and Philosophy - Department of Political Science #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPU769/a...

*JOB FAIRY*

Role: Rights and Administration Assistant (1 year, part time)

UCD Press is seeking a person to support with rights and administration development. We are looking for a person to research, initiate and develop translation rights for the Press, especially in the Chinese market.

Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

Photo of new apartments, Soho Foundry, Townsend St Belfast, 2 bed ground floor £189,950 asking price

Photo of new apartment Manchester, total area 75m2, apartment area 68m2, balcony 7m2, price from £299,995

🪧 New apartments for sale

Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)

Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)

.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐

Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...

We are pleased to launch today a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social

'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the Chalke History Festival in 2026 bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited.