Ben Bankhurst

Courage.

Thanks to @eicathomefinn.bsky.social for notification of the death of Peter (P.J.) Marshall (1933-2025), a great historian of India and Empire, and a pioneering President of the Royal Historical Society. His last book is going to press so there is more of his work still to appreciate.

The resource that I've been working on for the past year has recently been released. It gathers the lost debates of the Irish Parliament from 1776-1801 - a period of deep upheaval in Ireland and the Atlantic world. Please explore at: virtualtreasury.ie/gold-seams/i...

Rituals of Migration Italian and Irish immigrant experiencesWhen people migrate, they often perform social and cultural rituals along the way. The idea of rites of passage—with...

🗃️ What do migrants think, feel, do, and pack on the eve of departure, in transit, and when returning home? See "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513... @gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵1/5

This is fantastic! Really looking forward to the release.

As we approach a series of 250th anniversaries relating to the period of the American Revolution it is important to interrogate points of connection in Irish and American pasts. This is the focus of ‘Ireland and America: 250th Anniversary Perspectives’, hosted by PRONI in partnership with the VRTI.

CFP: 'Ireland and the American Revolution'. The organisers invite submissions for papers to be presented at a conference held in the Trinity Long Room Hub at Trinity College Dublin on the 9-10 October 2025. If you are interested submit an abstract of 250 words and a brief bio by the 1 May 2025.

The issue is a response to the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. It expands on themes tied to the broader context of the the #USA250 commemorations and delves into topics including the memory of frontier conflict and indigenous displacement. 2/2

The current issue of 𝑊𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑎 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 focuses on the legacies of Dunmore's War in central Appalachia. I am happy to have contributed an essay alongside colleagues and former students. 1/2

Excited to read it.

I'm delighted to share the advert for a collaborative PhD which I'll be co-supervising with Dr Paddy Fitzgerald of the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies (Omagh). This project, 'Finding "home" in a cultural landscape of migration & belonging' has a deadline of 10 March
www.qub.ac.uk/courses/post...