Promoting Irish History in Ulster since 1936. https://usihs36.com/https://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mjyrk5vzoc22Our annual J.C. Beckett Lecture will be held on 14 May at 6pm. Please do join us at PRONI for Prof. Roisín Higgins' lecture on 'Embodied Conflict: Sensory Histories of the Troubles'! This will be an in person event and will no doubt be fascinating! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-higgins-embodied-conflict-sensory-histories-of-the-troubles-tickets-1987899271233?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true21 Apr 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyrk5vzoc22https://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mjyrcj5urc22This promises to be a great talk. Please join us on Thursday - in person or online! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjyrcj5urc22https://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mibrv6g7q22fWe're really looking forward to our April USIHS seminar! Prof. David Dickson @historytcd.bsky.social will speak on Thurs 23 April on The Foyle, the Chesapeake, and a fifty-year transatlantic conversation: Getting the measure of the Moore family archive, 1798-1847 https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986210363665?aff=oddtdtcreator30 Mar 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibrv6g7q22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mfr6myfq4c2rOur next USIHS seminar will be on Thursday 5th March (next week!) when we'll welcome Antonia Hart to speak on Ulster Women in Business & Bankruptcy, 1888-1922. All welcome! https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-ulster-women-in-business-bankruptcy-1888-1922-tickets-1983874139957?aff=eemailordconf&ref=eemailordconf [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfr6myfq4c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mexvbsbj6c2gA reminder that our first seminar of 2026 is on Thursday! Neil Murphy @northumbriauni.bsky.social will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'. If you can't join us in person @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social join online 👇 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/violence-colonialism-and-the-mid-tudor-monarchy-ireland-in-context-tickets-1982004142745?aff=oddtdtcreator [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2026 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mexvbsbj6c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mdd63kmf4c23Susan Flavin gave us a sneak peek of this film and her research last year - and it was excellent! Get along to Dublin Castle on 6 February if you can! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdd63kmf4c23https://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3mdd5yr6f4s23Our spring 2026 seminar series programme is here! We'll be adding eventbrite links soon so you can join us online or in person - all are welcome! First up we have Neil Murphy on 19 February at 6pm. Neil will speak on 'Violence, colonialism and the mid-Tudor monarchy: Ireland in context'.26 Jan 2026 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdd5yr6f4s23https://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m75r5hzvb22qJust a reminder that this seminar is tonight! You are very welcome to join us in person in 27 University Square, Queen's University Belfast, or online by signing up to the link below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Dec 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m75r5hzvb22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m5xvr22ltc2mOur next seminar will be on 4th December when we are really looking forward to hearing Henry Jefferies speak on Irish women and the Reformation! If you'd like to join us for this (Christmassy?) talk, you can sign up for online or attend in person. More 👇 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/usihs-seminar-irish-women-and-the-reformation-tickets-1974611890319?aff=oddtdtcreator19 Nov 2025 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5xvr22ltc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m5xvjdt2d22mIf you missed Sophie's talk last week, just head to our website and you can catch up! @sophcocooper.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5xvjdt2d22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m4q7qq2rwc2uIn a change to our planned seminar series, our next seminar will be Sophie Cooper speaking on 'Building to feel ‘at home’: Embedding/embedded memory in the built environments of Belfast and the diaspora'. Thursday 13 Nov, *online* at 7pm. @sophcocooper.bsky.social https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/sophie-cooper-usihs-seminar-building-to-feel-at-home-tickets-1954207279579?aff=oddtdtcreator03 Nov 2025 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4q7qq2rwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m4pzooslm22rExciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social https://deadline.com/2025/10/daisy-edgar-jones-emilia-jones-bad-bridgets-luckychap-1236604481/03 Nov 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4pzooslm22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m46rtdle6k2xIf you missed Seán's talk the other week, the recording is now on our website! usihs36.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Oct 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m46rtdle6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3m3f7fwdkcs2jThanks so much to Dr Seán Ó Hoireabhárd for such a fascinating (and beautifully illustrated!) paper to USIHS last night. It was an excellent way to begin this year's seminar series. The recording will be up on the website soon! @hoireabhard.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Oct 2025 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3f7fwdkcs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/usihs.bsky.social/post/3lzxn7qcaqs2iThis semester's seminar series will begin in a few weeks! All are very welcome to join us in person (27 University Square, QUB) or online. For more information, stay tuned to the USIHS Bluesky or head to our website usihs36.com29 Sep 2025 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:6zdalx6zqtuvuvbdsztvom5k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzxn7qcaqs2i