PhD Research Historian | University of Galway College of Arts Fellowship | 2024 MacCurtain/Cullen Prize | Social Network Analysis | Lace & Textiles | Long 18th Century | Gaeilge is fáiltehttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3mozwu7as5c2zDelighted to share a new article in the special issue Women Making Fashion, edited by @serenadyer.bsky.social The article explores how women in the Cong Lace Industries used philanthropy and lacemaking to engage with Unionism and Irish nationalism in nineteenth-century Ireland. #WomensHistory https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09612025.2026.269220224 Jun 2026 12:42 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozwu7as5c2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3m7pp74j6lk2dPlease sign: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/petition-to-ban-fox-hunting-in-ireland?source=bluesky&utm_medium=myuplift&utm_source=bluesky&share=ed540b43-ab7f-4388-9a54-906f6f6d562311 Dec 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pp74j6lk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3m4y3alz6ps2uVery grateful to John Morley at Galway Bay FM for interviewing me about my upcoming lecture for the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society, and my thanks to the society for organising it. You can listen back here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2e2H3UIesXOASaGqqmsur2?si=4I3RvyG-SgSsWqy5UflbVA&t=612706 Nov 2025 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4y3alz6ps2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3m4svjcl4m22kDelighted to be presenting some new research on the Headford Lace industry to the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society next Monday (10 November) at 8pm in the Harbour Hotel. All welcome! gahs.ie/next-lecture/ https://gahs.ie/next-lecture/04 Nov 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4svjcl4m22khttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3m2txugbfkc2q#fridayfinds from the archives: 'Many people are of the opinion that it never yet rained toads or frogs, but ...' (Saunders's News-Letter, Dublin, January 06, 1778). 🐸🐸🐸10 Oct 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2txugbfkc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lyhxrd633s24A lovely way to start the academic year! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2025 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyhxrd633s24https://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lu3w3gh6a227Delighted to be in Dublin for THREADS: Stitching Together the History of Irish Dress ##THREADS202516 Jul 2025 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu3w3gh6a227https://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3ltwrltlrb223Huge thanks to @erinannmcc.bsky.social for the invitation to join the @stemma.bsky.social hackathon last week, which finished on a high with our team's proposal winning the prize for Most Potential (details in thread). Grateful to team mates John Lavagnino, Julian Neuhauser, and Akash Ragupathi. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Jul 2025 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltwrltlrb223https://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3ltjbjmx3gk22What a privilege to participate in this innovative research collaboration. Working with these amazing people from such diverse backgrounds has been a truly rewarding experience. @stemma.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2025 07:17 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltjbjmx3gk22https://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lthcbzahok2aAnother wonderful #networkanalysis presentation at today's #STEMMAhackathon from Prof. Jing Chen on a co-citation network of early modern Chinese poetry. @stemma.bsky.social08 Jul 2025 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lthcbzahok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3ltexkytngs2jReally wonderful to hear @ruthahnert.bsky.social speak about her research process and trajectory at the #STEMMAhackathon @stemma.bsky.social #digitalhumanities #networkanalysis07 Jul 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltexkytngs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lt2whevkcc22What an extraordinary collaboration and delightful historical reconstruction! https://youtu.be/9VVO0MLRrXQ?si=T8Kaxjz8l8X7XGPG03 Jul 2025 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2whevkcc22https://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lpolhrozms2qLooking forward to attending the @whaireland.bsky.social conference this weekend. As well as numerous interesting papers, I am particularly looking forward to the ECR/PGR workshop, which was really excellent last year, and also to the publishing workshop. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpolhrozms2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3lnuuhvrbjk2hWhat a surprise I got while studying some lacemaking literature: I opened a second-hand book purchased online and found an old piece of lace between the pages!28 Apr 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuuhvrbjk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3llvftzichs2kThere is a special place in hell for people who do this to books. Especially library books. 😭03 Apr 2025 07:45 +0000at://did:plc:uv6ba3bonpkwhej6ty2itcpf/app.bsky.feed.post/3llvftzichs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/normaowens.bsky.social/post/3llghiblfk224Looking forward to this ... 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