Sarah Roddy

Call for papers. 2026 Annual Conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland will be held at Trinity College Dublin, 4-5 December 2026. Deadline is Friday 23rd October. Details: www.eshsi.org

If you're stuck for Christmas present ideas, please note that my recent book is now available in paperback at a much more affordable price. share.google/S2FVY3FH4t4a...

Just a gentle reminder that the last day for receiving applications is fast approaching (31 October). please spread the word if you know someone who might benefit from this bursary.

History / Irish Studies job at Boston College, applications for a senior scholar to serve as the inaugural Jane B. and Thomas E. Hachey Professor invited The appointment will be a tenured position at the rank of full Professor of History #irishhistoryjob apply.interfolio.com/194167

Did your grandmother have egg money? For most Monaghan farm women, 1910-1950, egg money was often the only money they controlled. It paid for the boots, the schoolbooks and the shop. Get in touch: Eggmoneyinmonaghan@gmail.com A Monaghan County Council Commemorations History Bursary project

Myself, Seán Fearon and Pat Brodie have published a report today examining the exaggerated benefits and significant costs of data centres to Ireland. Below is a short thread on some of the key takeaways. Read the full report here: mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/21... 1/6

Really enjoyed taking part in the annual CHSI (Catholic Historical Society of Ireland) conference in DCU on Saturday - wonderful lecture on stained glass by David Caron & a tour on site of some beautiful examples.

A reminder that the next IHS meeting will take place Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 7:00 p.m. This will be a panel discussion on ‘New Directions in the Study of 19th Century Ireland’, featuring papers from Dr Peter Hession and Dr Sarah Roddy (Chair: Prof Peter Gray)

The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland takes place this Saturday (19 September 2026). Several papers will relate to nineteenth-century Ireland (as well as many other fascinating papers about Irish Catholic Spaces)! www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...

Looking forward to my first event as an Irish citizen at Culture Night – giving a lecture on O'Connell and Global Reform at the University of Notre Dame Dublin. The event is free, all are welcome, there is also an open house and reception. Booking here: www.eventbrite.com/e/culture-ni...

Proposals for papers are invited for the annual conference of the Economic and Social History Society of Ireland to be held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 & 5 Dec. Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to adolan@tcd.ie by 23rd Oct. 2026. All aspects of Irish economic and social history are welcome.

Irish Studies Assistant Prof post available at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/191724

My department (Business Humanities & Law at Copenhagen Business School) is currently offering two PhD Scholarships, the first in Responsible Entrepreneurship. Very good pay and conditions in a highly welcoming and interdisciplinary dept. Historians welcome! Spread the word. Feel free to email me.

The third round of formal reflection for for Karin and I (along with a lifetime of constantly talking about it)! Please share widely. Please circulate widely to anyone who might be interested. We will be welcoming people who would like to attend and join the dialogue as well as paper givers.

It’s been a delight working with @seroddy.bsky.social of @maynoothuniversity.ie on PARISH (Preserving and Recording Ireland’s Sacred Heritage). We’re excited to see this project’s impact grow as a free, online source of genealogical information. thecatholicherald.com/article/init...

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The Catholic Historical Society's annual conference 2026 is on 19 Sep at DCU-St. Pat's. Theme 'Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...

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The Catholic Historical Society's annual conference 2026 is on 19 Sep at DCU-St. Pat's. Theme 'Irish Catholic Spaces: Pasts and Futures. Details and registration here: www.eventbrite.ie/e/chsi-annua...

We're hiring a permanent Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

🚨 Permanent Job in Early Modern History in lovely Limerick🚨

My letter to Minister Lawless about Research Ireland's decision to devolve the awarding of doctoral scholarships & postdoctoral fellowships to universities. A disastrous move. Please consider raising this issue in your own institutions and with elected representatives and the media.

the Women’s History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has teamed up with the Women’s History Network to offer a joint annual book prize which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 July 2026. womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

We are delighted to announce that Irish Studies at QUB will host @acirishstudies.bsky.social in 2028. The dates will be June 12-15; CFP to follow.

Almost 2,000 academics and researchers have signed a letter saying the new €4.55 billion funding strategy of Research Ireland is too focused on areas that are “industry-centred, commercially-focused, and profit-seeking”. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

A real honour to receive this prize for my book - the list of past winners includes some of my favourite people and some of my favourite books in Irish history.

🎆Job Klaxon!!🎆 Full-time, permanent lectureship in Old and Middle Irish at Maynooth University @maynoothuniversity.ie. Application deadline 26 July 2026. Tar ag obair linn i Roinn na Sean-Ghaeilge @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Extended CFP deadline to 15 June 2026: Please do share widely!! "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care" - 1 day conference 4 September 2026, keynote @janehamlett.bsky.social to be held at Wilton's Music Hall [1/9]

Very sorry to hear of the recent death of Don MacRaild. Don was Professor of History at Northumbria, Wellington, Ulster, Roehampton, and London Met, where he was a PVC before his recent retirement. A leading historian of Ireland’s diaspora, he will be much missed by all who knew him.

Very sorry to hear that Elizabeth Malcolm has died - an inspirational scholar and leader of Irish Studies in Australia. isaanz.org/the-passing-...

Two more week to submit your proposal for a special issue on gender, crisis and childhood! #childhood #gender #history

Don't forget you can see our provisional conference schedule and register for #ssnci2026 on our website! See this link ssnci.org/annual-confe...

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Our 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! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/roisin-hig...

Join us May 19th at 4 PM @sidneysussex.bsky.social for an insightful roundtable discussing my new book, Converting Ireland: religious education, language & colonialism! @manchesterup.bsky.social Link in the comment below. #ConvertingIreland #BookLaunch #RoundtableDiscussion #IrishHistory #MUP

Like everyone, I'm enjoying digging into the 1926 census. Has anyone else noticed that the household form for Eamon de Valera (though not the rest of his family) links to that for Sydney Beardmore... manager of the Swastika laundry?! nationalarchives.ie/collections/...

In advance of tomorrow's release here is a short piece on the historical Irish censuses based on my past and ongoing research #spéirgorm theconversation.com/80-million-p...

Excited to announce that my journal article on women printsellers in early nineteenth-century Dublin has been published in @eshsi.bsky.social It explores the gendered dynamics of the family print shop and how labour was divided in these domestic and commercial spaces.

Nice retrospective on the origins (and continued relevance!) of the women's committee of the Economic History Society: x.com/i/status/204...

Great to see the new combined book prize for a first book in women's history, from @womenshistnet.bsky.social and @whaireland.bsky.social. Entries can be made for research-based books published in 2025, until 31 July 2026. Spread the word! womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

10 grants available (up to €300) for travel and expenses to join us in Trento, Italy, 16-18 September, for postgrads and ECRs working on a topic related to 'Circulating Faith: Christian Missions in a Global Perspective (1500–2000)' deadline 30 April isig.fbk.eu/it/news/deta... #earlymodern 🗃️

☘️Did you know that St Patrick's own words are the only surviving Latin narrative texts of his age to have been composed outside of Roman imperial territory? Have a listen to the latest episode of the podcast with brilliant lexicographer Dr Anthony Harvey @ria.ie 1/3☘️ open.spotify.com/episode/3ffC...

✋The Shrine of St. Patrick’s Hand dates from the fourteenth or fifteenth century. It is still used to hold a relic believed to belong to Saint Patrick. ☘ 600 years later, the shrine is still in use today during St. Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick’s Church, Belfast. Learn more → bit.ly/4s8lFaj

Sharing some more research pictures on #LáFhéilePhádraig - here is the Irish chapel in San Gioacchino in Rome. A late 19th-century building which celebrated the idea of Catholicism spreading across the world - ideas of ‘spiritual imperialism’ very evident in the mosaic in the decoration!

A selection of the many Catholic church and cathedral buildings all over the world, big and small, named in honour of St Patrick! Limerick, Mayo, Montreal and London! #LáFhéilePhádraig

Lovely to hear Department stalwart (with 45 years service) and Irish history legend Prof Jacqueline Hill give a paper about her father's experience as a POW in WWII this evening.

We are excited for the Society's Distinguished Lecture, which will be delivered tomorrow by Prof. Tyler Abinder. There is still time to register here: www.eshsi.org