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Institute of #irishstudies @liverpooluni.bsky.social: world-leading research & teaching in peace & conflict, women's studies, literature & history.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studies
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The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture: ‘Politics and the Poet' by Sir Simon Schama
The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture by Sir Simon Schama, with readings by Leanne Best
www.eventbrite.co.uk
//2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture//
Professor Sir Simon Schama on "Politics and the Poet"
Reading of Heaney poems by Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
Professor Sir Simon Schama on "Politics and the Poet"
Reading of Heaney poems by Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
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Take your research career to the next level with us. Our prestigious five-year fellowships are now open (with a permanent post at the end). If you have a compelling vision for harnessing the power of AI for research, we want to hear from you. All the details here www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fel...
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Take your research career to the next level with us. Our prestigious five-year fellowships are now open (with a permanent post at the end). If you have a compelling vision for harnessing the power of AI for research, we want to hear from you. All the details here www.liverpool.ac.uk/research/fel...
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How do our postgraduate researchers feel about their time with us?
"I feel very lucky... it's an incredible journey really, and I don't think I could have done that if I hadn't have had the support from the staff." - Malika @livunihss.bsky.social
"I feel very lucky... it's an incredible journey really, and I don't think I could have done that if I hadn't have had the support from the staff." - Malika @livunihss.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
How do our postgraduate researchers feel about their time with us?
"I feel very lucky... it's an incredible journey really, and I don't think I could have done that if I hadn't have had the support from the staff." - Malika @livunihss.bsky.social
"I feel very lucky... it's an incredible journey really, and I don't think I could have done that if I hadn't have had the support from the staff." - Malika @livunihss.bsky.social
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Transforming humanitarian responses to disasters through geographic data science 🌍
By integrating traditional data sources with digital trace data, we can deliver timely, spatially detailed insights to improve humanitarian responses to wars, pandemics, and natural hazards.
👉 youtu.be/gKM38547ciI
By integrating traditional data sources with digital trace data, we can deliver timely, spatially detailed insights to improve humanitarian responses to wars, pandemics, and natural hazards.
👉 youtu.be/gKM38547ciI
Transforming humanitarian responses to disasters through geographic data science
YouTube video by University of Liverpool
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November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Transforming humanitarian responses to disasters through geographic data science 🌍
By integrating traditional data sources with digital trace data, we can deliver timely, spatially detailed insights to improve humanitarian responses to wars, pandemics, and natural hazards.
👉 youtu.be/gKM38547ciI
By integrating traditional data sources with digital trace data, we can deliver timely, spatially detailed insights to improve humanitarian responses to wars, pandemics, and natural hazards.
👉 youtu.be/gKM38547ciI
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The University of Liverpool—home to the world’s first planning school—has partnered with Arup on a new report exploring how global planners are engaging with UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. 🌍
🔗Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/07/n...
🔗Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/07/n...
November 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The University of Liverpool—home to the world’s first planning school—has partnered with Arup on a new report exploring how global planners are engaging with UN SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities. 🌍
🔗Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/07/n...
🔗Find out more: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/07/n...
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Did you know the world’s first wireless Morse code radio message was sent from the Victoria Building’s Jubilee Clock Tower? It was made possible by Sir Oliver Lodge, who features in our Lightbulb moments exhibition.
Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Free
🔗 Read our blog: https://orlo.uk/ykiq8
Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Free
🔗 Read our blog: https://orlo.uk/ykiq8
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Did you know the world’s first wireless Morse code radio message was sent from the Victoria Building’s Jubilee Clock Tower? It was made possible by Sir Oliver Lodge, who features in our Lightbulb moments exhibition.
Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Free
🔗 Read our blog: https://orlo.uk/ykiq8
Tue-Sat, 10am-5pm
Free
🔗 Read our blog: https://orlo.uk/ykiq8
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Today's knowledge commons upload "A Wirral Location for the Battle of Brunanburh" #medievalsky #battles #history #vikings #england #wirral works.hcommons.org/records/xr70...
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Today's knowledge commons upload "A Wirral Location for the Battle of Brunanburh" #medievalsky #battles #history #vikings #england #wirral works.hcommons.org/records/xr70...
If you missed Anna Fitzgerald at @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Lit Fest, you can now catch up at youtu.be/emptGZzb-Kc.
Anna was awarded the 2024 John McGahern Book Prize for her outstanding debut "Girl in the Making", and she reads from her own work as well as from John McGahern's "Memoir".
#booksky
Anna was awarded the 2024 John McGahern Book Prize for her outstanding debut "Girl in the Making", and she reads from her own work as well as from John McGahern's "Memoir".
#booksky
John McGahern Book Prize 2024 - Anna Fitzgerald
YouTube video by Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool
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November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you missed Anna Fitzgerald at @liverpooluni.bsky.social's Lit Fest, you can now catch up at youtu.be/emptGZzb-Kc.
Anna was awarded the 2024 John McGahern Book Prize for her outstanding debut "Girl in the Making", and she reads from her own work as well as from John McGahern's "Memoir".
#booksky
Anna was awarded the 2024 John McGahern Book Prize for her outstanding debut "Girl in the Making", and she reads from her own work as well as from John McGahern's "Memoir".
#booksky
One of the many reasons we love @victoriagallery.bsky.social is all the little details😍
Join one of their FREE guided tours to find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vgm-guided...
Join one of their FREE guided tours to find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vgm-guided...
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One of the many reasons we love @victoriagallery.bsky.social is all the little details😍
Join one of their FREE guided tours to find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vgm-guided...
Join one of their FREE guided tours to find out more: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vgm-guided...
The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture will be in just 🔟days, and there's just a handful of spaces left so best register now:
Professor Sir Simon Schama
Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
Professor Sir Simon Schama
Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture: ‘Politics and the Poet' by Sir Simon Schama
The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture by Sir Simon Schama, with readings by Leanne Best
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture will be in just 🔟days, and there's just a handful of spaces left so best register now:
Professor Sir Simon Schama
Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
Professor Sir Simon Schama
Leanne Best
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
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We love hearing about the experiences of our postgraduate researchers!
"Studying at Liverpool has been wonderful and eventful." - Diana. @livunihss.bsky.social
"Studying at Liverpool has been wonderful and eventful." - Diana. @livunihss.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We love hearing about the experiences of our postgraduate researchers!
"Studying at Liverpool has been wonderful and eventful." - Diana. @livunihss.bsky.social
"Studying at Liverpool has been wonderful and eventful." - Diana. @livunihss.bsky.social
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The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel!
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 13: Workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel!
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
Thanks to the staff at @liverpooluni.bsky.social Ness Garden, who have once again put on a superb Halloween Family Trail.
If you want to keep the Halloween spirit going a little longer, it's still on until Monday www.liverpool.ac.uk/ness-gardens...
PS: Entry for students and UoL staff is just £1!
If you want to keep the Halloween spirit going a little longer, it's still on until Monday www.liverpool.ac.uk/ness-gardens...
PS: Entry for students and UoL staff is just £1!
November 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Thanks to the staff at @liverpooluni.bsky.social Ness Garden, who have once again put on a superb Halloween Family Trail.
If you want to keep the Halloween spirit going a little longer, it's still on until Monday www.liverpool.ac.uk/ness-gardens...
PS: Entry for students and UoL staff is just £1!
If you want to keep the Halloween spirit going a little longer, it's still on until Monday www.liverpool.ac.uk/ness-gardens...
PS: Entry for students and UoL staff is just £1!
Happy Halloween!
With Samhain now widely recognised as the origin for modern Halloween Ireland seeks to tap into it as a new tourist theme. Maynooth University hosted a symposium on the emerging ‘Samhain Industry’, which our Dr Lucy Moreau attended and wrote on:
👀 www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
With Samhain now widely recognised as the origin for modern Halloween Ireland seeks to tap into it as a new tourist theme. Maynooth University hosted a symposium on the emerging ‘Samhain Industry’, which our Dr Lucy Moreau attended and wrote on:
👀 www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
October 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Happy Halloween!
With Samhain now widely recognised as the origin for modern Halloween Ireland seeks to tap into it as a new tourist theme. Maynooth University hosted a symposium on the emerging ‘Samhain Industry’, which our Dr Lucy Moreau attended and wrote on:
👀 www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
With Samhain now widely recognised as the origin for modern Halloween Ireland seeks to tap into it as a new tourist theme. Maynooth University hosted a symposium on the emerging ‘Samhain Industry’, which our Dr Lucy Moreau attended and wrote on:
👀 www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
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Good morning from Abercromby Scare...
#Halloween
#Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good morning from Abercromby Scare...
#Halloween
#Halloween
Welcome back to Liverpool to our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who is being joined by Derry poet Michael Foley to discuss the life and work of Belfast writer Gerard Keenan.
Thanks to all those who turned out on a windy night.
Thanks to all those who turned out on a windy night.
October 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Welcome back to Liverpool to our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who is being joined by Derry poet Michael Foley to discuss the life and work of Belfast writer Gerard Keenan.
Thanks to all those who turned out on a windy night.
Thanks to all those who turned out on a windy night.
2 weeks until our Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture, but don't leave it too late to register as we are heading towards being oversubscribed.
👉 "Politics and the Poet" by Sir Simon Schama
👉 Readings of Seamus Heaney poems by Leanne Best
FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
👉 "Politics and the Poet" by Sir Simon Schama
👉 Readings of Seamus Heaney poems by Leanne Best
FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
October 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
2 weeks until our Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture, but don't leave it too late to register as we are heading towards being oversubscribed.
👉 "Politics and the Poet" by Sir Simon Schama
👉 Readings of Seamus Heaney poems by Leanne Best
FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
👉 "Politics and the Poet" by Sir Simon Schama
👉 Readings of Seamus Heaney poems by Leanne Best
FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
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Students, have your say and win £500! 🗣️✨
The SOS UK Sustainability Skills Survey allows you to share what you think about sustainability and how your university can better equip students with green skills.
Any student can take part, your voice matters! 🙌
online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/b1...
The SOS UK Sustainability Skills Survey allows you to share what you think about sustainability and how your university can better equip students with green skills.
Any student can take part, your voice matters! 🙌
online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/b1...
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Students, have your say and win £500! 🗣️✨
The SOS UK Sustainability Skills Survey allows you to share what you think about sustainability and how your university can better equip students with green skills.
Any student can take part, your voice matters! 🙌
online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/b1...
The SOS UK Sustainability Skills Survey allows you to share what you think about sustainability and how your university can better equip students with green skills.
Any student can take part, your voice matters! 🙌
online1.snapsurveys.com/Interview/b1...
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Coming up on 24 Nov, join this online event 'Creating Inclusive Workplaces for Academics with Energy Limiting Conditions', launching new guidance on systemic changes and individual adjustments for those with ELC. From CHASE & @drbevans.bsky.social
Creating Inclusive Workplaces for Academics with Energy Limiting Conditions
Join us as we launch guidance on systemic changes and individual adjustments to create more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Coming up on 24 Nov, join this online event 'Creating Inclusive Workplaces for Academics with Energy Limiting Conditions', launching new guidance on systemic changes and individual adjustments for those with ELC. From CHASE & @drbevans.bsky.social
Congratulations to our 2nd year student Aoife Murphy who had been choosen to join the Class of 2025 of the Washington Ireland Program. WIP brings young people from across the island of Ireland to the U.S. to live, work + develop as future leaders.
Read her blog: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
Read her blog: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Congratulations to our 2nd year student Aoife Murphy who had been choosen to join the Class of 2025 of the Washington Ireland Program. WIP brings young people from across the island of Ireland to the U.S. to live, work + develop as future leaders.
Read her blog: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
Read her blog: www.liverpool.ac.uk/irish-studie...
//TOMORROW\\
Public lecture on Gerard Keenan and "The Honest Ulsterman" by our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who will be joined by Derry poet and author Michael Foley.
🗓️ 6pm, 30 October 2025
🧭 LT7, Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1764858010...
#irishstudies
Public lecture on Gerard Keenan and "The Honest Ulsterman" by our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who will be joined by Derry poet and author Michael Foley.
🗓️ 6pm, 30 October 2025
🧭 LT7, Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1764858010...
#irishstudies
Gerard Keenan and The Honest Ulsterman
Discussion on Belfast writer Gerard Keenan, keynote columnist for longstanding Irish literary magazine The Honest Ulsterman
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
//TOMORROW\\
Public lecture on Gerard Keenan and "The Honest Ulsterman" by our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who will be joined by Derry poet and author Michael Foley.
🗓️ 6pm, 30 October 2025
🧭 LT7, Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1764858010...
#irishstudies
Public lecture on Gerard Keenan and "The Honest Ulsterman" by our alumnus Dr James Gallacher, who will be joined by Derry poet and author Michael Foley.
🗓️ 6pm, 30 October 2025
🧭 LT7, Rendall Building @liverpooluni.bsky.social
🎟️ FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1764858010...
#irishstudies
Don't forget to stop and smell the roses🌹
There's still a few in Abercromby Square, which looks splendid in its autumn colours.
There's still a few in Abercromby Square, which looks splendid in its autumn colours.
October 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Don't forget to stop and smell the roses🌹
There's still a few in Abercromby Square, which looks splendid in its autumn colours.
There's still a few in Abercromby Square, which looks splendid in its autumn colours.
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🌍 This year marks 10 years of the UN SDGs. 🎥 Watch how #TeamLivUni is helping build a more sustainable future, and discover the difference we’re making together 👇🏾
🔗 Read the full SDG Report 2024-25: www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
🔗 Read the full SDG Report 2024-25: www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
October 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
🌍 This year marks 10 years of the UN SDGs. 🎥 Watch how #TeamLivUni is helping build a more sustainable future, and discover the difference we’re making together 👇🏾
🔗 Read the full SDG Report 2024-25: www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
🔗 Read the full SDG Report 2024-25: www.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacu...
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It was great to welcome @dominoajones.bsky.social (PhD student in glaciology) to our Tate Hall! Domino shared their comic sketches and field notes, and explained how they look at data from the Vikings and ice cores for their studies!
Loved presenting my work on science storytelling and arctic comics! 🏔🌼❄️
Thanks for hosting me @victoriagallery.bsky.social 🏛
Thanks for supporting this work @geolassoc.bsky.social 🪨
Thanks for hosting me @victoriagallery.bsky.social 🏛
Thanks for supporting this work @geolassoc.bsky.social 🪨
October 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It was great to welcome @dominoajones.bsky.social (PhD student in glaciology) to our Tate Hall! Domino shared their comic sketches and field notes, and explained how they look at data from the Vikings and ice cores for their studies!
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Dr Ben Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Law at @livunislsj.bsky.social, explores how far failings at the UN and the International Court of Justice have made them complicit in the current humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
ICJ tells Israel to let UN aid flow into Gaza – but UN’s own failures throughout the war loom large
Some observers will be sceptical about whether the court’s verdict will have any impact.
theconversation.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Dr Ben Murphy, Senior Lecturer in Law at @livunislsj.bsky.social, explores how far failings at the UN and the International Court of Justice have made them complicit in the current humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.
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Listen to actor Liam Neeson share how growing up near Seamus Heaney's birthplace in Bellaghy inspired his love of poetry.
Experience that same inspiration this autumn in our award-winning exhibition celebrating Heaney's life, literature and legacy.
Book your visit today > tinyurl.com/3t8apusc
Experience that same inspiration this autumn in our award-winning exhibition celebrating Heaney's life, literature and legacy.
Book your visit today > tinyurl.com/3t8apusc
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Listen to actor Liam Neeson share how growing up near Seamus Heaney's birthplace in Bellaghy inspired his love of poetry.
Experience that same inspiration this autumn in our award-winning exhibition celebrating Heaney's life, literature and legacy.
Book your visit today > tinyurl.com/3t8apusc
Experience that same inspiration this autumn in our award-winning exhibition celebrating Heaney's life, literature and legacy.
Book your visit today > tinyurl.com/3t8apusc