Norma Owens
@normaowens.bsky.social
PhD Research Historian | University of Galway College of Arts Fellowship | 2024 MacCurtain/Cullen Prize | Social Network Analysis | Lace & Textiles | Long 18th Century | Gaeilge is fáilte
Very 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:
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Galway Talks with John Morley (Wednesday, 5th November 2025)
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November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Very 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:
open.spotify.com/episode/2e2H...
open.spotify.com/episode/2e2H...
Delighted 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!
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gahs.ie/next-lecture/
Next Lecture (10 November 2025) – Cumann Seandálaíochta agus Staire na Gaillimhe
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November 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Delighted 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/
gahs.ie/next-lecture/
#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). 🐸🐸🐸
October 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
#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). 🐸🐸🐸
A lovely way to start the academic year!
Happy first week of the semester! Today we made the most of the sunshine and welcomed colleagues in History and Philosophy back for the new academic year!
September 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A lovely way to start the academic year!
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Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!
September 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Delighted to share our Research Seminar Series for this semester! We're starting off next Wed 10 Sept @ 4pm by welcoming our new colleague, Dr Ciarán McCabe, who will be speaking on 'Privacy, Respectability, and Working-Class Domestic Spaces in Dublin's Tenements, c.1910-c.1960'!
Delighted to be in Dublin for THREADS: Stitching Together the History of Irish Dress ##THREADS2025
July 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Delighted to be in Dublin for THREADS: Stitching Together the History of Irish Dress ##THREADS2025
Huge 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.
Researchers gathered in Galway this week for the STEMMA Hackathon at the PorterShed to explore how technology can be used in the study of early modern English manuscripts (1475-1700).
@stemma.bsky.social @portershed.bsky.social
@stemma.bsky.social @portershed.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Huge 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.
What 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
Researchers are gathering in Galway this week for a 'hackathon' exploring how technology can be used in the study of ancient manuscripts
Galway project using tech to study ancient manuscripts
Researchers are gathering in Galway this week for a 'hackathon' exploring how technology can be used in the study of ancient manuscripts.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
What 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
Another wonderful #networkanalysis presentation at today's #STEMMAhackathon from Prof. Jing Chen on a co-citation network of early modern Chinese poetry.
@stemma.bsky.social
@stemma.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Another wonderful #networkanalysis presentation at today's #STEMMAhackathon from Prof. Jing Chen on a co-citation network of early modern Chinese poetry.
@stemma.bsky.social
@stemma.bsky.social
Really wonderful to hear @ruthahnert.bsky.social speak about her research process and trajectory at the #STEMMAhackathon @stemma.bsky.social #digitalhumanities #networkanalysis
July 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Really wonderful to hear @ruthahnert.bsky.social speak about her research process and trajectory at the #STEMMAhackathon @stemma.bsky.social #digitalhumanities #networkanalysis
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Kicking off the STEMMA hackathon here at The Portershed in Galway with a Design Thinking talk for our hackers! @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @portershed.bsky.social #STEMMAhackathon #DH #ERCfunded
July 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Kicking off the STEMMA hackathon here at The Portershed in Galway with a Design Thinking talk for our hackers! @erc.europa.eu @researchireland.ie @portershed.bsky.social #STEMMAhackathon #DH #ERCfunded
What an extraordinary collaboration and delightful historical reconstruction!
Who Was Greensleeves? An Extraordinary Reconstruction of Her Clothes
YouTube video by Bernadette Banner
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July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What an extraordinary collaboration and delightful historical reconstruction!
Looking 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.
Just a week to go before our annual conference. Looking forward to hearing so many great speakers and and a catch up with some many wonderful scholars. Thanks again to @caitbeaumont.bsky.social for agreeing to be our guest speaker this year.
Just two weeks to go before our annual conference. If you haven't yet registered please do. Some amazing speakers and our key note speaker @caitbeaumont.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Looking 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.
What 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!
April 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
What 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!
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Imirce imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms is an archive History students can examine at the University. Containing letters of Irish emigrants, here is our colleague Breandán MacSuibhne accepting a grant of $300,000 from Carnegie Corporation @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Imirce imirce.universityofgalway.ie/p/ms is an archive History students can examine at the University. Containing letters of Irish emigrants, here is our colleague Breandán MacSuibhne accepting a grant of $300,000 from Carnegie Corporation @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social
There is a special place in hell for people who do this to books. Especially library books. 😭
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
There is a special place in hell for people who do this to books. Especially library books. 😭
Looking forward to this ...
We are looking forward to tomorrow's round table on ‘Future Days of Researching the Past’ with @erinannmcc.bsky.social (English; @stemma.bsky.social ), @padraicmoran.bsky.social (@galwayclassics.bsky.social), and @sarahannebuckley.bsky.social (@historyatgalway.bsky.social)!
On behalf of CAMPS (@CAMPSGalway.bsky.social), I am very proud to announce our next special event, ‘Future Days of Researching the Past: A CAMPS Roundtable’, to take place next Friday (28/03) at 1p in the Bridge Room (THB 1001). Lunch will be provided following the event. All are welcome!
March 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Looking forward to this ...
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We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social
- Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context)
- Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900)
Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/
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- Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context)
- Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900)
Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/
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Jobs - University of Galway
www.universityofgalway.ie
March 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
We're hiring 2 new colleagues @historyatgalway.bsky.social
- Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context)
- Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900)
Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/
🗃️
- Lecturer A (.4FTE; 4-year post) in History (Ireland in Global Context)
- Lecturer A (1FTE; 6-month post) in History (Irish Economy and Society, 1750-1900)
Go here and click 'Academic Vacancies' www.universityofgalway.ie/about-us/jobs/
🗃️
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Spring 2025 #DH seminars at the University of Galway. Join us in person or online! Register for remote access here: forms.office.com/r/pSBmNN2TFU.
March 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spring 2025 #DH seminars at the University of Galway. Join us in person or online! Register for remote access here: forms.office.com/r/pSBmNN2TFU.
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We are very excited to officially announce that the University of Galway will host the DH2027 conference in Ireland from June 28 to July 3, 2027. More information will be coming soon.
Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027!
#DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway
Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027!
#DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway
February 13, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We are very excited to officially announce that the University of Galway will host the DH2027 conference in Ireland from June 28 to July 3, 2027. More information will be coming soon.
Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027!
#DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway
Congratulations to the Galway team! We look forward to joining you in 2027!
#DH2027 #digitalhumanities #Galway
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Fabulous talk by our colleague Shannon Devlin at history seminar today followed by wonderful celebration and launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) @shannondevlin.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fabulous talk by our colleague Shannon Devlin at history seminar today followed by wonderful celebration and launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) @shannondevlin.bsky.social
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We're running a workshop @historyatgalway.bsky.social next week (10 Feb) on 'Decolonising the Curriculum', featuring contributions from @ciaranon.bsky.social and @egeertsphd.bsky.social. It's in person, but all are welcome to Galway. Seems like a pretty good time to be having these conversations.
February 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
We're running a workshop @historyatgalway.bsky.social next week (10 Feb) on 'Decolonising the Curriculum', featuring contributions from @ciaranon.bsky.social and @egeertsphd.bsky.social. It's in person, but all are welcome to Galway. Seems like a pretty good time to be having these conversations.
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Reminder History Seminar is by our colleague Shannon Devlin tomorrow Wednesday, 5 Feb at 4pm in Room GO10 the Hardiman Research Building. The launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) follows. For those on Zoom universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
February 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reminder History Seminar is by our colleague Shannon Devlin tomorrow Wednesday, 5 Feb at 4pm in Room GO10 the Hardiman Research Building. The launch of Shannon's monograph Sociability in Nineteenth-Century Ulster (LUP, 2025) follows. For those on Zoom universityofgalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Is this evidence of the earliest relic of St. Brigid?
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
February 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Is this evidence of the earliest relic of St. Brigid?
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
Follow the journey of her name from a Swiss abbey to a must-see exhibition in Dublin!
Don’t miss this rare chance to see history up close. #CuratorBlog #MuseumBlog #NMIBlog Read more: 🔗
www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collec...
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MA History graduate, Irene McGoldrick, will present to the Old Tuam Society tonight thursday 30 January on the 1814 collapse of Lord ffrench's bank in Tuam and Dublin. This free event takes place at 7pm in the Miller's Cottage on Shop St, Tuam @normaowens.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
MA History graduate, Irene McGoldrick, will present to the Old Tuam Society tonight thursday 30 January on the 1814 collapse of Lord ffrench's bank in Tuam and Dublin. This free event takes place at 7pm in the Miller's Cottage on Shop St, Tuam @normaowens.bsky.social