Adam Behan
@adambehan.bsky.social
Musicologist/ceoleolaí. IRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Maynooth University.
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-humanities/our-people/adam-behan
https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-arts-humanities/our-people/adam-behan
Picasso: From the Studio
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Picasso: From the Studio
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RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
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c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
c.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
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Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
I am speaking at TCD next week as part of the seminar in musicology series for anyone interested and free!
The next event in the Trinity Seminar in Musicology Series is a talk by Dr Adam Behan (Maynooth University) on "Rethinking Popular Music and Liberalism in Late Twentieth-Century Ireland.” 4pm Thursday 6 November at the Boydell Recital Room, House 5, TCD. Free & open to the public. Come join us!
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I am speaking at TCD next week as part of the seminar in musicology series for anyone interested and free!
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We have launched an anonymous Ireland-wide musician survey for all improvising musicians/sound artists from all musical genres/traditions/scenes.
forms.gle/FihrvknpzSiG...
Deadline: 5th October
forms.gle/FihrvknpzSiG...
Deadline: 5th October
August 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We have launched an anonymous Ireland-wide musician survey for all improvising musicians/sound artists from all musical genres/traditions/scenes.
forms.gle/FihrvknpzSiG...
Deadline: 5th October
forms.gle/FihrvknpzSiG...
Deadline: 5th October
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‘Virtually everything the UK does regarding Palestine makes it the Republic’s ugly friend: almost anyone would look good standing next to it. But Dublin is hideous in its own right.’
@naoisedolan.bsky.social in Belfast, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
@naoisedolan.bsky.social in Belfast, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
Naoise Dolan | In Belfast
Since Palestine Action was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government last month, more than seven...
www.lrb.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
‘Virtually everything the UK does regarding Palestine makes it the Republic’s ugly friend: almost anyone would look good standing next to it. But Dublin is hideous in its own right.’
@naoisedolan.bsky.social in Belfast, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
@naoisedolan.bsky.social in Belfast, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
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Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Basic Income for the Arts public consultation
ec.europa.eu
August 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...
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A proper 12-month replacement post with decent salary (for UKHE, at least) in modern European history. Belfast is a decent place to live - relatively affordable apart from extortionate pint prices - and I can personally vouch for what a great & friendly School we have.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...
Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History at Queen's University Belfast
Apply now for the Lecturer (Education) in Modern European History role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
www.jobs.ac.uk
August 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A proper 12-month replacement post with decent salary (for UKHE, at least) in modern European history. Belfast is a decent place to live - relatively affordable apart from extortionate pint prices - and I can personally vouch for what a great & friendly School we have.
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE451/l...
RIP Seán Rocks, the soundtrack to many weekday evenings of mine. Awful news.
Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks dies aged 63
Broadcaster and actor Seán Rocks, the voice of Arena on RTÉ Radio 1, has died aged 63.
www.rte.ie
July 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
RIP Seán Rocks, the soundtrack to many weekday evenings of mine. Awful news.
'Fascism, the disease that lies dormant in Western liberalism, depends on – is – the freedom from liberal, or from any other, moral restraint.'
The Monad Unchained - DRB
The collapse of liberalism in the age of Trump and Netanyahu
drb.ie
July 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
'Fascism, the disease that lies dormant in Western liberalism, depends on – is – the freedom from liberal, or from any other, moral restraint.'
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🎨 🎼 The Expansive Canvas is more than a conference — it's a celebration! We're calling artists, musicians, poets, and creators of all kinds to respond to the music of women composers of the long 19th century. Submit to The Creative Palette! 🎨
📣 Open to all!
🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...
📣 Open to all!
🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...
July 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
🎨 🎼 The Expansive Canvas is more than a conference — it's a celebration! We're calling artists, musicians, poets, and creators of all kinds to respond to the music of women composers of the long 19th century. Submit to The Creative Palette! 🎨
📣 Open to all!
🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...
📣 Open to all!
🔗 expansivecanvas.com/call-for-par...
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delete your spotify. use apple music or tidal or youtube music or whatever, but spotify is using your money to create killing machines
June 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
delete your spotify. use apple music or tidal or youtube music or whatever, but spotify is using your money to create killing machines
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News: The Dent Medal for 2025 is awarded to Professor Bettina Varwig (University of Cambridge). www.rma.ac.uk/2025/05/19/2...
May 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
News: The Dent Medal for 2025 is awarded to Professor Bettina Varwig (University of Cambridge). www.rma.ac.uk/2025/05/19/2...
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🎶We’re delighted to launch the O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellowship in Music.
This three-month funded fellowship will be awarded annually to support outstanding music and music-related research.🎼
💡Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
@nicoleegrimes.bsky.social @evepatt.bsky.social
This three-month funded fellowship will be awarded annually to support outstanding music and music-related research.🎼
💡Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
@nicoleegrimes.bsky.social @evepatt.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🎶We’re delighted to launch the O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellowship in Music.
This three-month funded fellowship will be awarded annually to support outstanding music and music-related research.🎼
💡Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
@nicoleegrimes.bsky.social @evepatt.bsky.social
This three-month funded fellowship will be awarded annually to support outstanding music and music-related research.🎼
💡Learn more: www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
@nicoleegrimes.bsky.social @evepatt.bsky.social
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Bumping this - if you're in Dublin next Weds, and you're interested in contemporary Irish music, politics and culture. I'd love to see you at my book launch. A book that's already a bargain will be available at an even more enticing price!
May 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Bumping this - if you're in Dublin next Weds, and you're interested in contemporary Irish music, politics and culture. I'd love to see you at my book launch. A book that's already a bargain will be available at an even more enticing price!
Just awful. Housing crisis + higher ed precarity = many stories like this
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
The homeless university lecturer: ‘There’s a sense of shame around it’
Screenwriter Jenny Roche was ordered to vacate her rented property in Moycullen, Co Galway, having overheld for more than eight months
www.irishtimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Just awful. Housing crisis + higher ed precarity = many stories like this
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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For the FT, I wrote an essay about why the daily experience of the Internet keeps getting worse, tipping us into madness and conflict. I gather ideas about slop, enshittification, and dead internet theory under what I call "the hostile Internet."
www.ft.com/content/5d06...
www.ft.com/content/5d06...
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
www.ft.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
For the FT, I wrote an essay about why the daily experience of the Internet keeps getting worse, tipping us into madness and conflict. I gather ideas about slop, enshittification, and dead internet theory under what I call "the hostile Internet."
www.ft.com/content/5d06...
www.ft.com/content/5d06...
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Not at all concerning to learn that Universities UK are partnering with a company to sell an AI product that offers automated feedback on student work. Who needs staff?
April 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Not at all concerning to learn that Universities UK are partnering with a company to sell an AI product that offers automated feedback on student work. Who needs staff?
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The story of the pianos made in Shannon, Co Clare loved by ABBA, but hated by tuners. While Lindner pianos were disliked by professionals, these innovative mass-produced instruments are due more credit than they've got to date. By Anika Babel @ucddublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The tale of an Irish-made piano loved by ABBA but hated by tuners
While Lindner pianos were disliked by many professionals, these innovative mass-produced instruments are due more credit than they've got to date
www.rte.ie
March 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The story of the pianos made in Shannon, Co Clare loved by ABBA, but hated by tuners. While Lindner pianos were disliked by professionals, these innovative mass-produced instruments are due more credit than they've got to date. By Anika Babel @ucddublin.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...