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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile)
@amberflood.bsky.social
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History PhD student. Interested in associational culture and knowledge exchange. Funded by the SWWDTP / AHRC. Based at the University of Exeter & Devon and Exeter Institution.
I won't bore you with my other interests.
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Amber Flood (Ní Mhaoltuile) @amberflood.bsky.social · Nov 28
#introduction
I'm a collaborative doctoral award student, funded by the @swwdtp.bsky.social, and so I'm very blessed because I get to spend lots of my time at a 200+ year old historic library - The Devon and Exeter Institution. Here is a photo of me delivering a lecture there:
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researchnt.bsky.social
Humanity's future depends on strong, resilient ecosystems.🌳🐿️🐝🌱🦋

We've written a report with partners including @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nhm-london.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social presenting a big-picture ecosystem approach to restoring nature.

Read it here: www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...
Nature recovery requires whole-ecosystem action
With one in six species threatened with extinction in the UK, senior ecologists are calling for an ecosystem approach to halt nature decline.
www.ncl.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
amberflood.bsky.social
I helped programme this year's lecture series. Really looking forward to this one!
dexinst.bsky.social The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · 8d
On 27th November, Professor Nicola Thomas will discuss the Reinterpretation of the Redvers Buller statue in Exeter. This will be a space for reflection on the presence of the colonial past in contemporary civic life. Tickets can be purchased here: www.tickettailor.com/events/devon...
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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carvehername.bsky.social
#OnThisDay, 18 Nov 1910, 119 people are arrested whilst protesting for the right for women to vote in the UK.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #VotesForWomen #BritishHistory 🗃️

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A woman lying on the ground clutching her face as a policeman and other men surround her.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
I had the opportunity to put together a book display this month in the @dexinst.bsky.social (title: 'Threads through Time')! It's based on depictions of clothing in the historic book collection 📚It will be on display until this Saturday, 22 November
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
It was great to visit the @brlsi.bsky.social over the past two days. I got to look at an impressive set of nineteenth-century annual reports and other institutional archival materials. I was very grateful to receive the Rob Randall bursary which made this research visit possible!! ⭐️📚
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
amberflood.bsky.social
Happy Halloween (Oíche Shamhna) to all who celebrate 👻🔥 getting into the spirit by listening to Dr Doireann Ní Ghlacáin share her expertise on the Cailleach - the Irish goddess who is currently in the process of bringing about winter 💨
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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ciaraioch.bsky.social
Happy Samhain 🔥
Drawing of a carved turnip in front flames and the word Samhain #Samhain #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm #Ireland #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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historyworkshop.org.uk
What if friendship were understood not just on an individual, personal level, but as something political – a radical practice capable of upending hierarchies and producing revolutionary social change?

Laura C. Forster and Joel White reflect on radical friendship and everyday solidarities.
Friends in Common
How might we reassess friendship as a transformative, even revolutionary, political resource?
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
No more emojis, just gravestone reactions.

(These are all from Old Norwichtown Burial Ground in Norwich, Connecticut.)
a carved gravestone face with a mournful expression a carved gravestone face with a sly, laughing expression a carved gravestone face with a piqued expression a carved gravestone face with a mild, smiling expression
October 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
I started House of Guinness last night. Sadly, what has been seen cannot be unseen 💔 no subtlety whatsoever. Every time the "fenians" came on screen diddly-idle-dum music started playing, the costumes looked AI generated and they were all wearing different shades of green 🥴
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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president.ie
Statement by President Michael D. Higgins on the death of Manchán Magan president.ie/en/media-lib...
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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dexinst.bsky.social
Calling all university students!

How about this seventeenth century medical recipe book as #DissertationInspiration?

See this recipe book and a number of other fascinating archives in person at our Dissertation Inspiration Drop In on Friday 24th October, 2-4pm.
October 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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dexinst.bsky.social
Calling all university students!

Are you looking for some #DissertationInspiration?

Join us for a drop in session to view original primary sources, perfect to give you ideas for your historical research.

Free and open to all.
Poster for a Dissertation Inspiration drop in at the Devon and Exeter Institution on Friday 24th October from 2pm to 4pm
September 26, 2025 at 2:44 PM
amberflood.bsky.social
Came across an obscure local satire serial that the @dexinst.bsky.social was subscribed to for a few years in the 1880s. Some of the members were not pleased about its presence in the reading room!
August 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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rwldproject.bsky.social
This is such a brilliant piece of #SocialHistory!

Demonstrating once again how railways were far more than just shiny locos moving carriages and goods wagons. This says so much about imagined communities & attempting to knit a workforce together ...

#Railway200 #RailwayHistory
oldthurles.bsky.social Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Jul 29
Great work being carried out by the team behind Railway worker deaths in GB & Ireland @rwldproject.bsky.social
Not accident related, the GS&WR at Thurles had their own cricket team. John Bracken on Clonmel team worked in the post office & is great grandfather to Kyran Bracken, England scrum half.
Press report of a cricket match in 1894 between Clonmel Star CC and Thurles GS&WR CC
July 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
amberflood.bsky.social
It was great to help out with Schools' Enrichment Week at @dexinst.bsky.social 🔍📚 today the year 10's were tasked with finding parallels between 19thC media and the media of today! There were lots of interesting discussions around scandel, fake news and clickbait 📲
July 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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earlymodernwar.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, with a keynote address by Professor Mark Stoyle, will be held on 30-31 October at the University of Exeter.

Please help us spread the world, and consider submitting a proposal!🗡️
Call for papers for the Conflict, War and Violence in the Early Modern World Conference, taking place at the University of Exeter on 30-31 October. We are exploring early modern conflict in all its forms. We particularly seek to unpack the interactions between the more traditional aspects of conflict, such as the political, tactical and strategic, with the more human side of it, including sociocultural approaches that explore experiences, representations and impacts of violence. As such, we particularly welcome proposals that look beyond purely military history and break chronological, geographical and disciplinary boundaries. We welcome proposals for individual papers of up to 20 minutes, or full panels of three to four papers, on any aspect of conflict, war and violence in the early modern period. Speakers might consider, but are not limited to, the following themes: Physical, tactical, operational and strategic aspects of warfare. Martial identities, values and motivations. Notions of gender, race, class and religion. Remembering, (re)imagining and representing violence and/or conflict. The experience of violence, its impact and the everyday at war. Popular allegiance in early modern conflict. Maritime violence and naval warfare. The bureaucracy of conflict, finance and the law. Abstracts of up to 300 words, along with a biographical note, should be sent to earlymodernwar@gmail.com by Friday 5th September.
July 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
Very excited!! I am helping with the organisation of this year's @dexinst.bsky.social's lecture series, so feel free to message or email me if you are interested or would like to know more 📚🔍📜🍂
dexinst.bsky.social The Devon and Exeter Institution @dexinst.bsky.social · Jul 11
We are accepting abstracts for our annual lecture series on subjects interacting with the theme of "A New Leaf" 🍃📚
The deadline for submissions is Monday 25th August. Please see the full call for papers on our website: devonandexeterinstitution.org/whats-on/tal...
July 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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socialhistsoc.bsky.social
We are delighted to say that #SHSConf2025 was an immense success!

Please read more about it here - and stay tuned for more information and announcements from the conference!✨

socialhistory.org.uk/2025/07/10/s...
Social History Society Conference 2025 Roundup
We are delighted to say that our 2025 SHS Conference was an immense success! This was the first time we have ever hosted a conference in a heritage site: namely, the Black Country Living Museum in …
socialhistory.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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lsangha.bsky.social
📢JOBS: 2 postdoc research associate positions📢

On AHRC project 'Informing contemporary land use policy through sustainability assessment of farming systems' in pre-modern periods🗃️

- FT from 01/10/25
- #Medieval history (3 years)
- #EarlyModern history (28 months)

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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jobs.exeter.ac.uk
July 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
July 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
Thoroughly enjoyed attending #SHSConf2025. Such fascinating and impactful displays of work throughout! Very grateful for the opportunity to present a paper and I was delighted to be able to have such interesting discussions over the past few days!!
@socialhistsoc.bsky.social
@swwdtp.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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whaireland.bsky.social
PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.
April 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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hpscesee.bsky.social
Call for papers: Mobilizing Nature: The Environmental History of the Ottoman Danubian Frontier, Vienna, 12-13 March 2026. URL: danfront.univie.ac.a...
March 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
amberflood.bsky.social
Yay! Can't wait for this conference 📚
socialhistsoc.bsky.social Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social · Mar 20
📣The programme for our 2025 conference is out now!

👉Read it here (scroll down to 'Conference Programme'): socialhistory.org.uk/events/confe...

✨Take a look at the amazing array of social & cultural history on show!🗃️
Conference
Visit the post for more.
socialhistory.org.uk
March 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM