E.P. Thompson: "History is a cultural form within which we fight and many have fought before us. Nor are we alone when we fight there for we are historians because we know that the past is not dead, inert, and confining, but is strong with energies which can brought once again to our side."

Looking forward to giving this talk on Wednesday at my new institution here in China, talking early America, Irish Studies, Cervantes, & racial-capitalism.

I think that if you're a writer and you don't invent a word every now and then you're missing out on a solid chunk of the fun.

Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality."
- James Baldwin

If shipping can bypass the Red Sea and Suez Canal by going all the way around Africa and still report increases in profit as a result, there’s really no reason why ships going East of Taiwan instead of through the congested Taiwan Strait should cause that big of a disruption. Just saying

it’s not the main problem in the grander scheme of things but when’s the last time you saw anyone funny or interesting who also thought the democratic party was on the right course

these are our brothers and we should be building a better world together

"The 2025 International Symposium The Turns of the Centuries: Irish and Latin American Literature and Culture will be hosted by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City..." To be held Sept. 17-19, 2025; applications due 04/30

turnsofthecenturies.com/apply-now/

I wrote an essay about 18th-century arguments for slavery-reparations, which is now available in Philosophers' Magazine. It focuses on arguments by Black antislavery activists in Massachusetts, so I'm glad it came out during Black History Month! #philsky #academicsky #blackhistory

Join us this Saturday for the 8th annual #Comhfhios conference

An Irish Studies conference for grad students organized by grad students, we're thrilled to host students from New York, Aberdeen, Boston, Belfast, and other locations

Come listen to some fascinating research on Irish environmentalism

Looking forward to discussing this one on 03/16 with @themimbresschool.bsky.social & @drumm-colin.bsky.social

#FridayReading

Submissions are now open for the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 - for an academic book on an Irish / Irish Diasporic historical subject published by an Irish resident in 2024 as their first scholarly book #IrishHistory. Closes 1 March.
usihs36.com/2025/02/03/i...

Irish Studies folks:
Anyone have a beat on someone who might be interested in reviewing some contemporary fiction by female authors? Banshee Press have sent on 'Let's Dance' by Lucy Sweeney Byrne & 'Tenterhooks' by Claire-Lise Kieffer.
#irishstudies

THIS is why we wrote this. archive.is/2024.10.31-1...

The deadline is fast approaching! This is a great opportunity for humanities graduate students to do work in some amazing archives. Please spread the word! 🗃️ #earlymodern #c18th

Please read our open letter to the WVU Board of Governors published in the Boston Review today. @jessiew.bsky.social , @rosecasey.bsky.social and I wrote it together and we mean every word.