Dr Laura Watson
@lauracwatson.bsky.social
Musicologist/Associate Professor, Maynooth University | BOOKS: Paul Dukas: Composer and Critic (2019); Dukas: Legacies of a French Musician (2019); Women and Music in Ireland (2022) | Sounding the Feminists | Memoirs | she/her
Red wine from Wales. In rondo form too!
August 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Red wine from Wales. In rondo form too!
A glimpse of the stunning scenery in North Wales: we stayed in Nant Gwrtheyrn first and then Port Meirion, the Italian-style village where The Prisoner was filmed in the 1960s. Surreal to stay in #PortMeirion after having watched #ThePrisoner!
August 8, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A glimpse of the stunning scenery in North Wales: we stayed in Nant Gwrtheyrn first and then Port Meirion, the Italian-style village where The Prisoner was filmed in the 1960s. Surreal to stay in #PortMeirion after having watched #ThePrisoner!
Say it loud, say it clear: refugees are welcome here. #Dublin #speirgorm
June 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Say it loud, say it clear: refugees are welcome here. #Dublin #speirgorm
Minister for Higher Education has laudable goals, but disappointing to read a statement that plays down research for its own sake: 'To be clear, this is not about funding science for its own sake...research also drives massive economic growth.' No mention of the humanities either.
May 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Minister for Higher Education has laudable goals, but disappointing to read a statement that plays down research for its own sake: 'To be clear, this is not about funding science for its own sake...research also drives massive economic growth.' No mention of the humanities either.
#Kylie book arrived at last! Happy to have contributed a chapter on her music and pop persona in the 1980s. #locomotion #lovers #ishouldbesolucky #musicology
February 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#Kylie book arrived at last! Happy to have contributed a chapter on her music and pop persona in the 1980s. #locomotion #lovers #ishouldbesolucky #musicology
Heartened by praise for our book Women and Music in Ireland, discussed by Prof. Susan Wollenberg in her recent review-article for the Journal of the Royal Musical Association. DOI:10.1017/rma.2024.16 @royalmusical.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social #musicology #speirgorm
January 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Heartened by praise for our book Women and Music in Ireland, discussed by Prof. Susan Wollenberg in her recent review-article for the Journal of the Royal Musical Association. DOI:10.1017/rma.2024.16 @royalmusical.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social @muahi.bsky.social #musicology #speirgorm
Launching this Thursday! KYLIE MINOGUE: CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO POP MUSIC AND MEDIA CELEBRITY has just been published. I contributed a chapter about Kylie's construction of girlhood in her 1980s pop. Join us in Maynooth or on Zoom. @muahi.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kylie-min... #kylieminogue
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Launching this Thursday! KYLIE MINOGUE: CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO POP MUSIC AND MEDIA CELEBRITY has just been published. I contributed a chapter about Kylie's construction of girlhood in her 1980s pop. Join us in Maynooth or on Zoom. @muahi.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/kylie-min... #kylieminogue
I really enjoyed giving a guest lecture at TCD today, discussing protest music and the #Repeal #prochoice movement in Ireland. Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting.
December 3, 2024 at 3:49 PM
I really enjoyed giving a guest lecture at TCD today, discussing protest music and the #Repeal #prochoice movement in Ireland. Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting.
This Tuesday 3 December at 12.00, I'm giving a guest lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social @sminews1.bsky.social. I'll discuss an aspect of my research on music and #Repeal #prochoice abortion activism. All welcome. #Musicology @muahi.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 12:25 PM
This Tuesday 3 December at 12.00, I'm giving a guest lecture at the Trinity Long Room Hub @tlrhub.bsky.social @sminews1.bsky.social. I'll discuss an aspect of my research on music and #Repeal #prochoice abortion activism. All welcome. #Musicology @muahi.bsky.social