Liam Temple
@liamtemple.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University. Lover of all things Catholic, mystical and Franciscan! First gen academic. More: https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/liam-p-temple/
Woke up this morning to the news I'd been accepted onto the YouTube Partner Program! So excited to see the channel continue to grow, building on almost 2k subscribers and 85,000 views in a handful of months! #skystorians #history #youtube #religion #skyhistory
September 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Woke up this morning to the news I'd been accepted onto the YouTube Partner Program! So excited to see the channel continue to grow, building on almost 2k subscribers and 85,000 views in a handful of months! #skystorians #history #youtube #religion #skyhistory
Included were spotlights on the amazing material in @ducollections.bsky.social
and @durhamcathedral.bsky.social.
I'm grateful to my co-investigators for the project, Jonathan Bush and Cormac Begadon, for helping shape such a productive and thoughtprovoking event. (2/2)
and @durhamcathedral.bsky.social.
I'm grateful to my co-investigators for the project, Jonathan Bush and Cormac Begadon, for helping shape such a productive and thoughtprovoking event. (2/2)
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Included were spotlights on the amazing material in @ducollections.bsky.social
and @durhamcathedral.bsky.social.
I'm grateful to my co-investigators for the project, Jonathan Bush and Cormac Begadon, for helping shape such a productive and thoughtprovoking event. (2/2)
and @durhamcathedral.bsky.social.
I'm grateful to my co-investigators for the project, Jonathan Bush and Cormac Begadon, for helping shape such a productive and thoughtprovoking event. (2/2)
Delighted to have hosted a @britishacademy.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk funded two-day workshop on Catholic archives last week at Durham, with colleagues from across the UK joined by those from the USA, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Italy and Switzerland to discuss the future of the field (1/2)
September 8, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Delighted to have hosted a @britishacademy.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk funded two-day workshop on Catholic archives last week at Durham, with colleagues from across the UK joined by those from the USA, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Italy and Switzerland to discuss the future of the field (1/2)
Delighted to be interviewed in the latest edition of Science Notes: Magazin für Wissen und Gesellschaft for an article on the canonization of "Gottes Influencer" Carlo Acutis!
September 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Delighted to be interviewed in the latest edition of Science Notes: Magazin für Wissen und Gesellschaft for an article on the canonization of "Gottes Influencer" Carlo Acutis!
Newly published: "Grace, Piety and Memory: The Material Culture of British Catholics 1534-1850", a guide by the British Catholic Material Culture Research Group. More info and free download link here: britishartnetwork.org.uk/research/bri... #skystorians #catholicism #skyhistory #materialculture
August 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Newly published: "Grace, Piety and Memory: The Material Culture of British Catholics 1534-1850", a guide by the British Catholic Material Culture Research Group. More info and free download link here: britishartnetwork.org.uk/research/bri... #skystorians #catholicism #skyhistory #materialculture
The book is starting to feel very real now the copy-edits have arrived! #skystorians #catholichistory #capuchins #franciscan #academia #History #skyhistory
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The book is starting to feel very real now the copy-edits have arrived! #skystorians #catholichistory #capuchins #franciscan #academia #History #skyhistory
Delighted that my @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social monograph is live on their website for pre-order, & the stunning front cover has also been revealed, featuring two of my fave images from the archives! URL: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #catholicism #capuchin #skyhistory
July 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Delighted that my @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social monograph is live on their website for pre-order, & the stunning front cover has also been revealed, featuring two of my fave images from the archives! URL: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #catholicism #capuchin #skyhistory
JOB ALERT! Join us at Durham! Exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #skystorians #skyhistory #history #academia #jobalert #catholicism
July 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
JOB ALERT! Join us at Durham! Exciting new postdoc opportunity to work with the history of Catholicism team, deadline 27 July. More info here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... #skystorians #skyhistory #history #academia #jobalert #catholicism
Always a pleasure to speak to CCS Friends & Benefactors. Project update today included exploring the role of Capuchins, Benedictines, Ursulines, Little Company of Mary & the Josephites in Australia! Plus the two books on the horizon from my last project. #history #skystorians #skyhistory
June 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Always a pleasure to speak to CCS Friends & Benefactors. Project update today included exploring the role of Capuchins, Benedictines, Ursulines, Little Company of Mary & the Josephites in Australia! Plus the two books on the horizon from my last project. #history #skystorians #skyhistory
A full house at @durhamcathedral.bsky.social for the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture tonight!
June 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A full house at @durhamcathedral.bsky.social for the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture tonight!
We are greatly enjoying the latest @vchlondon.bsky.social training session! @catholicrs.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social) #skystorians #skyhistory #catholicism
May 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
We are greatly enjoying the latest @vchlondon.bsky.social training session! @catholicrs.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @chppc.bsky.social) #skystorians #skyhistory #catholicism
Attended a lovely gathering of local Catholics, Christians and non-religious at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle at lunchtime for a Requiem Mass for Pope Francis. The strong turnout shows the appeal the late pope had across the spectrum of belief and non-belief #popefrancis
April 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Attended a lovely gathering of local Catholics, Christians and non-religious at St Mary's Cathedral in Newcastle at lunchtime for a Requiem Mass for Pope Francis. The strong turnout shows the appeal the late pope had across the spectrum of belief and non-belief #popefrancis
Looking for wider studies of global Catholicism? They've got that covered with really interesting work exploring Uganda, French Africa, Mozambique and more! You can find the full list here: boydellandbrewer.com/hardback-boo... (4/4)
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Looking for wider studies of global Catholicism? They've got that covered with really interesting work exploring Uganda, French Africa, Mozambique and more! You can find the full list here: boydellandbrewer.com/hardback-boo... (4/4)
Interested in British Catholic history? They've got several great books on sale, including Turnham's fab work on Catholicism in Middlesbrough, 1779-1992! Others include work on merchants, exiles and the Enlightenment! (3/4)
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Interested in British Catholic history? They've got several great books on sale, including Turnham's fab work on Catholicism in Middlesbrough, 1779-1992! Others include work on merchants, exiles and the Enlightenment! (3/4)
Some fantastic work by fellow Durham CCS colleagues @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social in the sale, including James E. Kelly and Cormac Begadon, @eilishgregory.bsky.social and my own "Mysticism in early modern England"! (2/4)
April 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Some fantastic work by fellow Durham CCS colleagues @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social in the sale, including James E. Kelly and Cormac Begadon, @eilishgregory.bsky.social and my own "Mysticism in early modern England"! (2/4)
A quote from Pope Francis' autobiography that has become sadly relevant today. Even in death Pope Francis will continue on the humility that has defined him #holyfather #popefrancis
April 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A quote from Pope Francis' autobiography that has become sadly relevant today. Even in death Pope Francis will continue on the humility that has defined him #holyfather #popefrancis
Reading more about the New Norcia Benedictine mission and the general dominance of the Benedictines over the early Catholic mission in Australia. Such dominance explains the delayed arrival of other religious orders like the Jesuits and Capuchins in significant numbers. #skystorians #catholichistory
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Reading more about the New Norcia Benedictine mission and the general dominance of the Benedictines over the early Catholic mission in Australia. Such dominance explains the delayed arrival of other religious orders like the Jesuits and Capuchins in significant numbers. #skystorians #catholichistory
Currently top of my "to read" list!
April 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Currently top of my "to read" list!
In the post this morning: the new OUP Very Short Introduction to "The Catholic Reformation" by Durham colleague and good friend James E. Kelly (@ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social). One for my growing VSI collection! #skystorians #history #catholic #cathhist #catholicism #reformation
April 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
In the post this morning: the new OUP Very Short Introduction to "The Catholic Reformation" by Durham colleague and good friend James E. Kelly (@ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social). One for my growing VSI collection! #skystorians #history #catholic #cathhist #catholicism #reformation
Exploring the impact of Bishop Elzear Torreggiani OFM Cap in Australia. The friar had spent decades ministering in England and Wales before his nomination to Armidale, NSW in 1879. He was instrumental in supporting Saint Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. #skystorians
April 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Exploring the impact of Bishop Elzear Torreggiani OFM Cap in Australia. The friar had spent decades ministering in England and Wales before his nomination to Armidale, NSW in 1879. He was instrumental in supporting Saint Mary MacKillop and the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. #skystorians
The jokes really do write themselves in IKEA.
April 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The jokes really do write themselves in IKEA.
Big milestone today as I've submitted my completed monograph to Bloomsbury: "Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022". 107k words, 20+ archives, 47 newspapers, & 250+ printed sources! Excited for people to read it! #skystorians #history #Catholicism #catholic #academia
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Big milestone today as I've submitted my completed monograph to Bloomsbury: "Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022". 107k words, 20+ archives, 47 newspapers, & 250+ printed sources! Excited for people to read it! #skystorians #history #Catholicism #catholic #academia
Latest book to arrive in the post! Excited to dive into it for more of an insight about the impact of Vatican II. Plus I think it has one of the best title word plays I've seen in a long time! #skystorians #history #religion
March 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Latest book to arrive in the post! Excited to dive into it for more of an insight about the impact of Vatican II. Plus I think it has one of the best title word plays I've seen in a long time! #skystorians #history #religion
I'd love to do more research/reading around 17thC/18thC Catholic houses that doubled as chapels in the Dutch Republic, according to sources they were quite common in Amsterdam! #skystorians #history #religion #catholicism #catholic
March 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'd love to do more research/reading around 17thC/18thC Catholic houses that doubled as chapels in the Dutch Republic, according to sources they were quite common in Amsterdam! #skystorians #history #religion #catholicism #catholic