Olwen Purdue
@olwenpurdue.bsky.social
Historian of the urban poor, children & welfare, migration, difficult public histories. Director, Centre for Public History Queen’s University Belfast . Happy in the forest with the pup or in front of the fire with a glass of something red
Fantastic crowd for our @publichistoryqub.bsky.social roundtable on developing non-extractive practice in arts, culture and historical research #publichistory
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Fantastic crowd for our @publichistoryqub.bsky.social roundtable on developing non-extractive practice in arts, culture and historical research #publichistory
Fantastic to celebrate with this year’s @publichistoryqub.bsky.social MA students as they share the great work they’ve been doing during their 30-day internships. And thanks as always to our many amazing partners who provide these wonderful opportunities
May 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Fantastic to celebrate with this year’s @publichistoryqub.bsky.social MA students as they share the great work they’ve been doing during their 30-day internships. And thanks as always to our many amazing partners who provide these wonderful opportunities
Applications now open for our exciting Creative Residency opportunity at Mount Stewart, County Down (Nat Trust), part of our Historic Houses, Global Crossroads project. treatiedspaces.com/creative-res...
April 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Applications now open for our exciting Creative Residency opportunity at Mount Stewart, County Down (Nat Trust), part of our Historic Houses, Global Crossroads project. treatiedspaces.com/creative-res...
What a great paper on Hip-Hop and Rapping (US) Republicans by GW’s Prof Loren Kajikawa! Great to have him here at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for a week!
April 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
What a great paper on Hip-Hop and Rapping (US) Republicans by GW’s Prof Loren Kajikawa! Great to have him here at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for a week!
And it’s a wrap … but definitely not the end!
March 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
And it’s a wrap … but definitely not the end!
After two days of workshopping our ideas on ethical, collaborative and restorative historical practice around traumatic pasts, today we had the privilege of presenting our work in a public forum. What an incredible, thought-provoking and inspiring few days. These conversations must continue
March 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
After two days of workshopping our ideas on ethical, collaborative and restorative historical practice around traumatic pasts, today we had the privilege of presenting our work in a public forum. What an incredible, thought-provoking and inspiring few days. These conversations must continue
What an incredible two days of discussion at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social, USHMM conference about how to tell difficult histories and recover lost voices in ethical and truly collaborative ways
March 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
What an incredible two days of discussion at the @uvahumanities.bsky.social @publichistoryqub.bsky.social, USHMM conference about how to tell difficult histories and recover lost voices in ethical and truly collaborative ways
Tomorrow, 11th, in the National Museum of American History we’re hosting the ‘Divided Communities: Difficult Histories’ conference. Never been more relevant www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...
March 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Tomorrow, 11th, in the National Museum of American History we’re hosting the ‘Divided Communities: Difficult Histories’ conference. Never been more relevant www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...
Four proud provinces 😁
February 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Four proud provinces 😁
Northern Ireland’s historic houses have a complex and contested past. But can they become spaces today for exploring understandings of identity and belonging and building social cohesion? That’s what our new public history project is exploring. Read more here treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...
January 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Northern Ireland’s historic houses have a complex and contested past. But can they become spaces today for exploring understandings of identity and belonging and building social cohesion? That’s what our new public history project is exploring. Read more here treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...
And we’re off! Such a great project with amazing community, arts and heritage partners www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...
January 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
And we’re off! Such a great project with amazing community, arts and heritage partners www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ...
Great to be back at Mount Stewart, Co Down, for the launch of our new project, Historic Houses, Global Crossroads and excited for the work ahead treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...
January 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Great to be back at Mount Stewart, Co Down, for the launch of our new project, Historic Houses, Global Crossroads and excited for the work ahead treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...
Planting 150 bare-rooted beech whips and 25 silver birches this weekend. Thoroughly recommend it as therapy and an escape from all the madness
January 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Planting 150 bare-rooted beech whips and 25 silver birches this weekend. Thoroughly recommend it as therapy and an escape from all the madness
Not going anywhere today ….
January 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Not going anywhere today ….
That’s a night for long stories and a warm fire
January 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
That’s a night for long stories and a warm fire
The pure joy of a Sunday evening when you’re off work the next day 😍
December 29, 2024 at 6:34 PM
The pure joy of a Sunday evening when you’re off work the next day 😍
Can I be the donkey??
December 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Can I be the donkey??
Only one place to be in #StormDarragh
December 7, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Only one place to be in #StormDarragh
Good morning ..:!
November 22, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Good morning ..:!
Hey Gus. Hello from Hector
November 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Hey Gus. Hello from Hector
Enjoying this new happier place!
November 11, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Enjoying this new happier place!