@sharinglands.bsky.social
Sharing Lands I 3-year, AHRC-funded project examining legacies of the Choctaw-Irish Gift | LeAnne Howe (International Co-Investigator), Gillian O'Brien (Co-I), Padraig Kirwan (Principal Investigator) & Shelley Angelie Saggar (Postdoctoral Researcher)
Visited us at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and want to know more about the Choctaw-Irish connection?
Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts.
Free, booking required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts.
Free, booking required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Weaving Together: A Conversation With Choctaw & Irish Basket Makers
Join Choctaw and Irish basket makers Aliyah Myers, Colton James, and Tom Delaney as they discuss and demonstrate their crafts.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Visited us at @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and want to know more about the Choctaw-Irish connection?
Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts.
Free, booking required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Join @padraigkirwan.bsky.social for a conversation with #Choctaw and #Irish weavers as they explore the resonances between their crafts.
Free, booking required.
www.eventbrite.com/e/weaving-to...
Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).
November 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Sharing Lands was delighted with - and rather blown away by - the crowds, the energy, & the enthusiasm @ the Festival of Migration, held @TheAlbanySE8 on Saturday, November 18. Huge thanks to everyone who participated, & the organisers (especially @willcenci & our Goldsmiths' RKE colleagues).
Visit us *this Saturday!*
On 8 November, come down to @thealbanyse8.bsky.social to sample Choctaw and Irish foods and share your 🌽 recipes whilst thinking about the Indigenous origins behind everyday global foods.
On 8 November, come down to @thealbanyse8.bsky.social to sample Choctaw and Irish foods and share your 🌽 recipes whilst thinking about the Indigenous origins behind everyday global foods.
It's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'!
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
London audiences can get involved in many ways at this year's festival. From exploring poetry and place in Deptford, cabaret at Behind the Nightlight, Queer Maritimes at National Maritime Museum, music and songs at the Cockney Yiddish Podcast Live, and more! bit.ly/48SmZr5
#BeingHuman2025
#BeingHuman2025
November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Visit us *this Saturday!*
On 8 November, come down to @thealbanyse8.bsky.social to sample Choctaw and Irish foods and share your 🌽 recipes whilst thinking about the Indigenous origins behind everyday global foods.
On 8 November, come down to @thealbanyse8.bsky.social to sample Choctaw and Irish foods and share your 🌽 recipes whilst thinking about the Indigenous origins behind everyday global foods.
On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
On Samhain, & ahead of Día de los Muertos, we wanted to share a picture of the ofrenda (altar) on show
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
@BriscoeMuseum. Complex, palimpsestic, layering's of pre-Christian & Catholic traditions are evident in both Irish & Indigenous cultures. Aztec culture honoured the dead in a month-long festival.
Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.
October 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Everyone at Sharing Lands is truly excited about this upcoming event! Please do share details of this online event widely (& pop along if you can). Our thanks to Aliyah, Colt & Tom for their help, advice, & involvement so far.
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Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
October 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Interested in the history of Seven Dials or London or the 1920s and 1930s? I'm doing some walking tours of the Dials with @stanfordstravel.bsky.social on Sat 15 Nov.
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
There's loads to see, but Seven Dials is so small you don't need to walk far.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/songs...
Corpus Christi: Irish children of the 1980s (ie some of the Sharing Lands team!) may associate Corpus Christi with something other than beautiful coastlines! (irishtimes.com/culture/heri...) Happily, our recent trip changed that, & immersed us in yet more fascinating, often challenging, histories...
October 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Corpus Christi: Irish children of the 1980s (ie some of the Sharing Lands team!) may associate Corpus Christi with something other than beautiful coastlines! (irishtimes.com/culture/heri...) Happily, our recent trip changed that, & immersed us in yet more fascinating, often challenging, histories...
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Tomorrow (w ISS21 & @radhumslab.bsky.social)! Come join us!
Looking forward to this RHL, @uccwomenstudies.bsky.social & ISS21 event with Prof Elizabeth Bernstein!
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Tomorrow (w ISS21 & @radhumslab.bsky.social)! Come join us!
A professor at Samuel Huston College, John was a prominent educator. He & Laura opened their home to travellers during the Jim Crow era, when white-owned lodgings turned Black customers away; their home featured in the Green Book. Laura continued the work after John's death.
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A professor at Samuel Huston College, John was a prominent educator. He & Laura opened their home to travellers during the Jim Crow era, when white-owned lodgings turned Black customers away; their home featured in the Green Book. Laura continued the work after John's death.
We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.
October 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We've lots to share about our recent trip to Texas, & want to start with the Limerick-Frazier house in Austin. Designed by Joseph Limerick, who was born in 1798 & left Ireland in 1850, the house was bought by John & Laura Allman Frazier in 1905.
It's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'!
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
London audiences can get involved in many ways at this year's festival. From exploring poetry and place in Deptford, cabaret at Behind the Nightlight, Queer Maritimes at National Maritime Museum, music and songs at the Cockney Yiddish Podcast Live, and more! bit.ly/48SmZr5
#BeingHuman2025
#BeingHuman2025
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
It's just under 2 weeks until @beinghumanfest.bsky.social 'Festival of Migration'!
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
Come down to sample Choctaw and Irish recipes and discover the Indigenous histories behind everyday foods. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @goldsmithsenglish.bsky.social
250 years on from the signing of the Treaty of Doak's Stand, the Sharing Lands team reflect on this complex moment in Choctaw history, and the ways in which it represents tribal sovereignty and survivance today.
sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...
sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Treaty of Doak’s Stand: 250 years on
On the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Doak’s Stand, we reflect on its particular history, and the complexities of sovereignty and dispossession it represents for Choctaw history.
sharinglands.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
250 years on from the signing of the Treaty of Doak's Stand, the Sharing Lands team reflect on this complex moment in Choctaw history, and the ways in which it represents tribal sovereignty and survivance today.
sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...
sharinglands.com/2025/10/20/t...
It's a busy week for our team!
This week, my colleagues @gillianobrien.bsky.social & Shelley Saggar are, respectively, attending the #worldfoodforum @fao.org in Rome, & putting finishing touches to the @sharinglands.bsky.social contribution to the Festival of Migration share.google/dBbu6QYQK7Ph...
Brilliantly busy times!
Brilliantly busy times!
Festival of Migration
Join Goldsmiths researchers and local organisations for a day of interactive experiences exploring migration past, present and future. Part booking for some events is required, while other activities ...
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October 17, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It's a busy week for our team!
Our postdoctoral researcher Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar wrote about her research on the culinary connections between Native American and Irish food cultures for @historyworkshop.org.uk 🌽
What connects the Irish Famine, the Choctaw Trail of Tears, and seasonal stories of survival?
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
In this new article, Shelley Angelie Saggar from the @sharinglands.bsky.social project explores the intertwined histories of Indigenous and Irish food cultures.
Recipes for Resilience
Discover the history of the Choctaw gift that symbolizes generosity and connection between Indigenous and Irish communities.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Our postdoctoral researcher Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar wrote about her research on the culinary connections between Native American and Irish food cultures for @historyworkshop.org.uk 🌽
We caught up with Skylee Glass, a former Choctaw-Ireland scholar at @ucc.ie this summer to find out more about her experience of studying in Ireland.
Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog.
sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...
Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog.
sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...
Reflections on the Choctaw-Ireland Scholarship: Rediscovering Identity and Forging Lasting Alliances
Former Choctaw-Ireland scholarship recipient Skylee Glass reflects on her time in Ireland and the lasting bond between peoples that continues to this day.
sharinglands.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We caught up with Skylee Glass, a former Choctaw-Ireland scholar at @ucc.ie this summer to find out more about her experience of studying in Ireland.
Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog.
sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...
Read Skylee's reflections on the future relationship between the Choctaw and Irish peoples over on our blog.
sharinglands.com/2025/08/20/r...
Great to see our research mentioned in July's issue of #Biskinik the tribal newspaper of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Look out for our PI @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who is quoted in the article about his participation in this year's ride!
biskinik.com/news/choctaw...
Look out for our PI @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who is quoted in the article about his participation in this year's ride!
biskinik.com/news/choctaw...
Choctaw Nation Trail of Tears Bike Team: The journey of remembering our ancestors continues - Biskinik
Riders get first hand look at Trail of Tears.
biskinik.com
July 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Great to see our research mentioned in July's issue of #Biskinik the tribal newspaper of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Look out for our PI @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who is quoted in the article about his participation in this year's ride!
biskinik.com/news/choctaw...
Look out for our PI @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who is quoted in the article about his participation in this year's ride!
biskinik.com/news/choctaw...
How do we move through the land with remembrance?
Last month @padraigkirwan.bsky.social joined the @choctawnationOK 2025 #TrailOfTearsBikeTeam🚴 As the first Irish rider to join the team, he reflects on the 500 mile journey and how the Choctaw-Irish bond continues.
sharinglands.com/2025/06/02/t...
Last month @padraigkirwan.bsky.social joined the @choctawnationOK 2025 #TrailOfTearsBikeTeam🚴 As the first Irish rider to join the team, he reflects on the 500 mile journey and how the Choctaw-Irish bond continues.
sharinglands.com/2025/06/02/t...
To the finish line!
As the 2025 Trail of Tears Bike Team reach the end of this year’s ride, Dr Padraig Kirwan reflects back on the journey.
sharinglands.com
June 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
How do we move through the land with remembrance?
Last month @padraigkirwan.bsky.social joined the @choctawnationOK 2025 #TrailOfTearsBikeTeam🚴 As the first Irish rider to join the team, he reflects on the 500 mile journey and how the Choctaw-Irish bond continues.
sharinglands.com/2025/06/02/t...
Last month @padraigkirwan.bsky.social joined the @choctawnationOK 2025 #TrailOfTearsBikeTeam🚴 As the first Irish rider to join the team, he reflects on the 500 mile journey and how the Choctaw-Irish bond continues.
sharinglands.com/2025/06/02/t...
Looking forward to reading this series!
Keep an eye out for a special piece on #Choctaw #Irish mutual aid by our Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar.
Keep an eye out for a special piece on #Choctaw #Irish mutual aid by our Postdoctoral Researcher, Dr Shelley Angelie Saggar.
How can we better approach the histories of Indigenous peoples?
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Mary Katherine Newman introduces a new History Workshop series which will introduce a range of scholars, educators, and activists and the ways in which they examine Indigenous histories.
www.historyworkshop....
Indigenous Historical Practices
Delve into Indigenous history with our History Workshop series, highlighting complex systems of historical knowledge and their significance.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
May 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thunderstorms, early starts and hopeful historical reflections... @padraigkirwan.bsky.social tells us about his first few days on the 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team.
sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a...
sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a...
And they’re off!
Dr Padraig Kirwan gives us an insight into his first few days riding with the Choctaw Nation’s 2025 Trail of Tears Bike Team.
sharinglands.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Thunderstorms, early starts and hopeful historical reflections... @padraigkirwan.bsky.social tells us about his first few days on the 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team.
sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a...
sharinglands.com/2025/05/19/a...
Good luck to @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who begins his travels today!
A day in the life of a bikebox.... SE4 to Calera, OK, ahead of the Trail of Tears Bike Ride. Excited to be the first Irish rider to join at the invitation of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma's bike team! You can support the riders here: gofund.me/f10bd86a
#sharinglands #honouringthefaminegift
#sharinglands #honouringthefaminegift
May 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Good luck to @padraigkirwan.bsky.social who begins his travels today!
📣NEW POST📣
This week @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will travel to 🆗 to join the Choctaw Nation's 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team, continuing the long history of Irish-Choctaw solidarity epitomised by the #ChoctawGift
Good luck to Padraig and Andrew on their travels! 🚴♂️
sharinglands.com/2025/05/13/r...
This week @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will travel to 🆗 to join the Choctaw Nation's 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team, continuing the long history of Irish-Choctaw solidarity epitomised by the #ChoctawGift
Good luck to Padraig and Andrew on their travels! 🚴♂️
sharinglands.com/2025/05/13/r...
Routes of remembrance
In May 2025 Dr Padraig Kirwan will become the first Irish rider to join the Choctaw Nation’s annual Trail of Tears cycle team.
sharinglands.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📣NEW POST📣
This week @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will travel to 🆗 to join the Choctaw Nation's 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team, continuing the long history of Irish-Choctaw solidarity epitomised by the #ChoctawGift
Good luck to Padraig and Andrew on their travels! 🚴♂️
sharinglands.com/2025/05/13/r...
This week @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will travel to 🆗 to join the Choctaw Nation's 2025 #TrailOfTears bike team, continuing the long history of Irish-Choctaw solidarity epitomised by the #ChoctawGift
Good luck to Padraig and Andrew on their travels! 🚴♂️
sharinglands.com/2025/05/13/r...
Great to see our team featured in the Irish Independent today! @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will be riding the commemorative #TrailOfTearsCycle at the invitation of the Choctaw Nation later this month.
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
Wicklow man first from Ireland to be invited on Choctaw’s ‘Trail of Tears’ – ‘It’s tough...mosquitoes, the heat and stray dogs’
A Wicklow academic with a vested interest in the age-old bonds between Ireland and Native American nations will make history this month when he and an old friend from have the honour of being the firs...
www.independent.ie
May 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Great to see our team featured in the Irish Independent today! @padraigkirwan.bsky.social will be riding the commemorative #TrailOfTearsCycle at the invitation of the Choctaw Nation later this month.
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
www.independent.ie/regionals/wi...
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🤝 Collaborative PhD Opportunity 🤝
Queen’s University Belfast x National Museums NI invite applications for a collaborative, funded studentship to conduct research leading to a PhD on Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910.
See more: buff.ly/c55rhlG
Deadline: 21st May
Queen’s University Belfast x National Museums NI invite applications for a collaborative, funded studentship to conduct research leading to a PhD on Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910.
See more: buff.ly/c55rhlG
Deadline: 21st May
Collaborative PhD opportunity - British Association for American Studies
Ulster-Americans: Ulster Immigrant Life in an American City Tenement, 1840-1910. A collaborative AHRC-funded PhD opportunity between Queen's University Belfast and National Museums Northern Ireland.…
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May 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
🤝 Collaborative PhD Opportunity 🤝
Queen’s University Belfast x National Museums NI invite applications for a collaborative, funded studentship to conduct research leading to a PhD on Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910.
See more: buff.ly/c55rhlG
Deadline: 21st May
Queen’s University Belfast x National Museums NI invite applications for a collaborative, funded studentship to conduct research leading to a PhD on Ulster immigrant life in an American city tenement, 1840-1910.
See more: buff.ly/c55rhlG
Deadline: 21st May
April has been a busy month for our team!
We've presented our research at @officialbaas.bsky.social and in the US, been walking the virtual #TrailOfTears in solidarity with #Choctaw citizens and shared our research on @rte.ie.
Take a look at our roundup for more: sharinglands.com/2025/05/07/a...
We've presented our research at @officialbaas.bsky.social and in the US, been walking the virtual #TrailOfTears in solidarity with #Choctaw citizens and shared our research on @rte.ie.
Take a look at our roundup for more: sharinglands.com/2025/05/07/a...
April roundup: Research on the road
Read our reflections on an exciting month and find out what’s in store for the team this summer…
sharinglands.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
April has been a busy month for our team!
We've presented our research at @officialbaas.bsky.social and in the US, been walking the virtual #TrailOfTears in solidarity with #Choctaw citizens and shared our research on @rte.ie.
Take a look at our roundup for more: sharinglands.com/2025/05/07/a...
We've presented our research at @officialbaas.bsky.social and in the US, been walking the virtual #TrailOfTears in solidarity with #Choctaw citizens and shared our research on @rte.ie.
Take a look at our roundup for more: sharinglands.com/2025/05/07/a...
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Lovely to be able to chat with Colt this week, online.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the bike ride so far. Please do share, if you can, and please donate too.
gofund.me/53143206
www.linkedin.com/posts/padrai...
Thanks to everyone who has supported the bike ride so far. Please do share, if you can, and please donate too.
gofund.me/53143206
www.linkedin.com/posts/padrai...
#togetherweremore #togetherweremore | Padraig Kirwan
Last month, as part of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s #TogetherWereMore campaign, the Nation issued a wonderful video and introduction to artist and jewellery maker, Colt James (https://lnkd.in/e6yA...
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April 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lovely to be able to chat with Colt this week, online.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the bike ride so far. Please do share, if you can, and please donate too.
gofund.me/53143206
www.linkedin.com/posts/padrai...
Thanks to everyone who has supported the bike ride so far. Please do share, if you can, and please donate too.
gofund.me/53143206
www.linkedin.com/posts/padrai...