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Just published: Professor Bernadette's Whelan on 'Lessons from Ireland for Doug Emhoff on being a first gentleman' @RTEBrainstorm .

“This became the start of a personal educational journey which seems not to have ended.” Lifelong learner Barbara Watts travelled from Canada to be conferred with a PhD from UL’s Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. ul.ie/news/from-calg… #studyatul #StayCurious

Dr David Fleming’s fascinating paper explores the development of eighteenth-century #Limerick @HistoryUL

One for the history books: UL student flies the flag for Tipperary at Rose of Tralee Tara Brady, 23, who is currently studying for her Masters in Public History & Cultural Heritage will complete a lifelong dream as she dons the sash as the Tipperary Rose ul.ie/news/one-for-t…

Fomo alert! Don’t miss this! 😎Launching our Heritage Week programme of events tomorrow with the opening of the Hemphill exhibition and a talk by the fab @HistorianKarol.

We are delighted to hear that Cliona Purcell, a graduate of both our BA and MA in History programmes, has been recently appointed Curator @WFORD_Treasures , one of Ireland's best museums. In 2017, Cliona won the Faloon Prize for the best Undergraduate Final-Year Project.

📻In this week's episode of @_talkinghistory on @NewstalkFM: Best of July Books 📚 🇮🇪 Irish First Ladies & First Gentlemen, 1919-2011 @CorkUP 📷Cartomania: Celebrity & Photography in the 19th Century 📷 🖊️Brian Friel: Beginnings Tune in Sun 7pm or podcast newstalk.com/podcasts/highl…

Date for the diary! Dr Mark Kennedy, graduate of the #MAHistFam here @UL will be presenting his research on the Kennedy family of Garravane, Co. Tipperary. This promises to be a fascinating presentation. #IrishFamilyHistory @ResearchArtsUL @ULHistorySoc @HistoryUL

🎉🎉ANNOUNCEMENT!! 🎉🎉 History Studies is now accepting submissions for Vol. 25! We are especially interested in submissions from the fields of social, gender, and cultural history! For more information, check out this link: ul.ie/artsoc/history….

That's right!! We're hugely excited to launch Vol. 24 of History Studies! This year's volume has six fascinating articles on a wide range of topics. We can't wait!

We are delighted to announce a new history festival that we will be kicking off with in June! Full details will be revealed over the coming weeks, but here is a taster of who we have involved and what our plans are for the June Bank Holiday Weekend! A lot of free events too!!

Great to see the publication of Professor Bernadette Whelan's book 'Irish First Ladies and First Gentleman,1919-2011 Published by @CorkUP corkuniversitypress.com/9781782056089/…

Congratulations to two of our history students, Rebecca O'Regan and Paul Stevens who participated at the recent All-Ireland Conference for Undergraduate Research conference which was held @UL recently.

@LimkLearnFest Please register on the link below for the history seminar, All welcome: limerick.ie/discover/whats…

The Limerick Lifelong Learning Festival returned today!!! Check out all the interesting events going on during the festival at limerick.ie/LoveLearning. There is something for everyone!!!! #LLLFestival2024 #LearnGrowExplorein2024

"Probably the greatest issue with using AI for historical research relates to ethical concerns" UL's Dr Rachel Murphy discusses the role of Artificial Intelligence in historical research, and the need to be cautious about its inherent biases ullinks.ul.ie/ul-links-sprin… #StudyatUL