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#cfp I have received some fabulous news about an upcoming conference on the history of publishing, organised by the Universitat de Barcelona. The deadline for paper abstracts is 30 May 2025. Do consider submitting one! #publishinghistory #internationalnetworks

Applications are now sought for the Glucksman Chair in Contemporary Writing in English. Research and teaching specialism in 20th and 21st-C Writing in English. Emphasis on Irish writers may be favoured University of Limerick ul.ie/vacancies

Joanne Myers of @gettysburg will deliver the paper, '“I chuse the better subject”: Original Verse by English Poor Clares in Exile (1600s–1700s)' on Tuesday 21 January. To join us , register at durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

The Oxford English Dictionary on Lucy Hutchinson's use of 'zealot' - which interestingly can be positive or negative. This is one of nearly 100 citations from the Memoirs in the OED, an ongoing miracle of scholarship.

Save Pálás - A Call to Action - Sign the Petition! change.org/p/save-p%C3%A1… via @Change

Painting by Sylvia Ken, Indigenous artist from the Amata community, South Australia, the painting relates to the Seven Sisters  creation story #WomensArt

Early Modern Women Artists Papers are invited for a session dedicated to Early Modern Women Artists at the Midwest Art History Society conference in Denver, Colorado from April 3-5, 2025.

Sunrise, 1916 by Georgia O'Keeffe #womensart

The deadline for the 2025 Arch Elias Research Fellowship to conduct research on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland is 15 November: marshlibrary.ie/aceliasfellows… #ecis #asecs

Heritage Collections at @CRC_EdUni are delighted to launch “Rewriting the Script”! This new online exhibition and research resource celebrates the life and works of Esther Inglis (c.1570-1624), curated by Anna-Nadine Pike. Explore the exhibition: exhibitions.ed.ac.uk/exhibitions/re… (1/3)

New Reads Alert!!! Women and the Reformations: A Global History by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030026…

The Research Ireland Stakeholder Workshop Report is now available to read online 👇 This overview paper summaries the content & feedback gathered by two workshops facilitated by @RIAdawson & @IrishHumanities at the request of Research Ireland. shorturl.at/RCTh1

This is a bit of a surprise to find in Marsh's Library. A book of over one hundred 18th-century letters written by members of the O'Connell family back to the homeplace in Derrynane, Co. Kerry. This is from our Benjamin Iveagh collection. #opw #derrynane @HeritageIreOPW