The Women’s History Association of Ireland will host its annual Spring Seminar at the Moore Institute, NUI Galway on Friday 16 February 2018. This one-day interdisciplinary seminar will bring together leading and emerging scholars from a variety of disciplines currently engaged in research on the history of early modern Irish women. Keynote lectures will be delivered by […]
Hartlib’s Ephemerides: Making Universal Knowledge Tweetable since 1634
One of the first things that struck me about the holograph notes kept by the seventeenth-century intelligencer Samuel Hartlib is how tweetable they are. Those of you who follow @flmaxwell and/or @RECIRC_ on Twitter have already been treated to several fine examples over the last two years. A blog post, unlike a tweet, allows for […]
The Irish Dominican Convent of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso, Belém, Portugal
Located on the west coast of Portugal about ten kilometres north of Lisbon city in the parish of Belém, is the Irish Dominican convent of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso (Our Lady of Good Success). Founded in 1639 by the Irish Dominican Fr Dominic O’Daly (1595-1662), the convent holds an important position in the history […]