"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

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!!

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

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 University Of Limerick recently.

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

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!

Congratulations to History at UL's #PublicHistory PhD researcher Rachel Beck on a smashing research presentation University of Limerick Doctoral College's 'Research with impact - an Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Showcase' Conference today. Well done to the organisers on a great programme.

Date for the diary! Dr Mark Kennedy, graduate of the #MAHistFam here University Of Limerick will be presenting his research on the Kennedy family of Garravane, Co. Tipperary. This promises to be a fascinating presentation. #IrishFamilyHistory Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences @UL UL History Society History at UL

🎉🎉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….

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

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.

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 Dr Karol Mullaney-Dignam.

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…

“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 History at UL

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

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