Thanks to all who came out to the launch. Fitting to have it on Dublin’s north side (where Burke was born). Even more fitting to have it in Belvedere House given that a key moment in Burke’s story - a duel between Francis and Hastings - took place at Belvedere House, Kolkata!

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Here’s a great fully funded doctorate opportunity at the LSE. The lucky recipient will get to work with @apostopc and the climate action charity @HopeFTFuture! Details below. Deadline is January 15th. https://t.co/3aJwcLn6Wf

I was very chuffed to see Edmund Burke included in Eoin's Books of the Year for 2024. Looks like I'm in good company too.

That's very kind of you to say. I'm glad that the book's contemporary relevance is ringing true.

How much does it cost to run a general election campaign? Prof Iain McMenamin @imcmenamin, from the School of Law and Government @LawGovDCU, said what people here “would be surprised at is how little is spent”. Read more here in @IrishTimes: https://t.co/kHPZGkNCN6

Really enjoyed this work on Edmund Burke by @rossecarroll A concise and rich analysis of Burke's political life and thought, which draws out several perennially important considerations for political conduct - 'When all about you are full of presumption [...] dare to be fearful'

Nice work from @AntonJaegermm: “While the internet has radically lowered the costs of political expression, it has also pulverized the terrain of radical politics, blurring the borders between party and society and spawning a chaos of vaguely mandated online actors.”

Fascinating papers delivered in the criminal law stream at yesterday's @LexConnect_Conf for law PhD students, hosted in it's inaugural year at @LawGovDCU. Was great to meet emerging criminal law scholars and act as discussant in response to their papers

This is a good question. Chat GPT is very fond of this phrase too.

These massacres have become so horrifyingly routine that they barely make it into the top three stories in the papers. At least 93, including 20 children, reported killed in Israeli attack on Gaza building https://t.co/QIJhzw23r1

My wife rocks the purple robes better than I do. But how lovely to have the excuse to wear them! Congrats to all the @LawGovDCU and @HumanitiesDCU students who we saw take the stage.

Fantastic to see this! My office is just down the hall from @GezimVisoka. I’m hoping that some of his phenomenal publication energy transfers to me by osmosis through the walls. 👏

Absolutely delighted that @AMasternardi and Zornista received their parchment yesterday! It was an honour to be part of their special day! @HumanitiesDCU

Today @HumanitiesDCU hosted another Spotlight on Research event showcasing the importance of publishing journal articles during PhD studies! Our Dean @dhand67 led the conversation with three inspiring PhD students from our Faculty who have published during their studies!

Always a special day when your PhD student graduates and this was definitely the case today for me and ⁦⁦@VicentBriva⁩ I’m very proud of him and his research. Congratulations Vicent! ⁦@DcuSalis⁩ @DCU⁩ ⁦@DCUGradStudies⁩

I very much enjoyed this interview. I would have enjoyed it even more if my dog hadn’t barked at the bin men when I was trying to explain Burke’s Vindication of Natural Society (!). We talked conservatism, Burke’s complex imperialism, slave trade reform, and lots more besides.

An astonishing statistic. But remember folks, we’re not allowed to use the phrase “vulture fund” because someone in government thought it sounded mean.

ChatGPT, who knew you would make me wish for the days of badly written student essays?

Impressive turnout this morning for funeral of Prof Tom Garvin of UCD, first President (1984–87) of PSAI. Distinguished academic – and, while some people can be described as ‘no craic’, no-one ever said that about Tom Garvin. https://t.co/gDsPJ5IppX

Sad to learn of Tom’s passing. He taught me at UCD and encouraged me to take the life-transforming decision to pursue a PhD in the US. As a student I once bumped into him at a swimming pool and he said he had my exam results in the car if I wanted to see them! Quite a character.