Work Experience @QUB Library
For my school’s week of work experience, I was lucky enough to gain a work placement at the Queen’s University
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Author: Kath Stevenson
MS 29 The Fownes/Tighe Manuscripts
The Fownes, the Tighes and Woodstock The Fownes/Tighe manuscripts are a collection of handwritten estate papers dating from the 18th
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Life as a Student Assistant in Special Collections
Danielle Blee I had decided to begin my Master’s degree amid the Covid-19 pandemic and at the time, hadn’t been
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021. Event 2: Guest Blog post by Cathryn McWilliams
Following the launch of our celebration of International Women’s Day 2021 with a guest lecture from Cathryn McWilliams, we are
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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021. Event One: Guest Lecture by Cathryn McWilliams
Observed since 1911, International Women’s Day (IWD) is: “A global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of
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Sir Bruce Hart: Living it large in Lockdown
Our latest blog post comes courtesy of Lauren Browne, PhD reseacher in the School of History and student assistant at
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Restricted Access to Special Collections Materials: for 3 weeks from Monday 11 November 2019
Due to the installation of the new fire suppression system at Special Collections & Archives we must modify service operations
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Celebrating Gender History at Queen’s University: An exhibition honouring the career of Professor Mary O’Dowd
“Natalie Zemon Davs described women’s history as being essentially about asking the question ‘and what about the women?’ of all
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Transition Skills and Widening Participation @QUBLibrary
As part of its support and outreach activities the Library at Queen’s has been involved in a number of recent
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LGBT History Month: Gay Rights in Belfast and Beyond by Emma Reisz, Nadine Gilmore and Tom Hulme
Just two years ago, in 2017, the Police Service of Northern Ireland marched in the city’s LGBT Pride Parade for
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