Sophie Cooper
Social historian of gender, migration & public space | Nuns | Ireland & its diaspora | Senior Lecturer @QUBLiberalArts | Forging Identities in the Irish World @EdinburghUP 2022 | She/her.
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?” Oli Dugmore It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
- Reposted by Sophie Cooperso a month ago I was reading @markpackuk.bsky.social’s speech on Twitter in the lords and there were obviously fake stats the government used to justify Twitter’s UK reach and its continued importance to British audiences Rob has now found the source of the data was… Twitter
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperReally nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
- Reposted by Sophie CooperJust been made aware of Haiti's winter Olympics get-up. That skirt looks warm, has good pockets, and has a massive horse on it. DING DING DING.
- Reposted by Sophie CooperTake the time to do this folks. The proposed changes to ILR are shocking and cruel, which is made abundantly clear in the text of the public consultation linked below. Please lend your voice to try to mitigate the cruelty.
- PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb. www.gov.uk/government/c...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper“I was so impressed and kind of honored to be in that crowd…Because nobody panicked. Nobody ran. Nobody was trampling each other. Everybody got out together. We made room for the pregnant, we made room for the elderly, we made room for children.”
- ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperI am very happy this article is out [OA to come]. It builds on work by scholars like @matthewjkelly.bsky.social, Paul Townend, Michael de Nie, @alanlester.bsky.social (and others) to suggest that Irish nationalism had something important to say about the British Empire in the 1830s and 1840s. 🗃️
- New article! Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social on 'An O’Connellite Empire? Irish Nationalism, British Imperial Trouble, and the Limits of Anti-Imperialism in the Age of Reform' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperTime for another postcards from 1920s and 1930s Seven Dials I think Before there was the Guinness Open Gate Brewery, there was the Cave of Harmony - cooler clientele, and far better food by the sound of it. #London #SevenDials #CoventGarden #History #20s30s #guinness
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperLooking forward to this week’s @qubhistory.bsky.social seminar with @emilybaughan.bsky.social (chaired by @kieranconnell.bsky.social). Snacks and drinks provided as usual. All welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/qub-histor...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperOur next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperIn a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia.
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.” People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence. Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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- Reposted by Sophie Cooper*drum roll* Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026! I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperThe values of our trade union movement are justice, equality, and fairness, which we expect to be upheld by our university and those who publicly represent it. It is evident that Senator George J. Mitchell fails to meet these standards, and so all links must be removed." 5/5
- Reposted by Sophie CooperIn response to the news that @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social has cut ties with Senator George J. Mitchell, following new information that suggests he remained in contact with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, we have released the following statement. 1/5
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper“You are good to go.” Good to go?!?! This is what ICE tells a young woman they tossed out into dangerously freezing temperatures after four agonizing days in detention at Whipple. Today’s front page Strib report: www.startribune.com/no-humanity-...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperMost of Epstein’s victims were either too frightened to come forward, or silenced through legal threats. Oh, and here’s a senior British politician giving Epstein tips on how to silence them
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperThey’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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- Reposted by Sophie Cooper"the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women"--Noam Chomsky
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper"There are no limits to the defiance of the United Nations & international law...After having been stormed and demolished by the Israeli authorities, the UNRWA Headquarters in occupied East Jerusalem has now been set on fire." - UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini
- Reposted by Sophie CooperFT is like if a paper was read by both the French aristocracy and the lawyers that would eventually behead them. But the aristocracy only half reads it and mostly relies on gossip they heard in Versailles/their group chats while the lawyers read it and turn into jacobins.
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperMovie review from Guardian on Melania.
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperThe arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
- I got 3 big things ticked off my to do list today! They are out in the world, doing their things, which means I can do exactly what I want this evening...which is dive into Heated Rivalry *again*. (I've been pretty good at keeping this obsession to IG so far)
- Reposted by Sophie CooperPublished a book on transnational women's or gender history 2020-25? 🚨Submissions to the Ida Blom-Karen Offen Book Prize in Transnational Women's & Gender History now open🚨You can see the full details on our website: www.ifrwh.com Closing date is 28 February 2026! #WomensHist #GenderHist
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- Reposted by Sophie Coopermy dad didn’t go to university and he was extremely happy to pay taxes for his four children to do so; and, indeed, for the doctors who treated him at Addenbrookes to have gone to university as well.
- Reposted by Sophie CooperJohn Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts
- 🚨🚨 NEW BLOGPOST 🚨🚨 The right wing should be worried about young men. Unlike Europe and the US, British young men are swinging wildly behind progressive parties. Some thoughts on why, and why most of the right are ignoring it. open.substack.com/pub/joxleywr...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperThis is a very useful thread. The government is touting this training as ‘the most ambitious training scheme since the launch of the Open University in 1971’. Which is insulting to the OU, quite frankly.
- I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
- Reposted by Sophie Cooper📣New blog! Sophia Lambert (@sophialambert100.bsky.social) on 'Crossing Borders: Expressing National Identity Through Headstones in the Bradford Reform Jewish Cemetery, 1877 to 1935' #History #Memorial #Migration #Bradford 19thc 20thc 🗃️ 👉Read online here: socialhistory.org.uk/shs_exchange...
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- My new top tip: if you're doing article revisions and add loads of key quotations to your work...take a photo of your stack of books. Then, if you realise 7 months later that you didn't properly cite something, you only have to skim read a select number of books to re-find the quote!
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- Reposted by Sophie Cooperimagine if all that money had gone to teachers instead
- Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com. ‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’ economist.com/united-state...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperNYC Mayor Zohran Mamdami advises New Yorkers to stay home and read ‘Heated Rivalry’ during the winter storm via hearts530
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- Reposted by Sophie CooperAlex Pretti was a 37 year old ICU nurse who put his body between ICE and a woman they were physically assaulting. They sprayed chemical irritants into his face, beat him, and then shot him to death.
- Reposted by Sophie CooperMan shot by federal agents has died, police chief says www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Reposted by Sophie CooperI know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud
