mauricejcasey.com
Historian of intimacy and revolution in 1920s-40s Europe. New project: anti-Nazi vegetarians. Author HOTEL LUX, winner of the 2026 Michel Déon Prize and shortlisted for History Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
👤 Joined on 31 July 2023
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@mauricejcasey.bsky.social@mauricejcasey.bsky.social → @mauricejcasey.comNEW BOOK: my first children's book is out this week. It's an encyclopedia of Europe for 8-12s.
Show PostSpent the afternoon with friends on the Garvaghy Road, listening to stories of local people’s grief and trauma from the last time around. This is no way to live. Love and solidarity, peace and progress to all. We have come so far. We are one society, one community. We cannot go back.
Show PostHeartiest congratulations to @mauricejcasey.com and John Waddell for sharing (a first) the Michel Déon prize at a ceremony in the RIA last night. Well done joint blushing brides from one of the four bridesmaids.
Show PostHotel Lux: An Intimate History of Communism’s Forgotten Radicals by Maurice J. Casey was published by @wearefootnote.bsky.social and The Celtic World: a history by John Waddell was published by Four Courts Press.
Show PostCongratulations to @mauricejcasey.com and John Waddell MRIA for winning the 2026 Michel Déon Prize for non-fiction, in the first joint-awarding of the prestigious prize. Read more about the Michel Déon Prize ceremony on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2026/10/02/m...
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