Author: Deirdre

JOB: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Moore Institute, University of Galway

Position Openings and Fellowships, Postgrad

Postdoctoral Researcher ‘The Price of Performance: A Question of Economic Sustainability for Independent Theatre Production in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, 2000-2020’ Moore Institute, University of Galway Ref. No. University of Galway 004-23 Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Moore Institute, University of Galway. This position is

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NEW BOOK: Constitutions of Self in Contemporary Irish Poetry

New Publications

Constitutions of Self in Contemporary Irish Poetry explores the figure of the lyrical self in the work of six contemporary Irish poets: Paul Muldoon, Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O’Reilly, Alan Gillis and Nick Laird. By focusing on the self, this study offers the first sustained exploration of what is arguably one of the most distinctive features of Irish poetry. Readings

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CFP: Tradition and Experimentation in Irish Literature since Modernism

Call for Papers, New Publications

The tension between adherence to traditional modes of expression, and experimentation has underlain modern Irish literature. Regarded as the epitome of Modernist experimental writing, James Joyce went so far in pushing the boundaries of what constituted prose as to become the object of criticism from such different commentators as Lukács and Pound, both of whom found fault with Joyce for

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AWARD: Presidential Award for Joe Hassett

Awards, General News

Joe Hassett was awarded the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service by President Michael D. Higgins in a ceremony on December 8 in the Aras an Uachtarain. Joe’s most recent book is Yeats Now: Echoing into Life (Lilliput Press). Joseph M. Hassett is a  lawyer and literary scholar residing in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Canisius College and  Harvard Law School,

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CFP: RHOME 2023 Conference

Call for Papers

Representations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English. (Dis)locations: The Shifting Thematics of Home. The conference will take place at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, on the 22nd and 23rd June 2023. The ULICES Representations of Home research project addresses issues of identity and belonging in different geo-political, socio-cultural contexts of countries where English is or

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International James Joyce Foundation 2022 Trustee Election Results

General News

The results of the 2022 International James Joyce Foundation Trustee election have been announced. Congratulations to the six new trustees. They are: Shinjini Chattopadhyay (Berry College, USA) Anne Marie D’Arcy (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Katherine Ebury (University of Sheffield, UK) Paul Fagan (Maynooth University, Ireland) Jonathan Goldman (New York Institute of Technology, USA) Cleo Hanaway-Oakley (University of Bristol, UK) The

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PODCAST: The Irish Itinerary Podcast

Events, General News

NEW EPISODE: 38. Vivienne Roche in conversation with Charles Armstrong (15/12/2022) In her conversation with Charles Armstrong, Vivienne Roche talks about being a sculptor first; the influence of her father and the language of engineering on her work; sculpture’s potential for abstraction and her interest in architecture; working with the hidden archeology of a site and the research this involves;

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