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,
» Read moreThe editors of the interdisciplinary Australasian Journal of Irish Studies and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are delighted to announce the 2023 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay prize. The Prize: 1. Publication of the winning essay in the Australasian Journal of Irish Studies, subject to normal academic refereeing 2. A cash prize of AUD$300 3. A year’s membership of Irish Studies Association
» Read moreThe University at Buffalo Libraries is pleased to announce the following opportunities for 2022-23 Special Collections Fellowships: I. Dr. John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar Fund (1) II. UB Humanities Institute: James Joyce Fellowship (3) and Charles D. Abbott Library Fellowship (1) I. Dr. John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar Fund (1) Established by Dr. Joseph Valente, UB Distinguished Professor, Department of English, the
» Read moreThe María Zambrano Center for Transatlantic Studies at the University of Malaga (AMZET) advocates for the continuous promotion of research regarding the relations between Spain and Ireland. For this purpose, it has announced the Spain-Ireland Awards that include three categories in different areas: The George Campbell Award, the Kate O’Brien Award, and the Robert Boyd Award. The purpose of the
» Read moreIASIL is pleased to invite applications for a Postgraduate Scholarship to attend the association’s conference, ‘Creative Borders’, at the University of Lodz, Poland, 20-24th July 2020. The Scholarship will contribute to travel (as detailed in the Notes), 5 nights student accommodation, registration fee and the conference dinner. Applications, and referee’s form, must both be received by 18th January 2020 and
» Read moreThe Aula María Zambrano de Estudios Transatlánticos de la Universidad de Málaga (AMZET), in its commitment to promoting relations between Spain and Ireland, has created the Kate O’Brien research prize focusing on these relations between the two countries with a subject devoted to literature and/or women and gender perspective. Professors, students and researchers from all over the world will be
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