Online workshop hosted by Birkbeck, University of London, 1 April 2023 Keynote Speakers Esther Leslie (Birkbeck College, University of London) Zan Cammack (Utah Valley University) Call for Papers As we approach 2026, which marks the century of Irish radio broadcasting, it is productive to think about the importance radio holds for modern Irish writers. Brian O’Nolan published a short story
» Read moreIrish Itinerary Podcast episode 39 is now available online. In this episode artistic director of Big Telly Theatre Company Zoë Seaton talks to Eleanor Lybeck. Zoë Seaton discusses the history of Big Telly Theatre Company; their response to the pandemic; and their use of technology. She also talks about making work, with and relevant to the community, that is time
» Read moreYou are cordially invited to the 8th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion for the launch of IRISH STUDIES IN EUROPE XIIreland: Interfaces and Dialogues 11 January 2023, 6 pm GMT/ 7 pm CET Please register here for this online Roundtable Discussion!
» Read moreRegistration is now open! The Sixth International Seminar on Irish Studies will be held at the University of Granada on January 25-27, 2023. Keynote speakers include, in order of appearance Riona Ni Fhrighil, Theo Dorgan, Eoin Warner and Glen Hansard.
» Read moreNEW 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;
» Read moreAre you an Irish Studies Postgrad? Or do you supervise an Irish Studies Postgrad? Or are you involved with an Irish Studies Postgrad programme? On Tuesday December 6th we will be championing the research of the vibrant Irish Studies Postgrad community on Twitter – using the hashtag #IASILPostgrad. Share your research, your achievements, your favourite authors, texts, critical readings, and
» Read moreFounded in 1993 by Co-Artistic Directors, Gavin Quinn and Aedín Cosgrove, Pan Pan Theatre Company have been at the forefront of theatre and culture in Ireland and internationally for the last thirty years. The Pan Pan Archive, now fully catalogued and available at University of Galway Library Archives, is a leading resource for the study and engagement of the rich history one of
» Read moreRoyal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 5.30pm, Tuesday November 8, 2022 Adam Hanna & Eugene McNulty, eds, Law and Literature: The Irish Case (Liverpool University Press, 2022) Adam Hanna, Poetry, Politics and the Law in Modern Ireland (Syracuse University Press, 2022) Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been
» Read moreThe Twenty-Third Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar will take place on Saturday, 5 November, 2022 (beginning at 9.30 a.m.) in University College Cork under the auspices of the combined Departments of Irish. The subject of the seminar will be Oidheadh Chloinne hUisneach ‘The Violent Death of the Children of Uisneach’, ed. C. Mac Giolla Léith Irish Texts Society Main Series, vol. 56 Registration: Please register online
» Read moreSaturday 19 November 2022, 9.30 am – 7 pm Trinity Long Room Hub Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin is one of Ireland’s foremost poets. A former Ireland Professor of Poetry, she is also a Professor Emerita of Trinity College Dublin, where she taught for many years. In celebration of her body of work and to mark her eightieth birthday, the School of
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