In honour of our colleague Hugh Haughton on his birthday, the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York, is hosting a poetic and scholarly “cerebration”. We commence on Friday 8 June with an evening of poetry, featuring readings by: Gerald Dawe · Kit Fan · Bernard O’Donoghue · Caitríona O’Reilly · Peter Robinson To be followed by a day symposium on Saturday 9 June covering
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“Ireland and Identity on Screen” University of La Rioja St. Patrick’s Day Celebration 19-22 March 2018 This event is is organized by the Centre for Irish Studies BANNA/BOND (EFACIS) and it is part of the Doctorate Programme offered by the Department of Modern Philologies of the University of la Rioja. Cartel San Patricio DEFINITIVO Tríptico San Patricio DEFINITIVO Information can also be found in this
» Read moreTERCERAS JORNADAS DE ESTUDIOS IRLANDESES An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ireland through its Music, History, Literature and Cinema 12-16 Febrero 2018 Dirección: Pilar Villar-Argáiz y Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio Dpto. de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana Universidad de Granada Coordinación: Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero Dpto. de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana
» Read moreIrish Itinerary 2018 (EFACIS) “Trauma and Identity in Contemporary Irish Literature and Film“ Venue: Salón de Actos de Filologías, University of la Rioja, Spain Centre for Irish Studies BANNA/BOND) (EFACIS) Dates: 12-15 February 2018 PROGRAMME Monday 12 February 2018 9.00-9.30 hours Irish Itinerary 2018 Opening Ceremony European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS)
» Read moreXIII SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA 30/1/2018 Call for papers “Cultural dialogues between Chile and Ireland” 22 and 23 August 2018 Venue: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Campus San Joaquín) and Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (USACH) Deadline: 15 May 2018 Joint Symposium of Irish Studies in South America “Cultural Dialogues between Chile and Ireland”/ “Diálogos culturales entre Chile
» Read moreIreland in Psychoanalysis 2: Razed Catholic? Buffalo, New York September 28-29, 2018 How might the resources of psychoanalysis be mobilized to address the history of Catholic theocracy in Ireland? Might they be used, in the first instance, to confront the manifold harm to which the Church has subjected its most vulnerable members? Given the power of the Church in Irish
» Read moreThe Human, the Non-Human, and the Posthuman in Irish Studies ACIS-West 2018 October 11-13, Wort Hotel, Jackson Hole, Wyoming The 34th annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies-Western Regional (ACIS-West), sponsored by the University of Wyoming, will be held from October 11-13, 2018 at the Wort Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Jackson Hole is nestled at the foot
» Read moreComhfhios Boston College: An Irish Studies Conference February 24th, 2018 Boston College, Connolly House, Chestnut Hill, MA The Irish Studies Doctoral Students of Boston College, in conjunction with the Center for Irish Programs, are pleased to launch Comhfhios Boston College, a conference emphasizing new theories, new media, and innovative approaches to Irish Studies. Comhfhios, meaning “knowledge together”
» Read moreCanadian Association for Irish Studies Université Laval Quebec City 13-16 June 2018 Situated in Quebec City, Université Laval will host the 2018 conference of the Canadian Association for Irish Studies. Often regarded as one of North America’s most beautiful urban areas, Quebec City has twice received distinctions by UNESCO: in 1985 it was added to the World Heritage List for
» Read moreNovel Encounters: A Festival of Irish and Greek Writers Richard Pine “Writing and Identity” was the central topic of Novel Encounters, a recent meeting of Irish and Greek writers in Corfu that I helped to organise. The writers described how they wrote, what they wrote and why they wrote, and although I looked for differences between the Irish and
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