Category: General News

CFP: Strange Atmospheres: The Seventh International Flann O’Brien Conference

Call for Papers, General News, Other Conferences

The Call for Papers is now open for Strange Atmospheres: The Seventh International Flann O’Brien Conference The Department of English at Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, with the International Flann O’Brien Society 27–30 June 2023 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Joseph Brooker (Birkbeck College, University of London)  Flore Coulouma (Université Paris Nanterre) Paul Fagan (Salzburg University) Heather Laird (University College Cork) The conference title, ‘Strange Atmospheres,’

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New Podcast: ‘THE IRISH IN CANADA PODCAST’

Broadcasts, General News

The Johnson Chair in Québec and Canadian Irish Studies, funded by the Canadian Irish Studies Foundation, Dr. Jane ​G. V. McGaughey, ​Associate Professor of Irish Diaspora Studies at Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies is launching a new #IrishStudies podcast. With the aim of sharing her research to a broad audience beyond students and academics, Dr. McGaughey will be launching the

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New Book: Eoin MacNeill:The pen and the sword Edited by Conor Mulvagh and Emer Purcell

General News, New Publications

Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) was a founding figure in the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers, and the government of Ireland. As Professor of Early (including Mediaeval) History at University College Dublin was also one of the foremost Irish historians of his generation. As a professor, a politician, and the leader of a paramilitary organisation, MacNeill fused scholarship and activism into a

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GREAT FAMINE VOICES 2022 presents Great Famine Voices New York State

Events, General News

Great Famine Voices New York State shares the stories of Irish-American New Yorkers and the descendants of Famine Emigrants from the Irish American Heritage Museum in Albany, the Irish Cultural Center of the Mohawk Valley in Utica, the Erie Canal Museum, Le Moyne College in Syracuse, and the Buffalo Irish Center. Featured guests recall how their ancestors left Ireland during

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Queer Urban Nights: An EROSS Conference at DCU (All Hallows Campus, May 27/28)

Events, General News, Other Conferences

*Veuillez trouver le programme scientifique et culturel d’une conférence qu’EROSS organise avec FRINGE, Queer Urban Nights. La conference et le reste de cet email sont en anglais.* The full research and cultural programme of our EROSS/FRINGE (Universidad de Alcala, Spain)  conference Queer Urban Nights is available online.  Just a reminder that this is an in-person event with one online panel.  Date: 27/28 may 2022

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New Collection: Navigating Historical Crosscurrents in the Irish Atlantic: Essays for Catherine Shannon. Ed. Mary C. Kelly. CUP

General News, New Publications, Uncategorized

This volume takes inspiration from Professor Catherine Shannon’s scholarship on Modern Irish and Irish American history and her advocacy for peace in Northern Ireland and features original research by distinguished scholars and social-justice activists on both sides of the Atlantic. The essays illuminate the historical relationship between Ireland and North America over past centuries. They offer new readings of the

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Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society: Annual Conference University College Cork 17-18 June 2022

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Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann Éire San Ochtú Céad Déag 2022 Annual Conference University College Cork 17-18 June 2022 Plenary Speakers Dr Neil Buttimer (Emeritus, Department of Modern Irish, University College, Cork (UCC)) Dr Gillian O’Brien (Reader in Modern Irish History, Liverpool John Moores University) Prof David O’Shaughnessy (School of English and Creative Arts, NUI Galway) Call for Papers The 2022

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PUBLIC EROSS WEBINAR: Violence, Gender, Masculinities and Abuse: Research Reflections – Weds, 2nd February

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Violence, Gender, Masculinities and Abuse: Research Reflections Aisling Callan, Dublin City University Dr Melissa Corbally, Trinity College Dublin Aisling Callan is a PhD candidate at Dublin City University. Her interest in LGBTQ issues motivates her to facilitate the unfolding of stories of intimate partner violence as told by gay and bisexual men. She is currently the lead on a qualitative narrative

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IV International Seminar in Irish Theatre ­and Performance: Centre of Irish Studies Banna/Bond (EFACIS) at the University of La Rioja; Friday, December 17, from 09:30 to 11:00 (Central European Time (8.30-10am Irish Time)

Events, General News, Other Conferences

It is a pleasure to announce the celebration of the “IV International Seminar in Irish Theatre ­and Performance,” organised by our dear friend and colleague, professor Melania Terrazas Gallego, as part of the activities held by the Centre of Irish Studies Banna/Bond (EFACIS) at the University of La Rioja, in collaboration with the Universities of Burgos, Deusto and Zaragoza.  The programme, that I have

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Online Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Masculinities and Manhood in Contemporary Irish Drama: Acting the Man by Cormac O’Brien. Nov 14th, 1-2,30pm CET; 7-8.30pm Irish Time.

Book Launch, Events, General News

Hosted by Celtic Junction Irish Arts Centre, St Paul, MN, the online launch of Cormac O’Brien’s book, Masculinites and Manhood in Contemporary Irish Drama: Acting the Man (Palgrave Macmillan) will be held virtually and will take the form of a panel discussion on political economy and gendered performance in a colonized social context that had a national theatre even before

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