Online Webinar – Shaw Talk: G.B. Shaw and Legacy Celebrating the launch of a special issue to mark 40 years of SHAW, the Journal of Bernard Shaw Studies and the upcoming publication of the SHAW 40.2 special issue on ‘Shaw and Legacy’ guest co-edited by Ruth Hegarty (RIA) and Barry Houlihan (NUI Galway) WHEN ‘Shaw Day’, Monday, November 2, 2020,
» Read more“๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ฒ๐: ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป’๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ญ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฌ๐-๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ฌ๐” ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป In this talk, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป explores womenโs contributions to the anti-colonial civil rights movements during the Troubles in the Six Counties of Ireland from the late 1960s to the late 1990s. They connect the work of Irish women leaders and writers by examining their
» Read moreIt is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing of our cherished colleague and steadfast IASIL member, Margaret Mac Curtain. A Dominican nun and a pioneering historian, Dr Mac Curtain was also a relentless activist for social justice and human rights, a ground-breaking educator and a scholar with a life-long dedication “to write women into
» Read moreCall for Papers – Themed issue of RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance Title: Performing in DigitalKey words: archives, performance, theatre, universities, memory, education Guest Editors: Dr. Barry Houlihan and Dr. Catherine Morris, NUI Galway The global virus pandemic transformed lives tragically and accelerated the world into a digital co-existence at multiple heightened levels of interdependencies. In this
» Read moreMoLI is delighted to launch Past/Present/Pride, a series of conversations that will remember and celebrate UCDโs LGBTI+ literary alumni. Hosted by psychologist Dr Paul DโAlton, Past/Present/Pride will reflect on the work of writers associated with UCD across the decades โ decades that have witnessed significant social change for members of the LGBTI+ communities in Ireland & beyond. Past/Present/Pride is a
» Read moreAC productions join with The Lock Inn to stage Reboot Live, a three week theatre festival from August 26th Featuring 50 artists – 18 writers produce 18 especially commissioned new plays Participants includeโฆ.Deirdre Kinehan, Ciara Elizabeth Smyth, Michael Patrick, Gary Duggan, Rodrigo Ternevoy, Noni Stapleton, Rose Henderson, Maeve Fitzgerald and many more. Performed in front of a socially distanced audience
» Read moreDear Irish Studies Colleagues and Friends, I want to make you aware of a wonderful free event you can participate in virtually next week.ย You may have heard of Colum McCannโs most recent novel Apeirogon because it has been getting lots of press. Set in Israel & Palestine, based on real characters from across the divide who suffer loss but
» Read moreTHE IRISH AMERICA SERIES How the Irish in America lived: Experiences of diverse groups of Irish Americans throughout history Guest Speakers: Ms. Sรญobhra Aiken, Dr. Tim Meagher & Dr. Cormac OโBrien This event, which will be moderated by Fergal Mythen, Director General of DFATโs Ireland, UK & Americas Division, will feature a panel of Fulbright scholars and awardees who will
» Read moreDid James Joyce use this Atlas? Details of what could prove the greatest James Joyce discovery in years are published today in โGenetic Joyce Studiesโ, the annual online academic journal of Joycean scholarship.ย The discovery is a second-hand world atlas, published in 1903, which has places on many of its maps marked with underlinings, usually in coloured crayon. Literary analysis
» Read more#BLOOMSDAY 2020 Join us at 7pm GMT (2pm EST) on Bloomsday for our live event, โTeaching Joyce in Secondary Classrooms: A Bloomsday Q&A Session with Dylan Emerick-Brown,โ moderated by Dr Matthew Fogarty of the Museum of Childhood Ireland Projectโs Education Department. Dylan Emerick-Brown is the English Department Chair at Deltona High School in Florida, where he has taught Joyceโs literature
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