You are warmly invited to attend a special event at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 5pm. Dr
CfP: IASIL 2020: “Creative Borders”; University of Lodz, Poland. 20-24 July, 2020.
The IASIL 2020 conference wishes to reflect on the concept of borders and their creative potential that helps define identities, generates critical discourses, and provokes literary works to tackle issues of global political, social, and cultural nature. On the one hand, the border is seen here as a necessary confinement and a formal limitation. On the other, it is viewed
» Read moreBook Launch Shakespeare’s Body Language: Shaming Gestures and Gender Politics on the Renaissance Stage by Dr Miranda Thomas; with guest lecture by Dr Farah Karim-Cooper, Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity, 3rd December, 5pm
You are warmly invited to attend a special event at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 5pm. Dr Farah Karim-Cooper (Head of Higher Education and Research, Shakespeare’s Globe, UK) will be giving a talk as part of the Whitfield Visiting Lecture Series, with a lecture entitled ‘Racialising Mortality in Early Visual Culture and
» Read moreLaunch: Digital Exhibition ‘The Poetics of Print: The Private Press Tradition & Irish Poetry’. 6pm 26th November 2019 Neil Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub
You are cordially invited to the launch of the digital exhibition The Poetics of Print: The Private Press Tradition & Irish Poetry 6pm 26th November 2019 Neil Lecture Theatre, Trinity Long Room Hub Dr Conor Linnie & Professor Eve Patten, School of English, Trinity College Dublin Special guest Dr Linda King, Department of Design & Visual Arts,Dún Laoghaire Institute of
» Read morePublication Announcement: Two new series on Irish women’s writing from EER Press and the Irish Women’s Writing Network.
EER Press and the Irish Women’s Writing Network are delighted to announce two new series on Irish women’s writing. Titles will reflect the current wealth of innovative critical, biographical, archival, and historical research on writing by Irish women from 1800 onward, considering both under-examined writers and fresh approaches to more familiar bodies of work. Key Irish Women Writers offers critical
» Read moreCfP: 6th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies Leuven, Belgium. 31 August – 4 September 2020. Deadline: 30 January, 2020.
This is the 6th PhD seminar organized by the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies in collaboration with EFACIS and the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe. The aim is to give PhD students in Irish Studies from different European countries the opportunity – to present their research in a congenial, interdisciplinary environment, – to receive feedback and advice from established
» Read moreNew Publication: Justice Daniel Cohalan 1865-1946: American Patriot and Irish-American Nationalist by Michael Doorley
Justice Daniel Cohalan 1865-1946: American patriot and Irish-American nationalist By Michael Doorley Justice Daniel Cohalan, or the ‘Judge’ as he became known, is best remembered today for his tempestuous relationship with Irish nationalist leader Éamon de Valera during the latter’s visit to the United States in 1919–20. Cohalan deserves more attention than this and the story of his life as
» Read moreSpecial Symposium: Celebrating Siobhán McKenna. O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, NUI Galway. November 15th, 2019, 9.45-16.15
Celebrating Siobhán McKenna Symposium O’Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance, NUI Galway. November 15th, 2019 9.45-16.15 Following on from the official launch of the Siobhán McKenna Archives at NUI Galway this symposium includes: ‘Women Theatre-makers Now!’ A panel discussion on the position of women theatre-makers four years after the Waking the Feminists campaign was started to advocate for equality for women
» Read moreLocos Por Lorca: An Irish Celebration of the Great Spanish Poet. 8 November 2019, 10am-1pm. Aula García Lorca, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Granada.
LOCOS POR LORCA: AN IRISH CELEBRATION OF THE GREAT SPANISH POET 8 NOVEMBER 2019. 10:00-13:00. Aula García Lorca, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Granada. ORGANIZED BY: Granada Centre of Irish Studies, Irish Embassy, Departamento de Filologías Inglesa y Alemana de la Universidad De Granada, Máster Universitario en Literatura y Lingüística Inglesa. PROGRAMME: 10:00 a.m. Opening ceremony. Introduction 10:15.
» Read moreBook Launch: Women and Embodied Mythmaking in Irish Theatre by Shonagh Hill. Project Arts Centre. Friday 8th Nov, 5-6pm
You are cordially invited to the launch of Women and Embodied Mythmaking in Irish Theatre by Shonagh Hill Published by Cambridge University Press Friday 8th November, 5-6pm Project Arts Centre Speakers: Dr Cathy Leeney, Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick, Amanda Coogan The book will be available at a special launch price on the night RSVP: shongah.hill@ucd.ie
» Read moreCfP: Durrell Library of Corfu: Borders and Borderlands. Corfu, Greece, 20-24 May 2020. Proposal deadline: 20th January 2020.
The Durrell Library of Corfuinvites submissions on the themes of IDENTITY – MEANING – INCLUSION – EXCLUSION – DIFFERENCE The vulnerability, mutability and even the existence of borders in politics, cultural identity, cybernetics, psychology and linguistics are increasingly under scrutiny. This symposium will convene experts in these fields on an island in the Balkans on the cusp of many histories,
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