Essays on John McGahern: Assessing a literacy legacy Edited by Derek Hand and Eamon Maher This collection of essays, written by many of the foremost McGahern scholars, provides solid reasons for why the Leitrim writer has assumed canonical status since his premature death in 2006, an event which sparked something akin to a period of national mourning in Ireland. The reason
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Protestant and Irish: The minority’s search for place in independent Ireland A collection of exploratory essays edited by Ian d’Alton and Ida Milne In 1989 Edna Longley remarked that if Catholics were born Irish, Protestants had to ‘work their passage to Irishness’. With eighteen essays by scholars with individual perspectives on Irish Protestant history, this book explores a number of
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All on Show: The circus in Irish literature and culture by Eleanor Lybeck All on Show takes the circus in literature as its theme. The book introduces readers to the obscure history of the circus and travelling entertainment in Ireland while contextualising celebrated works by major writers of the twentieth century including Ó Conaire, Joyce, Yeats, Friel and Heaney. It uses theories
» Read moreAppointment in Irish Literature School of Irish Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL Deadline: April 15, 2019 The School of Irish Studies at Concordia of University, Montreal, Quebec, invites applications for a Limited-Term Appointment in Irish Literature for the 2019/2020 academic year. The successful applicant will be required to teach several undergraduate courses across a spectrum of
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The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Irish Theatre and Performance Editors: Jordan, Eamonn, Weitz, Eric This Handbook offers a multiform sweep of theoretical, historical, practical and personal glimpses into a landscape roughly characterised as contemporary Irish theatre and performance. Bringing together a spectrum of voices and sensibilities in each of its four sections — Histories, Close-ups, Interfaces, and Reflections — it casts its gaze
» Read moreDear colleagues, In my capacity as IASIL Returning Officer, I am pleased to confirm that the recent nomination process for the IASIL Executive has taken place within the period for which it was announced, and in full compliance with the IASIL constitution. The list of nominated members for the period 2019-22 is as follows: Ondřej Pilný –
» Read moreThe IASIL Bibliography, listing work on Irish literature and culture by IASIL members, appears annually in the online edition of the Irish University Review. The new editor of the Bibliography is Dr Chris Cusack. The 2018 Bibliography is now being compiled, and members are invited to submit bibliographic information of work published in 2018 to their local IASIL Bibliography Committee
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The Theatre and Films of Conor McPherson: Conspicuous Communities Eamonn Jordan Methuen Drama/Bloomsbury, 2019 The spellbinding premiere of The Weir at the Royal Court in 1997 was the first of many works to bring Conor McPherson to the attention of the theatre-going public. Acclaimed plays followed, including Shining City, The Seafarer, The Night Alive and Girl from the North Country,
» Read moreScholarship for Irish Studies ABEI/HADDAD FELLOWSHIP 2019-2020 M.Phil at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, Ireland Registration period: 10th February to 22nd April 2019 • M. Phil in Literary Translation https://www.tcd.ie/langs-litscultures/postgraduate/literary_translation/description.php • M. Phil in Modern Irish History: http://www.historieshumanities.tcd.ie/postgraduate/mphil/index.php • M. Phil in Theatre and Performance https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php • M. Phil in Creative Writing https://www.tcd.ie/English/postgraduate/creative-writing/ The grant will cover one
» Read moreLiterature and the Law: The Irish Case Saturday 6 April 2019 Dublin City University Organisers: Eugene McNulty (Dublin City University) and Adam Hanna (UCC) Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Margaret Kelleher (School of English, UCD) | Dr Tom Hickey (School of Law and Government, DCU) | Dr Heather Laird (School of English, UCC) Event poster Call For Papers (Deadline 28 February
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