IASIL is pleased to invite applications for a Postgraduate Scholarship to attend the association’s conference at Trinity College, Dublin, 22-26th July 2019. The Scholarship will cover travel (according to the indicative bands in the travel document), 5 nights student accommodation, registration fee and the conference dinner. Applications, and referee’s form, must both be received by 18th January 2019 and applicants will be
» Read moreCall for Papers 13th AFIS Conference Université de Lille (24-25 May, 2019) Theme: Margins and Marginalities in France and/or Ireland French and Irish societies have been characterised in recent times by major upheavals wrought by the threat of terrorism, the collapse of economic and social structures, mass migration, the diminished role of organised religion, the ghettoization of minorities, increased homelessness
» Read moreGeorge Legg, Northern Ireland and the Politics of Boredom: Conflict, Capital and Culture (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018). Further details here: http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526128867/ This book provides a new interpretation of the Northern Irish Troubles. From internment to urban planning, the hunger strikes to post-conflict tourism, it asserts that concepts of capitalism have been consistently deployed to alleviate and exacerbate violence in the North. Through
» Read moreSYMPOSIUM MUSICAL THEATRE IN IRELAND, 3,200 BCE to 1922: HISTORY, THEORY, AND PERFORMANCE Saturday 9 March 2019 Oscar Wilde Home, American College Dublin mt.studies.association@gmail.com deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2019 Further details available at this link:CFP- symposium- Musical Theatre Studies- Dublin 9 March 2019- press release
» Read moreIt is a pleasure to invite you to the IV International Seminar in Irish Studies, which will be held at the University of Granada on 11-15 February 2019. Please find attached the final programme and the poster of the event. Programme IV International Seminar Ireland UGR (1) Poster IV Irish Studies Seminar UGR This year (and thanks to the Irish
» 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) Full Call for Papers available here: Law and Literature
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By Brian Boydell and Edited by Barra Boydell Brian Boydell (1917 – 2000) was a leading figure in Irish musical life. Composer, performer, broadcaster, agitator for music, musicologist, and Professor of Music at Trinity College Dublin, he profoundly influenced the development of music and music education in Ireland. In his later years he wrote his memoirs focusing in particular
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José Lanters Cork University Press Thomas Kilroy, Ireland’s leading intellectual playwright, has, over the span of a fifty-year career, consistently resisted fixed categories and boundaries in both his stagecraft and the themes of his plays. In a close consideration of ten of his major works for the stage, and drawing extensively on archival materials, Lanters explores how Kilroy has challenged
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Prof Laura Izarra, on behalf of Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI), has sent the following wonderful news: “It is an honor to announce that Prof. Munira Hamud Mutran has received today the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, from His Excellency Michael D. Higgins. The ceremony celebrates Prof. Mutran’s achievements in the field
» Read moreConference call for papers: Radical Young People’s Literature and Culture The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Friday 29th and Saturday 30th March 2019 Marino Institute of Education, Dublin 9, Ireland Keynote address: Professor Kimberley Reynolds It is now over ten years since Kimberley Reynolds highlighted the importance of radical dimensions of children’s literature in her book, Radical Children’s Literature: Future
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