The IASIL Bibliography is an annual compilation of scholarly works on Irish literature and culture, produced by members of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL). The list is published online in the second issue of the Irish University Review; and Dr. Shahriyar Mansouri (Shahid Beheshti University) is the current Chair of the bibliography committee. As the preparation of the latest bibliography listing
» Read morePaul Delaney | Routledge This original new study explores the recent flowering of short fiction in Ireland. More specifically, it discusses the cultural, material, and ideological usages of the short form in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, engaging with the forces that have helped to shape the production, dissemination, and reception of short stories over the last few
» Read moreEpisode 60 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast is now online. In their conversation with Tim Groenland, Emily Cooper and Dean Fee discuss the origins of their literary journal, The Pig’s Back, designed as a Donegal-based journal with an international bent. They talk about creating not only an issue, but a beautiful object that stays in people’s minds; blurring fiction and non-fiction; bringing the many
» Read moreThe next online PhD Writing Session + Lunch Break will take place on Friday July 4. The session starts at 10 am CET with focused writing time (with a coffee break in-between), followed by a casual lunch break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm CET to chat and get to know each other better. All PhD students are welcome to join
» Read moreThe IX Conference of the Centre for Irish Studies at UFSC, with the theme of Soundscapes of Ireland, celebrates the rich sonic tapestry of Ireland, exploring the intersections between sound, music, literature, theatre, radio and cinema, highlighting the diversity and complexity of Irish soundscapes. Keynote Speakers: Paul Muldoon, Alan Gislenan, Pedro Rebelo (QUB), Méabh Ni Fhuarthain (NUIG). Proposals for communications that address the theme
» Read moreWith funding from Trinity Research Doctorate Awards 2025–26 PI-led, applications are now invited for a funded PhD studentship on the MARGINS project, to commence September 2025 (possibility of March 2026), under the supervision of Dr Amy Prendergast in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. The award will cover tuition fees (either EU or non-EU) for the recruited student for
» Read moreRegistration has opened for the Irish Studies and Cultural Theory Summer School. This year’s theme is “A Sense of Place” and will feature an exciting line up of speakers, sharing their expertise in fields such as literature, film, media, art history, history/politics, philosophy, and cultural studies. Since 2023, the Summer School has been a collaboration between the Vienna and Europa-Universität Flensburg Centres for Irish
» Read moreAn ‘Ulster Irish’ Rabbie Burns?: A Cultural Biography of Robert Huddleston (1814-87), ‘The Bard of Moneyrea’, County Down This project is funded by: Summary The Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, Ulster University, in partnership with National Museums NI, invites applications from suitably qualified applicants for Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, to conduct
» Read moreYou are invited to the online launch of the ‘Irish Studies Review’ special issue on “Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture”, published in association with the Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature (ISSCL). The launch will take place at 3pm Friday 6th June on Zoom where we will have a roundtable discussion
» Read more9-10 April 2026 Boulogne-sur-Mer (ULCO, UR 4030 HLLI) Keynote Speaker: John Brannigan, University College Dublin This conference seeks to explore the pervasive influence of the flux and flow of seas, oceans, rivers and other waterways on Irish and Scottish literatures from the late 19th century to the present. The rise of the “blue humanities” as part of what is often referred to
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