A Conversation about Theatre Reviewing on the island of Ireland Speakers: Rebecca Feely, Youth Theatre Ireland Niamh Flanagan, Director of Theatre & Dance NI Karen Fricker, Brock University & Intermission Magazine Chair: Trish McTighe, Queen’s University Belfast 30th April, 4.00pm – 5.00pm Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of the role of reviewing and criticism within the arts and theatre ecology
» Read moreCall for Papers for a Special Issue of Journal of Artistic Creation and Literary Research (JACLR), https://www.ucm.es/siim/journal–of–artistic–creation–and–literary–research Guest Editors: Sara Tabuyo-Santaclara (Universidade de Vigo) and Iria Seijas-Pérez (Universidade de Vigo) Deadline: September 1, 2025 In recent years, girls have been progressively gaining increased visibility in popular culture. 2023 has been considered by different media outlets as “the year of
» Read moreDear IASIL members, We deeply regret to inform you of the death of Professor Heinz Kosok, who served as chairperson of the society from 1982 to 1985 and organised the 1981 annual conference at Gesamthochschule Wuppertal. The obituary prepared by Prof. em Dr. Juergen Kamm and shared with permission below gives some sense of Professor Kosok’s centrality to the development
» Read moreIrishwomen United and a Network of Change Evelyn Conlon & Rebecca Pelan editors UCD Press The vast accomplishments of modern Irish feminism would look very different without the courageous, yet often overlooked, efforts of Irishwomen United activists in the years following the Contraceptive Train. This phenomenal collection of twenty essays offers first-hand, historical accounts of on the ground activities during this period,
» Read moreThe WB Yeats Society of NY has announced six recipients of its 2025 Yeats Poetry Prize, the 28th year of the international competition, open to poets of all ages from anywhere in the world. Founded in 1990, the society is dedicated to the legacy of the world-famous Irish poet and Nobel Laureate. First Prize: “Looming Light” by Elly Katz, New
» Read moreApplied Theatre, Social Change, and Political Advocacy By Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill University of Exeter Press Theatre has played an important role in post-conflict northern Ireland, where it has been used by artists, communities, and organisations as a tool for political advocacy. This book provides an up-to-date assessment of the state of theatre in northern Ireland since the end of the conflict,
» Read moreW.B. YEATS: DUBLINER 30 October to 1 November | Trinity College Dublin CALL FOR PAPERS Reviewing Lady Wilde’s Ancient Cures, Charms, and Usages of Ireland in 1890, W. B. Yeats bemoaned that ‘around and northward of Dublin no small amount of gloom has blown from overseas’. Just outside the city in Howth, however, he noted that ‘the old life goes on but little
» Read moreThursday May 1st | 11am – 5pm | Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre Dublin Antigone and Ireland is a free one-day symposium that will examine the enduring influence of this ancient Greek heroine in Ireland. Since it was first performed, Sophocles’ Antigone has raised vital and troubling questions regarding the law and its limits. This event, which is aimed at anyone with an interest
» Read moreedited by Úna Kealy and Kate McCarthy Open Book Publishers ‘Active Speech’ is a groundbreaking collection of scholarly essays and practitioner interviews focused on the work of Irish playwright Teresa Deevy. Acts of recovery in the 1980s and 1990s challenged Deevy’s exclusion from the literary canon, reclaiming her contributions as significant to Irish drama and theatre. The recent resurgence of scholarship and
» Read morehe Homewhere-s and Elsewhere-s of 1930s Irish Culture by Madalina Armie (Volume editor)Verónica Membrive (Volume editor)Germán Peral (Volume editor) Reimagining Ireland, Volume 138 Peter Lang As recent studies on the «London Irish» and on the work of almost forgotten artists have revealed, there existed in the 1930s a vibrant appreciation and response to international politics and artistic innovations. Many Irish writers
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