The registration for the ABEI Research Grant to a Junior Researcher is now open. The purpose of the grant is to fund Brazilian Junior Researchers in the field of Irish Studies. The grant is of R$3,000.00, to be paid to a Postgraduate Student (MA or PhD) and of R$600,00 (to an undergraduate student). The Fellowship aims at developing research and
» Read morePerforming Irishness/Irish Performances: Spotlight on Eugene O’Neill at the Midwest ACIS Regional Meeting Conference Date: 6-8 October Conference Host: Washington University of St. Louis Opening with a first-day symposium devoted to the life and work of Eugene O’Neill and following up with a day and a half with the full range of papers and roundtables devoted to all areas of
» Read moreVII FORUM OF NÚCLEO DE ESTUDOS IRLANDESES AT UFSC IRISH ARTS AND DISABILITY 7th-8th November 2023 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis Campus, CCE Guest speakers:Professor Chris Morash, Seamus Heaney Professor of Irish Writing, Trinity College DublinRosaleen McDonagh, Irish writer, member of Aosdána The event focuses on Irish literature, theatre, cinema and arts that address the protagonism or life of
» Read moreThe fourth World Congress of Scottish Literatures will be held from July 3rd to 7th 2024 at the University of Nottingham in England. The Congress is a major international gathering of scholars with a research interest in the study of all Scottish literatures, across all of Scotland’s languages, with an emphasis on Scotland’s place in the world. While the fourth
» Read moreSean Farrell | Syracuse University Press In Thomas Drew and the Making of Victorian Belfast, Farrell analyzes the career of “political parson” Thomas Drew (1800-70), creator of one of the largest Church of Ireland congregations on the island and leading figure in the Loyal Orange Order. Farrell demonstrates how Drew’s success stemmed from an adaptive combination of his fierce anti-Catholicism and
» Read moreThe XVI James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome PRISMASTIC JOYCE Conference Dates: 1-2 February 2024 DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: November 12, 2023 SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY NOVEMBER 26, 2023 Keynote speakers: § Sun-Chieh Liang, National Taiwan Normal University § Patrick Hersant, Université Paris 8 § Fritz Senn, Zürich James Joyce Foundation Organisers: Franca Ruggieri, Fabio Luppi, Enrico Terrinoni, Serenella Zanotti The James
» Read moreThe latest issue of the academic journal Litteraria Pragensia, subtitled “Cultural Intersections Across the Irish Sea”, brings together essays discussing the special and complex relationship between Ireland and Scotland. Edited by Radvan Markus and Petra Johana Poncarová, the issue is based on a symposium on the same topic which was held at Charles University in Prague on 11 November 2022.
» Read moreThe James Joyce Society will hold a virtual roundtable and open forum on the subject of “Making Joyce Studies Safe for All.” Please save the date: Friday, September 15th, 12 noon-2pm Eastern US time (1700hr in Dublin, 9am in Los Angeles, etc. etc.). Participants will include Katherine Ebury, Zoë Henry, Casey Lawrence, and Sam Slote, with Celia Marshik moderating. All
» Read moreThe James Joyce Centre is delighted to invite you to the launch of Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms by Richard Barlow. Fri, 14 Jul 2023 18:30 IST James Joyce Centre 35 North Great George’s Street D01 WK44 Dublin 1 The book examines the various ways Irish and Scottish literatures have influenced each other from the 1760s to
» Read moreIrish Itinerary Podcast Episode 43 – Click HERE In his conversation with Nathalie Lamprecht, Alan Gilsenan discusses his documentary film The Laughing Boy (2022), which tries to uncover how the song The Laughing Boy, written by a young Brendan Behan and later used in his play The Hostage, travelled via Paris to Greece and there became an anthem of defiance for the Greek left.
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