NEW DEADLINE: February 15, 2023 (extended deadline). Proposals for panels, roundtables and workshops are also welcome. For more – see here Call for PapersAs a country under the colonising yoke of the United Kingdom, the island of Ireland has suffered many different types of violence over the centuries. The decolonisation of part of it after the 1922 War of Independence and
» Read morePostdoctoral Researcher ‘The Price of Performance: A Question of Economic Sustainability for Independent Theatre Production in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland, 2000-2020’ Moore Institute, University of Galway Ref. No. University of Galway 004-23 Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Moore Institute, University of Galway. This position is
» Read moreConstitutions of Self in Contemporary Irish Poetry explores the figure of the lyrical self in the work of six contemporary Irish poets: Paul Muldoon, Vona Groarke, Sinéad Morrissey, Caitríona O’Reilly, Alan Gillis and Nick Laird. By focusing on the self, this study offers the first sustained exploration of what is arguably one of the most distinctive features of Irish poetry. Readings
» Read moreThe tension between adherence to traditional modes of expression, and experimentation has underlain modern Irish literature. Regarded as the epitome of Modernist experimental writing, James Joyce went so far in pushing the boundaries of what constituted prose as to become the object of criticism from such different commentators as Lukács and Pound, both of whom found fault with Joyce for
» Read moreYou are cordially invited to the 8th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion for the launch of IRISH STUDIES IN EUROPE XIIreland: Interfaces and Dialogues 11 January 2023, 6 pm GMT/ 7 pm CET Please register here for this online Roundtable Discussion!
» Read moreJoe Hassett was awarded the Presidential Award for Distinguished Service by President Michael D. Higgins in a ceremony on December 8 in the Aras an Uachtarain. Joe’s most recent book is Yeats Now: Echoing into Life (Lilliput Press). Joseph M. Hassett is a lawyer and literary scholar residing in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Canisius College and Harvard Law School,
» Read moreRepresentations of Home in Literatures and Cultures in English. (Dis)locations: The Shifting Thematics of Home. The conference will take place at the School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, on the 22nd and 23rd June 2023. The ULICES Representations of Home research project addresses issues of identity and belonging in different geo-political, socio-cultural contexts of countries where English is or
» Read moreRegistration is now open! The Sixth International Seminar on Irish Studies will be held at the University of Granada on January 25-27, 2023. Keynote speakers include, in order of appearance Riona Ni Fhrighil, Theo Dorgan, Eoin Warner and Glen Hansard.
» Read moreCall for members We are forming a new sub-committee on EDI – please contact our secretary Dr Deirdre Flynn by Jan 12th, 2023 should you wish to be involved secretary [@] IASIL.org – with an online meeting planned for late January We welcome expressions of interest from all members of the IASIL Community and all backgrounds to join the Equality,
» Read moreThe results of the 2022 International James Joyce Foundation Trustee election have been announced. Congratulations to the six new trustees. They are: Shinjini Chattopadhyay (Berry College, USA) Anne Marie D’Arcy (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Katherine Ebury (University of Sheffield, UK) Paul Fagan (Maynooth University, Ireland) Jonathan Goldman (New York Institute of Technology, USA) Cleo Hanaway-Oakley (University of Bristol, UK) The
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