Dear Irish Studies Colleagues and Friends, I want to make you aware of a wonderful free event you can participate in virtually next week. You may have heard of Colum McCann’s most recent novel Apeirogon because it has been getting lots of press. Set in Israel & Palestine, based on real characters from across the divide who suffer loss but
» Read moreThe Irish University Review is the premier and leading journal in Irish literary criticism. It covers, on a global scale, all aspects of Irish literature in the English language. This special 50th Anniverary Edition – indeed, our Golden Jubilee Edition! – is themed “Irish Studies Now” and contains a singular, dare we say ‘unique’ collection of articles and essays on a
» Read moreThis online symposium celebrates the launch of the Cambridge University Press six-volume essay series Irish Literature in Transition (2020), a new and dynamic account of Ireland’s literary history over 300 years. The General Editors of the series are Claire Connolly and Marjorie Howes and other volumes have been edited by Moyra Haslett, Matt Campbell, Eve Patten, Paige Reynolds and Eric
» Read moreFictions of Migration in Contemporary Britain and Ireland by Carmen Zamorano Llena examines how the transcultural and transnational migration of people, texts, and ideas has transformed the paradigm of national literature, with Britain and Ireland as case studies. The study questions definitions of migration and migrant literature that focus solely on the work of authors with migrant backgrounds, and suggests
» Read moreYou are warmly invited to attend a special event at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College Dublin, on Tuesday 3rd December 2019 at 5pm. Dr Farah Karim-Cooper (Head of Higher Education and Research, Shakespeare’s Globe, UK) will be giving a talk as part of the Whitfield Visiting Lecture Series, with a lecture entitled ‘Racialising Mortality in Early Visual Culture and
» Read moreYou are cordially invited to the launch of Women and Embodied Mythmaking in Irish Theatre by Shonagh Hill Published by Cambridge University Press Friday 8th November, 5-6pm Project Arts Centre Speakers: Dr Cathy Leeney, Dr Lisa Fitzpatrick, Amanda Coogan The book will be available at a special launch price on the night RSVP: shongah.hill@ucd.ie
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