Episode 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 moreA 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 moreDr Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill Open University (UK) Wednesday, 19 March 2025 | 14:00 (Nicosia) | 12:00 (Dublin) Department of English Studies University of Cyprus Register for Zoom attendance here. Throughout the recent conflict in Ireland (1968-1998), the thorny and often conflicting issues of rights, identity and aspiration between the main traditions in the north of Ireland were explored in works
» Read moreThe Irish Studies Circle at the University of Granada is once again launching the VIII International Seminar on Irish Studies. Among the numerous talks and activities that will take place, we would like to draw your attention to some of them: the literary readings by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and Deirdre Sullivan (sponsored by the EFACIS Irish Itinerary), and the sessions
» Read more2pm Wednesday 6th November 2024 Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies, 4 Distillery Road, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, University of Galway & on Zoom We are delighted to welcome Ms Constanza Rapa from the Université Grenoble Alpes who will speak on her PhD research project, ‘Belonging with the (Non)Human Other: (Non)Human worlds in Transcultural Literature’, and also
» Read moreThe EFACIS book club aims to introduce readers to highlights of Irish literature, both past and present. In our book club sessions we predominantly focus on contemporary fiction (and, indeed, mostly books that were published in the past 2-3 years) or discuss works from the twentieth or earlier centuries that are relevant for contemporary Ireland, but have remained under the academic and/or public
» Read moreIn her conversation with Lucy Collins, Victoria Kennefick discusses her most recent poetry collection Egg/Shell (2024). She talks about the changes in her creative practice occasioned by events in her life and how these have produced a collection that defies containment; how writing poetry has helped her to capture the immediacy of these difficult experiences and to process them over time. She
» Read moreApril Episode now available – Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley in conversation with Kate Huber In their conversation with Kate Huber, Paul Rowley and Nicky Gogan talk about their documentaries Seaview (2008), Build Something Modern (2011) and The Red Tree (2018). They discuss their journey into filmmaking and how they met; Seaview’s experimental style, which challenges the aesthetics of documentaries while foregrounding the asylum seekers’ experiences; the
» Read moreThe next EFACIS Book Club (and last of this academic year) will be on Wednesday 26 April at 8pm CET. https://www.efacis.eu/content/efacis-book-club They will be discussing Mary Costello’s The China Factory (2012) and this session will be introduced by Margaret Bonass Madden. Those interested in joining please email Sien Deltour: efaciscoord@efacis.eu EFACIS Book Club are also looking for book suggestions for future EFACIS Book Club sessions
» Read moreThe 41st Irish Itinerary Podcast episode from EFACIS has just been released. In her conversation with Auxiliadora Pérez-Vides, Catherine Dunne discusses how stories have the power to change the minds of people; how she wants her characters to speak for themselves and how she allows them to inhabit her while writing. She also talks about her novel A Name for Himself (1998);
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