Department of Drama, Theatre & Performance University of Galway 31st October – 2nd November, 2025 Founded in 1975 in Galway, in the West of Ireland, Druid Theatre has grown to become one of Ireland’s most renowned theatre companies. To mark Druid’s 50th Anniversary in 2025, the University of Galway will host a 3-day symposium, from Friday, October 31st – Sunday,
» Read more34th Annual CDE Conference, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-7 June 2026 The German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English (CDE) is pleased to announce its 34th Annual Conference. It is organized by Charles University and will be held as a residential conference at Masarykova kolej, Thákurova 1, Prague 6, https://www.masarykovakolej.cz/en/home. Theatre and Resilience “Resilience is everywhere; it is the
» Read moreThe IX Conference of the Centre for Irish Studies at UFSC, with the theme of Soundscapes of Ireland, celebrates the rich sonic tapestry of Ireland, exploring the intersections between sound, music, literature, theatre, radio and cinema, highlighting the diversity and complexity of Irish soundscapes. Keynote Speakers: Paul Muldoon, Alan Gislenan, Pedro Rebelo (QUB), Méabh Ni Fhuarthain (NUIG). Proposals for communications that address the theme
» Read more9-10 April 2026 Boulogne-sur-Mer (ULCO, UR 4030 HLLI) Keynote Speaker: John Brannigan, University College Dublin This conference seeks to explore the pervasive influence of the flux and flow of seas, oceans, rivers and other waterways on Irish and Scottish literatures from the late 19th century to the present. The rise of the “blue humanities” as part of what is often referred to
» Read moreGraduate Conference PhD Course in Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures Roma Tre University December 15-16, 2025 Thaumazein is the verb that, in ancient Greek, indicated the act of wonderment, the very spark of a thought that tended towards knowledge. Plato (Theaetetetus, 155d) and Aristotle (Metaphysics, I, 2, 982b) saw this deeply human capacity as a hypothetical origin of philosophy itself.
» Read moreAll Hallows Campus, Dublin City University, November 7th 2025 Convened by Eugene McNulty (School of English) and Brad Anderson (School of Theology, Philosophy, and Music) Keynote Speakers: Alison Jack (School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh) Gail McConnell (School of English, Queen’s University Belfast) Call For Papers: The organisers invite proposals for papers exploring the intersections
» Read moreWednesday 22 and Thursday 23 October 2025 University of Galway Sponsored by Research Ireland Laureate Award ‘The Price of Performance’ (2023-2025), the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, and Arts in Action, University of Galway KEYNOTES Artist Panels include: Dr Ali FitzGibbon (Belfast) Branar (Galway) Cathie Boyd (Glasgow) Catherine Wheels (Musselburgh) Dogstar (Inverness)
» Read moreGuest Editors: Fábio Waki, Eleanor Fitzsimons and Jarlath Killeen ABEI Journal invites researchers to contribute to a special issue marking the 125th anniversary of the death of Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Our aim is to celebrate his legacy by exploring fresh perspectives on his life and work, as well as his influence across diverse cultures and aesthetics. This issue particularly welcomes studies
» 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 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
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