Launching Friday, 4 July 2025 | 6pm – 9pm Museum of Literature Ireland86 St Stephen’s GreenDublin 2, D02XY43 This brand new exhibition at the Museum of Literature Ireland celebrates Irish romance fiction. Hear from curator Paige Reynolds and writer Emer McLysaght (Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling) at the free launch event! Free tickets available here: https://moli.ie/events/first-fridays-july-2025 At the heart of
» Read moreThe next online PhD Writing Session + Lunch Break will take place on Friday July 4. The session starts at 10 am CET with focused writing time (with a coffee break in-between), followed by a casual lunch break from 12:30 to 1:30 pm CET to chat and get to know each other better. All PhD students are welcome to join
» Read moreRegistration has opened for the Irish Studies and Cultural Theory Summer School. This year’s theme is “A Sense of Place” and will feature an exciting line up of speakers, sharing their expertise in fields such as literature, film, media, art history, history/politics, philosophy, and cultural studies. Since 2023, the Summer School has been a collaboration between the Vienna and Europa-Universität Flensburg Centres for Irish
» Read moreYou are invited to the online launch of the ‘Irish Studies Review’ special issue on “Race, Ethnicity, and Representation in Irish Children’s and Young Adult Literature and Culture”, published in association with the Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature (ISSCL). The launch will take place at 3pm Friday 6th June on Zoom where we will have a roundtable discussion
» Read moreDeirdre Kinahan, renowned Irish playwright, is set to visit Brazil this month for significant literary events. Kinahan will attend the launch of the Brazilian Portuguese translation of her play “Knocknashee” (2002), titled “Knocknashee, a colina das fadas”, published by Editora Iluminuras in 2025. The translation is a collaborative effort by Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos and Lúcia K. X. Bastos. A rehearsed
» Read moreby Miriam Haughton | Cambridge University Press 6-8PM Thursday 8 May, Dublin Port Guest Speaker: Catriona Crowe Louise Lowe is a theatre and performance director, writer, choreographer, dramaturge, and, more recently, a television director and short film writer/director, working in Ireland and internationally. She is the Co-Artistic Director of ANU Productions, established with Owen Boss in Dublin in 2009. Lowe
» 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 moreThursday May 1st | 11am – 5pm | Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre Dublin Antigone and Ireland is a free one-day symposium that will examine the enduring influence of this ancient Greek heroine in Ireland. Since it was first performed, Sophocles’ Antigone has raised vital and troubling questions regarding the law and its limits. This event, which is aimed at anyone with an interest
» Read moreWebinar hosted by the Irish Society for Theatre research Thu 27 Mar 2025 14:00 – 15:15 GMT Speakers: Dr. Lisa FitzPatrick Dr. Indu Jain Reportedly, in the US, research projects into women’s healthcare and research with ‘woman’ or ‘gender’ as keywords are being postponed or halted, with potentially devastating effects. This stagnation not only threatens advancements in understanding women’s health issues but may also herald catastrophic implications
» Read moreThursday 13 Mar 2025 14:00 – 15:15 GMT | online Join Professor Trish Reid (University of Reading) for a talk entitled ‘Theatre and Performance in Contemporary Scotland’, as part of the Irish Society for Theatre Research webinar series. rish Reid is Professor of Theatre and Performance and Head of the School of Arts and Communication Design at the University of Reading. She
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