NEW ANTHOLOGY: Quare Éire

Quare Éire: An Anthology of Neo-mythmaking is an open-source, digital collection of creative writing and artwork that counters the image of ‘Mother Ireland’ as white, hyperfeminine, and heterosexual in much of Irish literary history. It includes poetry, short stories, creative non-fiction, visual artwork, a song, a comic strip, and so much more! The anthology will launch on 31 July 2025

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EVENT: Happy Ever After Exhibition at MoLI

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

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NEW EPISODE: Irish Itinerary Podcast 

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

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PHD FUNDING: Writing from the Margins: Irish Women’s Narratives from the Long Eighteenth Century

With funding from Trinity Research Doctorate Awards 2025–26 PI-led, applications are now invited for a funded PhD studentship on the MARGINS project, to commence September 2025 (possibility of March 2026), under the supervision of Dr Amy Prendergast in the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. The award will cover tuition fees (either EU or non-EU) for the recruited student for

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REGISTRATION: Irish Studies and Cultural Theory Summer School

Registration 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

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FUNDED PHD: A Cultural Biography of Robert Huddleston (1814-87)

An ‘Ulster Irish’ Rabbie Burns?: A Cultural Biography of Robert Huddleston (1814-87), ‘The Bard of Moneyrea’, County Down This project is funded by: Summary The Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies, Ulster University, in partnership with National Museums NI, invites applications from suitably qualified applicants for Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council, to conduct

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PRIZES: Submissions Open for NCSA Emerging Scholars Award, Article Prize, and BIPOC Scholars Prize

Award Submission Deadline July 1, 2025Submissions to the Emerging Scholars Award, the Article Prize, and the BIPOC Scholars Award are due July 1, 2025. Winners will each receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the Annual NCSA Conference in 2026. Short descriptions are below, but please refer to the links to the NCSA website for complete information

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FUNDING: Dr. John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar Fund (2025-2026)

Established by Dr. Joseph Valente, UB Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of English, the Dr. John Bishop Memorial Visiting Scholar Fund award provides up to $2,000 for visiting scholars and graduate students whose research is centered on the writings of James Joyce, Modernism, Joyce-related research, Sylvia Beach, Modernist publishers, Modernist genetic criticism, Joyce’s literary circle, his literary colleagues, or his influences. This

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CFP: The 2025 Conference of the International Yeats Society

W.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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IASIL 2025 Election Results

Dear colleagues, In my capacity as IASIL Returning Officer, I am pleased to confirm that the recent nomination process for the IASIL Executive is now complete. The list of duly nominated members for the period 2025-28 is as follows: Christina Morin – Chairperson Deirdre Flynn – Secretary Ailbhe McDaid – Treasurer Michelle Witen – Returning Officer Marisol Morales Ladrón –

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