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 moreWith 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
» 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 moreAn ‘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
» Read moreAward 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
» Read moreEstablished 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
» 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
» Read moreDear 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 –
» Read moreSenior Assistant Librarian or Associate Librarian The Special Collections unit of the University at Buffalo (UB) Libraries seeks dynamic and collaborative applicants for the position of James Joyce Curator in the Poetry Collection. Founded in 1935, the Poetry Collection is the library of record for 20th- and 21st-century Anglophone poetry and houses the UB James Joyce Collection, the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of
» Read moreThe latest issue is now fully available on the RISE website. Up until the 1990s, the concept of Irish literature appeared to be fairly unanimous. Literary texts considered to be typically Irish were predominantly concerned with the Irish socio-political context, critically reflecting the history and conditions of Irish identity formation: the struggle for independence and its aftermath, the family, the church and
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