In 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 moreDepartment of English Studies at the University of Cyprus Deadline for the submission of applications:Thursday, 31/10/2024 (noon)Scholarship funding available on a competitive basis. Are you passionate about English literature, cultural studies, translation, adaptation, and the study of theEnglish language? Do you wish to pursue advanced study and research in English Studies? 2 year Programme | Taught in English | 120
» Read moreNEI/UFSC is delighted to announce two new volumes of the series on Irish theatre and disability, with Editora Iluminuras and the support of Ireland’s DFA Emigrant Support Programme: Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan/O aleijado de Inishmaan, translated by Domingos Nunez, and Stacey Gregg’s Override/Comando manual, translated by Alinne Fernandes. 2023 saw the publication of J.M. Synge’s The Well of the
» Read moreThe Irish Women’s Writing Network (1880-1920) has recently started a virtual writing group which takes places one Saturday a month. This writing group provides a virtual space for like-minded researchers and creative areas with an interest in Irish women’s writing to set some individual writing goals, chat over a virtual cup of coffee, and then write with cameras on for
» Read morePeter Lang is delighted to announce the 2024 Reimagining Ireland Book Prize. We invite scholars in any area of Irish Studies to submit proposals for single-author books to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. Please submit your proposal to a.mason@peterlang.com or series editor Eamon Maher at Eamon.Maher@TUDublin.ie by 30 September 2024. Your proposal should consist of an abstract (including chapter synopses), a sample chapter (5,000 to 10,000 words in
» Read moreThe Centre for Irish Studies at Charles University Prague is delighted to announce the publication of Litteraria Pragensia 34.67, “Revisiting Brendan Behan,” edited by Nathalie Lamprecht and Ondřej Pilný. Challenging the notion that little may be added to existing research into the work of Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, and rebel Brendan Behan, the new issue of Litteraria Pragensia brings together eight articles
» Read moreApplications are now open for a Postgraduate Scholarship in English at the Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The scholarship is for an award titled the ‘PATHOS’ Postgraduate Scholarship, to work on a defined PhD Project entitled ‘Mapping Elsewhere in Irish Periodical Publishing’, funded by an SFI-IRC Pathways Fellowship led by Principal Investigator Dr Ailbhe McDaid. Award:
» Read moreDepartment of English Studies at the University of Cyprus Are you passionate about English literature, cultural studies, translation, adaptation, and the study of theEnglish language? Do you wish to pursue advanced study and research in English Studies? 2 year Programme | Taught in English | 120 ECTS Scholarship funding available on a competitive basis The new MA in English Studies
» Read moreThe School of English Dublin City University Doctoral Research Scholarships 2024-2025 DCU School of English is a dynamic research-focused school with expertise in a variety of literary eras and genres. As part of our commitment to excellence in postgraduate research the School of English is pleased to offer a scholarship for a full-time PhD student commencing September 2024. The successful
» Read moreThe online Literary Encyclopedia is seeking new editors for its Irish literature section in order to expand our coverage of the field. The publication is almost twenty-five years old and was founded by its publisher, Dr. Robert Clark (University of East Anglia), along with Professor Emory Elliott (UC Riverside) and Professor Janet Todd (Cambridge University). It contains more than 9500 entries and functions as an author-owned not-for-profit
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