The Dublin office of Peter Lang is delighted to announce that Dr Michèle Milan has won the 2015 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in the field of Irish Studies. The winning book, Translation in Nineteenth-Century Ireland: A Study of Franco-Irish Translation Relationships, will be published in 2016 as part of the Studies in Franco-Irish Relations series. Congratulations to Michèle and
» Read moreWe at the Digital Repository of Ireland are pleased to announce the launch of “Dublin Core and the Digital Repository of Ireland Version 2”. This is an updated version of our original guidelines to preparing Dublin Core metadata for DRI ingestion guidelines, which was published in January 2015. This updated version reflects updates and changes to our Repository infrastructure since its official
» Read moreWe are looking to complement our existing DCO team of 6 with an experienced and motivated research associate/developer responsible for our work on the Humanities at Scale project. This position will be situated at the DCO office in Berlin, hosted by the Centre Marc Bloch (CMB), Friedrichstrasse 191. In exceptional circumstances, we accept remote work but require travel to relevant
» Read moreThe Digital Platform for Contemporary Irish Writing, now live at http://www.contemporaryirishwriting.ie, is a new electronic resource created by the School of English, Drama and Film and University College Dublin. The pilot project for the Digital Platform is 50 Irish Books, providing resources for a selection of 50 books published by Irish writers between 2009 and 2013. The aim of the project is to
» Read moreThe Women on Ireland Research Network is seeking enthusiastic scholars to join its steering committee. At present, we need a secretary, and a treasurer, as well as two or three ordinary members to work alongside existing committee members organising events and helping the network to grow. If you would like to nominate yourself for one of these positions (or have
» Read moreThe Oxford and Dublin offices of Peter Lang are delighted to announce the 2015 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in the fields of Irish Studies and Women’s Studies. Proposals are invited from early career scholars in Irish Studies for academic monographs to be evaluated by a distinguished editorial board. The winner of the competition will receive a contract to publish
» Read moreOn Rick O’Shea’s “The Poetry Programme” on RTE Radio 1, Margaret Kelleher and Siohbhan Parkinson discuss the shortlist of top 10, with lovely readings by students winners of the Spoken Word national contest. To access: Poem for Ireland
» Read moreThe Irish Times is running a series on celebrating Irish Women Writers. IASIL President, Margaret Kelleher, contributed an article “In Praise of Maria Edgeworth” that you can access: Edgeworth Praise
» Read moreThis MA will address current issues in Ireland and the Irish diaspora, with particular attention to social theory, performance/performativity, historical depth and aesthetic nuance. Students will learn not only to identify and analyze but also to question received narratives of culture, society, arts, history, politics, law and languages. The focus is on currents that affect Ireland, as well as the
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