CAIS members and friends: For those of you who might not have seen the Fall Newsletter, which includes Editor Michael Quigley’s special supplement on Seamus Heaney, it can be found on the CAIS website: http://www.irishstudies.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013fall1.pdf Reminder: our 2014 Annual Conference will be held jointly with the American Conference for Irish Studies at University College Dublin, June 11-14, 2014. The Conference
» Read moreDear Colleagues, We know that all in the IASIL community were shocked and saddened to hear of the passing of Seamus Heaney last week. We will send our deep condolences to his wife, Marie, and to his children Catherine Ann, Christopher and Michael on the organisation’s behalf. Members outside of Ireland may wish to know that the funeral service can
» Read moreNUI Galway has appointed Professor Patrick Lonergan as its first ever Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies. Professor Lonergan’s appointment strengthens NUI Galway’s reputation as a national hub for the study of theatre. His focus will be on developing new courses, building new research resources, and partnering with theatre companies. Patrick has long served on the Executive of IASIL,
» Read morea touring art exhibition Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: Jennifer Heath, 303-444-1886, baksunarts@aol.com, Dagmar Painter 703-973-6768 (c), dpainter@thejerusalemfund.org , http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/d/sp/i/9242/pid/9242 The Jerusalem Fund Gallery Al-Quds in Washington, D.C. was the first stop for a five-year traveling art exhibition, “The Map is Not the Territory,” which looks at relationships and commonalities in Palestinian, Native American, and Irish experiences of invasion,
» Read more[private] We are delighted to announce that the following plenary and roundtable events from the recent conference Modernism, Memory, and Media are available on BreaCam through the Breac website (breac.nd.edu/breacam). 1) David Lloyd, '1913-1916-1919: Memories of Violence' (Chair: Professor Joe Cleary) 2) Denis Condon, Stephanie Rains, and Justin Carville. 'Mediascapes of 1916: Roundtable Discussion" 3) Luke Gibbons, Seamus Deane, Roisin
» Read more[private] WILLIAM TREVOR / ELIZABETH BOWEN INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2013. Mitchelstown Literary Society, the organizing committee, is pleased to announce the results of the above competition. We would like to thank our preliminary adjudicators, Joyce Russell and Vincent McDonnell, and our final adjudicator, Ita Daly for ensuring the quality of our shortlist and the merit of our winning entry.
» Read more[private]Readers’ Tickets – Notice to Users In order to ensure the security of the national heritage in our care, we are making a change in the way that original items are issued in the reading rooms. From Thursday 1 August, all persons consulting original items, including hardcopy newspapers, in the reading rooms must hold a valid reader’s ticket. You will
» Read more[private]The Oxford and Dublin offices of Peter Lang are delighted to announce the 2013 Peter Lang Young Scholars Competition in Irish 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 the volume with Peter Lang. Proposals
» Read more[private] Charlotte Headrick is in Galway as a Moore Visting Fellow at the National University of Ireland, Galway. She is working on a project with Patricia Burke Brogan to assemble a complete production history of Brogan's play Eclipsed. Ms. Brogan's files are incomplete. If anyone knows of a production at a colllege or university or community theatre since the 1990s to
» Read more[private] UCDscholarcast is pleased to announce the launch of its new website www.ucd.ie/scholarcast Scholarcast content is also now available through the UCD Digital Library http://digital.ucd.ie/ To date UCDschlorcast has produced academic podcasts in the following subject areas: literature, history, music, archaeology, popular culture, film, media studies, classics. Colleagues interested in future collaborations can contact P.J. Mathews, UCD School of English, Drama and Film.
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