The Irish Mission at Watson House at Our Lady of the Rosary Church in lower Manhattan was officially opened on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Speakers at the opening including Dr. Maureen Murphy of Hofstra University, Noel Kilkenny, Consul General of Ireland, and Kathleen Lynch, an Irish Minister of State for Equality. The Digital Archives are now open. The website can
» Read moreDear IASIL Colleagues, UCD Humanities Institute is launching a free prototype app of the The Dead on January 6th 2014. The idea is to celebrate the story on the centenary of its publication. We would be very grateful if IASIL members could tweet, add Facebook links, review on iTunes and otherwise raise awareness of the App and the broadcast detailed below,
» Read moreLeuven, 25-29 August 2014 Following the very successful editions of 2010 and 2012, the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies of the University of Leuven will organise its third PhD seminar in Irish Studies in August 2014, in collaboration with EFACIS and with the Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe. The aim is to give PhD students in Irish Studies
» Read more20% discount on all titles from the UCD Press website www.ucdpress.ie and the UCD Campus Bookshop. We have a wide range of titles and subject areas, so come and browse our site www.ucdpress.ie or visit the Campus Bookshop. We hope you will find something of interest. JUST RELEASED The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland edited by Professor Harry White, UCD
» Read moreCAIS 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.
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