Episode 47 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast is now live. In his conversation with Irene De Angelis, Joseph Woods discusses his time as director of Poetry Ireland; his nomadic life and how linguistic and self-chosen exile helped him find his voice as a poet; his various poetry volumes and their connections to people and places; his work with the Mashonaland Irish Association
» Read moreNew Research Network: The Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI) is an interdisciplinary research network based at University College Dublin for trans researchers in Ireland, researchers who work with Irish transness, and trans Irish researchers at home and abroad. It seeks to provide a nexus of connection for dissemination and collaboration in an under-researched field, as well as support and resources
» Read moreThe 2024 international W.B. Yeats Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. Poet Judge: January Gill O’Neil. 1st prize $1,000, 2nd prize $500, plus honourable mentions. Ends Feb. 1, 2024. Winners announced in early March. https://yeats.submittable.com Poets of any age from anywhere in the world may enter the competition. There is no limit on submissions. Eligible poems must be in English
» Read moreThe 10th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion takes place on 6 December 2023 at 7pm CET as part of the launch of Review of Irish Studies 6.2, titled Perspectives on the Irish Border. Programme Opening Remarks Seán Crosson (General Editor of RISE, University of Galway) Launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 6.2 Perspectives on the Irish Border Presentations: Mary E. Daly (University College
» Read moreEpisode 45 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast today from EFACIS has been released. You can find it on https://www.efacis.eu/podcast or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts etc. In his conversation with Helen Cullen, Gavin McCrea discusses Irishness and how writing has been important in the process of going away from and coming to terms with Ireland. McCrea also talks about creating a voice for women without
» Read moreProfessor Emeritus, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Masazumi Toraiwa, a much-loved member of IASIL Japan. The loss of such a figure, on 27 October, the day the Executive Committee met for our first face-to-face conference since 2019, will bring back so many memories to long-standing members,
» Read moreJohn Singleton Routledge, 2023 John McGahern (1934–2006) believed that fiction could act as a window on the world. Such windows, however, frame our fields of vision, alter and shape our perspectives. Far from being static, the artist’s perspective must continually evolve. This book provides a literary analysis of John McGahern’s artistic and poetic vision – his ‘ways of looking’, examining
» Read moreMuseum of Literature Ireland 15 November, 12-6:30PM ‘States of Confinement’, hosted by the UCD Centre for Cultural Analytics, will explore and celebrate the autobiographical life writing and political fiction of Rosamund Jacob and Dorothy Macardle. Jacob and Macardle wrote journals during their imprisonment in Mountjoy Prison and Kilmainham Jail as Republican activists during the Irish Civil War in 1922-3. To
» Read moreThe International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures (IASIL) is seeking to appoint a paid Membership Secretary from 1 December 2023. This is a significant opportunity for an individual interested in Irish Studies to become actively involved in the administration of an international society catering to more than 300 members across the globe. The successful candidate will work with
» Read moreThe IASIL executive committee would like to extend its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Professor Maurice Harmon. A founding member of IASIL, or IASAIL as it was then called, Professor Harmon was a familiar figure at IASIL/IASAIL conferences and a firm supporter of the society’s activities. He served as chairperson from 1979-82 and organised the 1982 annual
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