The latest issue of the Irish Itinerary Podcast, Episode 58 is out now. In her conversation with Helen Penet, Louise O’Neill discusses her novel Idol (2022) and lifts the veil on two forthcoming books. She talks about the unreliability of memory; how #MeToo has changed our understanding of consent; wellness and faith; the gendered nature of the online world; the importance of
» Read moreDear IASIL members, As this is an election year for the IASIL Executive, nominations are now open for the various positions. All nominations must be received no later than Friday, 21 March and should be sent directly to our Returning Officer, Rui Carvalho Homem, as noted on the form below. Please note: only members in good standing are eligible to stand for election or
» Read moreThe Irish Society for Theatre Research (ISTR) invites interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary scholars and artists to submit papers or presentations for a special Open Access peer-reviewed publication sponsored by Villanova University, “New Horizons: Race and Performance.” This publication seeks to advance the dialogue on race, inclusion, and identity in Irish culture and representation, with a perspective on contemporary evolutions in identity
» 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 moreThis book on modern and contemporary Irish theatre traces how social, cultural and economic capital are circulated in order to demonstrate complex and often contradictory outlooks on equality/inequality. Individual chapters analyse property ownership and inheritance; wealth acquisition; employment conditions; educational access; intercultural encounters; sexual intimacy and violation; and acts of resistance, protest and solidarity. This book addresses complex intergenerational, intercultural,
» Read moreWe have been alerted that a phishing scam is targeting members of IASIL and other networks. Please note all emails from the IASIL board will come from our institutional or iasil.org email address. IASIL will NEVER ask you to send money to a PRIVATE bank account. Look out for emails like these. Delete them immediately & report them to your
» Read moreViolence: Repercussion, Resistance and Representation in Irish Society and Culture Universitat de València. 31 May, 1-2 June 2023 Call for Papers As a country under the colonising yoke of the United Kingdom, the island of Ireland has endured many different types of violence over the centuries. The decolonisation of part of it after the 1922 War of Independence and Partition
» Read moreThe annual general meeting of IASIL will take place at the 2022 conference at the University of Limerick on Friday 29 July at 14:00-15:30. All members of the association in good standing are cordially invited to the meeting. Below please find the agenda, and the minutes of last year’s AGM. https://www.iasil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IASIL-AGM-Agenda-2022-FIN.pdf https://www.iasil.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IASIL-2021-AGM-minutes.pdf
» Read moreThis volume takes inspiration from Professor Catherine Shannon’s scholarship on Modern Irish and Irish American history and her advocacy for peace in Northern Ireland and features original research by distinguished scholars and social-justice activists on both sides of the Atlantic. The essays illuminate the historical relationship between Ireland and North America over past centuries. They offer new readings of the
» Read moreCall for Papers The Irish Proust Museum of Literature Ireland, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 28-29 October 2022 Keynote speakers: Nathalie Mauriac Dyer (CNRS-ENS) Barry McCrea (University of Notre Dame) To mark the centenary of the death of Marcel Proust, this two-day, in-person conference will be devoted to exploring Proust’s influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work. ‘The
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