IASIL 2025: PhD Forum

Applications are invited for the annual IASIL PhD Forum, at which postgraduate students have the opportunity to present their work in progress and receive feedback from established scholars. The Forum will take place on Monday 21 July 2025, 10:00-13:00, prior to the opening of the conference of the association at the University of Galway. Applicants must be postgraduate students working on a topic within Irish literary studies and paid-up members of IASIL. Applications should take the form of a 3 000-word document outlining the student’s dissertation project and their current state of research, and should be accompanied by a brief CV (500 words).

Eligible participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis: the Forum can accommodate 10-15 students. Students will be asked to make a 5-minute presentation introducing their work at the Forum (the use of presentation software is encouraged); this will be followed by a detailed response to their submission from the tutors, as well as a general discussion. Lunch will be provided for the participants.

Participation at the Forum does not preclude the possibility of presenting a paper at the conference.

Other graduate students are welcome to sit in at the Forum and join the discussion.

Applications or queries titled ‘PhD Forum’ are to be sent to the Forum co-ordinator, Prof. Ondřej Pilný, at ondrej.pilny@ff.cuni.cz by 30 May 2025. Acceptance will be confirmed by 15 June 2025 (or earlier upon request).