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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

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EVENT: IRGS Inaugural Feminist Writing Retreat

The Institute for Research on Genders and Sexualities (IRGS), Dublin City University and the Notre Dame Kylemore are delighted to host the inaugural annual feminist writing retreat at the Notre Dame Kylemore,  Kylemore Abbey, Co Galway, 16-21 Feb 2025. Our vision is to give writers, academics, researchers and activists a week of peace, motivation and inspiration among a group of fellow minded feminists that will help

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NEW PUBLICATION: Irish University Review issue 54: 2

The newest issue of the Irish University Review (November 2024) contains a range of articles on writers like Harry Clifton, Emily Lawless, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Adiba Jaigirdar, and Seamus Heaney, alongside topics like repetition and truth-telling in Irish monologic theatre, the depiction of parental grief in contemporary Irish poetry of child death, the representation of sexuality and religion

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EVENT: Young Academy Ireland’s First Public Town Hall

4 December, 2024, 16:00 – 17:30 University of Galway, Human Biology Building, room: HBB G019 An engaging, interactive 90-minute session open to early career researchers and innovators (ECRIs), their mentors, and supervisors. Young Academy Ireland (YAI) is a vibrant network of early career researchers and innovators (ECRIs) from across the island. Established in 2023, YAI is dedicated to advancing research, supporting

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NEW BOOK: David Marcus – Editing Ireland

Edited by Paul Delaney and Deirdre Madden Published by The Stinging Fly David Marcus was Ireland’s most important and influential literary editor of the twentieth century. Born into Cork’s small Jewish community in 1924, his remarkable career spanned sixty years and saw him work with countless writers of note from Edith Somerville and Liam O’Flaherty to Claire Keegan and Kevin

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CFP: The End(s) of Empire: Place, Politics, Performance

Irish Society for Theatre Research Conference 2025 Institute of Art, Design + Technology (IADT), Dún Laoghaire 6-7 June This conference examines the intersections of place, politics and performance as they relate to the histories, legacies, and persistence of structures associated with colonial empires as well as neocolonial practices. For this interdisciplinary event, we invite proposals for 20-minute presentations on (or of)

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CFC: Unapologetic Magazine

Issue 4: What is a Home?  Call for contributors Deadline: February 10th 2025 5pm Irish Standard Time About the magazine Racism, nationalism, ethnicity, intersectional identities, and belonging are at the forefront of current Irish political discourse and artistic practice. Unapologetic is a multidisciplinary, literary, cultural, and artistic response to the social issues and creative opportunities of contemporary Ireland, offering a

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CFP: The Multiple Representations of the Spanish and Irish Mother in Contemporary Literature

International Conference 7, 8 and 9 May 2025 University of Almeria “The Multiple Representations of the Irish and Spanish Mother in Contemporary Literature” aims to explore the intellectual, artistic, and literary production of Spain and Ireland on the figure of the mother, taking as starting premises on the one hand the multiple theoretical-conceptual axes, and on the other hand the

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