Author Darragh Gannon will be in Conversation with Professor Roy Foster, talking about his new bookConflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912–1922 Wed
EVENT: Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire by Darragh Gannon with Roy Foster
Author Darragh Gannon will be in Conversation with Professor Roy Foster, talking about his new bookConflict, Diaspora, and Empire: Irish Nationalism in Britain, 1912–1922 Wed 29 November – Wed 29 November 2023 Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith | Doors 6.30pm, Starts 7.00pm Tickets: £7, Series Ticket £25 CLICK HERE The actions of Irish nationalists in Britain are often characterised as a
» Read morePRIZE: The BAIS Award schemes now open
The the BAIS Book Prize (deadline 1 Jan 2024), the Postgraduate Bursary Scheme and the Postgraduate Essay Prize (deadline for both 17 March 2024) are all now open for submissions. THE BAIS BOOK PRIZE BAIS invite submissions to our fourth BAIS Book Prize. There will be a prize of £200 which will be presented in May 2024. The prize will
» Read morePODCAST: Gavin McCrea in conversation with Helen Cullen
Episode 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 moreCONFERENCE: Frances Sheridan celebrated at a conference on women’s writing in Hungary
Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir will deliver a plenary lecture at the University of Pécs, Hungary, as part of an event to celebrate the 300th anniversary in 2024 of the birth of the Frances Sheridan, one of the outstanding Irish women writers of the eighteenth-century. The conference is organized by the Department of English Literatures and Cultures, University of Pécs, the Regional Committee
» Read moreCFP: 2024 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society
The 2024 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag is scheduled to take place in the University of Galway on 20-21 June 2024. The conference will feature keynote addresses from Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin (Maynooth), Professor Emerita Gillian Russell (York), and Professor Jim Watt (York). The Call for Papers and applications for postgraduate bursaries are
» Read moreIASIL 2024: 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 5 August 2024, 9:00-14:00, prior to the opening of the conference of the association at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. Applicants must be postgraduate students working
» Read moreJOB: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of English, Drama & Film
Applications are invited for two temporary posts of a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of English, Drama & Film. The successful candidates will work on the Wellcome Trust funded project “Drinking Cultures: The Cultural Reception of Medical Developments Related to Alcohol in Ireland, 1700-1900” under the direction of Dr Lucy Cogan. The “Drinking Cultures” project is the first long-view study to analyse the
» Read morePHD EVENT: EFACIS PhD Lunch Break
NEXT EVENT: Tuesday 21 November from 1-2 pm CET. Click here EFACIS would like to invite you to the PhD Lunch Break. Aimed specifically at PhD students, they offer you an opportunity to meet fellow graduate students, share your research, discover new opportunities in academia or simply discuss every-day or long-term concerns you may have as PhD students. The event
» Read moreBOOK LAUNCH: At Trinity Long Room Hub, November 24
Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, edited. Jarlath Killeen and Christina Morin and Imagining the Irish Child: Discourses of Childhood in Irish Anglican Writing of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Jarlath Killeen Friday, 24 November 2023, 5:30 – 8pm The School of English will celebrate the publication of Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion, edited by Jarlath Killeen (TCD) and Christina Morin (UL) and Imagining the
» Read moreNEW BOOK: Reading Rites by Evelyn Conlon
For over five decades, Evelyn Conlon has revelled in the secret joy of writing and in the power of a well-crafted story. Hers has been a life of literature, travel and of challenging authority, including campaigning for women’s reproductive rights in Ireland and for an end to the death penalty in the US. Reading Rites offers the reader an unflinching
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