[private] The Dynamics of War and Revolution: Cork City, 1916-1918 by John Borgonovo is published today by Cork University Press But first let me tell you more about the book. Using Cork in Ireland as a case study, The Dynamics of War and Revolution considers how the First World War brought about political revolution in Ireland. It explores wartime failures
» Read more[private] New Crops, Old Fields (Re)Imagining Irish Folklore From our homes to our houses of government, from our schoolyards to our stadia, from our galleries to our gable walls, folklore is being re-imagined in all aspects of everyday life in Ireland. Today, with globalised, media-centric culture, the folk traditions take on new lives in music, literature, theatre, radio, film and
» Read more[private] The Alliance Française cordially invite you to the launch of Franco-Irish Connections in Space and Time edited by Eamon Maher and Catherine Maignant On Thursday 16 May at 6.30pm Copies of La France et l'Irlande : destins croisés (16e – 21e siècles) edited by Catherine Maignant will also be for sale on the night The
» Read more[private] Prospero. Rivista di Letterature Straniere XVII (2012) : [17] – special issue on "luoghi plurali: spazi, culture, testi ("Plural places: spaces, cultures texts") Trieste University Press, available online at http://www.openstarts.units.it/dspace/handle/10077/8199 features three articles on Irish literature and culture: Gerry Smyth The Representation of Dublin in Story and Song Kelvin Knight Same People, Different Places. Foucault’s Heterotopia and the Nation
» Read more[private] New book by IASIL member Impure Thoughts: sexuality, Catholicism and literature in twentieth-century Ireland Michael G Cronin (Lecturer in English, NUIM) Manchester University Press, 2012 ISBN: 9780719086137 Impure Thoughts offers an innovative history of the twentieth-century Irish Catholic bildungsroman. It explains how in the hands of diverse writers, from James Joyce to Edna O’Brien, this popular genre provided
» Read more[private] You are all cordially invited to the Huston School of Film & Digital Media, National University of Ireland, Galway Media Monitoring in the Digital Age Symposium. Where: Huston School of Film & Digital Media, National University of Ireland, Galway When: Thursday 23 & Friday 24 May 2013 Speakers: o Greg Philo Bad News for Broadcasting o Mike Berry The Financial Crisis, the Media and
» Read more[private] Subject: Breac Issue 2 CFP — Contemporary Drama Dear Breac Community, Below is the official Call for Papers for the second issue of Breac on Contemporary Drama! Our special thanks to Lindsay Haney and Shaun Richards, the guest editors for the issue, who have gathered a stellar list of contributors whose work will be featured alongside the articles submitted
» Read more[private] Performance, Nation and Globalization Summer School Funded by the Irish Research Council National University of Ireland, Galway 17-18 July 2013 This two-day Summer School explores the interrelationships between performance and nation in an era of increasing globalization. We will consider major international dramatists such as J.M Synge and David Greig, but the discussion will also take in other forms
» Read more[private] Please find a link to the Carysfort Press website: http://www.carysfortpress.com/ This is our most comprehensive catalogue. All ebooks are flagged by a link to their page on Amazon, but of course they can be bought for other readers by just searching for them on iTunes, Nook, Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Baker and Taylor, Overdrive etc. [/private]
» Read more[private] SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT The School of Canadian Irish Studies and the Ireland-Canada University Fund are pleased to announce TWO ICUF Irish Language Scholarships to attend the NUI Galway, International Summer School this summer. The scholarship will cover the costs of travel (up to Cdn. $1,200), tuition, board and lodging for the month, as well as a stipend of €100. The
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