The second non-themed issue of the Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) journal is out now. As with previous non-themed issue (5.2), this issue will evolve in the coming months to feature additional articles between now and the publication of the next issue 8.2 in Autumn/Winter 2025, rather than following the conventional print format of publishing an issue only when a
» Read moreEpisode 60 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast is now online. In their conversation with Tim Groenland, Emily Cooper and Dean Fee discuss the origins of their literary journal, The Pig’s Back, designed as a Donegal-based journal with an international bent. They talk about creating not only an issue, but a beautiful object that stays in people’s minds; blurring fiction and non-fiction; bringing the many
» Read moreLaunch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 7.2 New Voices and New Directions in Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing 19 December 2024, 6 pm GMT/ 7 pm CET on Zoom Register here for the Launch of RISE 7.2! Programme Opening Remarks: Seán Crosson (General Editor of RISE, University of Galway) Launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 7.2 Presentations: by the contributors
» Read moreThe next EFACIS PhD Writing Session + Lunch Break will be held on 6 December. Every first Friday of the month, they host an online event combining PhD Lunch Breaks and writing sessions. From 10 am to 12.30 pm CET, they have focused writing time (with a coffee break in between), followed by a casual lunch break from 12.30 to 1.30
» Read moreIn her conversation with Lucy Collins, Victoria Kennefick discusses her most recent poetry collection Egg/Shell (2024). She talks about the changes in her creative practice occasioned by events in her life and how these have produced a collection that defies containment; how writing poetry has helped her to capture the immediacy of these difficult experiences and to process them over time. She
» Read moreEuropean Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies Conference Åbo / Turku, Finland, 8–11 May 2025: In an ever bustling, ever hurrying world, the concept of “attention” has become increasingly important. As Jonathan Crary observed in Suspensions of Perception: Attention, Spectacle, and Modern Culture, the “contemporary experience […] requires that we effectively cancel out or exclude from consciousness much
» Read moreThe 7th International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies, Prague 19–20 September 2025 Centre for Irish Studies, Charles University Contact: postgradprague@gmail.com Keynote event: The conference will feature a Panel Session on Early Career Research and Career Building with Dr Georgina Nugent (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, University of Vienna), Dr James Little (University of Cyprus), and Prof. Ondřej Pilný (Charles University). Questions and
» Read moreEFACIS Irish Itinerary 2024: Posthuman Intersections in Irish Literatures 28 Oct 2024 – 29 Oct 2024 We are pleased to announce that the program for the “VIII International Seminar on Halloween (EFACIS Irish Itinerary 2024): Posthuman Intersections in Irish Literatures” is now available. The Seminar will take place on 28-29 October 2024 at the University of La Rioja (EFACIS Centre of
» Read moreThe new issue of RISE is now available on the RISE platform | Click here to read This themed issue of RISE seeks to remap the Irish literary and cultural landscapes in the middle decades of the twentieth century. It defines this period as from the 1930s to the 1970s — roughly coinciding with the conservative years of ‘de Valera’s
» Read moreMay 8, from 8 to 10pm CET, on zoom Elaine Feeney – How to Build a Boat (2023) Introduction by Prof. Katharina Rennhak (Bergische Universität Wuppertal) The EFACIS book club aims to introduce readers to highlights of Irish literature, both past and present. The book club sessions predominantly focus on contemporary fiction (and, indeed, mostly books that were published in the past 2-3 years) or discuss
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