The Editors of the interdisciplinary Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (AJIS) and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announce that the 2025 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition is now open for entries. Prize: Rules: Due Date: 31 March 2025 Entry Form: Name: Address: Email: Enrolled at: Name and contact details of Academic
» Read moreApplications 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
» 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 moreThe 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
» Read moreThe 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
» Read more4 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
» Read more2pm Wednesday 6th November 2024 Seminar Room, Centre for Irish Studies, 4 Distillery Road, School of Geography, Archaeology and Irish Studies, University of Galway & on Zoom We are delighted to welcome Ms Constanza Rapa from the Université Grenoble Alpes who will speak on her PhD research project, ‘Belonging with the (Non)Human Other: (Non)Human worlds in Transcultural Literature’, and also
» Read moreDepartment of English Studies at the University of Cyprus Deadline for the submission of applications:Thursday, 31/10/2024 (noon)Scholarship funding available on a competitive basis. Are you passionate about English literature, cultural studies, translation, adaptation, and the study of theEnglish language? Do you wish to pursue advanced study and research in English Studies? 2 year Programme | Taught in English | 120
» Read moreApplications are invited for a temporary post of a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of English, Drama and Film. This post is a temporary appointment to the SFI INSIGHT Priority Research Initiative in Cultural Analytics, based in UCD Insight and Centre for Cultural Analytics (SEDF). This is an academic research role, where you will conduct a specified
» Read moreThe Irish Women’s Writing Network (1880-1920) has recently started a virtual writing group which takes places one Saturday a month. This writing group provides a virtual space for like-minded researchers and creative areas with an interest in Irish women’s writing to set some individual writing goals, chat over a virtual cup of coffee, and then write with cameras on for
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