The next PhD Lunch Break is on 30 April, 1-2pm CET, on zoom. Organised by EFACIS, this is aimed specifically at PhD students. The event is 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. For registration and Zoom link, please
» Read moreUniversity College Cork is currently seeking applications for a PhD project entitled, Measuring Change in Irish Literature, which will be one of ten funded projects to emerge out of CASCADE’s doctoral network. The successful candidate will be appointed as Marie Curie Early Career Researchers at University College Cork, enrolled in a fully-funded three-year PhD programme, and paid a salary of TBA.
» Read moreDATES: JUNE 9-20, 2024 The Keough-Naughton Institute at the University of Notre Dame is delighted to invite applications for the inaugural session of Imagallamh: the Kylemore Summer School in Irish Studies, directed by Professor Barry McCrea, which will take place from June 9th-20th in the University of Notre Dame Center at Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, and in Trinity College Dublin.
» Read moreEDI in Irish Studies Tuesday February 27th, 6pm (Irish Time) Online Designed as a platform for young and early career researcher to share their research and experience, the first IASIL Postgraduates Roundtable will explore what EDI means in Irish Studies. Our speakers – Sandrine Ndahiro (UL), Taylor Follett (UCD), Tapasya Narang (UCD), Javier Torres-Fernández (Universidad de Almería) and Victor Augusto
» Read moreNew Research Network: The Trans* Research Association of Ireland (TRAI) is an interdisciplinary research network based at University College Dublin for trans researchers in Ireland, researchers who work with Irish transness, and trans Irish researchers at home and abroad. It seeks to provide a nexus of connection for dissemination and collaboration in an under-researched field, as well as support and resources
» Read moreThe life that God desires men live: visions of masculinity in post-revolutionary global Ireland, 1923-1968 Full Details: CLICK HERE Following the Irish Revolution, the heteronormative masculine ideal was valorised; an ideal which compromised both the pious Catholic and the virile warrior-hero, while women’s and LGBTQ rights stagnated. Despite this, masculinities remain a relatively nascent subject in Irish studies. In this
» Read moreThe International James Joyce Foundation is sponsoring up to fifteen scholarships for graduate students and early career researchers to attend Across the Waters: The XXIXth International James Joyce Symposium, which will be hosted by the University of Glasgow from 14 to 19 June 2024 [conference website]. Scholarships can be used to cover early bird registration and travel and accommodation costs
» Read moreThe Leuven Centre for Irish Studies will be organising the 8th EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies at the Irish College Leuven. The seminar will take place from 26 till 30 August 2024. The aim is to give PhD students in Irish Studies from different European countries the opportunity – to present their research in a congenial, interdisciplinary environment, – to receive
» Read moreThe 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 2024 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition is now open for entries. Prize:• Publication of the winning essay in AJIS, subject to normal academic refereeing.• A cash prize of AU$300.• A year’s
» 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 in person on Monday 5 August 2024, approx 9:00-14:00, prior to the opening of the conference of the association at Gakushuin University in Tokyo. Applicants must be
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