NEW BOOK: From the ‘Troubles’ to Trumpism – Ireland and America, 1960–2023

By Stephen Watt | Anthem Press | September 2024 Delves into the past to illuminate the present, using literature and historical insights to understand the complex relationship between Ireland and the United States and its implications for modern politics. In Shakespeare Our Contemporary (1964), Polish critic Jan Kott defines one purpose of scholarship in the humanities that summarises the chief

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CONFERENCE: All Borders Blur

Registration now open for the All Borders Blur Conference – November 11 & 12, London & Virtual All Borders Blur: Mapping Intersections and Genre Crossings in UK Spoken-Word Poetries Since 1965 is a two-day academic conference co-organised by the FWF/ERC-funded project Poetry Off the Page together with Queen Mary University of London and the University of Vienna. The conference investigates

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