NEW BOOK: Periodical Famines – Irish Memories in Transatlantic News Media, 1845–1919

 Lindsay Janssen Indiana University Press Long recognized as Ireland’s greatest demographic disaster in recent history, the Great Famine of 1845–1851 has shaped Irish identities around the world. From the monuments erected to commemorate its victims to the political rhetoric involving it to the novels, poems, songs, and films that it continues to inspire, the Famine remains a crucial part of

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PHD SCHOLARSHIP: Mapping Elsewhere in Irish Periodical Publishing, MIC Limerick

Applications are now open for a Postgraduate Scholarship in English at the Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The scholarship is for an award titled the ‘PATHOS’ Postgraduate Scholarship, to work on a defined PhD Project entitled ‘Mapping Elsewhere in Irish Periodical Publishing’, funded by an SFI-IRC Pathways Fellowship led by Principal Investigator Dr Ailbhe McDaid. Award:

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