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The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS) seeks to promote interest in and support the expansion of Irish Studies throughout Europe.
https://www.efacis.eu/
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Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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ICMY, the full 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture, given by Sir Simon Schama on the topic of ‘Politics and the Poet’ and featuring poetry readings by Leanne Best, is now up at youtu.be/KtQVa_H0hEA.
Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...
Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...
Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture (2025) - Sir Simon Schama - Leanne Best
YouTube video by Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ICMY, the full 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture, given by Sir Simon Schama on the topic of ‘Politics and the Poet’ and featuring poetry readings by Leanne Best, is now up at youtu.be/KtQVa_H0hEA.
Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...
Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'.
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'.
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
In October playwright Kate Heffernan participated in the first Irish Itinerary of the year! She met students and took part in a variety of events in Poznań and Łódź in Poland.
Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible!
www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...
Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible!
www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In October playwright Kate Heffernan participated in the first Irish Itinerary of the year! She met students and took part in a variety of events in Poznań and Łódź in Poland.
Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible!
www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...
Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible!
www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article in RISE 8.1!
'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy
You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy
You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article in RISE 8.1!
'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy
You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy
You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
We had a lovely discussion on Michael Magee's Close to Home in the first Book Club session of 2025-26!
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame University. This is open exclusively to scholars of any nationality with a PhD from institutions outside the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. Scholars working in any area of Irish Studies are encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176805
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame University. This is open exclusively to scholars of any nationality with a PhD from institutions outside the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. Scholars working in any area of Irish Studies are encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176805
Join the EFACIS PhD Representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!
New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11.
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join the EFACIS PhD Representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!
Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) journal is delighted to announce the publication of the new article "Small Things Like These and the Novella as Intervention" by Donna Lynn Tillotson on our platform today.
risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) journal is delighted to announce the publication of the new article "Small Things Like These and the Novella as Intervention" by Donna Lynn Tillotson on our platform today.
risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel!
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 13: Workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel!
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11.
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11.
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!
Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!
A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by December 15!
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A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by December 15!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!
A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by December 15!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!
Applications are due by December 15!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The EFACIS Centres in Siegen and Nijmegen are organising the first Halloween-themed Irish Itinerary! Who better to read at these two spooky events than writer Deirdre Sullivan?
www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The EFACIS Centres in Siegen and Nijmegen are organising the first Halloween-themed Irish Itinerary! Who better to read at these two spooky events than writer Deirdre Sullivan?
www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
The cfp for the 9th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies is now live! The seminar will take place at the Irish College Leuven from 24 to 28 August 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The cfp for the 9th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies is now live! The seminar will take place at the Irish College Leuven from 24 to 28 August 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
The 2025-2026 Irish Itinerary begins this week with events in Poznań and Łódź where playwright Kate Heffernan will be welcomed.
Find all upcoming Irish Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Find all upcoming Irish Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The 2025-2026 Irish Itinerary begins this week with events in Poznań and Łódź where playwright Kate Heffernan will be welcomed.
Find all upcoming Irish Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Find all upcoming Irish Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
We had a lovely discussion on Michael Magee's Close to Home in the first Book Club session of 2025-26!
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We had a lovely discussion on Michael Magee's Close to Home in the first Book Club session of 2025-26!
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).
Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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The 2025 Liverpool Irish Festival kicks off this Thursday 16th October and features a wide-ranging online conversation between myself and author/film-maker Eimear McBride. www.artscityliverpool.com/single-post/...
Liverpool Irish Festival 2025 programme of events
Liverpool Irish Festival returns to city venues next week with 10 days of cultural events and activities.The 2025 event runs from October 16-26, and this year has the theme ofLiverpool Irish Festival ...
www.artscityliverpool.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The 2025 Liverpool Irish Festival kicks off this Thursday 16th October and features a wide-ranging online conversation between myself and author/film-maker Eimear McBride. www.artscityliverpool.com/single-post/...
Have a look at the full programme for Monday's EFACIS Roundtable Discussion at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... and don't forget to register!
October 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Have a look at the full programme for Monday's EFACIS Roundtable Discussion at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... and don't forget to register!
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* Topics include representations of celibacy in Edna O'Brien (Maureen O'Connor), Mary Lavin (Anne Fogarty, Fae McNamara), Norah Hoult (Kate Sullivan), L.T. Meade (Michelle Witen), Molly Keane (Julyan Oldham), & contexts of post-revolutionary period (Leeann Lane) and the Marriage Bar (Deirdre Foley)
October 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
* Topics include representations of celibacy in Edna O'Brien (Maureen O'Connor), Mary Lavin (Anne Fogarty, Fae McNamara), Norah Hoult (Kate Sullivan), L.T. Meade (Michelle Witen), Molly Keane (Julyan Oldham), & contexts of post-revolutionary period (Leeann Lane) and the Marriage Bar (Deirdre Foley)
You can still register for the EFACIS Book Club session on 15/10! We will be talking about Michael Magee's novel Close to Home (2023).
www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Join the online EFACIS Book Club on 15 October for a discussion of Michael Magee's novel Close to Home (2023)!
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
You can still register for the EFACIS Book Club session on 15/10! We will be talking about Michael Magee's novel Close to Home (2023).
www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Don't forget to register for next week's EFACIS Roundtable Discussion!
Join us online on 13/10 for an open workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing, a forthcoming open-access special issue of Humanities that re-examines the role of unmarried women in Irish movements and literature.
Find a full programme and registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Find a full programme and registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Don't forget to register for next week's EFACIS Roundtable Discussion!
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On Monday 20 October we welcome Dr Ian d'Alton to QUB Irish Studies to talk about '1932 - seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence'. All welcome in-person and online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On Monday 20 October we welcome Dr Ian d'Alton to QUB Irish Studies to talk about '1932 - seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence'. All welcome in-person and online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Join the PhD Representatives for an online Writing Session and/or PhD Lunch Break this Friday (3/10)! The Writing session starts at 10 am CET, but you can join at any time.
Register via this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Join the PhD Representatives for an online Writing Session and/or PhD Lunch Break this Friday (3/10)! The Writing session starts at 10 am CET, but you can join at any time.
Register via this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via this link: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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OPPORTUNITY: applications are open for the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies
Take advantage of the Hesburgh Libraries’ outstanding Irish studies collection — including the finest collection of Irish-language printed texts in North America.
Established scholars, grad students, and postdocs are encouraged to apply!
See more details here: irishstudies.nd.edu/scholars/vis...
Established scholars, grad students, and postdocs are encouraged to apply!
See more details here: irishstudies.nd.edu/scholars/vis...
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
OPPORTUNITY: applications are open for the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies