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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.
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· Oct 22
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.
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We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃
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January 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃
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Read an interview with the author! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Read an interview with the author! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
The first Irish Itinerary events of 2026 are just around the corner! Next week, author Mary O'Donnell visits Granada and Almería.
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The first Irish Itinerary events of 2026 are just around the corner! Next week, author Mary O'Donnell visits Granada and Almería.
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
The Keough-Naughton Institute invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Irish Studies.
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
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BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space
Irish Digital Cultures explores how questions of Ireland and Irishness are represented in online environments, and what these phenomena say about contemporary Irish identities both within the country ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
There is still time to hand in your application for the EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies in August!
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.
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
There is still time to hand in your application for the EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies in August!
The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
January 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email [email protected].
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email [email protected].
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Dear friends,
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Dear friends,
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
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Just a few days left to send us your abstracts for "James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy". Deadline is Jan 1st.
CFP: James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy, a special issue of Feminist Modernist Studies, guest edited by Ronan Crowley & myself. Please take a look at the CFP and send your proposals our way. Proposals from non-Joyceans are ESPECIALLY welcome:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
James Joyce in relation: Gender, labour, legacy
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a few days left to send us your abstracts for "James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy". Deadline is Jan 1st.
Check out the recording of the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, on the EFACIS YouTube Channel!
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 14: Launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2 (11/12/2025)
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
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December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Check out the recording of the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, on the EFACIS YouTube Channel!
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
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...
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
Join us for the launch of RISE 8.2 this evening!
Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET.
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Join us for the launch of RISE 8.2 this evening!
Join us this Thursday for the launch of RISE 8.2!
Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Join us this Thursday for the launch of RISE 8.2!
Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET.
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET.
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
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Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies
The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
https://www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-exceptionalism-sofeir.../[
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies
The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
New PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break this Friday! Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for some focused writing time and/or a casual chat on Friday 5/12 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break this Friday! Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for some focused writing time and/or a casual chat on Friday 5/12 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
New journal issue now live!!
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New journal issue now live!!
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
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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...