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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 14h

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...

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 22d

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...

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 2d

Don't forget to register for next week's EFACIS Roundtable Discussion!

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 7d

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...

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 9d

OPPORTUNITY: applications are open for the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies

Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 16d

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...

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SOFEIR @sofeir.bsky.social · 16d

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

www.sofeir.fr

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 14d

BC Irish Studies is inviting applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028

The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply

apply.interfolio.com/174086

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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 15d

On 13 October we will welcome Dr Shinjini Chattopadhyay (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) to speak on 'Critical cosmopolitanism and Irish identity in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake'. All welcome, in-person or online. REgister at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · 20d

Check out the latest @efacis.bsky.social newsletter for information on our upcoming Roundtable on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing"

Register for the online event (Monday 13 October, 6pm Irish Time) here - all are welcome!
🔗👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Katja Bruisch @kbruisch.bsky.social · 21d

Exciting list of speakers presenting in our Environmental History Research Seminar this term. If you happen to be in Dublin, come along. We'll meet on Mondays at 1 PM in the Trinity Long Room Hub #envhist

Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting us!
@historytcd.bsky.social
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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 22d

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...

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Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 23d

📣 📣 The CFP for IASIL 2026 is now LIVE! 📣 📣

Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026
Translating Ireland

The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Friday, November 28, 2025.

#IrishStudies #Translation #IrishLiterature

Full CFP:
www.iasil.org/2025/09/conf...

Pls share

CONFERENCE 2026: Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026 – International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

www.iasil.org

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Sep 8

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...

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join the PhD Representatives for an online Writing Session and/or PhD Lunch Break this Friday (5/9)! The Writing session starts at 10 am CET, but you can join at any time.

Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Kate Huber (she/her) @ecocritickate.bsky.social · Sep 3

My book is available to pre-order! upress.virginia.edu/title/10163/ I am so grateful to all the folks who have listened to me talk about this project over the last ten years at conferences, seminars, & beyond 🙏 @asle-us.bsky.social @asleuki.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

Irish Ecomedia

The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland’s past and futureIreland was Britain’s first colony and its first imperial laboratory—

upress.virginia.edu

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Steven Van Impe @svanimpe.bsky.social · Sep 1

One month left to apply for our travel fund! Are you doing research in #earlymodern #bookhistory or print culture? The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and Plantin-Moretus Museum offer a Nottebohm Fellowship.

Apply before Oct. 1st!

Details: consciencebibliotheek.be/en/fellowshi...

Fellowship Programme | Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience

The Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library and the Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...

consciencebibliotheek.be

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Sep 1

There is still time to send us your Irish Studies news!
@sofeir.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Aug 26

We will be sending out a new EFACIS newsletter in September. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email [email protected].

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Aug 26

We will be sending out a new EFACIS newsletter in September. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email [email protected].

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jul 28

There is still some time to register for the EFACIS Summer Writing Retreat. Deadline is 31 July!

EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jul 4

Registration for the EFACIS Summer Writing Retreat for early career researchers from 11 to 15 August 2025 at the Irish College Leuven is now open!

Find all the information about rates and registration on the EFACIS website (www.efacis.eu/content/summ...).

#irishstudies #PhDlife #academicwriting

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International Yeats Society @intyeatssociety.bsky.social · Jul 16

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS – The International Yeats Society is still accepting submissions for its upcoming 2025 conference in Dublin. For full details and submission guidelines, please visit our website:

internationalyeatssociety.org/conferences/...

Dublin Conference | Second Call for Papers – International Yeats Society

internationalyeatssociety.org

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jul 4

Registration for the EFACIS Summer Writing Retreat for early career researchers from 11 to 15 August 2025 at the Irish College Leuven is now open!

Find all the information about rates and registration on the EFACIS website (www.efacis.eu/content/summ...).

#irishstudies #PhDlife #academicwriting

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jul 1

Join the PhD Representatives for an online Writing Session and/or PhD Lunch Break! The Writing session starts at 10 am CET, but you can join at any time.

Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jun 30

Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.1, edited by Seán Crosson, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !

This is the second non-themed RISE issue which will evolve in the coming months to feature additional articles between now and the publication of our next issue 8.2.

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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · Jun 26

Don't forget to catch up on episode 60 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast!

In this episode, Emily Cooper and Dean Fee discuss their literary journal The Pig's Back; the design process; the blurring of fiction and non-fiction; the Journals Fleadh and much more.

www.efacis.eu/podcast

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Georgina Nugent @georginanugent.bsky.social · Jun 18

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...

James Joyce in relation: Gender, labour, legacy

think.taylorandfrancis.com

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