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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · 12d

The XXX International James Joyce Symposium will be held in beautiful Kraków next June. See you there?! Here's the call for papers: conference.pais.edu.pl

XXX INTERNATIONAL JAMES JOYCE SYMPOSIUM – Kraków, Poland 15–19 June 2026

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Gerry Fialka @laughtears.bsky.social · 8d

Check it out!!

richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoyed chatting about Joyce - and all sorts of other subjects - with Gerry Fialka on the ‘I’m Probably Wrong About Everything’ podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytL...

@laughtears.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

InnerViews#698 Richard Alan Barlow

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · 9d

Really enjoyed chatting about Joyce - and all sorts of other subjects - with Gerry Fialka on the ‘I’m Probably Wrong About Everything’ podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bytL...

@laughtears.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

InnerViews#698 Richard Alan Barlow

YouTube video by I'm Probably Wrong About Everything

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · 12d

The XXX International James Joyce Symposium will be held in beautiful Kraków next June. See you there?! Here's the call for papers: conference.pais.edu.pl

XXX INTERNATIONAL JAMES JOYCE SYMPOSIUM – Kraków, Poland 15–19 June 2026

conference.pais.edu.pl

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University of St Andrews @uniofstandrews.bsky.social · 25d

St Andrews top in Scotland and second in the UK in the @theguardian.com University Guide 2026 🎉

Maths, History, and International Relations take the top spot in the new rankings with a further 16 subjects ranking in the top 10 🎉

Read more 👇

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#EverToExcel

Five smiling students in St Salvator's Quad at the University of St Andrews.

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · 29d

✨"Fizzing with ideas, 'Finnegans Wake: Human and Nonhuman Histories' offers a revitalizing contribution to Wake studies"✨

Grateful to @woganchris.bsky.social + @modernistudies.bsky.social for this attentive & generous review of our 2024 collection!

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Book Review: Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories

9th September 2025 Christopher Wogan, University of York Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories, ed. Richard Barlow and Paul Fagan (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) Published in 2024, the t…

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looks great! Looking forward to reading it.

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Hopkins Press @hopkinspress.bsky.social · Jun 25

Read Scott Lyall's review of "Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms" by Richard Alan Barlow

It's free to read, #S2O #OpenAccess via @ProjectMUSE in the new issue of @mfsjournal.bsky.social

richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

“literary analysis is always astute”
“valuable to researchers in the fields of modern Irish and Scottish literature, as well as to academic modernists”

Thanks to @scottlyall.bsky.social‬ for his review of Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms by Richard Alan Barlow (review)

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 25

Enjoying the summer break but I'm looking forward to next semester @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Beautiful campus and town, brilliant students, and fantastic colleagues. @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

The Quad and St Salvator's Chapel, University of St Andrews.

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Finnegans Wake: untangling its histories of humans, the animal world and the environment

In a time when our relationship with the natural world is an increasingly pressing issue, Finnegans Wake is as relevant now as it was a century ago

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Late Celticism in Irish and Scottish literature: binding ties

This extract from Modern Irish and Scottish Literature explores two distinct eras of Celtic literary connections

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thanks, Scott! Glad you liked it.

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scott lyall @scottlyall.bsky.social · Jun 24

My review of Modern Irish and Scottish Literature by @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social is now published by @mfsjournal.bsky.social.

Richard's book is definitely worth a read if you are interested in modern Scottish and/or Irish literature, revivalism, and modernism.

muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms by Richard Alan Barlow (review)

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

“extremely wide-ranging” and “rich and generative”
Tara Stubbs, Irish Studies Review: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10....

Modern Irish and Scottish literature: Irish Studies Review: Vol 32 , No 3 - Get Access

Browse all journals

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

May as well link some other reviews here!

“enquiries, analyses, elucidations and elaborations are always sharply focused, attentive, consistently revealing and sometimes startling” Alan Riach, Scottish Literary Review: muse.jhu.edu/pub/243/arti...

Project MUSE - <i>Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms</i> by Richard Alan Barlow (review)

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Jun 24

“literary analysis is always astute”
“valuable to researchers in the fields of modern Irish and Scottish literature, as well as to academic modernists”

Thanks to @scottlyall.bsky.social‬ for his review of Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

Project MUSE - Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: Connections, Contrasts, Celticisms by Richard Alan Barlow (review)

muse.jhu.edu

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Apr 16

Happy birthday! Have a good one.

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Apr 15

Thanks, Kate! Think I've read enough writing in the style of Macleod...

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · Apr 14

✨Q&A with the editors of "Finnegans Wake: Human & Nonhuman Histories"✨

Richard Barlow and I answer your questions about our new volume of essays on non/human bodies & histories in James Joyce's enigmatic final work – available now from @edinburghup.bsky.social!
euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q...

Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories - Edinburgh University Press Blog

A Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories, a new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · Apr 15

I got that blog in me

richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Apr 14

@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social and I did a Q and A on our new book for the @edinburghup.bsky.social blog: euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q... @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories - Edinburgh University Press Blog

A Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories, a new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

euppublishingblog.com

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Apr 14

@pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social and I did a Q and A on our new book for the @edinburghup.bsky.social blog: euppublishingblog.com/2025/04/11/q... @standrewsenglish.bsky.social

Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories - Edinburgh University Press Blog

A Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories, a new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

euppublishingblog.com

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Sam Slote @samslote.bsky.social · Apr 9

New Pynchon in October!

Description of Shadow Ticket, the new novel by Thomas Pynchon

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · Mar 19

“effervescent”, “sparkling”, “electric”, “a major achievement”!

I'm so grateful for @sharaerua.bsky.social's very positive and beautifully written review of "Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories" in Estudios Irlandeses!
📗@edinburghup.bsky.social

www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/finn...

Finnegans Wake: Human and Non-Human Histories

This edited collection kindles anew a sense of awe at the extraordinary, totalising energies of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and the multitude of worlds the novel evokes within, as well as keen admira...

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Mar 19

Many thanks to @sharaerua.bsky.social for her generous and perceptive review of Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories in Estudios Irlandeses: www.estudiosirlandeses.org/reviews/finn... @edinburghup.bsky.social @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social

Finnegans Wake: Human and Non-Human Histories

This edited collection kindles anew a sense of awe at the extraordinary, totalising energies of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and the multitude of worlds the novel evokes within, as well as keen admira...

www.estudiosirlandeses.org

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richard alan barlow @richardalanbarlow.bsky.social · Mar 5

Yes! Over in Limerick this week - think it's a couple of degrees warmer than St Andrews.

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