#IrishStudies!
📢 CFP: "Irish Popular Culture from the 1990s to Today: A Green Wave Taking the World by Storm"

🗓 4-5 Feb 2027, Université de Reims, France

✉️ Proposals (EN/FR) by 15 Oct 2026

From Derry Girls to Fontaines DC, let's talk about the Green Wave 🍀

#CFP #IrishStudies #PopCulture #IASPM #TVStudies #SAES
September 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
"Irish Digital Cultures" is an interdisciplinary collection of essays ed. by Deirdre Flynn
& Dr Mary McGill on the question: how are #Irishness & Ireland represented online?

#CulturalStudies #IrishStudies #MediaStudies
September 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Let's look at 3 new books in our collection in #IrishStudies!
Molly Ferguson's "Banshees, Hags & Changelings" examines #folklore transformed into contemporary Irish literature by feminist writers who employ a range of folkloric figures

#IrishLiterature #FeministLiterature #LiteraryStudies
September 30, 2026 at 7:00 AM
If you are a first-time author of a book published in 2026 in Irish Studies (broadly conceived) do consider submitting it to the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Books. acisweb.org/murphy-prize/

Happy to answer any questions. #IrishStudies 🗃️
Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann
Don Murphy, husband of ACIS Past President Maureen Murphy, was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and died in New York on March 2, 1986. He received his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of...
acisweb.org
September 28, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Looks like a great autumn🍂 at our friends @victoriagallery.bsky.social .
Can't wait for the opening of St Brigid's Arms: www.liverpool.ac.uk/victoria-gal...
#IrishStudies #speirgorm
September 28, 2026 at 7:16 AM
"This book skillfully demonstrates how the intersection of #Politics and #Culture can contribute to a successful nation-building project." ~Irish Arts Review #Ireland #IrishStudies #Art @ciaranon.bsky.social @billyshortall.bsky.social

SEEING IRELAND is now available! undpress.nd.edu/9780...
September 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
New article just published in ‘Èire-Ireland’ Journal on the queer Irish novel and death in the Irish diaspora #IrishStudies #queerliterature #queernovel #Irishdiaspora
September 26, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Doing some research for a catalogue essay, and found this unannotated magazine cutting where Eavan Boland interviews Norah McGuinness. Would any #irishstudies / #irishpoetry people know when or where Boland edited an arts column? It is, of course, a brilliant exchange between these two women.
September 25, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Have you been following the discourse of Rachel Cusk's Life of M? Dubbed a biogossip of Natalie Portman, online discussion is rife with theories.
#IrishStudies Tabitha Rowland has written in @theconversation.com on the prevalence of gossip in literature: theconversation.com/how-a-love-o...
#BookSky
How a love of gossip could make you a better reader
Gossiping involves being able to read social codes and pick up a host of other signals.
theconversation.com
September 22, 2026 at 10:17 AM
👋Welcome to our new #IrishStudies students coming to @liverpooluni.bsky.social this week , we hope you are having a great time finding your feet in your new surroundings.
Don't forget to check www.liverpool.ac.uk/welcome/ for some useful tips, or just ask us if you have a question.
#TeamLivUni
Welcome | University of Liverpool
Find all the information you need to help with starting and settling in at the University of Liverpool and explore what to expect during Welcome Week.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
September 21, 2026 at 11:27 AM
What a nice surprise - my contributor copy of Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an dá chultúr Volume 41 2026 arrived. Belinda wants me to read it all in one go! #18thcentury #irishstudies
September 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The sixth Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North Conference @pmpnconf.bsky.social will take place ONLINE 12-13 November 2026
Co-organised by #IrishStudies PhD student Ségdae Richardson-Read
Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/performing...
ℹ️ performingmagicinthepremodernnorthconference.wordpress.com
Performing Magic in the Pre-Modern North November 2026 Conference
This academic conference will explore a wide range of perspectives on magic in the pre-Modern North.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 9:50 AM
September 14, 2026 at 10:41 AM
We’re excited to announce the EUF Centre for Irish Studies’ Fall Programme! AND we're looking for volunteers for our “Ivy Day” (Oct 6, 18:30, OSL 243)! If you’re interested in baking/cooking, acting, or performing musically, doodle!! terminplaner.dfn.de/public/booki...
#IrishStudies #FallEvents
September 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
"[A] meticulously researched and invaluable contribution to Irish #Manuscript studies." ~Studia Hibernica #IrishStudies

Learn more about the CATALOGUE OF IRISH MANUSCRIPTS IN HOUGHTON LIBRARY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: undpress.nd.edu/9780...
September 7, 2026 at 4:55 PM
#IrishStudies scholars! The organizing committee for the joint Mid-Atlantic and New England regional ACIS at Seton Hall (Nov 6-7, 2026) has just announced that the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended until 15 September!
#ACIS

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Call For Papers Mid-Atlantic/ New England ACIS 2026
American Conference for Irish Studies Mid-Atlantic and New England Regional Conference November 6th and 7th 2026 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ CFP Proposal Extension: The Call for Papers d...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2026 at 8:58 PM
IASIL 2027 CFP now live!

Children of the Nation
28 June – 2 July 2027
University of Otago, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
Aotearoa New Zealand

#IrishStudies #AcademicSky #SpeirGorm

Share widely!

www.iasil.org/conference-2...
CONFERENCE 2027: University of Otago, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka 28 June – 2 July 2027 – International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
www.iasil.org
August 26, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Well done to #IrishStudies MRes student James Hurley, who walked 25km last Saturday in support of Breast Cancer Now.
Breast Cancer Now fund support for those affected by breast cancer & research to improve treatments.
To support them and James' effort, please go to www.justgiving.com/page/james-h...
James's fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now
Help James Hurley raise money to support Breast Cancer Now
www.justgiving.com
August 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
These proofs were hiding in my junk inbox. This article explores death and dying in the queer Irish novel focusing on the work of Colm Toíbín and Katherine O’Donnell & AIDS representation, the Irish diaspora, and temporality. Out in Éire-Ireland in the coming weeks #IrishStudies #QueerNovel
August 22, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Meet the new Irish Studies professor. Suddenly everyone has a minor in Celtic Studies.

#Batemoor #IrishStudies #CelticStudies #NewFaculty #Girthology #BigFatDick
August 9, 2026 at 7:51 PM
We are looking forward to seeing our students 🎓graduating🎓 later this week 🫶 Well done from all at #IrishStudies to you and to all of the #LivUniGrad #ClassOf2026!
Enjoy your special moment!
The sun is shining for Graduation Week! ☀️🎓

Congratulations to the #Classof2026 - you did it! 💙

Take a look at everything you need to know about Graduation Week 🎓 www.liverpool.ac.uk/graduation/y...

Watch our graduation ceremonies live 💻 www.liverpool.ac.uk/graduation/w...

#LivUniGrad
July 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Spoiler: we bloody did! #IrishStudies #LitandHistory
July 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com
July 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
📚Liverpool Literary Festival Programme announced📚
Delighted to contribute 2 #irishstudies events:
📖Frank Shovlin: John McGahern: A Writing Life
11.30am, Sunday 18 October
📖The John McGahern Annual Book Prize
2.30pm, Sunday 18 October
Full programme + ticket links news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/07/09/b...
Bringing the page to life: Liverpool Literary Festival returns - University of Liverpool News
Bringing the page to life: Liverpool Literary Festival returns
news.liverpool.ac.uk
July 9, 2026 at 8:52 AM