Stoney Road Press will launch A Modest Proposal, a new hand printed book of Swift’s masterpiece, with etchings by Gerald Scarfe and with an essay by Fintan O’Toole, at the Dalkey Book Festival on June 17th 2017.* There will be a reading of the text by actor Nick Dunning and the launch will be introduced … Continued
This two-day event is the first Galway Digital Cultures Initiative conference, and will take place at the National University of Ireland, Galway, 11-12 May 2017. The conference is hosted by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies. The event focuses on the various contexts for the production, dissemination and reception of digital literature in … Continued
The John J Sweeney Scholarship for 2017/18 academic year is now open for applications. Deadline for receipt of completed applications is midnight (GMT) on 19 July 2017. Application Form can be downloaded here. Scholarship The John J Sweeney Scholarship is based at the world-renowned International Conflict Research Institute (INCORE) at Ulster University, and supports students … Continued
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ATELIER Irlande Programme
L’ouvrage propose une analyse des politiques de réconciliation mises en œuvre durant le conflit nord-irlandais entre 1969 et 1998. Tout en donnant des exemples très précis, il décrit la complexité de cette mise en pratique et s’interroge sur les enjeux liés à la contribution de la société civile. L’auteure met en lumière la richesse … Continued
« Un talent si subtil, d’une simplicité si grandiose… Tóibín n’est pas seulement un magnifique écrivain, c’est un grand écrivain. » (Los Angeles Times) D’abord créée à New York et Londres, la pièce Le Testament de Marie sera présentée du 5 mai au 3 juin au Théâtre de l’Odéon, en coproduction avec la Comédie-Française. A … Continued
Programme Abstracts of Accepted Papers Accommodation & Travel Register here France has always been a country which cherishes its writers, artists, musicians and intellectuals. It positively discriminates in favour of its cultural heritage, because it realises the extent to which patrimonie is what attracts such huge numbers of visitors to the Hexagon. Ireland, on the … Continued
‘Horseman, Pass By! is filled with nostalgia, with humour, with colour, with ghosts. It is a declaration of love for Ireland.’ —Le Magazine Litteraire These reflective essays about Déon’s life and experiences in the west of Ireland describe the colourful and varied personalities that the French novelist has come across since he and his family … Continued
The conference is available via web TV, here. See also the CRINI’s website The video recorded on March 23, 2017 at the University of Nantes as Maureen O’Connor had been invited at the Maison des Chercheurs Etrangers for a month, looked at four Irish women active at the turn of the twentieth century: Eva Gore-Booth, … Continued
The new School of English at DCU is a dynamic research-focused school with expertise in a variety of literary eras and genres including Poetry, Children’s Literature, Irish Studies, American writing, post-colonial literature, nineteenth century writing, the Novel, Drama, and Creative Writing. This is an exciting time for us as we build upon our strengths and … Continued
Taken in the studio he created in the back room of his pub in his home town of Macroom, County Cork, Dennis Dinneen’s portraits, which he worked on from the 50s to the 70s, add up to a detailed and affecting picture of an entire community. Dennis Dinneen is at Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, until … Continued
Recently awarded a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Professor Brad Kent will offer up to two research assistantships for incoming MA students in English Literature at Université Laval. The research assistantships will provide students with $10,000 in funding for the first year, with the possibility of renewal for a … Continued
Irish Time? Temporalities in Irish Literature and Culture Symposium at The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin October 12-13, 2017 Convenors: Martin Middeke (University of Augsburg) and Christopher Morash (Trinity College Dublin) Call for Papers: Papers are invited from a range of fields that consider the question of time in an Irish context. Papers … Continued
CALL FOR PAPERS The Irish Studies Program at Drew University is pleased to announce the Call For Papers for the Transatlantic Connections Conference V, which takes place in Ireland January 10-14 2018. The theme of this year’s Transatlantic Connections Conference is “Kindred Spirits / Dáimh”. This theme will be explored across a range of interdisciplinary … Continued
Democracy and Internal Conflict Resolution: Theoretical Aspects and the Role of the Media. Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, Catalonia As part of the MIMMOC’s Conflict/Post-conflict research objective, this day conference aims to contribute to both a reflection and scientific cooperation on two themes related to conflicts and their resolution. As is demonstrated by the Northern … Continued
Conférence | “New Community Perspectives on Northern Ireland : History, Culture and Politics” Intervenants : Helen Brooker (Pretani Associates), « Common Identity. » Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Former Lord Mayor of Belfast, « The Isles of the Pretani – The French Connection. » Robert Williamson (Chair of Dalaradia Historical Organisation), « Dalaradia, Kingdom of the Cruthin (Pretani). » Date : Mardi 4 avril … Continued
“What a spectacular gift, really-it should knock us to the ground with humility. . . the fact that we can weave something real out of the imaginative realm.” Conversations with Colum McCann brings together eighteen interviews with a world-renowned fiction writer. Ranging from his 1994 literary debut, Fishing the Sloe-Black River, to a new and … Continued
29 September 2017, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Keynote Speaker: Florence Binard, Université Paris 7 – Paris Diderot “The Angel in the House” is the image most commonly retained of British women in the nineteenth century. This reductive and repressive ideal, emerging from values propagated by the literary, religious and medical political discourses of … Continued
Les Enjeux internationaux par Thierry Garcin du lundi au vendredi de 6h45 à 6h55 23.03.2017
