Alex Coupe
@accoupe.bsky.social
Lecturer in theatre and performance. Currently working on Ireland and the English literary imagination from post-war to Brexit. @ucu.org.uk rep. ‘Views own'. he/him
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Alex Coupe
@accoupe.bsky.social
· Jun 19
If you or your students are interested in contemporary theatre and performance in Northern Ireland, you can now get 20% off the (hefty...) price using the discount code: PALAUT.
There's lots stuff in it that will be of interest to feminist theatre scholars too. link.springer.com/book/9783031752292
There's lots stuff in it that will be of interest to feminist theatre scholars too. link.springer.com/book/9783031752292
One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
www.liverpool.ac.uk
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
Current Vacancies - Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck
cis7.bbk.ac.uk
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Wonderful news from Birkbeck's School of Historical Studies. We're hiring not one but TWO open-ended, full-time roles: Medieval Studies, and History of Art! cis7.bbk.ac.uk/home.html#fi...
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A reminder that our Postgraduate Essay and Bursary prizes are now open for applications! Deadline for submissions 17 March 2026
See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:
irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:
irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
Prizes and Funding
BAIS Book Prize The 2026 BAIS Book Prize is now open. We invite submissions of single-author monographs published in 2025. All areas of Irish Studies across a range of disciplines are welcome.…
irishstudies.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
A reminder that our Postgraduate Essay and Bursary prizes are now open for applications! Deadline for submissions 17 March 2026
See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:
irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility:
irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
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📢Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration
Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social
3-year fixed-term
£47,389 - £59,966 pa
Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24
#academicsky
Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social
3-year fixed-term
£47,389 - £59,966 pa
Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24
#academicsky
Job Specification
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January 28, 2026 at 10:37 AM
📢Lectureship in Politics and Public Administration
Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social
3-year fixed-term
£47,389 - £59,966 pa
Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24
#academicsky
Shared with @livunipol.bsky.social
3-year fixed-term
£47,389 - £59,966 pa
Help teach + develop the new MA in Public Administration and Policy, teach UG + PG students + carry out high-quality research
ℹ️ tinyurl.com/3fcyrn24
#academicsky
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The Tory dismantling of high education structures inevitably meant the decimation of local universities and campuses, sooner or later.
The Labour government decided to continue Tory policies, so it happens on their watch.
The Labour government decided to continue Tory policies, so it happens on their watch.
400 jobs at risk. A campus set to close.
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
This film explains what’s happening at the University of Essex and why staff, students and the local community are organising to stop it.
📍 Southend rally | 5 February
January 27, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The Tory dismantling of high education structures inevitably meant the decimation of local universities and campuses, sooner or later.
The Labour government decided to continue Tory policies, so it happens on their watch.
The Labour government decided to continue Tory policies, so it happens on their watch.
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Our Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026.
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
Grants & Prizes
The MacCurtain/Cullen Essay Prize in Irishwomen’s History The Women’s History Association of Ireland awards an annual MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen’s History in recognition of the outstandi…
womenshistoryassociation.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Our Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026.
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
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A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition at University of Cambridge
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a ‘Parnell’ Stipendiary Research Fellowship in Irish Studies Competition on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 24, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A 3 year JRF at Magdalene and Notre Dame in Irish Studies – sounds like a pretty great opportunity for someone.
I’ve seen little panic about the thousands of jobs being lost in HE thanks to the broken and unfair funding system. One “blue Labour”MP (from Liverpool!) even wrote in the Daily Mail that half of Universities should be allowed to fail…
Anyway. In 2024-5, over £15bn of interest was applied to student loans. Repayments totalled just £5bn.
And now those young people are coming into their professional prime with what is in essence a bespoke additional tax. And people are panicking. Finally.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
And now those young people are coming into their professional prime with what is in essence a bespoke additional tax. And people are panicking. Finally.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Britain's youth are living in Nick Clegg's shadow
All except the richest graduates since 2012 face a bespoke additional tax. No wonder they're radicalised
www.newstatesman.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I’ve seen little panic about the thousands of jobs being lost in HE thanks to the broken and unfair funding system. One “blue Labour”MP (from Liverpool!) even wrote in the Daily Mail that half of Universities should be allowed to fail…
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ISTR Conference CFP reminder - proposals are due by Saturday 31 January
TU Dublin Grangegorman, 4-5 June
Full details via our website:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
TU Dublin Grangegorman, 4-5 June
Full details via our website:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
ISTR Conference 2026 - Irish Society for Theatre Research
ISTR 2026 Conference | Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation | 4-5 June in TU Dublin's Grangegorman Campus
istr.ie
January 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM
ISTR Conference CFP reminder - proposals are due by Saturday 31 January
TU Dublin Grangegorman, 4-5 June
Full details via our website:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
TU Dublin Grangegorman, 4-5 June
Full details via our website:
istr.ie/istr-confere...
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Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 13, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Incredible article which points out that it often collectively costs more to apply for scarce research funding than the funds awarded to the successful proposals.
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What an absurd system we've built in the service of efficiency and competition.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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New and expanded Trade Union starter pack as more people leave X
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go.bsky.app/LLUZ4bx
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
New and expanded Trade Union starter pack as more people leave X
go.bsky.app/LLUZ4bx
go.bsky.app/LLUZ4bx
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Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...
New year in the North Pennines
January 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
New year in the North Pennines
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Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!
@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.
Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.
Apply 👇
@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.
Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.
Apply 👇
Job opportunity: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics
The UCL Department of Political Science and Constitution Unit are seeking to appoint a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics. The successful candidate will join the senior team at the Unit.
www.ucl.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Join and help to lead the Constitution Unit!
@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.
Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.
Apply 👇
@uclspp.bsky.social is looking for a Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics who will also join our senior team and contribute to our research and impact activities.
Applicants must have, or be near to finishing, a PhD.
Apply 👇
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@quinnslobodian.com: “While the MAGA grouping uses its power to stage a Gramscism from the right…the response of its targets is simply to ask for something softer; to try to meet them halfway in a foggy and nebulous language of community, storytelling, and place.”
lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
Post-Neoliberalism is the New Centrism
At a recent convening devoted to the death of neoliberalism, what emerged was less a rupture with the past than a centrist project of status-quo stabilization.
lpeproject.org
December 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@quinnslobodian.com: “While the MAGA grouping uses its power to stage a Gramscism from the right…the response of its targets is simply to ask for something softer; to try to meet them halfway in a foggy and nebulous language of community, storytelling, and place.”
lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
lpeproject.org/blog/post-ne...
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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A representation of entrenched inequality not just between generations but families. The politics which follows is a vast ideological effort to justify that inequality as natural & necessary, to ridicule critics & distract opposition while ignoring the fraying of society that is its consequence.
December 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A representation of entrenched inequality not just between generations but families. The politics which follows is a vast ideological effort to justify that inequality as natural & necessary, to ridicule critics & distract opposition while ignoring the fraying of society that is its consequence.
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Some astonishing anecdotes within...
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Some astonishing anecdotes within...
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Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Very happy with this cover for ‘Irish Culture and Partition, 1920-1955’, which features a detail from Evie Hone’s stained glass window 'Four Green Fields'. This window was originally shown at the New York's World Fair in 1939, but is now found in Government Buildings on Merrion Street
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Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
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Real estate people and speculation is destroying universities across Europe and the U.S.
Newest memo demonstrating the claims of financial exigency can‘t be taken seriously
drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1...
drive.google.com/file/u/1/d/1...
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Real estate people and speculation is destroying universities across Europe and the U.S.
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“You can't offer poverty wages to staff who kept the British Library running through the cyber-attack, then offer bonuses to directors who benefit from their hard work.”
@graceblakeley.substack.com asks: who are Britain's cultural institutions really for?
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
@graceblakeley.substack.com asks: who are Britain's cultural institutions really for?
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
“You Should Be Honoured to Work Here”: British Library Staff are Striking for Pay, Conditions, and Respect
A battle over pay has become a fight over who Britain's cultural institutions are really for.
graceblakeley.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:11 AM
“You can't offer poverty wages to staff who kept the British Library running through the cyber-attack, then offer bonuses to directors who benefit from their hard work.”
@graceblakeley.substack.com asks: who are Britain's cultural institutions really for?
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...
@graceblakeley.substack.com asks: who are Britain's cultural institutions really for?
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/you-should...