School of Irish Studies, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec
@canadianirish.bsky.social
Learn about contemporary world issues through the lens of Ireland & the Irish in this multidisciplinary program in Montréal. Major, minor, double-major, certificate & graduate programs offered with unique funding opportunities & research in Ireland.
Congratulations to former Irish Studies Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Patrick Brodie on his new book (in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Bresnahan). Click below for more details.
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From the Bog to the Cloud
From the Bog to the Cloud - Dependency and Eco-Modernity in Ireland; This provocative book exposes the colonial roots of tech-driven climate policies and highlights global resistance to resource extra...
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October 30, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Congratulations to former Irish Studies Scholar-in-Residence Dr. Patrick Brodie on his new book (in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Bresnahan). Click below for more details.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/from-the-bog...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/from-the-bog...
Montreal's St. Patrick's Parade 2025! What a momentous 200th Parade with Concordia's School of Irish Studies students handing out stickers and lollipops to the throngs cheering all along. And The Morrigan with her crow was also in our group of marchers! #Montreal #StPatrick #IrishStudies #Irish
March 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Montreal's St. Patrick's Parade 2025! What a momentous 200th Parade with Concordia's School of Irish Studies students handing out stickers and lollipops to the throngs cheering all along. And The Morrigan with her crow was also in our group of marchers! #Montreal #StPatrick #IrishStudies #Irish
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Reminder of CAIS 2025 in Toronto (June 11-13)! Abstract deadline is now March 21! All things borders, boundaries, and frontiers for scholars of Ireland, the Irish diaspora, et al @canadianirish.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social #irishstudies
Reminder of 2025 meeting of the Canadian Assoc for Irish Studies ("Boundaries, Borders, and Frontiers in Irish Studies") at St Michael's College and York University in Toronto, June 11-13. Keynotes: Garrett Carr+Anna Teekell+Cormac Moore! Abstracts by March 21! CFP details here and see also below🧵
March 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Reminder of CAIS 2025 in Toronto (June 11-13)! Abstract deadline is now March 21! All things borders, boundaries, and frontiers for scholars of Ireland, the Irish diaspora, et al @canadianirish.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social #irishstudies
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Thanks @susancahill.bsky.social and @sineadohart.bsky.social for having me on your #Storyshaped podcast to talk about my writing life. It was fun to chat childhood stories, Cogheart Magicborn et al. Listen back here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Getting Storyshaped With Peter Bunzl
Podcast Episode · Storyshaped · 13/02/2025 · 1h 5m
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February 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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💥Deadline Extension for An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins, the 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference💥
Get your proposals in by 14 February 2025. Join us and amazing keynote speakers Dr Tobias W. Harris (Birkbeck), Dr Michael Pierse (QUB), Dr Emily Ridge (Galway)
Get your proposals in by 14 February 2025. Join us and amazing keynote speakers Dr Tobias W. Harris (Birkbeck), Dr Michael Pierse (QUB), Dr Emily Ridge (Galway)
Deadline extension for An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins, the 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference
An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins The 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference Alley Arts & Conference Centre, Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland 24-27th June 2025 Keynote speake...
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January 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
💥Deadline Extension for An Fód Dúchais: Home, Heritage and Origins, the 8th International Flann O’Brien Conference💥
Get your proposals in by 14 February 2025. Join us and amazing keynote speakers Dr Tobias W. Harris (Birkbeck), Dr Michael Pierse (QUB), Dr Emily Ridge (Galway)
Get your proposals in by 14 February 2025. Join us and amazing keynote speakers Dr Tobias W. Harris (Birkbeck), Dr Michael Pierse (QUB), Dr Emily Ridge (Galway)
Find out how you can study current world issues from Irish, European Union & Irish diaspora perspectives in many disciplines-one degree! Unique benefits too!
Chat online:
Thurs, Feb 6 1:30-2:30pm (English)
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vendredi, 7 fev 13h30-14h30
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Chat online:
Thurs, Feb 6 1:30-2:30pm (English)
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vendredi, 7 fev 13h30-14h30
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February 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Find out how you can study current world issues from Irish, European Union & Irish diaspora perspectives in many disciplines-one degree! Unique benefits too!
Chat online:
Thurs, Feb 6 1:30-2:30pm (English)
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
vendredi, 7 fev 13h30-14h30
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
Chat online:
Thurs, Feb 6 1:30-2:30pm (English)
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
vendredi, 7 fev 13h30-14h30
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
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In honour of the upcoming long weekend in honour of St Brigit/Feb 1st, see below a great article by Tiago Veloso Silva on some of the great Irish women who came after Brigit in Kildare @maynoothuni.bsky.social @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The other Brigids: the forgotten mighty women of Medieval Ireland
St Brigid may have led the way, but there were other powerful, inspiring and influential women who blazed a trail in Medieval Kildare
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January 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In honour of the upcoming long weekend in honour of St Brigit/Feb 1st, see below a great article by Tiago Veloso Silva on some of the great Irish women who came after Brigit in Kildare @maynoothuni.bsky.social @celticstudiesmu.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Ethnomusicologist Kate Bevan-Baker is currently teaching 'Irish Traditional Music in Canada' here at Irish Studies in Montreal and is quoted in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article. Approximately 40% of Quebecers are of some Irish descent.
Thanks @petoconnell.bsky.social for the link
Thanks @petoconnell.bsky.social for the link
“There’s an obvious Irish influence when you listen to Québécois music - whether it’s known about or not.” www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @canadianirish.bsky.social
Plus ça change... how Irish trad has influenced the music of Quebec
The Francophone province has a proud music culture, with both fans and ethnomusicologists spotting the strong Irish links in many of the tunes
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January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ethnomusicologist Kate Bevan-Baker is currently teaching 'Irish Traditional Music in Canada' here at Irish Studies in Montreal and is quoted in this @irishexaminer.bsky.social article. Approximately 40% of Quebecers are of some Irish descent.
Thanks @petoconnell.bsky.social for the link
Thanks @petoconnell.bsky.social for the link
Find out about how you can study current world issues from an Irish and EU perspective through many disciplines, all in one degree. New $5,000 Entrance Awards, study grants to Ireland, annual tuition awards and more. Online chat: Thursday, February 6 1:30pm ET.
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January 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Find out about how you can study current world issues from an Irish and EU perspective through many disciplines, all in one degree. New $5,000 Entrance Awards, study grants to Ireland, annual tuition awards and more. Online chat: Thursday, February 6 1:30pm ET.
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
go.concordia.ca/events/event...
Cold, crisp, sunny day in Montréal with a great view of Leonard Cohen mural from Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies. We’re ready to welcome back students on Monday morning for start of Winter 2025 semester!
#IrishStudies #Montreal #Mtl #Québec #LeonardCohen #winter
#IrishStudies #Montreal #Mtl #Québec #LeonardCohen #winter
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Cold, crisp, sunny day in Montréal with a great view of Leonard Cohen mural from Concordia University’s School of Irish Studies. We’re ready to welcome back students on Monday morning for start of Winter 2025 semester!
#IrishStudies #Montreal #Mtl #Québec #LeonardCohen #winter
#IrishStudies #Montreal #Mtl #Québec #LeonardCohen #winter
Congratulations to our own professor of Irish Performance Dr. Emer O'Toole for winning third prize at RTÉ Short Story Competition! The 2024 shortlisted stories were broadcasted over ten nights on @rteradio1.bsky.social 'Late Date' in November. Read/listen here:
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...
RTÉ Short Story Competition: The Other Órla by Emer O'Toole
We present another story from the RTÉ Short Story Competition shortlist 2024...
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December 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Congratulations to our own professor of Irish Performance Dr. Emer O'Toole for winning third prize at RTÉ Short Story Competition! The 2024 shortlisted stories were broadcasted over ten nights on @rteradio1.bsky.social 'Late Date' in November. Read/listen here:
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...
www.rte.ie/culture/2024...
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Great Galloping Giant Deer Skeleton! #Megaloceros chasing around the walls of Collins Barracks, home to the National Museum of Ireland, well worth 20 minutes of your time as part of a great laser light show
December 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Great Galloping Giant Deer Skeleton! #Megaloceros chasing around the walls of Collins Barracks, home to the National Museum of Ireland, well worth 20 minutes of your time as part of a great laser light show
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The annual livestream of the Winter Solstice from inside the neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange has been confirmed for 2024.
Highly recommended for the spectacle + the extensive knowledge shared so kindly by the resident experts!
Here's to sunshine on 21 December!
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Highly recommended for the spectacle + the extensive knowledge shared so kindly by the resident experts!
Here's to sunshine on 21 December!
heritageireland.ie/learn/newgra...
Newgrange Winter Solstice | Heritage Ireland
Newgrange is one of 40 passage tombs in Brú na Bóinne (meaning the bend of the Boyne River) in County Meath. During sunrise on the
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December 9, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The annual livestream of the Winter Solstice from inside the neolithic passage tomb at Newgrange has been confirmed for 2024.
Highly recommended for the spectacle + the extensive knowledge shared so kindly by the resident experts!
Here's to sunshine on 21 December!
heritageireland.ie/learn/newgra...
Highly recommended for the spectacle + the extensive knowledge shared so kindly by the resident experts!
Here's to sunshine on 21 December!
heritageireland.ie/learn/newgra...
Congratulations to our own School of Irish Studies professor Dr. Emer O'Toole for winning third prize at the 2024 RTÉ Francis MacManus Short Story Competition!
Read or listen to the @rte.ie audio version of 'The Other Orla' at the Concordia University link below:
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...
Read or listen to the @rte.ie audio version of 'The Other Orla' at the Concordia University link below:
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...
December 3, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations to our own School of Irish Studies professor Dr. Emer O'Toole for winning third prize at the 2024 RTÉ Francis MacManus Short Story Competition!
Read or listen to the @rte.ie audio version of 'The Other Orla' at the Concordia University link below:
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...
Read or listen to the @rte.ie audio version of 'The Other Orla' at the Concordia University link below:
www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsc...
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The CFP deadline for #Comhfhios year 8 has been extended!
An Irish Studies conference for grad students by grad students, this year's theme is 'Hibernia Beyond Humans.'
Grads from all over are encouraged to submit a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1AZ1...
An Irish Studies conference for grad students by grad students, this year's theme is 'Hibernia Beyond Humans.'
Grads from all over are encouraged to submit a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1AZ1...
December 2, 2024 at 3:51 PM
The CFP deadline for #Comhfhios year 8 has been extended!
An Irish Studies conference for grad students by grad students, this year's theme is 'Hibernia Beyond Humans.'
Grads from all over are encouraged to submit a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1AZ1...
An Irish Studies conference for grad students by grad students, this year's theme is 'Hibernia Beyond Humans.'
Grads from all over are encouraged to submit a paper!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1AZ1...
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Submissions for the next non thematic issue of Etudes Irlandaises are to be sent by 1 March 2025.
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Recommendations for authors
Contact Submissions for non-thematic issues should be sent by 1 March to Helen Penet (helen.penet@univ-lille.fr), in two formats, PDF and .odt or .doc.On average, the number of signs per article (i...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Submissions for the next non thematic issue of Etudes Irlandaises are to be sent by 1 March 2025.
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Last Friday, the 2024 Ann Saddlemyer Public Lecture was given by Dr. Emer O'Toole, Associate Professor of Irish Performance Studies, in the School of Irish Studies' McEntee Reading Room where 'she-beast' educated the overflowing audience on colonialism and the extinction of wolves in Ireland.#EduSky
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Last Friday, the 2024 Ann Saddlemyer Public Lecture was given by Dr. Emer O'Toole, Associate Professor of Irish Performance Studies, in the School of Irish Studies' McEntee Reading Room where 'she-beast' educated the overflowing audience on colonialism and the extinction of wolves in Ireland.#EduSky
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'Conflict of Many Colours' - Frank McNally in 'An Irishman's Diary' @IrishTimes this morning on the 'sumptuously illustrated' Atlas of the Irish Civil War.
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November 16, 2024 at 11:48 AM
'Conflict of Many Colours' - Frank McNally in 'An Irishman's Diary' @IrishTimes this morning on the 'sumptuously illustrated' Atlas of the Irish Civil War.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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Alright #IrishStudies friends, here's the #CFP for #ACIS2024 "Ireland and New Beginnings" to be held in Limerick by Mary Immaculate College www.mic.ul.ie/ACIS2024
American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) | Mary Immaculate College
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September 11, 2023 at 2:15 PM
Alright #IrishStudies friends, here's the #CFP for #ACIS2024 "Ireland and New Beginnings" to be held in Limerick by Mary Immaculate College www.mic.ul.ie/ACIS2024
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"X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again and again" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Moral Case for No Longer Engaging With Elon Musk’s X
The former Twitter is incentivizing violent content, which will only become worse to stand out to users.
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October 6, 2023 at 6:06 PM
"X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again and again" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...