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Kate Costello-Sullivan
@costelkh.bsky.social
Professor of Modern Irish literature and program director, Le Moyne College. Irish lit/trauma scholar, mom, wife, friend, ally, and former Dean (nobody’s perfect). Past President of ACIS; current series editor, Irish line, Syracuse UP.
Many congratulations to Molly Ferguson on her new book!
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Delighted to be included in the Humanities special issue on Celibacies, guest edited by Paul Fagan! www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/15...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:23 PM
So happy to see this article on Ghost in the Throat in print to start the new year! Many congrats to the editors and to fellow contributors…😊
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...
Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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Studies Winter 2025-2026 issue has an extensive array of contributions from authors such as Bryan Fanning, Peadar Kirby (@kirbypeadar.bsky.social), Kate Costello-Sullivan (@costelkh.bsky.social), and Carmel Gallagher.

Available now from studiesirishreview.ie
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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@costelkh.bsky.social and I were delighted to see our @routledgehistory.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social History of Irish America warmly reviewed by Bill Mulligan in the latest issue of the Irish Literary Supplement!
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Contributors to a collection on @tramppress.bsky.social I’m editing with Tara Harney-Mahajan discuss contemporary Irish fiction & publishing & Tramp's Recovered Voices series @ #IrishStudies Seminar CUNY, Dec 5.
Registration / full info: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bsky.app/profile/inab... I was delighted to engage!
Thank you, again, for a great guest lecture, @costelkh.bsky.social!
🆕🎞New Videocast

🎬Watch now: youtu.be/Fjp6JPAUeHs

Guest Lecture: "'It would make you independent': Immigration, Regret, and Women’s Agency in Colm Tóibín’s Long Island" by Prof. Kate Costello-Sullivan (Le Moyne College, NY, USA)

#ISWÜ #uniwuezrburg #irish_studies
July 3, 2025 at 11:47 PM
What the Republicans’ New Policy Bill Means for Higher Education www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
What the Republicans’ New Policy Bill Means for Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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If I said every hour of every day for the next year that Joni Ernst can go fuck herself, it wouldn’t be often enough.
June 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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President Trump posting an image of himself as Pope. We aren't a serious country, and he's not a mentally well man.
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Trump poses as the Pope in full holy garments and gets a pass.

Obama puts on a tan suit and they lose their frigging minds.

See how that works?
May 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot off the [SU] Press! Available in the US now, with a companion edition available everywhere else this fall! Congrats Anna, Ellen, and contributors!
April 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Enjoying Claire Lynch’s excellent essay on “Consoling machines in Contemporary Irish Fiction” in Margaret Kelleher and James O’Sullivan’s collection on Technology in Irish Literature and Culture. Grateful to have such smart friends whose work I can use, appreciate, and engage!
April 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Featuring stellar chapters by @costelkh.bsky.social, @maryburke.bsky.social, @lejhouston.bsky.social, @drtinamorin.bsky.social, Sinéad Kennedy, José Lanters, Michael McAteer, Maggie O'Neill, Daniela Theinová, Colleen English, Mindi McMann (and the editors), and an afterword by Joe Cleary.
April 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
It’s here! Hooray! Many congrats to Joe Valente and Seán Kennedy and all contributors. I can’t wait to read it (My article is on Caitriona Lally’s Eggshells!).
April 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Please join @costelkh.bsky.social, @cookiegoth.bsky.social, Paige Reynolds, and me for an online conversation about Irish Women Writers hosted by Celtic Junction in St. Paul MN on 16 April at 18:30 CST celticjunction.org/event/her-ow...
Her Own Future: A Roundtable Discussion of Women Writers
Her Own Future, a compelling online roundtable discussion exploring the voices, narratives, and evolving roles of Irish women writers.
celticjunction.org
March 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Since this was announced in a broadcast to the whole College today, I guess I can officially share that I have been named the Mary A. Carroll Endowed Professor in Arts and Sciences at Le Moyne College. Grateful to the selection committee and humbled by this recognition!
March 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Delighted that this article is forthcoming this month at long last.
March 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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We want to send a message to the world: what has happened today is an absolute disgrace. It is completely un-American.
February 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So true, Liz Cheney:
February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM