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Deirdre Flynn
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Lecturer in 21st Literature - Secretary of IASIL - Member of the Young Academy of Ireland
#IrishStudies #HarukiMurakami 🍉🇵🇸
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Senior Curator - Programming, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin City Council

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Senior Curator - Programming, Hugh Lane Gallery :Dublin
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November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Great piece from Peter Coviello about bad faith media and academia
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Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Assistant professor with focus on Anglo-American literature
University of Ostrava
Czech Republic

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Assistant professor with focus on Anglo-American literature
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ostrava announces a selection procedure, ref. number: OU-168399/25-2025, to fill an academic position of:
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November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Call for Contributions: Special Issue on the Systems Novel in the Twenty-First Century

Orbit is a peer-reviewed, digitally preserved, open-access journal with no author-facing charges. Part of @openlibhums.org

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Call for Contributions: Special Issue on the Systems Novel in the Twenty-First Century
Guest editor: Ali Dehdarirad (University of Rome, Sapienza) In 1987 Tom LeClair formulated the concept of the “systems novel,” a generic category that included highly erudite works that “master the …
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November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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2 weeks left to apply!
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📣 Job Vacancy 📣

Teaching Fellow in English Literature
(0.5 FTE, Fixed Term – Spring Semester 2026)
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

The appointee will have expertise in contemporary English Literature.

Full details: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...

Closing date: 2pm on Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vacancies | Mary Immaculate College
Mary Immaculate College has a wide range of academic and professional services job opportunities on an ongoing basis. Learn more about our vacancies.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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✨THIS SATURDAY✨

Women Writing History

At 11am in IMMA on 8 November, join us during Dublin Book Festival for a panel with After the Train co-editor Evelyn Conlon and author Sinéad Gleeson in conversation with journalist Clodagh Finn

🎟️ Free – booking required dublinbookfestival.com/event/women-...
November 3, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Junior Research Fellowships 2026/27 (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences)
University of Oxford

4 year fixed term

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Junior Research Fellowships 2026/27 (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences) at University of Oxford
Apply now for the Junior Research Fellowships 2026/27 (Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Lecturer/Associate Professor - Irish Folklore and Ethnology, UCD School of Irish
University College Dublin

Full time, permanent

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Lecturer/Associate Professor - Irish Folklore and Ethnology, UCD School of Irish at University College Dublin
Apply for the Lecturer/Associate Professor - Irish Folklore and Ethnology, UCD School of Irish role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply ...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Petrol On The Stairway

“an act designed to ensure the occupants could not escape”

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#Speirgorm #Irishpol
The Changing Times - by Daryl Feehely
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November 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Sorry could I get two gin & tonics, 2 pints of Guinness, white wine, a jameson and 3 packets of tayto thanks
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Andrea Mantegna St Mark the Evangelist, ca. 1448 – 1451 (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main)
November 1, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic
King's College London

Jan - Dec 2026

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Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic at King's College London
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Lecturer in Literatures and Cultures of the Black Atlantic at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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October 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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This #granddesigns is top tier
a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
ALT: a man says " and it has everything " in front of a world map
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October 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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📣 Job Vacancy 📣

Teaching Fellow in English Literature
(0.5 FTE, Fixed Term – Spring Semester 2026)
Mary Immaculate College, Limerick

The appointee will have expertise in contemporary English Literature.

Full details: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...

Closing date: 2pm on Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vacancies | Mary Immaculate College
Mary Immaculate College has a wide range of academic and professional services job opportunities on an ongoing basis. Learn more about our vacancies.
www.mic.ul.ie
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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🌟 Year 3 Highlight! 🌟

One of HIDDEN's key outcomes from Year 3 is the release of the HIDDEN Toolkit Tackling Ethical Concerns in Migration Research, officially published on 25 September 2025 in Open Access. @costprogramme.bsky.social @jenniferredmond.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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🇵🇸 Events in solidarity with the Palestinian people around the country this weekend. All out for Palestine! #SolidarityIsAVerb #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
October 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins.

My @guardian piece on the erasure of Gaza's past. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
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‘One of the oldest urban centres on the planet’: Gaza’s rich history in ruins
The territory’s ancient heritage has too often been ignored. As we mourn incalculable human losses, learning about its past can help us better understand the present
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October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Library Assistant, Teaching & Learning, Permanent, Library, Maynooth University

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Library Assistant, Teaching & Learning, Permanent, Library, Maynooth University | University Vacancies Ireland
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October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Beautiful morning in Dublin
Autumnal scene in Dublin at the grand canal - lots of fallen leaves, dabbled sunshine and lock gates
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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Associate/Assistant Professor specializing in Modern Literature
Lingnan University, Hong Kong

3 year initially

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Associate/Assistant Professor specializing in Modern Literature at Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Discover an exciting academic career path as a Associate/Assistant Professor specializing in Modern Literature at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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October 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Five Irish citizens are among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla, including writer Naoise Dolan. They were not breaking international law and should be released immediately.
🇵🇸saoirse don Phalaistín

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Five Irish citizens among those detained by Israel on Gaza-bound flotilla
Author Naoise Dolan and Independent TD Barry Heneghan among those on board boat captured in Mediterranean
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October 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Who will it be?

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Can Xue and László Krasznahorkai are joint favourites to win 2025 Nobel prize in literature
The Chinese and Hungarian writers are tied with odds of 10/1 – while Haruki Murakami, Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie are also in the running
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October 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Delighted to receive my copy of #Metzler's compendium of the #German #CampusNovel by Helmut Grugger & Stefan Neuhaus. It includes not only three chapters by yours truly but also by my cherished #MICcolleagues @deirdreflynn.bsky.social, Sabine Egger, Hanna Rompf & -of course- Helmut himself.
October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Two roles - University of Antwerp

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Joyce Studies

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Virginia Woolf Studies

Full time - 3 years

Joyce:
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Woolf:
www.uantwerpen.be/en/jobs/vaca...
Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Joyce studies | University of Antwerp
YUFE vacancies
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October 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature at BPI

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October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM