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The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS) seeks to promote interest in and support the expansion of Irish Studies throughout Europe.
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Call for Papers
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
The third Kaleidoscope instalment, which explores views on Faith, Spirituality and Art, is now live!
Discover the wonderful stories 'Salty Wives' by Jan Carson and 'Priest' by Tim MacGabhann, at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu
Keep an eye on the EFACIS channels for future Kaleidoscope publications!
Discover the wonderful stories 'Salty Wives' by Jan Carson and 'Priest' by Tim MacGabhann, at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu
Keep an eye on the EFACIS channels for future Kaleidoscope publications!
February 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
The third Kaleidoscope instalment, which explores views on Faith, Spirituality and Art, is now live!
Discover the wonderful stories 'Salty Wives' by Jan Carson and 'Priest' by Tim MacGabhann, at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu
Keep an eye on the EFACIS channels for future Kaleidoscope publications!
Discover the wonderful stories 'Salty Wives' by Jan Carson and 'Priest' by Tim MacGabhann, at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu
Keep an eye on the EFACIS channels for future Kaleidoscope publications!
EFACIS Centres of Irish Studies can now send in their applications for the 2026-2027 Irish Itinerary! We welcome all proposals for tours taking place between September 2026 and July 2027!
Further details can be found in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Further details can be found in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
EFACIS Centres of Irish Studies can now send in their applications for the 2026-2027 Irish Itinerary! We welcome all proposals for tours taking place between September 2026 and July 2027!
Further details can be found in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Further details can be found in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
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🎇Job Klaxon!!🎇 Assistant Lectureship in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies at Maynooth University (12-month contract). Application deadline 22 March 2026. Come work with us in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!
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February 6, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🎇Job Klaxon!!🎇 Assistant Lectureship in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies at Maynooth University (12-month contract). Application deadline 22 March 2026. Come work with us in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social!
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On the first Irish Itinerary of 2026, Mary O'Donnell visited the Universities of Granada and Almería in Spain.
Many thanks to Mary O'Donnell, the local organisers and our sponsor, Culture Ireland, for making these events possible!
More events coming up in May! www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Many thanks to Mary O'Donnell, the local organisers and our sponsor, Culture Ireland, for making these events possible!
More events coming up in May! www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
February 4, 2026 at 1:40 PM
On the first Irish Itinerary of 2026, Mary O'Donnell visited the Universities of Granada and Almería in Spain.
Many thanks to Mary O'Donnell, the local organisers and our sponsor, Culture Ireland, for making these events possible!
More events coming up in May! www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Many thanks to Mary O'Donnell, the local organisers and our sponsor, Culture Ireland, for making these events possible!
More events coming up in May! www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!
Join the first PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break of 2026 on 6 February! There will be some focused writing time and some time for a casual chat on Friday 6/2 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 3, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!
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Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Don't forget to register for the February EFACIS Book Club session!
The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
February 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Don't forget to register for the February EFACIS Book Club session!
Call for Papers
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Call for Papers
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2
A themed issue on Vona Groarke
Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová
Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026
www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
Join the first PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break of 2026 on 6 February! There will be some focused writing time and some time for a casual chat on Friday 6/2 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 27, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Join the first PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break of 2026 on 6 February! There will be some focused writing time and some time for a casual chat on Friday 6/2 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
January 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM
On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
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Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
Details in link.
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Details in link.
Please share :)
Emerging Writer's Residency 2026 - Nottingham City of Literature
A paid residency for emerging writers. Applications are open to explore the feminist archive at the Nottingham Women's Library.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃
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January 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃
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Read an interview with the author! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Read an interview with the author! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...
The first Irish Itinerary events of 2026 are just around the corner! Next week, author Mary O'Donnell visits Granada and Almería.
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
January 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The first Irish Itinerary events of 2026 are just around the corner! Next week, author Mary O'Donnell visits Granada and Almería.
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
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REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
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👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
The Keough-Naughton Institute invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Irish Studies.
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland.
👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
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BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Irish Digital Cultures: Identity, Contexts, Space
Irish Digital Cultures explores how questions of Ireland and Irishness are represented in online environments, and what these phenomena say about contemporary Irish identities both within the country ...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy
RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk
www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...
There is still time to hand in your application for the EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies in August!
The cfp for the 9th EFACIS PhD seminar in Irish Studies is now live! The seminar will take place at the Irish College Leuven from 24 to 28 August 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
You can find all the information and the full call for papers at www.efacis.eu/event/9th-ef.... Deadline for applications is 31 January 2026.
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
There is still time to hand in your application for the EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies in August!
The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
January 14, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email efaciscoord@efacis.eu.
January 5, 2026 at 1:36 PM
We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email efaciscoord@efacis.eu.
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Dear friends,
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
November 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Dear friends,
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos.
For more information:
w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...
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Just a few days left to send us your abstracts for "James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy". Deadline is Jan 1st.
CFP: James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy, a special issue of Feminist Modernist Studies, guest edited by Ronan Crowley & myself. Please take a look at the CFP and send your proposals our way. Proposals from non-Joyceans are ESPECIALLY welcome:
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
James Joyce in relation: Gender, labour, legacy
think.taylorandfrancis.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just a few days left to send us your abstracts for "James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy". Deadline is Jan 1st.
Check out the recording of the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, on the EFACIS YouTube Channel!
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EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 14: Launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2 (11/12/2025)
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
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December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Check out the recording of the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, on the EFACIS YouTube Channel!
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...
At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus.
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... .
We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!