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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.
https://www.efacis.eu/
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New journal issue now live!!

Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
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
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!
December 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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...
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join us for the launch of RISE 8.2 this evening!
Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET.

www.efacis.eu/content/efac....

Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Join us this Thursday for the launch of RISE 8.2!
Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
December 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET.

www.efacis.eu/content/efac....

Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies

The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
New PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break this Friday! Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for some focused writing time and/or a casual chat on Friday 5/12 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET.

Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
December 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
New journal issue now live!!

Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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ICMY, the full 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture, given by Sir Simon Schama on the topic of ‘Politics and the Poet’ and featuring poetry readings by Leanne Best, is now up at youtu.be/KtQVa_H0hEA.
Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...
Annual Seamus Heaney Lecture (2025) - Sir Simon Schama - Leanne Best
YouTube video by Institute of Irish Studies, Liverpool
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November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'.

Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
In October playwright Kate Heffernan participated in the first Irish Itinerary of the year! She met students and took part in a variety of events in Poznań and Łódź in Poland.

Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible!

www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article in RISE 8.1!

'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy

You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!
All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
We had a lovely discussion on Michael Magee's Close to Home in the first Book Club session of 2025-26!

Next up is Paul Murray's The Bee Sting (2023), introduced by Hedwig Schwall (KULeuven).

Join us on zoom on 12 November at 8 pm CET! More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame University. This is open exclusively to scholars of any nationality with a PhD from institutions outside the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. Scholars working in any area of Irish Studies are encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176805
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November 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Join the EFACIS PhD Representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!
New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11.

All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!

Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) journal is delighted to announce the publication of the new article "Small Things Like These and the Novella as Intervention" by Donna Lynn Tillotson on our platform today.

risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel!

Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...
EFACIS Roundtable Discussion 13: Workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing
YouTube video by EFACIS YouTube
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November 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11.

All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome!

Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026!

A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year!

Applications are due by December 15!

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October 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The EFACIS Centres in Siegen and Nijmegen are organising the first Halloween-themed Irish Itinerary! Who better to read at these two spooky events than writer Deirdre Sullivan?

www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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.
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The 2025-2026 Irish Itinerary begins this week with events in Poznań and Łódź where playwright Kate Heffernan will be welcomed.

Find all upcoming Irish Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM