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Glucksman Ireland House NYU
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Glucksman Ireland House is the center for Irish and Irish-American Studies at New York University.

Register for our fall 2025 events here: https://as.nyu.edu/research-centers/irelandhouse/events/fall-20250.html
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gihnyu.bsky.social
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our screening of RTÉ's "From That Small Island" last Thursday. A special thanks to the film makers, contributors, and our co-hosts at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York for making it such a wonderful night!
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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janeohlmeyer.bsky.social
An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
Wonderful to host historian @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social & filmmaker Briona Nic Dhiarmada for the NYC screening of "From That Small Island" @gihnyu.bsky.social -- the story of Ireland, across the millennia, in global context @tedsmyth.bsky.social
janeohlmeyer.bsky.social janeohlmeyer.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social · 3d
An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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irpinaingiro.bsky.social
Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
@tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @nyu.edu
October 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Interested in pursuing an MA in Irish and Irish-American studies? Join us next Thursday, October 30th at 5:00PM to learn more about our MA program from faculty, staff, and current graduate students.

Register through our link in bio!
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
Great celebration of "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" eds. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social (especially the Irish dimensions of the book) at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social
ndirishstudies.bsky.social Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 22d
The Keough-Naughton Institute’s Gráinne McEvoy, right, and Visiting Scholar Jill Bender, second from left, spoke about their contributions to the new book “Rituals of Migration” last week at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social.

Also pictured here are @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @hidehirota.bsky.social.
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Join us tomorrow as we launch Vicki Mahaffey's The Joyce of Everyday Life, as we hear about "how might we learn to regain some of the childlike play with language and sense of delight in the ordinary that come so naturally to Joyce?"

Tickets available through our link in bio!
October 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
See "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social -- the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
We're so excited to have @sineadgleeson.bsky.social at GIH this Thursday to discuss her novel "Hagstone" in conversation with Douglas Stuart.
September 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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irpinaingiro.bsky.social
This was such a fantastic event! Many thanks to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting the launch of Rituals of Migration. The audience was truly amazing.
September 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move
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September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
We have a full house, but here's the registration link for Thursday, September 19 @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️:
as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
September 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
@gihnyu.bsky.social Thursday, September 18 at 7pm
September 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Join us this Thursday to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the NYU Press Glucksman Irish Diaspora series, Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. We can't wait to see you all at Ireland House this week 🎉 @nyupress.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Our fall 2025 events calendar is packed with exciting new book launches, film premieres, and conversations. We can't wait to see you at Glucksman Ireland House this fall!
August 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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irpinaingiro.bsky.social
Sneak peek at one of the chapters in Rituals of Migration! The book will officially be out later this week. @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social
kevinkenny.bsky.social Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jun 12
Here's a great excerpt from Bernadette Whelan's chapter on rituals of packing & departure in the book "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social ‬and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social published this week (June 15) by @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social
booksireland.bsky.social Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jun 12
'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.'

Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕

@nyupress.bsky.social l @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social
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June 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
🗃️ Thank you @tedsmyth.bsky.social. It's the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @gihnyu.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...
July 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
Interested in global history in the contexts of migration, diaspora, and empire? See the Glusksman Irish Diaspora Series, an initiative by @gihnyu.bsky.social that I have the pleasure of editing for @nyupress.bsky.social: nyupress.org/search-resul...
The cover of the latest bokk on the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series, "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move," edited by Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, showing an image of an Italian family preparing to depart and and Irish family reading a letter from America.
July 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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kevinkenny.bsky.social
🗃️"Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish & Italians handled emigration to the US" by the editors of a new collection "Rituals of Migration" @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @tedsmyth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish and Italians handled emigration to the US
The editors of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move highlight two great diasporas’ differences and similarities
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July 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Call for Proposals: Forging an American Musical Identity invites submissions on American music from the long 19th century. Interdisciplinary work and lecture-recitals welcome. NYC symposium, Jan 28-30, 2026. Proposals (max 300 words) due July 30: famisymposium2026@gmail.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Brilliant colloquium organized by Joseph Nugent and Patrick Mullen for Bloomsday in Paris, hosted at the Irish Embassy. The event featured engaging panels, lectures, and conversations, including a panel moderated by our own Kelly Sullivan!
July 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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We at @gihnyu.bsky.social are hiring! uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14767/c...
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June 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
gihnyu.bsky.social
Check out the launch of “Happy Ever After: Falling in Love with Irish Romance Fiction” on July 4! The exhibit is on view until November 9 at the Museum of Literature Ireland.
June 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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grainnemcevoy.bsky.social
My chapter in “Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move” (out this month with @nyupress.bsky.social) looks at the “Returned Yank” in literary representations of Irish return migration. 1/4 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM