SOFEIR
@sofeir.bsky.social
Société Française d'Etudes Irlandaises - French Society for Irish Studies. La SOFEIR fédère les chercheur·euses qui travaillent en France sur l’Irlande.
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Dear all,
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR
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October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Dear all,
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:
www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...
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Unique, inspiring and making a real contribution to the understanding of Ireland’s past, present and future. Find out why @irishinstitute.bsky.social is one of the @liverpooluni.bsky.social most exciting departments (and what you could study there) bit.ly/42BnuT3 #AcademicSky
January 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Unique, inspiring and making a real contribution to the understanding of Ireland’s past, present and future. Find out why @irishinstitute.bsky.social is one of the @liverpooluni.bsky.social most exciting departments (and what you could study there) bit.ly/42BnuT3 #AcademicSky
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5 years after Brexit, has the push for a united Ireland lost its momentum as the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate? By Catriona Shelly & @orlamuldoon.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
5 years after Brexit, has united Ireland push lost its momentum?
Brexit forced the border question back onto the agenda, but the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate
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January 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
5 years after Brexit, has the push for a united Ireland lost its momentum as the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate? By Catriona Shelly & @orlamuldoon.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @researchireland.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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We were lucky to have Jan Carson on the first Irish Itinerary of 2025! She did some excellent events in Saarbrücken, Wuppertal, Stuttgart and Tübingen.
Many thanks to all the local organisers of this German Itinerary and to Culture Ireland for their support.
Many thanks to all the local organisers of this German Itinerary and to Culture Ireland for their support.
January 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We were lucky to have Jan Carson on the first Irish Itinerary of 2025! She did some excellent events in Saarbrücken, Wuppertal, Stuttgart and Tübingen.
Many thanks to all the local organisers of this German Itinerary and to Culture Ireland for their support.
Many thanks to all the local organisers of this German Itinerary and to Culture Ireland for their support.
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I'm developing a creative anthology related to my research. Please share this Call for Submissions widely with anyone you think might be interested!
Something mythic this way comes ...
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Something mythic this way comes ...
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January 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm developing a creative anthology related to my research. Please share this Call for Submissions widely with anyone you think might be interested!
Something mythic this way comes ...
quareeire.wordpress.com
Something mythic this way comes ...
quareeire.wordpress.com
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The 2025 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition is now open for entries. Entry open to anyone enrolled in an MA orPhD programme between June 2024 and June 2025 at any institution. Prizes include publication and AUD$300. Due Date 31 March 2025
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Postgraduate essay
2025 POSTGRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE The Editors of the interdisciplinary Australasian Journal of Irish Studies (AJIS) and the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand are pleased to announc…
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January 30, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The 2025 ISAANZ Irish Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition is now open for entries. Entry open to anyone enrolled in an MA orPhD programme between June 2024 and June 2025 at any institution. Prizes include publication and AUD$300. Due Date 31 March 2025
isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...
isaanz.org/ajis/postgra...
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For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
www.irishtimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For Marianne Faithfull, Ireland was where one of the most misunderstood women in music could make sense of her life
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Ireland also gave the singer a first hit for nearly a decade, after ‘a deejay by the name of Patrick Kenny started to play it’
www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
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Thinking of Ann Lovett today, ##otd 1984, 15yrs old & pregnant, she went to the grotto in Granard where she gave birth to a still born baby boy, she was found sometime later but died shortly after of hypothermia & blood loss. Her story shocked the country #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/ann-l...
Dr Mary McAuliffe: The details of Ann Lovett's tragic death are still harrowing 40 years on
The historian looks back at the loss of the teenager who died after giving birth in a grotto in Granard, 40 years ago today.
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January 31, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Thinking of Ann Lovett today, ##otd 1984, 15yrs old & pregnant, she went to the grotto in Granard where she gave birth to a still born baby boy, she was found sometime later but died shortly after of hypothermia & blood loss. Her story shocked the country #speirgorm www.thejournal.ie/readme/ann-l...
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We are delighted to welcome Dev Murray as the new Assistant Editor of Film Ireland!
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January 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are delighted to welcome Dev Murray as the new Assistant Editor of Film Ireland!
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Next Wed 5 Feb 🚨 I’m speaking at the @historyatgalway.bsky.social Research Seminar Series at 4pm (in person and online) followed by the launch of my new book 🍾 Come along if you’re in Galway and fancy raising a glass 🥂
January 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Next Wed 5 Feb 🚨 I’m speaking at the @historyatgalway.bsky.social Research Seminar Series at 4pm (in person and online) followed by the launch of my new book 🍾 Come along if you’re in Galway and fancy raising a glass 🥂
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Exciting developments in the search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield! Well done @sarsfieldhome.bsky.social #WildGeese #18thC
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Remains found in Belgium may belong to war hero Sarsfield
There are hopes that human remains found at the site of an ancient church in Belgium could be those of Irish war hero Patrick Sarsfield.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Exciting developments in the search for the remains of Patrick Sarsfield! Well done @sarsfieldhome.bsky.social #WildGeese #18thC
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
www.rte.ie/news/munster...
Le premier portrait de 2025 du focus doctorant·es de la SOFEIR est celui de Luca Bertolani Azeredo, doctorant à la Scuola Superiore Meridionale à Naples, en Italie.
January 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Le premier portrait de 2025 du focus doctorant·es de la SOFEIR est celui de Luca Bertolani Azeredo, doctorant à la Scuola Superiore Meridionale à Naples, en Italie.
This Thursday, in the GIS seminar "Sensory Ecologies", Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork) will be giving a talk called "A Time to Die, A Time to Plant".
5.30pm, Paris time. Get in touch for the Zoom link.
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5.30pm, Paris time. Get in touch for the Zoom link.
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Séminaire Ecologies sensibles du G.I.S EIRE – « A Time to Die, A Time to Plant » – Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork) – 18 décembre 2024 – SOFEIR
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December 17, 2024 at 9:27 AM
This Thursday, in the GIS seminar "Sensory Ecologies", Maureen O’Connor (University College Cork) will be giving a talk called "A Time to Die, A Time to Plant".
5.30pm, Paris time. Get in touch for the Zoom link.
www.sofeir.fr/seminaire-ec...
5.30pm, Paris time. Get in touch for the Zoom link.
www.sofeir.fr/seminaire-ec...
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Don't miss out on episode 54 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast! Author Colin Walsh talks about his debut novel Kala (2023)
We will be publishing episode 55 this Thursday!
We will be publishing episode 55 this Thursday!
December 10, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Don't miss out on episode 54 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast! Author Colin Walsh talks about his debut novel Kala (2023)
We will be publishing episode 55 this Thursday!
We will be publishing episode 55 this Thursday!
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The SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2024 has been awarded to Robyne Calvert for 'The Mack' & Steven Brindle for 'Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830'.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.
December 9, 2024 at 2:37 PM
The SAHGB Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2024 has been awarded to Robyne Calvert for 'The Mack' & Steven Brindle for 'Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530-1830'.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.
Congratulations to all nominees and winners and thank you to SAHGB for celebrating architectural publishing.
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Join us for a discussion on Dawn Watson's We Play Here (2023) this Wednesday!
Join the EFACIS Book Club for a discussion on Dawn Watson's We Play Here (2023) on 11 December!
The session will be introduced by Jessica Bundschuh (Universität Stuttgart) and the author will join for a Q&A session at 9pm CET.
More info on how to join: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Jessica Bundschuh (Universität Stuttgart) and the author will join for a Q&A session at 9pm CET.
More info on how to join: www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
December 9, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Join us for a discussion on Dawn Watson's We Play Here (2023) this Wednesday!
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Ma recension de l'important livre de Laurent Colantonio sur Daniel O'Connell a enfin paru dans le Mouvement social :
Laurent Colantonio, L’homme-nation. Daniel O’Connell et le laboratoire politique irlandais, 1775-1847.
Villeneuve-d’Ascq, Presses universitaires du Septentrion, « Histoire et civilisations », 2023, 400 p. Cet ouvrage vient combler un vide historiographique, puisqu’il est le premier, depuis le XIXe sièc...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:04 AM
Ma recension de l'important livre de Laurent Colantonio sur Daniel O'Connell a enfin paru dans le Mouvement social :
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NMNI in conversation with Bill Rolston . Bill speaks about his work, his relationships with muralists in Northern Ireland & his exhibition Drawing Support: Murals, Memory and Identity.
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In Conversation With: Bill Rolston
National Museums NI · Episode
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December 2, 2024 at 10:19 AM
NMNI in conversation with Bill Rolston . Bill speaks about his work, his relationships with muralists in Northern Ireland & his exhibition Drawing Support: Murals, Memory and Identity.
open.spotify.com/episode/4OZo...
open.spotify.com/episode/4OZo...
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Question aux collègues #ESR :
L'université de Lille s'est clairement positionnée en faveur de la mobilisation du 3/12, notamment en maintenant les heures de service. Est-ce le cas ailleurs ? www.francebleu.fr/infos/educat...
L'université de Lille s'est clairement positionnée en faveur de la mobilisation du 3/12, notamment en maintenant les heures de service. Est-ce le cas ailleurs ? www.francebleu.fr/infos/educat...
Face au manque de soutien de l'Etat, l'université de Lille organise une "journée université morte" mardi 3 décembre - France Bleu
C'est une décision très symbolique prise par le comité de direction de l'université de Lille : les bâtiments seront fermés, mardi 3 décembre. Pas de cours, pas de mails ni d'appels téléphoniques ce jo...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Question aux collègues #ESR :
L'université de Lille s'est clairement positionnée en faveur de la mobilisation du 3/12, notamment en maintenant les heures de service. Est-ce le cas ailleurs ? www.francebleu.fr/infos/educat...
L'université de Lille s'est clairement positionnée en faveur de la mobilisation du 3/12, notamment en maintenant les heures de service. Est-ce le cas ailleurs ? www.francebleu.fr/infos/educat...
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Published by Mercier Press, translated from the original Irish by Micheál ó hAodha , An Island Christmas ( Nollaig Oileanách) is author Micheál Ó Conghaile's evocative account of growing up on Inis Treabhair, a now abandoned island off Rosmuc in Conamara. #irishbooks
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December 2, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Published by Mercier Press, translated from the original Irish by Micheál ó hAodha , An Island Christmas ( Nollaig Oileanách) is author Micheál Ó Conghaile's evocative account of growing up on Inis Treabhair, a now abandoned island off Rosmuc in Conamara. #irishbooks
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'A joy ... the lesser told stories are a treat' The Irish Times
Launching our #12Pubs series celebrating 12 RIA publications, starting off with 'Irish Sporting Lives', edited by Terry Clavin and Turlough O'Riordan.
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Launching our #12Pubs series celebrating 12 RIA publications, starting off with 'Irish Sporting Lives', edited by Terry Clavin and Turlough O'Riordan.
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Irish Sporting Lives
Serial winners and glorious losers, heroes and villains, trailblazing women, role models and rogues, all are here; so too are audacious sporting founders, enduring legends and forgotten or overlooked ...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:03 AM
'A joy ... the lesser told stories are a treat' The Irish Times
Launching our #12Pubs series celebrating 12 RIA publications, starting off with 'Irish Sporting Lives', edited by Terry Clavin and Turlough O'Riordan.
shop.ria.ie/products/iri...
Launching our #12Pubs series celebrating 12 RIA publications, starting off with 'Irish Sporting Lives', edited by Terry Clavin and Turlough O'Riordan.
shop.ria.ie/products/iri...
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Submissions for the next special issue of Etudes Irlandaises on Children and the Youth in Ireland are expected by 1 June 2025.
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No. 51-1, spring 2026: Children and the Youth in Ireland
Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes Children and the Youth in Ireland...
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December 2, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Submissions for the next special issue of Etudes Irlandaises on Children and the Youth in Ireland are expected by 1 June 2025.
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