Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
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Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
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Studies is a cultural journal of the Irish Jesuit province, founded and in continuous publication since 1912. It examines Irish social, political, cultural and economic affairs.

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Studies' editor Dermot Roantree was the featured guest on Joe Humphreys' Unthinkable column in this week's @irishtimes.com, discussing JD Vance's misappropriation of the work of René Girard and the subsequent impact on Vance's Catholicism and politics
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has paid tribute to Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, describing the campaigner and advocate as a "true Christian who dedicated her life to helping those on the margins" www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1103/1541852-sister-stan/
Taoiseach leads tributes to 'tireless' advocate Sr Stan
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has paid tribute to Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, describing the campaigner and advocate as a "true Christian who dedicated her life to helping those on the margins".
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November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In honour of our outgoing President, this week's archival blog presents four poems by Michael D. Higgins:

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Michael D. Higgins - A Selection of Poems - Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
In honour of the forthcoming end of his second and final Presidential term, this week’s archival blog features a number of poems by President Michael D. Higgins. First published in Studies in the Autu...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
In Studies Autumn 2025, Laurie Reilly, Conchúr Ó Maonaigh & Jennie C. Stephens argue the impact of financially-motivated collaboration between universities & industry has led to - amongst other detrimental effects - prioritisation of research with commercial value over non-commercial research:
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
One of four poems by John F. Deane published in our Autumn 2025 issue:
October 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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'Tent at Gaza' by John Behan RHA
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Part of new works by John Behan, currently running in the gallery: shorturl.at/8dqjI
October 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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As someone raised in the diaspora and a past member of various bands, 🎸 I’m delighted to see my latest journal article (“Key Preoccupations in the Work of English Rock Artists of Irish Descent”) out in the latest issue of STUDIES: AN IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW!:
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October 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In our current edition Dr Joseph Rivera (of @dublincityuni.bsky.social) explores the attacks on higher education by the Trump administration, arguing that - despite widespread consequences for the sector - intellectually Trump's interference is little more than an assertion of conservative dominance
October 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
An event that may interest our readers, featuring contributor to our current edition @jenniecstephens.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
'What the Young Saint Said', one of two poems by Gerard Smyth published in Studies Autumn 2025

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October 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Autumn 2025's opening article, from @jenniecstephens.bsky.social, is a stark challenge to the university sector that asks it to utilise its resources and influence for the public good, and move society towards 'a more just, ecologically-healthy, climate-stable future'

Available now @ link in bio.
October 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
What becomes a university in an Age of Crises?

Editor of Studies, Dermot Roantree, explores in his Autumn 2025 editorial:
October 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Studies Autumn 2025, "The University in an Age of Crises, Challenges and Responses" - available now in select bookshops and online from studiesirishreview.ie
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"The museum is indeed a secular temple, for like a house of God, it is properly a place of wonder":

The latest blog from our archives asks - can we propose a manifesto for art and the sacred?

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Art and the Sacred: Towards a Manifesto - Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
In this article from 1993, Brian P. Kennedy seeks the soul of art, placed within falsely constructed proximities by museums, and asks – in a world where exhibitions and art are commercialised to suit ...
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September 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Did you know that Studies has been in continuous publication for over 112 years? In this time it's released 114 volumes, 454 issues, and hundreds of articles, reviews, poems, and pieces of miscellany and scholarship into the world.
September 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
An interesting looking conference taking place next week! ⬇️
September 2, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Seeking a rainy Saturday read?This week's blog is from our very first issue, and despite dating from 1912, it directly shares themes with Summer 2025 and the article “MAGA: On Making Athens Great Again, Then and Now”: power, corruption, and 'might is right'

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The Modern Problem of Athenian Imperialism - Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
This week’s archival blog is again from the first volume of Studies, however this time it hails from the very first issue. While archival – first printed in 1912 – it has direct links to Studies curre...
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August 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Did you know Studies is on Instagram and LinkedIn? Connect with us there for updates on future events and upcoming editions!

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August 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Studies Summer 2025 ("Undoing the Order of Things - Trump's Second Term") and editor Dermot Roantree's article "J.D. Vance, Catholicism, and the Postliberal Turn" mentioned in Paul Gillespe's piece for yesterday's @irishtimes.com

Read now at studiesirishreview.ie
August 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.”

Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn
August 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
As a journal Studies maintains a broad cultural focus. Poetry often features in our volumes as a standalone publication in its own right.
August 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This week's archival blog is from 1912 - the very first volume of Studies.

Author D.J. Finn writes in defence of archaeology as a scientific discipline - with arguments that might be frustratingly familiar to any modern reader interested in the field.

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On the Place of Archaeology - Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review
In this article from the very first volume of Studies, author Daniel (D.J.) Finn, SJ, writes in defence of archaeology as a scientific discipline, against a public that perceived of it as something in...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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We are delighted to announce that a full programme and registration for the 35th Irish Conference of Historian is now available. Maynooth University, 12-13 September.

Please share widely.

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35th Irish Conference of Historians - Inner Lives and Outer Realities
The 35th annual Irish conference of historians hosted by the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences & Maynooth University Dept. of History
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August 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Studies Summer 2025 focuses in large part on the evolving political situation in the U.S. under Trump's second term.

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Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, Sudan, Somalia – these are just some of the countries currently suffering the devastation of war, societal breakdown, and population displacement. Apart from this, there are few c...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM