Claire Connolly
@claireconnolly.bsky.social
Professor of Modern English @ucc.ie | Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Secretary @ria.ie | Coming December 2025 — Irish Romanticism: a Literary History @universitypress.cambridge.org
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A great time to get Novel Institutions, or Narrating Irish Female Development, or The Gothic Forms of Victorian Poetry, or Temporality and Progress in Victorian Literature, and many others.
Get set! Our #StAndrewsDay sale is days away! Browse our books and top-up your shopping lists...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A great time to get Novel Institutions, or Narrating Irish Female Development, or The Gothic Forms of Victorian Poetry, or Temporality and Progress in Victorian Literature, and many others.
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Interesting article on the Royal Literary Fund, drawing on archival materials I catalogued at the British Library (as well as later papers still held at the Fund's offices): www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n....
From Dylan Thomas’ shopping list to a note from Sylvia Plath’s doctor: newly uncovered case files reveal the hidden lives of famous writers
Exclusive: Hardship grant applications to the Royal Literary Fund, including unseen letters by Doris Lessing and a note from James Joyce saying that he ‘gets nothing in the way of royalties’, show aut...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Interesting article on the Royal Literary Fund, drawing on archival materials I catalogued at the British Library (as well as later papers still held at the Fund's offices): www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n....
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Bargain copies of my book available for £11 this weekend in the @edinburghup.bsky.social St Andrew's Day sale 😎 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hydrofi...
Hydrofictions
Hydrofictions
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November 29, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Bargain copies of my book available for £11 this weekend in the @edinburghup.bsky.social St Andrew's Day sale 😎 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hydrofi...
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so lovely to see everyone this evening—please come tomorrow (Saturday 29th) to the Pearse Street Library from 10-4 and see just a fraction of the amazing book culture available in Ireland and from abroad!
#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
so lovely to see everyone this evening—please come tomorrow (Saturday 29th) to the Pearse Street Library from 10-4 and see just a fraction of the amazing book culture available in Ireland and from abroad!
#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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#DublinSmallPressFair2025
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Doing the media bit ahead of the Linenhall’s annual Ulster Scots Writing Competition. Me and my homeboy in the corner of the Governor’s room while Prof Hutchinson is waxing lyrical on the quality of this year’s entry
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Doing the media bit ahead of the Linenhall’s annual Ulster Scots Writing Competition. Me and my homeboy in the corner of the Governor’s room while Prof Hutchinson is waxing lyrical on the quality of this year’s entry
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Andrew Prescott’s ‘The Grand Challenges of Digital Humanities’ compels us to think through what it is that humanists are equipped to bring to the world in the digital age.
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#DigitalHumanities #GrandChallenges
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#DigitalHumanities #GrandChallenges
Grand Challenges for the Digital Humanities
Andrew Prescott’s The Grand Challenges of Digital Humanities compels us to think through what the humanities can bring to the world in the digital age.
jamescosullivan.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Andrew Prescott’s ‘The Grand Challenges of Digital Humanities’ compels us to think through what it is that humanists are equipped to bring to the world in the digital age.
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/grand-chal...
#DigitalHumanities #GrandChallenges
jamescosullivan.substack.com/p/grand-chal...
#DigitalHumanities #GrandChallenges
Great to read about the Rev Le Fanu’s library in @ria.ie - thanks @rothweeee.bsky.social - @nickdaly.bsky.social will be interested to know that there was mummy material in the family library
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts and ghouls. The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories, write @rothweeee.bsky.social & Ailbhe Rogers @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts & ghouls
The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories
www.rte.ie
November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Great to read about the Rev Le Fanu’s library in @ria.ie - thanks @rothweeee.bsky.social - @nickdaly.bsky.social will be interested to know that there was mummy material in the family library
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Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts and ghouls. The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories, write @rothweeee.bsky.social & Ailbhe Rogers @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts & ghouls
The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories
www.rte.ie
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Inside Sheridan Le Fanu's spooky world of Gothic ghosts and ghouls. The writer's early life in Dublin and reading material give valuable insights into his ghostly tales and supernatural horror stories, write @rothweeee.bsky.social & Ailbhe Rogers @ria.ie www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
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Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The November 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities is out now! Check it out for all the lastest #envhum scholarship
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Cover image: A Marshall Islands navigation chart collected by Thomas William Smillie in 1899. Smithsonian Institution Archives.
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Finally we have two new entries in the Living Lexicon for the Environmental Humanities:
"Hurakán Culture" by Yairen Jerez Columbié
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"Metabolism" by Molly MacVeagh
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"Hurakán Culture" by Yairen Jerez Columbié
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
"Metabolism" by Molly MacVeagh
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Finally we have two new entries in the Living Lexicon for the Environmental Humanities:
"Hurakán Culture" by Yairen Jerez Columbié
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
"Metabolism" by Molly MacVeagh
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
"Hurakán Culture" by Yairen Jerez Columbié
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
"Metabolism" by Molly MacVeagh
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
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Burns and Nature 🌳👨🌾🐭
Join us and the @natlibscot.bsky.social as we explore the Ploughman Poet’s relationship with nature through poetry, spoken word, song and film.
21st January 2026 | Kelvin Hall | 6pm
Book your free ticket here👇
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Join us and the @natlibscot.bsky.social as we explore the Ploughman Poet’s relationship with nature through poetry, spoken word, song and film.
21st January 2026 | Kelvin Hall | 6pm
Book your free ticket here👇
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Burns and Nature
An exploration of Robert Burns’ relationship to nature through poetry, spoken word and film.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Burns and Nature 🌳👨🌾🐭
Join us and the @natlibscot.bsky.social as we explore the Ploughman Poet’s relationship with nature through poetry, spoken word, song and film.
21st January 2026 | Kelvin Hall | 6pm
Book your free ticket here👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burns-and-...
Join us and the @natlibscot.bsky.social as we explore the Ploughman Poet’s relationship with nature through poetry, spoken word, song and film.
21st January 2026 | Kelvin Hall | 6pm
Book your free ticket here👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/burns-and-...
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On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
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Find out more:
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Poets Who Stopped: Lynnette Roberts
Join us as we explore the life and work of poet Lynnette Roberts, delving into why she stopped writing and the impact of her legacy.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
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This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
This year’s O’Donnell Lecture at the University of Edinburgh will be given by Professor @brendankanect.bsky.social of @earlymodirish.bsky.social fame. Brendan is Visiting Leverhulme Professor in Edinburgh in 2025 and 2026.
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Very sorry to be in Manchester this week & missing this - do go if you're in Cork!
On Wednesday @ucc.ie are hosting an amazing FREE event w/ poets @deanbrowne.bsky.social & @rosamundtaylor.bsky.social. Dean's debut collection After Party is published by @picadorbooks.bsky.social and Rosamund's verse novel Filly by @bansheepress.bsky.social
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Poets Dean Browne and Rosamund Taylor in conversation
UCC School of English & Digital Humanities presents a reading and discussion with two exceptional young Irish poets
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November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Very sorry to be in Manchester this week & missing this - do go if you're in Cork!
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Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Happy St Katherine's Day to all scholars, librarians, and Katherines. May you win an argument against an annoying man today, in the true spirit of Katherine herself.
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The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The 2025 Parnell Lecture in Irish Studies takes place today at 5:15pm, Cripps Court Auditorium, @magdalenecollege.bsky.social. Professor Colin Barr will be speaking on 'The Irish Pope: Paul Cullen, 1803-1878', with a wine reception to follow.
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I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
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Senior Researcher, UCD Information&Comms Studies,Temp 56 months | University Vacancies Ireland
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am looking for a Senior Researcher (at least 2 years postdoctoral exp.) for the LivePlatforms project into how people make livelihoods in the platform economy; a 5-year FT post based in the School of Info and Communication Studies at UCD. Do share widely!
universityvacancies.com/university-c...
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Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us at the Dublin Small Press Fair on November 28th for a discussion on Independent Publishing with:
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
🌠 Will Dady from @renardpress.com
🌠Eimear Ryan from @bansheepress.bsky.social
🌠Brendan MacEvilly from Holy Show
🌠and chaired by our very own Nidhi Zak / Aria Eipe
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 F 16, the O’Gara manuscript. Written in the Low Countries in the mid-17th C, this collection of poetry transmits important literary material from manuscript sources that have since been lost.
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The Manuscript of the Week is RIA MS 23 F 16, the O’Gara manuscript. Written in the Low Countries in the mid-17th C, this collection of poetry transmits important literary material from manuscript sources that have since been lost.
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You can read more in our new image gallery: Women’s Voices in the Rebellion Papers virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...
Virtual Treasury
Virtual Treasury
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November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You can read more in our new image gallery: Women’s Voices in the Rebellion Papers virtualtreasury.ie/image-galler...
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I am advertising a funded PhD scholarship on my new project LivePlatforms: Livelihoods in the Platform Economy Ecosystem. More details here: www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...
PhD Scholarship - LivePlatforms
PhD Scholarship - LivePlatforms: Livelihoods in the Platform Economy Ecosystem project funded by the ERC Advanced Grant.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I am advertising a funded PhD scholarship on my new project LivePlatforms: Livelihoods in the Platform Economy Ecosystem. More details here: www.ucd.ie/ics/vacancie...