Irish Studies at QUB
@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social
Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast. An interdisciplinary research institute for all aspects of Irish culture, history, politics and society. See 'Lists' for more info. Find us at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/
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 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...
We'll be celebrating our first 60 years with a drinks reception following our Irish Studies seminar on Monday 8th December - please join us!
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We'll be celebrating our first 60 years with a drinks reception following our Irish Studies seminar on Monday 8th December - please join us!
Launch of Honoured the latest volume of Irish Legal History Society discourses, Confluences of Law and History, in Belfast on Friday, November 14th.
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Launch of Honoured the latest volume of Irish Legal History Society discourses, Confluences of Law and History, in Belfast on Friday, November 14th.
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
We are co-hosting on 3 Dec. a conference on 'From Boundary Commission to Border Poll? A Century of the Irish Border'. This is a free event, but registration is required (by 26 Nov.). Info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
On Monday 17 November we'll be joined by Luca Bertolani Azeredo (Scuola Superiore Meridionale, Naples), who will speak on 'The Enniskillen Horse: illegality, legitimacy and the birth of Irish paramilitarism'. All welcome, in-person or online. Registration is at: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
On 10 November we will be joined by Hiram Morgan (UCC), who will talk about '"Anatomies of death": forced famine in the Tudor conquest of Ireland'. All welcome, in-person or online: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
On 10 November we will be joined by Hiram Morgan (UCC), who will talk about '"Anatomies of death": forced famine in the Tudor conquest of Ireland'. All welcome, in-person or online: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Our next seminar is on Monday 3 Nov. When Elena Bergia will speak on ‘In two stirrups: Identities in motion between Northern Ireland and Casalattico (Italy)’. All welcome in person/online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Our next seminar is on Monday 3 Nov. When Elena Bergia will speak on ‘In two stirrups: Identities in motion between Northern Ireland and Casalattico (Italy)’. All welcome in person/online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
A reminder that our next Irish Studies seminar, on Monday 13 Oct. at 4.30, will now be online only via Teams - please register at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A reminder that our next Irish Studies seminar, on Monday 13 Oct. at 4.30, will now be online only via Teams - please register at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
Those who like a chaser to their House of Guinness will be delighted to hear that 'Whiskey Trade Review' (Dublin), 1893-6. has been added to the British newspaper Archive
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www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/resul...
October 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Those who like a chaser to their House of Guinness will be delighted to hear that 'Whiskey Trade Review' (Dublin), 1893-6. has been added to the British newspaper Archive
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/resul...
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/resul...
On Monday 20 October we welcome Dr Ian d'Alton to QUB Irish Studies to talk about '1932 - seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence'. All welcome in-person and online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
On Monday 20 October we welcome Dr Ian d'Alton to QUB Irish Studies to talk about '1932 - seeing the same world differently: Irish Catholics and Protestants a decade after independence'. All welcome in-person and online. www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
October events at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
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October 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
October events at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's
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Assistant Prof of Modern Ireland post at Notre Dame
September 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Assistant Prof of Modern Ireland post at Notre Dame
BC Irish Studies is inviting applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
BC Irish Studies is inviting applications for visiting summer Burns fellowships in 2026, 2027, & 2028
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
The application is open to researchers and writers in any discipline pertaining to Irish Studies. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply
apply.interfolio.com/174086
On 13 October we will welcome Dr Shinjini Chattopadhyay (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) to speak on 'Critical cosmopolitanism and Irish identity in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake'. All welcome, in-person or online. REgister at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
September 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
On 13 October we will welcome Dr Shinjini Chattopadhyay (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) to speak on 'Critical cosmopolitanism and Irish identity in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake'. All welcome, in-person or online. REgister at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
On Monday 6th Oct. we will be joined by Dr Alexandra Maclennan (Caen), who will speak on Cardinal Owen McCann (1907-94): die Roomse gevaar in apartheid South Africa'.
All welcome (in-person and online)
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[image courtesy of Southern Cross archive]
All welcome (in-person and online)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
[image courtesy of Southern Cross archive]
September 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
On Monday 6th Oct. we will be joined by Dr Alexandra Maclennan (Caen), who will speak on Cardinal Owen McCann (1907-94): die Roomse gevaar in apartheid South Africa'.
All welcome (in-person and online)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
[image courtesy of Southern Cross archive]
All welcome (in-person and online)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
[image courtesy of Southern Cross archive]
Job opportunity: Engagement and Outreach Officer at the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies - please let anyone know who might be interested ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
The link to NI Jobs is here – www.nijobs.com/job/Outreach...
The link to NI Jobs is here – www.nijobs.com/job/Outreach...
September 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Job opportunity: Engagement and Outreach Officer at the Mellon Centre for Migration Studies - please let anyone know who might be interested ce0568li.webitrent.com/ce0568li_web...
The link to NI Jobs is here – www.nijobs.com/job/Outreach...
The link to NI Jobs is here – www.nijobs.com/job/Outreach...
On 29 Sept. Noelle Moran and Caitlin O'Neill of @ucdpress.bsky.social will be leading a workshop on publishing in Irish Studies - all welcome in-person or online
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www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
September 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On 29 Sept. Noelle Moran and Caitlin O'Neill of @ucdpress.bsky.social will be leading a workshop on publishing in Irish Studies - all welcome in-person or online
www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
We corrected a couple of typos in our semester 1 seminar list - here's the updated version. All events are free and available in hybrid format.
September 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
We corrected a couple of typos in our semester 1 seminar list - here's the updated version. All events are free and available in hybrid format.
Our Irish Studies Seminar programme for the autumn is now available - all events will be in hybrid format and everyone is welcome. For more info and registration: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
September 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our Irish Studies Seminar programme for the autumn is now available - all events will be in hybrid format and everyone is welcome. For more info and registration: www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Our first Irish Studies seminar of the new year will be our very own Dom Bryan on 22 Sept speaking on 'Authenticity, history and everyday nationalism: comparing Irish pubs to McDonald's restaurants'. In-person and online - all welcome. Register at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Our first Irish Studies seminar of the new year will be our very own Dom Bryan on 22 Sept speaking on 'Authenticity, history and everyday nationalism: comparing Irish pubs to McDonald's restaurants'. In-person and online - all welcome. Register at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...
Heaney time with our summer schoolers
July 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Heaney time with our summer schoolers
Great presentations by our ECRs Constantin Torve and Susie Deedigan
June 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Great presentations by our ECRs Constantin Torve and Susie Deedigan
Learning about the wonderful Irish Studies work going on across the world at the ‘Future of Irish Studies’ conference at the Irish College Leuven - Co-hosted by @lcis-leuven.bsky.social and @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Learning about the wonderful Irish Studies work going on across the world at the ‘Future of Irish Studies’ conference at the Irish College Leuven - Co-hosted by @lcis-leuven.bsky.social and @ndirishstudies.bsky.social
Our Irish Studies summer school was at the Ulster American Folk Park today
June 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our Irish Studies summer school was at the Ulster American Folk Park today
The biennial conference of the Nordic Irish Studies Network, with a theme of “Mapping and Counter-Mapping Ireland,” will take place 24-26 Sept at Uppsala. CFP at nisnetwork.org/nisn-confere...
June 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The biennial conference of the Nordic Irish Studies Network, with a theme of “Mapping and Counter-Mapping Ireland,” will take place 24-26 Sept at Uppsala. CFP at nisnetwork.org/nisn-confere...