Leuven Centre for Irish Studies (LCIS)
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LCIS is a research centre which aims to foster, promote and disseminate research on Ireland in a European context. The manifold relations between Ireland and the rest of Europe are investigated by researchers from different disciplines.
REMINDER: This Wednesday is already the last LCIS lecture of this year! Come and join us at 4.30 pm in the Jos Crentenzaal (Erasmushuis) to listen to Thirthankar Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology), who will deliver his lecture on Samuel Beckett and the post-independence Indian novel.
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
REMINDER: This Wednesday is already the last LCIS lecture of this year! Come and join us at 4.30 pm in the Jos Crentenzaal (Erasmushuis) to listen to Thirthankar Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology), who will deliver his lecture on Samuel Beckett and the post-independence Indian novel.
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The CFP for the American Conference of Irish Studies' 2026 national meeting in Denver closes on 12 December. More info here: acisweb.org/conferences/...
ACIS National Conference 2026 | American Conference for Irish Studies – An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann
When a massive strike of silver miners in Leadville, Colorado exploded in May of 1880, Michael Mooney—the Dubin-born leader of the union—declared “We may not have the whole American flag…
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December 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The CFP for the American Conference of Irish Studies' 2026 national meeting in Denver closes on 12 December. More info here: acisweb.org/conferences/...
Thank you very much to Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton for presenting yesterday’s LCIS lecture! And thanks to Barbara Baert for bringing along her bright students, all of whom were keen to learn about the transmission of Franciscan iconography between the European continent and Ireland.
December 2, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Thank you very much to Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton for presenting yesterday’s LCIS lecture! And thanks to Barbara Baert for bringing along her bright students, all of whom were keen to learn about the transmission of Franciscan iconography between the European continent and Ireland.
REMINDER: This coming Monday, Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton (University College Cork) will deliver the next LCIS lecture on Franciscan iconography in Ireland. The event will take place in MSI 02.08 from 2 to 4pm. More information can be found on our website: tinyurl.com/4bjcced5.
LCIS Lecture: Malgorzata D'Aughton - 'Institutional Ideals and Identity: the Image of St Francis of Assisi in Late Medieval Ireland'
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November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
REMINDER: This coming Monday, Małgorzata Krasnodębska-D’Aughton (University College Cork) will deliver the next LCIS lecture on Franciscan iconography in Ireland. The event will take place in MSI 02.08 from 2 to 4pm. More information can be found on our website: tinyurl.com/4bjcced5.
The two final speakers for this term’s LCIS lecture series have arrived safe and sound at the Irish College Leuven and will be presenting their research soon! More information on both speakers and their research can be found on our website: tinyurl.com/4z3m8dfb
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The two final speakers for this term’s LCIS lecture series have arrived safe and sound at the Irish College Leuven and will be presenting their research soon! More information on both speakers and their research can be found on our website: tinyurl.com/4z3m8dfb
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Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
November 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland.
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille).
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
LCIS is looking forward to attending this week’s (fully booked!) interview with Paul Murray, co-organised by Boektopia and Irish College Leuven: tinyurl.com/mr2z9rwa%F0%...
Boektopia op toer - Een avond met Paul Murray (VOLZET) | Bibliotheek Leuven
Van de Booker Prize shortlist tot het nachttafeltje van nagenoeg iedereen: De bijensteek is een van de grote romans van onze tijd. Ontmoet auteur Paul Murray en je merkt meteen waarom dat zo is.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
LCIS is looking forward to attending this week’s (fully booked!) interview with Paul Murray, co-organised by Boektopia and Irish College Leuven: tinyurl.com/mr2z9rwa%F0%...
On November 12th, EFACIS will organise its second book club of this term, this time focusing on Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting (2023). More information on the book club and how to register can be found here: www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
On November 12th, EFACIS will organise its second book club of this term, this time focusing on Paul Murray’s The Bee Sting (2023). More information on the book club and how to register can be found here: www.efacis.eu/content/efac....
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Quick reminder to make sure you get your tickets for our 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture in good time as previous Heaney Lectures were oversubscribed.
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Quick reminder to make sure you get your tickets for our 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture in good time as previous Heaney Lectures were oversubscribed.
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
🗓️ 6:00 pm, 13 November
🧭 Paul Brett LT, Yoko Ono Lennon Centre @liverpooluni.bsky.social
FREE registration REQUIRED: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765402248...
A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Jessica Bundschuh in Leuven for an inspiring lecture on the poetics of Northern Irish writer Susannah Dickey and much more. Together with Sharon Marcus, she set a great tone for this term’s LCIS lecture series.
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of welcoming Professor Jessica Bundschuh in Leuven for an inspiring lecture on the poetics of Northern Irish writer Susannah Dickey and much more. Together with Sharon Marcus, she set a great tone for this term’s LCIS lecture series.
Many thanks to Professor Sharon Marcus for sharing her fascinating research with us during yesterday’s LCIS lecture! Thanks as well to everyone who attended the event and contributed such thoughtful questions✨
October 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Many thanks to Professor Sharon Marcus for sharing her fascinating research with us during yesterday’s LCIS lecture! Thanks as well to everyone who attended the event and contributed such thoughtful questions✨
REMINDER: Everyone is welcome to join Professor Sharon Marcus (Columbia University) for a lecture on the Bildungsroman in Goethe and Rooney tomorrow at 12 pm in MSI 01.08. More information here: tinyurl.com/52e52e4e.
October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
REMINDER: Everyone is welcome to join Professor Sharon Marcus (Columbia University) for a lecture on the Bildungsroman in Goethe and Rooney tomorrow at 12 pm in MSI 01.08. More information here: tinyurl.com/52e52e4e.
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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
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Check out the latest @efacis.bsky.social newsletter for information on our upcoming Roundtable on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing"
Register for the online event (Monday 13 October, 6pm Irish Time) here - all are welcome!
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Register for the online event (Monday 13 October, 6pm Irish Time) here - all are welcome!
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September 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Check out the latest @efacis.bsky.social newsletter for information on our upcoming Roundtable on "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing"
Register for the online event (Monday 13 October, 6pm Irish Time) here - all are welcome!
🔗👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register for the online event (Monday 13 October, 6pm Irish Time) here - all are welcome!
🔗👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Join the online EFACIS Book Club on 15 October for a discussion of Michael Magee's novel Close to Home (2023)!
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
September 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Join the online EFACIS Book Club on 15 October for a discussion of Michael Magee's novel Close to Home (2023)!
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
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ICYMI: Scholars from around the world gathered this summer in Belgium to take stock of the state of Irish Studies and plan for the field’s further development.
The Keough-Naughton Institute organized the event w/ support from @lcis-leuven.bsky.social.
Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/future-...
The Keough-Naughton Institute organized the event w/ support from @lcis-leuven.bsky.social.
Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/future-...
September 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ICYMI: Scholars from around the world gathered this summer in Belgium to take stock of the state of Irish Studies and plan for the field’s further development.
The Keough-Naughton Institute organized the event w/ support from @lcis-leuven.bsky.social.
Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/future-...
The Keough-Naughton Institute organized the event w/ support from @lcis-leuven.bsky.social.
Read more: irishstudies.nd.edu/news/future-...
One week left to send in your applications for the LCIS Visiting Scholars Programme. The deadline for the January/February 2026 fellowship is 1 October 2025.
More information on the programme at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis...
More information on the programme at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis...
September 22, 2025 at 9:26 AM
One week left to send in your applications for the LCIS Visiting Scholars Programme. The deadline for the January/February 2026 fellowship is 1 October 2025.
More information on the programme at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis...
More information on the programme at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis...
At LCIS we're very much looking forward to welcoming Irish Studies scholars from all over the world for the Future of Irish Studies Conference, organised by the Keough-Naughton Institute of Irish Studies of the University of Notre Dame.
June 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
At LCIS we're very much looking forward to welcoming Irish Studies scholars from all over the world for the Future of Irish Studies Conference, organised by the Keough-Naughton Institute of Irish Studies of the University of Notre Dame.
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The EFACIS PhD representatives are pleased to announce a summer writing retreat for PhD students and early-career researchers at the Irish College Leuven. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the survey at the link below before 13/6!
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/summ....
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/summ....
EFACIS Writing Retreat for PhD + Early-Career Scholars
We would like to thank those who could attend the PhD meeting in Turku; it was great meeting you and having your feedback regarding the upcoming project we talked to you about. For those who could not...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The EFACIS PhD representatives are pleased to announce a summer writing retreat for PhD students and early-career researchers at the Irish College Leuven. If you are interested in joining, please fill out the survey at the link below before 13/6!
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/summ....
More information at www.efacis.eu/content/summ....
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Episode 60 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast is now online!
Emily Cooper and Dean Fee, the editors of The Pig's Back, talk to Tim Groenland about editing the magazine, literary journals in Ireland, cover designs and much more.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at www.efacis.eu/podcast.
Emily Cooper and Dean Fee, the editors of The Pig's Back, talk to Tim Groenland about editing the magazine, literary journals in Ireland, cover designs and much more.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at www.efacis.eu/podcast.
May 29, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Episode 60 of the Irish Itinerary Podcast is now online!
Emily Cooper and Dean Fee, the editors of The Pig's Back, talk to Tim Groenland about editing the magazine, literary journals in Ireland, cover designs and much more.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at www.efacis.eu/podcast.
Emily Cooper and Dean Fee, the editors of The Pig's Back, talk to Tim Groenland about editing the magazine, literary journals in Ireland, cover designs and much more.
Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or at www.efacis.eu/podcast.
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@elkedhoker.bsky.social had a really interesting presentation Mary Lavin's uncollected short stories in periodicals, want to go read some of them now!
May 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@elkedhoker.bsky.social had a really interesting presentation Mary Lavin's uncollected short stories in periodicals, want to go read some of them now!
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Join us for the EFACIS Book Club tomorrow!
We will be discussing Clair Wills' Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets (2024).
More info on how to join at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
We will be discussing Clair Wills' Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets (2024).
More info on how to join at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
April 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Join us for the EFACIS Book Club tomorrow!
We will be discussing Clair Wills' Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets (2024).
More info on how to join at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
We will be discussing Clair Wills' Missing Persons, or My Grandmother's Secrets (2024).
More info on how to join at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...
We were delighted to welcome writer Mary Costello to Leuven on Monday 24 March!
Mary read from her work and talked with Elke D'hoker, followed by a lively Q&A session.
Many thanks to @efacis.bsky.social and Culture Ireland for making this EFACIS Irish Itinerary possible.
Mary read from her work and talked with Elke D'hoker, followed by a lively Q&A session.
Many thanks to @efacis.bsky.social and Culture Ireland for making this EFACIS Irish Itinerary possible.
March 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We were delighted to welcome writer Mary Costello to Leuven on Monday 24 March!
Mary read from her work and talked with Elke D'hoker, followed by a lively Q&A session.
Many thanks to @efacis.bsky.social and Culture Ireland for making this EFACIS Irish Itinerary possible.
Mary read from her work and talked with Elke D'hoker, followed by a lively Q&A session.
Many thanks to @efacis.bsky.social and Culture Ireland for making this EFACIS Irish Itinerary possible.
Don't forget to register for the reading and Q&A with writer Mary Costello on Monday!
On 24 March, the LCIS welcomes Irish author Mary Costello for a reading and Q&A. This event takes place in the Irish College Leuven from 6 till 7.30pm.
Entrance is free, but please register at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/news-ev...
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Entrance is free, but please register at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/news-ev...
#irishstudies
March 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Don't forget to register for the reading and Q&A with writer Mary Costello on Monday!