Yesterday, Thirthankar Chakraborty concluded this term’s LCIS lecture series with an enthusiastic and insightful presentation on Beckettian themes and the post-Independence Indian novel. We wish him the very best as he completes his forthcoming book on the subject!

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.

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.

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

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....

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✨

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.

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...

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.

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.

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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