British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)
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BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. https://irishstudies.co.uk/
🏅 Sophie O'Grady (English PhD) has won the @bairishstudies.bsky.social 2026 Postgraduate Essay Prize for her piece on censorship in Irish literature after independence 🇮🇪 @kingsenglish.bsky.social 🔗 Read more ⬇️
PhD student wins prize for essay on censorship in Irish literature | King's College London
Sophie O’Grady (English Research PhD) received the British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) Postgraduate Essay Prize.
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Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw "Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil
The public is invited to this free symposium on 11-12 June at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It aims to expand understandings of class in Ireland and bring local conditions into dialogue with global issues and international contexts. 👉 Register and see details here: go.nd.edu/irish-working-class
Congratulations to the BAIS 2026 winners ✨
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)@bairishstudies.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Awards and Bursaries, which will be presented at a reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on the 26th of May. Huge congratulations to all our winners! irishstudies.co.uk/2026/05/19/b... #IrishStudies #SpeirGorm
I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that story
Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise
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Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to @bairishstudies.bsky.social for these #IrishStudies Awards and Bursaries. We know how important thay are to PGRs and ECRs. Delighted that two of our students, David Proud and Fraser Cattini, are in the list. Well done all!
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)@bairishstudies.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Awards and Bursaries, which will be presented at a reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on the 26th of May. Huge congratulations to all our winners! irishstudies.co.uk/2026/05/19/b... #IrishStudies #SpeirGorm
❗TOMORROW❗ Join Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies and us for a talk by Dr Elizabeth Mullins on "Preserving the records of a Travelling Community" 🗓️6:15 pm, 20 May 🧭Central Teaching Hub @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving... #SkyStorians
Preserving the records of a Travelling Community
Exploring the role of place, faith, and social justice in an Irish archive - LUCAS Annual Lecture by Dr Elizabeth Mullins (UCD)
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Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social · 3mo agoDelighted to join the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies for the LUCAS Annual Lecture: "Preserving the records of a Travelling Community" by Dr Elizabeth Mullins @ucddublin.bsky.social 🗓️6:15pm, 20 May 🧭CTH @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1986317761... #HistorySky
A recording of Hedwig Schwall’s Irish Studies lecture on interactionality in contemporary Irish novels is available at m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7c3...
Irish Studies International Lecture: Hedwig Schwall
YouTube video by QUB Irish Studies
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We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Awards and Bursaries, which will be presented at a reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on the 26th of May. Huge congratulations to all our winners! irishstudies.co.uk/2026/05/19/b... #IrishStudies #SpeirGorm
British Association for Irish Studies Awards and Bursaries 2026
We are pleased to announce the winners for our 2026 awards and bursaries, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 26th May. BAIS would like to acknowledge the valuable support of the E…
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Also of interest to @bairishstudies.bsky.social, no doubt!
@irishtextssociety.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur annual Noel O’Connell Memorial Lecture, jointly organised with the Irish Literary Society, will be given this year by Nollaig Ó Muraíle on 'James Hardiman and his manuscript collection in the British Library’ at the Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith, on Thursday, 28 May 2026 at 7.30 p.m.
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Jan Carson@jancarsonwrites.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s mortifying to be scrambling to fill a bookstore event but that’s the reality. I’m in Scotland and England next week. There are tix left for these events. The London one will be cancelled if I don’t sell some tickets soon so all pre-bookings and help with getting the word out is appreciated.
Join our friends @sotauol.bsky.social for a book launch + roundtable on "Feminist theatre in a time of crisis", incl "The Gender Politics of Contemporary Performance in N. Ireland" by @accoupe.bsky.social 🗓️3pm, 6 May 2026 🧭SOTA Library + online www.liverpool.ac.uk/new-and-inte... #IrishStudies
Feminist theatre in a time of crisis: book launch and roundtable | Centre for New and International Writing | University of Liverpool
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Join us today at 5:30pm in the Parlour, Magdalene College, for the first Easter Term meeting of the CGIS. Parnell Fellow Prof Colin Barr will give his paper, 'O’Connell’s Heirs: Irish Catholics and Liberal Democracy.' All welcome! @magdalenecollege.bsky.social
New series announcement | LUP is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies. Read more here:
LUP launches new series: Pioneering Peace
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies led by series editor Brandon Hamber, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace at the International Conflict Research Unit (INCORE) at Ulster University. Professor Hamber said: ‘Peace remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Building on decades of work at INCORE, we are committed to transcending traditional narratives and embracing diverse perspectives on peace.
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A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website: irishstudies.co.uk
British Association for Irish Studies
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My next article, which explores maternal mortality and the National Tale, is now up on Google books.google.com/books/about/...
Race, Violence, and Form: Reframing Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Irish literary studies has long subordinated the nineteenth century to the experimental triumphs of Irish modernism, variously dismissing its achievements as too indebted to British forms to be truly ...
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‘Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society through Archaeology, History and Experimental Archaeology’ University of Chester, 2021-2022 research seminar. youtu.be/jFBXAivgd5s?...
Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society
YouTube video by University of Chester
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REMINDER our PGR prizes are open for entries until TUESDAY 17 MARCH
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)@bairishstudies.bsky.social · 8mo ago📣 BAIS PRIZES 2026: We are pleased to announce our Book, Essay and Bursary prizes for 2026! See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility: irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
This sounds really interesting congratulations to all involved. And there is 30% off!
Caitríona Beaumont@caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 5mo ago📢 New book alert 📢 via @manchesterup.bsky.social. New insights into #womenshistory #Irishhistory via lens of leisure. My chapter argues how Irish Countrywomen's Association created opportunities for fun & leisure for rural women. Afterword by @clairelanghamer.bsky.social. @whaireland.bsky.social 🥳
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article and an interview in our non-themed issue, RISE 8.1! ''Understanding Bernarda': Veronica Coburn's unpublished version of La Casa de Bernarda Alba', by María del Mar González Chacón Find the issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
Join us tomorrow, Tues 3rd Mar, 17:15 in the Parlour, Magdalene College for the final meeting of Lent Term. Prof Ciara Breathnach (UCC) will be giving her paper titled 'All That was Lost: Digitised Newspapers as Surrogate Irish Archives’. All welcome! @magdalenecollege.bsky.social @ucc.ie
Liz DeYoung’s 'Power, Politics and Territory in the New Northern Ireland’ has just been released in paperback by Liverpool UP. Winner of the 2023 ACIS Murphy Prize, we hosted the NI launch in Jan 2024. Many congrats Liz! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Power, Politics and Territory in the ‘New Northern Ireland’ | Home
Girdwood Barracks and the Story of the Peace Process
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Just a little over a week left to get those entries in.
Women’s History Association of Ireland@whaireland.bsky.social · 6mo agoOur Annual MacCurtain/Cullen prize is now open for entries. The competition is open to current or recent BA or MA/MPhil students. closing date for entries is 1 March 2026. womenshistoryassociation.com/grants-prizes/
If you’re in or around NYC Friday 6 March, you should RSVP for the Irish Studies Seminar and hear me waffle about care, injurability, and the Gothic. Then we’ll go for pints. Or Manhattans. universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/iris...
Irish Studies | Welcome to The Columbia University Seminars
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A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website: irishstudies.co.uk
British Association for Irish Studies
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Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history. 🗓️Friday 27th February 🕕18.00-21.00 📍Goldsmiths, University of London, Richard Hoggart Building Cinema Book your free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-la...
Sharing Lands screening of 'Sinners'
Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history.
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Fellow Irish Studies postgrads!! Do this!!!
British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS)@bairishstudies.bsky.social · 6mo agoA reminder that our Postgraduate Essay and Bursary prizes are now open for applications! Deadline for submissions 17 March 2026 See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility: irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
