Wonderful way to begin the St. Patrick’s celebrations with our dear Cassandra S. Tully and her plenary talk about Oscar Wilde’s descent from celebrity to criminal.

We are delighted to organize the second edition of our “Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa de la UEx”. You can find more information about the event here ciscaceres.weebly.com/st-patricks-.... Come join us for a great time! 🍀

We are honored to have Denis Rafter with us this year as part of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations, and we are glad to announce that anyone can come enjoy his show at Espacio UEx in Cáceres (take note the act will be in Spanish).

Hello hello! We're very pleased to announce that we are coming back with our St. Patrick's celebrations on the 17th. We are truly grateful to all our collaborators for supporting and celebrating Irish culture with us. Check out this year's activities:

REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27. 👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805 @lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social

Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies@ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The Keough-Naughton Institute invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral fellowship in Irish Studies. This fellowship is open exclusively to scholars who have received their Ph.D. from institutions *outside* the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. 👉 See more details: apply.interfolio.com/176805

Happy holidays from the Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres! 🎄☘️💚

Congrats to Dr. Sotoca! 👏✨🍀

Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández@sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 9mo ago

So I just turned Dr. Sotoca last Friday! ✨ Thank you to all my colleagues at @cirishcaceres.bsky.social and to my PhD Supervisor @linguistonbike.bsky.social for being the best companions throughout this process. Go raibh maith agat! 🍀

Really proud of David Sotoca Fernández @cirishcaceres.bsky.social who did a great PhD defence last Friday and passed with flying colours! 🎓🎊🎉Congratulations 👏💯👏@sotocafernandez.bsky.social @uexdivulga.bsky.social

So happy I had the chance to deliver our presentation "Ethically Curating Legacy Digital Audio and Textual Data for Open Science", coauthored with Prof. Karen P. Corrigan and @linguistonbike.bsky.social at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social. I can't wait to be back in Granada soon! 💖

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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández@sotocafernandez.bsky.social · 11mo ago

So excited to present my research alongside @linguistonbike.bsky.social and Nancy Avila Ledesma at @fomaplaymeeting.bsky.social

AEDEI opens two calls that will support quality research in the field of Irish Studies in Spain: the Eibhear Walshe Research Grants. One call funds one pre-doctoral project, and another one supports a postdoctoral/ senior research project. Deadline for applications is open until 15th September.

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · last yr.

Back after the coffee break (bring your walking shoes! getting a few steps in today 🏃‍♀️): David Sotoca Fernández & Carolina Amador-Moreno presenting on "Letter-writing and speech act analysis: Tracing (im)politeness patterns in historical Irish English" #SpeechActsWorkshop #ICAME46

Last week, project member Dr. Iria Seijas Pérez attended the 23rd AEDEI conference at the Universidad de Huelva, where she talked about sapphic terminology in Irish YA fiction with wonderful colleague David Sotoca Fernández from Universidad de Extremadura 📚📝📒

Today marks the end of yet another wonderful and enriching AEDEI conference surrounded by dear friends and colleagues. Always a pleasure to come back to our academic family.

Jesus Candelario Menacho, Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, Sara Diaz Sierra, David Sotoca Fernández (@sotocafernandez.bsky.social) and Noelia Carmona Rivero (@noeliacr.bsky.social) represented The Center of Irish Studies in Caceres at the wonderful AEDEI 2025 conference in Huelva. Great job, guys! 💖🍀

Jesús Candelario Menacho and David Sotoca Fernández delivered their paper “Tracing (Im)politeness through cross-cultural historical corpora” at the AEDEI 2025 conference this morning in Huelva 💖👏

Dr. Sara Díaz Sierra presented her paper titled “France’s Molloy’s Portrayal of a South Derry accent in No Mate for the Magpie” at the AEDEI 2025 conference in Huelva this morning 💖🍀

Our member Noelia Carmona (@noeliacr.bsky.social) presented her paper “Exploring Male Identities in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland through Donal Ryan’s The Spinning Heart (2012) and Heart, Be at Peace (2024)” this morning at the AEDEI 2025 Conference in Huelva 👏🍀

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Dr. David Sotoca-Fernández@sotocafernandez.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted to have presented my talk “From Dyke to Lesbian: The Uses of Sapphic Terminology in Irish Young Adult Fiction” with the wonderful Dr. Iria Seijas-Pérez at the AEDEI 2025 Conference in Huelva 💖🍀

Presenting the results from my latest article “If this be Irish gratitude, I could wish myself a Frenchman” at the #CILC25 Conference in Salamanca this morning. Thank you to everyone involved for such an enriching experience!

Our members @linguistonbike.bsky.social @sotocafernandez.bsky.social and Nancy E. Avila Ledesma have presented their research concerning political discourse in historical correspondence in Irish English today at the CILC25 conference at the USAL 🍀

@irishstudieswue.bsky.social @irishstudiesshu.bsky.social @irishinstitute.bsky.social @leabhairnua.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @smuhalifax.bsky.social #Ireland #theIrish #conflict #19c #SSNCI #IrishStudies

Dr Paul Huddie@paulhuddie.bsky.social · last yr.

@ssnci.bsky.social New Perspectives on Conflict and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century is out on 28 July 2025! Order a copy for yourself, your class or your library via www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.... #SSNCI #IrishStudies #conflict

The festivities of St. Patrick’s also had a special appearance in @cextremadura.bsky.social 🍀🥳 In the snippet you can see the students of IES Ágora having a grand time dancing the céilidh! 💃🏻🕺🏻 Go raibh maith agat 💫💖

The school San Antonio de Padua in Cáceres enjoyed a wee bit of a céilidh last St Patrick’s Day during the I Jornadas de Difusión de la cultura irlandesa 🍀 see you next time!! 👇🏻✨ www.instagram.com/share/_zBn2C...

Our friends from the IES Téllez enjoyed themselves yesterday during the Jornadas de Difusión and we with them! 🥰 Check them out here 👇🏻 www.instagram.com/stories/brit...

What a fabulous day we had yesterday celebrating St Patrick’s day during our first Jornadas de Difusión de la cultura irlandesa! ✨☘️

El Periódico Extremadura@elperiodicoextremadura.com · last yr.

La Facultad de Filosofía y Letras organiza una jornada con motivo de San Patricio en la que participan 70 estudiantes de cuatro institutos

La Facultad de Filosofía y Letras organiza una jornada con motivo de San Patricio en la que participan 70 estudiantes de cuatro institutos

Clase magistral para aprender caligrafía celta en Cáceres

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We had a great St. Patrick's Day celebration today! Thank you to all the participants. ¡Gracias y hasta el año que viene! 💚

Center of Irish Studies in Cáceres@cirishcaceres.bsky.social · last yr.

Starting our Jornadas de Difusión de la Cultura Irlandesa for St. Patrick’s day with a wonderful plenary session by Prof. Ana M. Terrazas Calero, from the Univerity of Bergen, titled “A Literary Journey through Dublin” 🍀 📚

To wrap up, a wonderful band played some bits of Irish music for our students! Thank you so much for coming and have a happy St. Patrick’s! 🍀💖

Our member Carolina Fernández Quintanilla has been in charge of a final workshop on Celtic Calligraphy for the students from the Colegio San Antonio de Padua in Cáceres ✍️ 🖋️🍀✨