An exciting Gothic conference that I'm co-organising with Strawberry Hill House and a few other organisations, to be held at Strawberry Hill next June. Please circulate the CFP far and wide: www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/gothic-confe...

Gothic Conference 2027 - Strawberry Hill House & Garden

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#AcademicSky and #IrishStudies Would anyone have a pdf of Rosemary Erickson Johnsen, “The House and the Hallucination in Tana French’s New Irish Gothic” in Domestic Noir, 2018, pp. 221-23 I seem to have misplaced by copy!

CfP reminder: submissions are still open for JEPS 12.2 (Winter 2027)! We welcome articles on periodicals from the 17th century to today, across disciplines. 📆 Deadline: 1 December 2026. 📩 Submit: openjournals/ugent.be/jeps #periodicalstudies #cfp #callforsubmissions #articles #jeps

We had to reschedule this last year, but it's now happening as part of the Dublin Book Festival, free booking below: dublinbookfestival.com/event/if-thi...

If This Be Magic - Dublin Book Festival

Join us at Dublin Book Festival 2026 for an event exploring Shakespeare in translation with author Daniel Hahn

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Tim Groenland@groenbot.bsky.social · last yr.

Translators, readers, anyone interested in literary translation! Come to @molimuseum.bsky.social next Monday night to see multi-award-winning translator, author and editor Daniel Hahn in conversation with Sinéad Mac Aodha. Tickets €5/free for MoLI members. moli.ie/events/a-lif...

This article was very much a labour of love, and it took even longer than usual to be published, so I really mean it when I say I am DELIGHTED to see it in print. I have free prints if anyone needs one! www.tandfonline.com/eprint/VXW3P...

Growing up as a Girl in Edgeworthstown House, c.1782–1807: the Experiences of Elizabeth and Charlotte Edgeworth

Maria and Richard Lovell Edgeworth are hailed as educational pioneers whose jointly-authored work, Practical Education (1798), outlines methods that are grounded in and illustrated by accounts of t...

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I'm one of the speakers at this event in the National Library on 24 September, so if that isn't enough to put you off, do come! You need to register but it's free.

National Library of Ireland@nlireland.bsky.social · 3w ago

🌙 Dublin By Dusk | Twilight Talks Join us for our first Twilight Talks, exploring how NLI collections have shaped readers’ research. 📅 Thurs, 24 Sep, 6.30pm: https://ow.ly/XIQJ50ZKnbl Four 15-minute talks on: Sarah Curran, 1950s Irish homes, the 1932 Tailteann Games and Michael Davitt.

The annual service commemorating #ElizabethBowen takes place today in North Cork. Always worth venturing out for this special occasion and Dr Mary Breen, this year’s speaker, will be brilliant!

The Elizabeth Bowen Society@bowensociety.bsky.social · last mo.

Annual service, in commem of Elizabeth Bowen, Sun 13th Sep, St Colman’s Church Farahy, 3.30pm. Speaker: Dr Mary Breen, former Lecturer at the Department of English, UCC. Service by The Rev’d Dr R. B MacCarthy. The Clerks Choral led by Mr Colin Nicholls and Dr Ian Sexton. Tea after in Doneraile.

New call for submissions: JEPS 12.2 Open Issue (Winter 2027). We welcome 5,000-8,000 word articles on periodicals, especially transnational, cross-language, cross-period, and interdisciplinary work. Deadline: December 1, 2026. Details: on the call and the website (openjournals.ugent.be/jeps).

The latest issue of Victorian Popular Fictions is now OUT! Read the full issue on our website: victorianpopularfiction.org/publications...

Victorian Popular Fictions volume 8 issue 1 (Spring 2026)

Table of Contents ArticlesJulia Kuehn and Diane Eveline van den Brink. The Good, the Bad, and the Popular: The Question of a Popular Canon and Other Methodological ContemplationsLinda K. Hughes. Cr…

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Just in from @newislandbooks.bsky.social , Carlo Gebler's biographical account of his mother Edna O'Brien. (I'm greatly looking forward to this myself) #speirgorm

IASIL 2027 CFP now live! Children of the Nation 28 June – 2 July 2027 University of Otago, Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka Aotearoa New Zealand #IrishStudies #AcademicSky #SpeirGorm Share widely! www.iasil.org/conference-2...

If you work on the 19th-c press and are looking at bills for travel, repro fees, etc., applying for a Curran Fellowship should be a no-brainer. Not a lot of hoops to jump through, and the folks making the decisions are researchers just like you. These are open to anybody, of any age, anywhere. #C19

Research Society for Victorian Periodicals@rs4vp.org · 2mo ago

📢 It's Curran Fellowship time! These awards support research on #19thC periodicals as objects of study in their own right. Multiple awards of up to $6,000 (USD) are given each year, thanks to the generosity and enduring legacy of Eileen Curran. Apps due 15 Oct. Full guidelines here: buff.ly/Vw4Q3Tr

JOBS! We’re currently looking for two people to join us in the School of English @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Lecturer in Creative Writing jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1086; Lecturer in English Language (with interests in DH) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1087 Both are FT ongoing appointments

Remembering Edna O'Brien who died two years ago today.

We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Curran Index User Survey

Thanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...

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I’m delighted by the review of my recent book (Ireland in the Life and Work of C.S. Lewis) in this weekend’s Irish Times. 😊 www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

CS Lewis’s rich Irishness gives the lie to the ‘buttoned-up Englishman’ stereotype

As an ‘alternative’ Ulster Protestant with parents from Cork, his Irishness has been marginalised and reduced

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Looking forward to discussing conflict, activism, food and the radical possibilities of artistic practice as part of the PATHOS public engagement programme @ilfdublin.bsky.social - Stirring the Pot with Hannah Khalil, Roxana Manouchehri & Bojana Janković. Tickets here: share.google/ZYjGWwwsgLKW...

Congratulations and thank you Sara- a fascinating and important documentary on the life and writing of Rosa Mulholland.

Dr Sara Lodge@victoriandetective.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Huge thanks to @kslaing.bsky.social , James T Murphy, @susancahill.bsky.social, the Jesuit Archives in Dublin, & the good people of Inishbofin, who agreed to share their expertise on Rosa Mulholland for tonight’s documentary. Tune in at 6pm!

Delighted to be series editor for Cambridge Elements in Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture. If you have something cool and interesting you’d like to work with us on please get in touch (micrograph 20-30k) www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

Women, Gender and Sexuality in Premodern Literature and Culture

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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On Sunday 15th February at 6pm, RTE Lyric FM are broadcasting my feature documentary about Rosa Mulholland, pioneer Victorian novelist, poet, feminist, & leading figure in the Irish Revival. Please consider tuning in, either on Sunday or afterwards, on ‘listen again’: t.co/Hj1WVqBU9X

In @unioflimerick.bsky.social @ullibrary.bsky.social this Thursday 22 Jan! Come along and chat all things early 19th-century Ireland (plus bonus archives and lunch - it’s the end of January, after all!) 🥙

Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman@niamhroisin.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Fans of early 19th century Irish history! Gather round! We have a lovely event on @ullibrary.bsky.social on 22 Jan (next week) on the world behind the Ordnance Survey maps - free and all are most welcome. Just book your place via this link & tell your friends! forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Hello historians - there is a specific purpose role now advertised in UL’s history department - Title of Post: Assistant Professor in Irish History (specialism History of the Family) - all details are over on UL vacancies! Do share! #jobsky #skystorians #speirgorm #speirghorm

For anyone interested in my first two monographs - BERNARD SHAW'S IRISH OUTLOOK and IRISH ANGLICAN LITERATURE AND DRAMA - the publishers are selling them for only €23.99 between now and 31/12/25. Perfect stocking stuffers! ;-) link.springer.com/book/10.1007... link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Have you published a monograph on Irish Literature this year? If so, make sure you submit your book for ACIS Robert Rhodes Prize for exceptional scholarly work on Literature: acisweb.org/rhodes-prize/ Deadline is 1st January so don't delay - we are excited to read new work! #speirgorm

2 weeks left to apply!

Deirdre Flynn@deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Job Vacancy 📣 Teaching Fellow in English Literature (0.5 FTE, Fixed Term – Spring Semester 2026) Mary Immaculate College, Limerick The appointee will have expertise in contemporary English Literature. Full details: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va... Closing date: 2pm on Tuesday, 18 November 2025

I’m so delighted about Giovanna Tallone’s generous and perceptive review of “Well, You Don’t Look It!” in the most recent issue of Studi Irlandesi oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...

Looking forward to the 13th International George Moore Conference: Landscape and Memory, 5-7 May 2026. Please share the CFP. www.atu.ie/events/13th-...