Delighted to announce the publication of the latest issue of the journal Angles, entitled “Borders in the English-Speaking World: Mapping and Countermapping” (n°21, 2026). Co-edited by Gwen Cressman, Marianne Hillion and myself. Open access here: journals.openedition.org/angles/10711

21 | 2026 Borders in the English-Speaking World: Mapping and Count...

Revue semestrielle en anglais consacrée au monde anglophone – Semi-annual journal in English dedicated to the Anglophone world

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Si vous voulez entendre Géraldine Vaughan et @clairedubois.bsky.social de @univlille.bsky.social, 2 specialistes de l'Irlande, discuter avec finesse de mon livre sortoni chez Honoré Champion, venez nous rejoindre au colloque @sofeir.bsky.social organisé par mon ami @timheron.bsky.social !

Karina Bénazech Wendling@karinabwendling.com · 5mo ago

Book Launch: roundtable at Irish exceptionalism - Sofeir conference, 26 March 2026 karinabenazechwendling.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/b...

Dear all, Here is the updated programme of the SOFEIR Irish Studies conference, on the theme of Irish Exceptionalism. It takes place next week (25-26 March) at the University of Strasbourg. See you there soon! www.sofeir.fr/irish-except...

Irish Exceptionalism Programme – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

Here is the latest version of the Irish Exceptionalism programme for the SOFEIR 2026 conference, which will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26 and 27 March.

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Dear all, I'm pleased to share the programme of this year's SOFEIR conference, which will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26 and 27 March. www.sofeir.fr/irish-except...

The deadline to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference is extended to 5 January! #CFP #IrishStudies The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism. www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR

Ireland has often been held to be somehow exceptional, an island on the edge of Europe whose historical, social and cultural trajectories have at times led it to diverge in surprising ways from both its nearest neighbour, Great Britain, and the wider world. This perception of Irish exceptionalism has long played a role in how the island has been understood both within and beyond its borders.

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Lucas Chancel, économiste : “Les inégalités sont un choix politique” www.nouvelobs.com/economie/202...

Lucas Chancel, économiste : « Les inégalités sont un choix politique »

« Aujourd’hui, la moitié la plus pauvre des Français possède moins de 5 % de l’ensemble du patrimoine du pays. Cela doit interpeller », souligne le codirecteur du World Inequality Lab, qui publie son ...

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Le débat sur les droits d'inscriptions que le ministre veut ouvrir (à la suite de la proposition 12 du rapport sénatorial d'octobre dernier) est un mirage comptable. Le gain financier sera marginal, ne règlera rien et porte un coût politique et social monstrueux. 🧵⤵️

Julien Gossa@juliengossa.cpesr.fr · 8mo ago

[ #VeilleESR #LRU ] Le ministre annonce « des assises » en janvier sur le financement des universités. Au menu : les frais d'inscription. (je n'ai rien vu d'autre dans l'article) Il n'y a eu aucun appel à communication, aucune concertation. C'est dans un mois et il n'y a pas de programme.

There's one more week to submit proposals for the Irish Exceptionalism SOFEIR conference (26-27 March 2026)! #CFP #IrishStudies

SOFEIR@sofeir.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism. www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

Proud to be organising this in March! Looking forward to reading your proposals.

SOFEIR@sofeir.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism. www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

Dear all, I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here: www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

Final panel of #ISTR2025 now with fellow feminist interventionist @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social's excellent and engaging paper on "'Get Your Brits Out': Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics" www.nme.com/news/music/k...

KNEECAP share garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announce US tour

Kneecap have shared a garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announced a US tour - find dates and tickets here.

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#SAES2025 @tadhgheron.bsky.social présente son bilan sur la veille documentaire et les réseaux sociaux

We need a softness rooted in the fierce desire for radical equality. We need a gentleness grounded in the firm commitment to collective care. We need a tenderness that rests on the steadfast struggle for total emancipation.

Submissions for the next special issue of Etudes Irlandaises on Children and the Youth in Ireland are expected by 1 June 2025. journals.openedition.org/etudesirland...

No. 51-1, spring 2026: Children and the Youth in Ireland

Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes Children and the Youth in Ireland...

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[ #VeilleESR ] Même question, deux réponses. « le refus du président de l’Université de Strasbourg d’autoriser la tenue d’une conférence à laquelle participerait Rima Hassan portait atteinte à la liberté d’expression. » - TA de Strasbourg strasbourg.tribunal-administratif.fr/decisions-de...

Université de Strasbourg : l’interdiction de la conférence de Rima Hassan est illégale. - Tribunal administratif de Strasbourg

Par une ordonnance du 26 novembre 2024, les juges des référés du tribunal administratif de Strasbourg, réunis en formation collégiale, ont jugé que le refus du président de l’Université de Strasbourg ...

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Great many people show support to our colleague in Anglophone Studies, Dr Maboula Soumahoro, whose specialism in critical race analyses in France & US is well known. EU Parliament cancelled her intervention follwing sustained pressure from the far-right. Collective✊🏾 www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Madame la présidente du Parlement européen, reprogrammez la conférence de Maboula Soumahoro sur l’antiracisme !

Dans une lettre ouverte à Roberta Metsola, plusieurs centaines d’intellectuels et de personnalités dénoncent le report, sous la pression d’élus d’extrême droite, d’une intervention de la chercheuse Ma...

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Le budget 2025 des universités françaises met la qualité de notre enseignement supérieur en danger comme jamais auparavant. Signons la pétition ! chng.it/8LjbQpRkbt #universitésendanger #recherche #science

Signez la pétition

Budget 2025 : Nos universités en danger !

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Julien Gossa@juliengossa.cpesr.fr · 2y ago

[ #VeilleESR #UniversitésEnDanger ] @universitereims.bsky.social lance une pétition contre le #PLF2025, sur le modèle de la position de @franceuniversites.bsky.social C'est tout à fait inédit à ma connaissance. www.change.org/p/budget-202...

#Irishstudies #AcademicSky #History #radicalism #Ireland With my colleagues (@tadhgheron.bsky.social & others), we are pleased to share a call for contributions to an edited volume on Radicalism, radicalisation and deradicalisation from 1798 to the present day. Please RT. Many thanks.

Back after a long break, and happy to see a lot of new faces here. Hi everyone!

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Ada Reichhart@adarht.bsky.social · 3y ago

📢 The ERC Starting Grant WE-COOP project is recruiting 1 Postdoc & 1 Research Assistant ! Join us @ the University of Strasbourg to work on an exciting Participatory Research crisscrossing the topics of #Gender #Labour and #Democracy euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/186240 www.unistra.fr/fileadmin/up...

"Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot" Blog Post by Dr Elizabeth DeYoung for @livunipress.bsky.social: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/01/19/w... Don't forget to register for our FREE event with Dr Deyoung on 1 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot

Only 20 years old when she first set foot on Northern Irish soil as part of a university exchange, Elizabeth DeYoung (now Dr. DeYoung) spent months getting accustomed to the paths, people, and pubs of...

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Don't miss out on episode 46 of our Irish Itinerary Podcast with the wonderful Sheila Armstrong! And stay tuned for a new episode this Thursday. www.efacis.eu/podcast #irishwriting #irishstudies #novel #shortstory

Don't try to phish a linguist. 🤨 They will notice that your use of sentence initial 'please' is West African not Irish & that (as the German you're pretending to be) you wouldn't address someone by their first name straight away. So FYI, there's phishing emails in the name of EFACIS circulating.

The Irish Studies in Europe special issue "Stage Irish: Performance, Identity, Cultural Circulation" that I co-edited with Dieter Fuchs & Tamara Radak in 2021 has been made available to the public by EFACIS Read the full PDF @ this 🔗 www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul... (Individual chapter PDFs in the 🧵👇)

It has been our pleasure to have Helen Cullen at the University of Stuttgart for two creative writing workshops: Ecologies of Sound & Readings of Form. Thanks to the EFACIS Irish itinerary, the Dept of English Literatures & the School for Talents. Helen's tips on revision were genius!

For all PhD students in Irish Studies Come and join the first EFACIS #PhD Lunch Break of the new year on 30 January! All info at fb.me/e/8ak4dsrMJ #PhDtalk #PhDlife #IrishStudies

The following article in the Irish University Review is free to read for the rest of January! 3. Stan Erraught, "'I was listening … but did not succeed in hearing you’: Flann O’Brien, Ralph Cusack, and the Absurdities of Silent Musical Experience" 🔗👉 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Alongside the three lectureships currently advertised, UCC French Department is also recruiting a Professor! Please share widely. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFI276/p...

Professor (Scale 2) in French at University College Cork

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Professor (Scale 2) in French on jobs.ac.uk!

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The CFP for our study day on Radicalism is on Calenda. Comparative approaches are welcome too. Feel free to share! calenda.org/1126434

Radicalism, Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in Ireland from 17...

This study day will bring together established and young researchers to explore the complex and rich history of radicalism, radicalisation and de-radicalisation in Ireland from 1798 to the present ...

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