More happy publication news! The first of a two-part special issue on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' is out. Thanks to our fantastic contributors and to the editorial team at LIT! Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory: Vol 36, No 3 www.tandfonline.com/toc/glit20/3...

We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...

Delighted to see this collection out! My essay, 'Gothic Plots and the 19thC Irish Novel' looks at, interalia, Kitty Cuthbertson's Romance of the Pyrenees (1803), Edgeworth's Castle Rackrent (1800), and Henrietta Rouviere Mosse's Arrivals from India (1812). www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

Reason number one zillion why I love my students: one of my MA students referred to Melmoth the Wanderer as having a turducken-like structure. I mean!

Really excited to be on the judging panel for the 2026 BARS First Book Prize - details of eligibility, nomination, and submission can be found on @bars.bsky.social’s blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6174 Do share widely!

A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...

For anyone who is like “the creature is also named Frankenstein”; Mary Shelley went to see a play version of Frankenstein and was tickled that they listed the creature as “———“ in the dramatis personae: “this nameless mode of naming the unnameable is rather good” www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/3...

Great to have these videos up for those interested who weren't able to attend the conference. Keynotes by Prof. Eliga Gould and Prof. Nicholas Canny and a @virtualtreasury.bsky.social panel. Please share widely. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... @historytcd.bsky.social @historyatgalway.bsky.social

Be sure to play the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark official trailer embedded in this article in The Conversation by Christina Morin, Professor in School of English Irish & Communication, University of Limerick. Watch it in the dark... naturally! theconversation.com/scary-storie... #GossamerWight

Kind of expensive, so if you are interested in reading What Has Been (1801), a feminist Minerva Press novel edited by Elizabeth Neiman and I about a woman who attempts to survive as a writer, have your library order it. #c18th #c18 #18c #18thc #Romanticism #Gothic #FeministSky #Minervapress

Folks in DH working with German-language data! Here’s a resource I put together with corpora of both fiction and non-fiction works from the Gutenberg libraries, about 5,000 books in total, including metadata on genre and author gender 📚 🧮 openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

I wrote about one of my favourite childhood reads for The Conversation. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) is perfect for some festive Halloween fun!

A reminder that pg researchers and ECRs working in Romantic Studies in the UK are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award (valued up to £500) The late Stephen Copley supervised my PhD and I appreciate seeing his name live on like this #Romanticism www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...

My sincere gratitude to BARS for the Open Fellowship, which enabled really vital archival research for my current book project! Read about what I got up to in the blog post linked to below.

We are delighted to announce the first seminar in our 25/26 series: the wonderful @drreznicek.bsky.social will be presenting on ‘Too Bodily: Disability, Care, & Belonging in Romantic Novels’ on Wednesday 29th October at 6pm. Free! Online! All welcome! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

As the History Representative for ACIS, I have the distinct privilege to chair the Donald Murphy Prize for Distinguished First Book. If you, or someone you know, has a book copyrighted in 2025 in Irish Studies please do consider submitting! Details here. 🗃️ #speirgorm

We are delighted to see the wonderful Charlotte Riddell recognised with a blue plaque! You can pick up our edition of A Struggle for Fame here: tramppress.com/product/a-st... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Take advantage of the Hesburgh Libraries’ outstanding Irish studies collection — including the finest collection of Irish-language printed texts in North America. Established scholars, grad students, and postdocs are encouraged to apply! See more details here: irishstudies.nd.edu/scholars/vis...

#academicSky and ##IrishStudies hivemind - can you recommend me an irish contemporary short story set on a university campus?

We are looking for a book reviewer for this brilliant publication by @leannecalvert.bsky.social. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you are interested. emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

We have an exciting opportunity for a visiting fellow in Irish Studies at UL! Sponsored by the Irish American Cultural Institute, the O'Malley Fellowship will bring exceptional Irish Studies scholars currently affiliated with US universities to UL for a 12-week stay.

It's notable that humanities and social sciences once again make up 50% of ERC starting awards in Ireland (a notably higher proportion than in other countries) despite the weak financial support for research in these disciplines nationally. We should fund what we're good at!

✨ Fast facts about the Pforzheimer awards! - Who can apply: Grad students, untenured faculty, & independent scholars - Purpose: Expenses related to research in Romantic-era literature & culture - Award amount: $3,000 - Deadline: Nov. 1 Find more info & apply today! www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...

Incredible to be at the installation today of Lela Harris’s breathtaking new portrait of Miss Lambe, from #Sanditon. Lela undertook the commission as Artist in Residence from our exhibition Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter at Harewood House. 1/

That's a wrap on IASIL 2025 conference. Great to see everyone here in Galway, to hear all great papers and book launches, including this new edition on McGahern and The Dark. Roll on IASIL 2026!

Patchwork coverlet sewn by Jane Austen. Morgan Museum NYC

Great to see this out in the world! If you like to mix weather with GIS and sentiment analysis then please have a read @irelandmapped.bsky.social

My 9-yr old son told me today that he was getting something he didn’t think he could have because of a pothole. He meant loophole. 😆

Applications are invited for the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher with expertise in digital and spatial humanities (11 months, whole-time) - to work with me and @insightcentre.bsky.social on a project called 'Data Travels: Analysing the Ladies of Llangollen'. ore.ucc.ie (Job ID: 088233)

We're so proud of our wonderful colleague Donal Ryan! Massive congrats Donal! @unioflimerick.bsky.social #writing #orwellprize #EIC

The next call for applications for new YAI members will open on 18 July 2025. If you're an ECR or innovator passionate about shaping the future of academia, culture & society on the island of Ireland, we encourage you to apply Sign up to our newsletter to stay up to date: mailchi.mp/d44f57115e53...

Exciting new exhibition opening at MoLI on 4 July: 'Happy Ever After: Falling in love with Irish romance fiction', curated by Paige Reynolds. A really fun project in which to be involved & hooray to moving away from the historical shame associated with genre/women's fiction! moli.ie/exhibitions/...

I would be very excited to see more international perspectives. There are lots of great texts and adaptations out there that haven't been pitched on at all. Also would love to see some more abstracts on alternate forms: radio drama, theatre, visual novels, gaming etc!

#jobFairy 💚🚴🏽 We're looking for people to join our @iscycle.bsky.social team, promoting ebikes as a healthy and climate-friendly alternative to driving. We have scope to employ at least two post-docs off this ad, and RA posts as well #ebike #sustainableMobility my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...

Come and read & write short stories with me! Booking for my @faberacademy.bsky.social autumn masterclass series will open shortly but you need to be on the waiting list to have a chance of a place, so contact them to register your interest now. Hope to see you there!

Love this kind of list! Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than 5 books: Regina Maria Roche Charles Robert Maturin LM Montgomery Sarah J Maas Jane Austen Georgette Heyer Agatha Christie Maria Edgeworth Sydney Owenson Sarah Green

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. 🎥: Time, 💬 Greta Thunberg

Very excited to see the latest @bloomsburylit.bsky.social book in our 'Global Perspectives in Irish Literary Studies' series!

Special delivery - the second book in our @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social Global Perspectives in Irish Literary Studies series. It’s so good! Well done, Agata, and thanks to @bendoyle.bsky.social for making the whole process so smooth for James Little, Cóilín Parsons, and myself as series co-editors!

The @lsupress.bsky.social live online book launch for "Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military, 1861-1865" is tomorrow, there will be a Q&A and a very good book discount available too😀 Details here for anyone interested in attending: fb.me/e/36Zx1D2wQ

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the New Foundations Scheme. The scheme supports eligible researchers who intend to pursue research, networking or dissemination activities within and across the diversity of disciplines. Go to: researchireland.ie/funding/new-foundations/

It was a real pleasure to deliver a plenary lecture at this year’s ECIS conference held @tlrhub.bsky.social. Having completed my PhD at Trinity and later organised the 2012 ECIS conference there as a postdoc, it felt like a homecoming of sorts! (Photo by @amyprendergast.bsky.social)

Many, many thanks to organisers @amyprendergast.bsky.social, @speakerconolly.bsky.social, and Aileen Douglas for inviting me! It was a fabulous conference and such a lovely celebration of the Society at 40 - here’s to the next 40 years!

Funded PhD studentship of €25,000/year for 4 years plus fees available @tcddublin.bsky.social to work with me on Irish women's life writing from the long 18th century! Please spread the word! @ecfjournal.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @clhlwr.bsky.social @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social

Not too long to go now to our annual conference @abdnriiss.bsky.social 20-21st June! For more details on registration etc see www.store.abdn.ac.uk/conferences-...

Call for Applications: Stephen Copley Research Award Deadline 1st June 2025 The BARS Executive Committee has established the bursaries in order to help fund research expenses up to a maximum of £500. More information and how to apply: www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

Pleased to launch our @coarassessment.bsky.social institutional action plan at Research Week late last month! Read more here: www.ul.ie/research/new.... @ulresearch.bsky.social

The UL Sanctuary Programme supports and promotes access to education for refugees & asylum seekers in Ireland Applications are now open to for the 2025/26 academic year Find out more information & apply online here: www.ul.ie/courses/univ... Deadline: 4pm, 31st May 2025 #StudyatUL