It was great to welcome @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to @standrewsenglish.bsky.social to launch his excellent new book, Late Heaney. Thanks to everyone who came along! Get your copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Today's the day! Dr Richard Barlow and Dr Rosa Campbell on their research into failure and the nonhuman in poetry and the work of James Joyce. Open to all staff and students. 2-4pm in the Garden Seminar Room.

Join Nicholas Allen's Book Launch & Talk on Late Heaney's final poetry collections 📅 Thu 26 Feb 2026 🕕 6–8pm 📍 Kennedy Hall 🎟 Limited space, book now!

Wait a week and it might be two-for-one, but in the meantime here’s the link should you like a copy bit.ly/4bVQMR7

The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode 23 March, online, from £3.35 Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...

I’ll be discussing Joyce, failure, and the nonhuman as part of the next English ModCon Research Symposium @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/engli...

"Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories", a 2024 essay collection I edited w/ Richard Barlow, is now available to pre-order in a much more affordable paperback edition from @edinburghup.bsky.social! (use code PAPER30 for a further 30%-off discount) edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega...

Pleased to see that Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories is now available in paperback edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-finnega... @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social

Had a great few days at the XVIII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome.

Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney. 6:00pm on Thursday, February 26 Garden Room, Kennedy Hall @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...

One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles. www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...

Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney. 6:00pm on Thursday, February 26 Garden Room, Kennedy Hall @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...

Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Happy Birthday, Joyce! Here’s a new Finnegans Wake website I've developed with Research Computing at St Andrews: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationo... @starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies

Ooh! We haven't had a good bit of satanic panic for a while! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

We are delighted to announce our Medieval & Renaissance Candlemas Semester events, featuring research talks, readings, a conference, and the irresistible Pizza & PowerPoint social presented in partnership with our Creative Writers. Get those dates in your diary!

Call for Papers: Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies Postgraduate Symposium, 28 May 2026, @glasgow.ac.uk & online, 'People, Place and Movement'. Abstracts and enquiries: [email protected], deadline: 2 March 2026. Proposals are welcome from postgraduates at any stage of their career.

It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style. global.oup.com/academic/pro...

No Scottish company should be profiting from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine. That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.

Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...

My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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

Save the date for the next International Walter Scott Conference: 28-30 June 2027, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Keynotes by Philip Connell and Porscha Fermanis & a special session marking the anniversary of Ian Duncan’s 'Scott’s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh' @princetonupress.bsky.social.

Work with us! The School of English is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose). Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026 For more information and to apply please see: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.

Solidarity with students and staff at Birzeit

CFP: “Our three-voiced country”: 20th-century cross-currents in Gaelic & other Scottish writing 26–28 Jun 2026 @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social, Skye Proposals invited exploring #C20th literary interactions between #Gaelic, Scots & English. Deadline 2 Feb #litstudies www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/co-labhairt-...

‘This isn’t a vision of Inferno: there’s no place for that in Pynchon, no judgment, no damnation. But it’s a useful picture of the way his world works. There are circles everywhere to which people may belong.’ Daniel Soar on 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

This is an incredibly weak response from the EU, and a dangerous position to take. Maduro's legitimacy is not the issue at hand. The US is acting as a rogue state, and will embolden other states to use unchecked military power for their own ends. We need international law, not gangsterism.

This illegal invasion of another country while its citizens sleep is a cynical act of American imperialism. The fact that Venezuela has some of the world’s largest oil reserves makes this feel very familiar. Greens stand against this contempt of international law. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

2025 ends but there is no end to the widespread and unrelenting actions of Israel in crushing the Palestinians. Banning humanitarian organisations in Gaza. Demolishing homes in Tulkarem. Illegal actions of an unlawful occupier of Palestinian territory. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...

Excellent news

Might be of interest to you, @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social

Our gender studies books include an array of biographies, letters & diaries, feminist perspectives, histories of social movements, inspiring speeches and more. ⭐️ This is only a small selection of books in our catalogue now available for 20% off through 25 December. Shop the sale at www.ucdpress.ie

Deadline for contributions to the next issue of Aiste, Celtic and Gaelic's peer-reviewed, open access journal, is 28 February 2026 clog.glasgow.ac.uk/ojs/index.ph...

New Scottish Independence poll, Ipsos 27 Nov - 3 Dec (changes vs 12-18 Jun): Yes ~ 47% (+1) No ~ 43% (nc) Don't Know ~ 9% (-1) Excluding Don't Knows (/ vs 2014): Yes ~ 52% (nc / +7) No ~ 48% (nc / -7)

I would recommend anyone read the Kenova Report published today, especially ps 123-4 in context of the headlines stating there is no evidence of collusion between the British state and loyalist paramilitaries. www.psni.police.uk/sites/defaul...

Best ever list vote and joint best constituency for the Greens here (certainly, of any BBS covered poll), though Ipsos do tend to be on the higher end. Worst Labour constituency share of this term. Alba such a tiny proportion of respondents they don't even register; was 2% on list last poll.

Mark your calendars for the online EFACIS Roundtable Launch of "The Animal in Ireland" (6pm Irish Time, Thurs 11 Dec), which promises a fascinating discussion of the "real and imagined" Irish animal - of interest to anyone working in the Irish environmental humanities! www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

"These disparate sources have never before been brought together in a way that offers such an insight into the nature of Celtic languages spoken in these islands at the dawn of the historical period." www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Um mapa interessante.

Farage arrives in Scotland today, and it should make our collective stomach heave that this repulsive, dangerous extremist has crossed the border. Amid scapegoating schoolkids and allegations of antisemitism anyone who supports this man is morally in the gutter My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column

ISWÜ is delighted to be able to offer internships for students in cooperation with CELT at University College Cork 🇮🇪 ❗️Deadline: 31.01.2026 Find more info about the application procedure, requirements and testimonials from previous interns on our website: www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studie...

“a substantial and significant intervention” “The twelve essays […] are both individually and cumulatively impressive” “an exemplary illustration of the need for recalibrated methodologies for literary analysis at a time of planetary ecological crisis” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“substantial...significant…impressive…exemplary…it can and should be read by anyone with an interest in environmental histories as they are explored in Irish writing” Very grateful to Patrick Lonergan for his generous review of "Finnegans Wake: Human and Nonhuman Histories" in Irish Studies Review

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

“a substantial and significant intervention” “The twelve essays […] are both individually and cumulatively impressive” “an exemplary illustration of the need for recalibrated methodologies for literary analysis at a time of planetary ecological crisis” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....