We are back from our (longer than normal) holiday break with a blog from the archives, for a cold but sunny Saturday read: From 2014, Dr. Hana F. Khasawneh on the Irish oral tradition ⬇️ www.studiesirishreview.ie/2026/01/10/i...

Wishing all our readers and contributors a very Merry Christmas, and an early Happy New Year 🎄🌟⛄

An extract from Tom Casey SJ's article in the Winter 2025-2026 issue of Studies. An extended version of the words he spoke at Manchán's funeral, he presents Manchán as a prophet – ‘not who foretells the future, but who...speaks with the voice of the spirit into the silence of our forgetfulness’.

Studies Winter 2025-2026 issue has an extensive array of contributions from authors such as Bryan Fanning, Peadar Kirby (@kirbypeadar.bsky.social), Kate Costello-Sullivan (@costelkh.bsky.social), and Carmel Gallagher. Available now from studiesirishreview.ie

An extract from Dermot Roantree’s editorial for the Winter 2025-2026 edition, in commemoration of the life and work of the great Manchán Magan (@manchanmagan.bsky.social) Available now from select bookshops and online at studiesirishreview.ie

Studies Winter 2025 - 2026 is available now, with lead articles from Tom Casey SJ, @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Nuala King, and Siobhán McNamara. Found at select bookstores and online at www.studiesirishreview.ie

Another Sunday evening read from the archives: from 2015, Dr Catherine Lawless on the origins and impact of the cult of St Anne www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/12/06/s...

Some bardic poetry for a rainy Monday - on the archival blog, two 1951 translations by Lambert McKenna - in the spirit of the upcoming Winter issue on language, the landscape, and the legacy of Manchán Magan. www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/11/30/t...

Another read from the archives this Sunday - from 1998, Joseph Feeney SJ on the origins of Martin McDonagh: www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/11/22/m...

The upcoming Winter issue of Studies will focus on 'Language and the Landscape', with a leading theme of the life and work of Manchán Magan and lead articles by @liammacamhlaigh.bsky.social, Siobhán McNamara, and Tom Casey SJ.

Enjoy some Sunday morning reading with a visit to our archives and a brief history of the deep connections between Ireland and the Camino de Santiago: www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/11/15/i...

Studies' editor Dermot Roantree was the featured guest on Joe Humphreys' Unthinkable column in this week's @irishtimes.com, discussing JD Vance's misappropriation of the work of René Girard and the subsequent impact on Vance's Catholicism and politics

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has paid tribute to Sr Stanislaus Kennedy, describing the campaigner and advocate as a "true Christian who dedicated her life to helping those on the margins" www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1103/1541852-sister-stan/

In honour of our outgoing President, this week's archival blog presents four poems by Michael D. Higgins: www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/10/28/m...

In Studies Autumn 2025, Laurie Reilly, Conchúr Ó Maonaigh & Jennie C. Stephens argue the impact of financially-motivated collaboration between universities & industry has led to - amongst other detrimental effects - prioritisation of research with commercial value over non-commercial research:

One of four poems by John F. Deane published in our Autumn 2025 issue:

'Tent at Gaza' by John Behan RHA Bronze, Unique, 8x18x12in €6,250 Part of new works by John Behan, currently running in the gallery: shorturl.at/8dqjI

As someone raised in the diaspora and a past member of various bands, 🎸 I’m delighted to see my latest journal article (“Key Preoccupations in the Work of English Rock Artists of Irish Descent”) out in the latest issue of STUDIES: AN IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW!: www.studiesirishreview.ie/product/key-...

In our current edition Dr Joseph Rivera (of @dublincityuni.bsky.social) explores the attacks on higher education by the Trump administration, arguing that - despite widespread consequences for the sector - intellectually Trump's interference is little more than an assertion of conservative dominance

An event that may interest our readers, featuring contributor to our current edition @jenniecstephens.bsky.social

'What the Young Saint Said', one of two poems by Gerard Smyth published in Studies Autumn 2025 studiesirishreview.ie

Autumn 2025's opening article, from @jenniecstephens.bsky.social, is a stark challenge to the university sector that asks it to utilise its resources and influence for the public good, and move society towards 'a more just, ecologically-healthy, climate-stable future' Available now @ link in bio.

What becomes a university in an Age of Crises? Editor of Studies, Dermot Roantree, explores in his Autumn 2025 editorial:

Studies Autumn 2025, "The University in an Age of Crises, Challenges and Responses" - available now in select bookshops and online from studiesirishreview.ie

"The museum is indeed a secular temple, for like a house of God, it is properly a place of wonder": The latest blog from our archives asks - can we propose a manifesto for art and the sacred? www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/09/24/a...

Did you know that Studies has been in continuous publication for over 112 years? In this time it's released 114 volumes, 454 issues, and hundreds of articles, reviews, poems, and pieces of miscellany and scholarship into the world.

A Sunday-evening read with our latest archival blog: www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/09/07/t...

An interesting looking conference taking place next week! ⬇️

Seeking a rainy Saturday read?This week's blog is from our very first issue, and despite dating from 1912, it directly shares themes with Summer 2025 and the article “MAGA: On Making Athens Great Again, Then and Now”: power, corruption, and 'might is right' www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/08/27/t...

Did you know Studies is on Instagram and LinkedIn? Connect with us there for updates on future events and upcoming editions! 🔴 Find us on Instagram: @studiesirishreview 🔵 Find us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/stud...

Studies Summer 2025 ("Undoing the Order of Things - Trump's Second Term") and editor Dermot Roantree's article "J.D. Vance, Catholicism, and the Postliberal Turn" mentioned in Paul Gillespe's piece for yesterday's @irishtimes.com Read now at studiesirishreview.ie

“Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” Howard Zinn was born August 24, 1922 in Brooklyn

As a journal Studies maintains a broad cultural focus. Poetry often features in our volumes as a standalone publication in its own right.

This week's archival blog is from 1912 - the very first volume of Studies. Author D.J. Finn writes in defence of archaeology as a scientific discipline - with arguments that might be frustratingly familiar to any modern reader interested in the field. www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/08/13/o...

We are delighted to announce that a full programme and registration for the 35th Irish Conference of Historian is now available. Maynooth University, 12-13 September. Please share widely. www.eventbrite.com/e/35th-irish... @muahi.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @benjamin-casey.bsky.social ‪

Studies Summer 2025 focuses in large part on the evolving political situation in the U.S. under Trump's second term. www.studiesirishreview.ie/product-cate...

In this week's archival blog, Herbert Thurston breaks down the theories of scholar Margaret Murray, who claimed new truths behind European paganism and the witch trials of the Early Modern period. From 1922: www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/08/05/o...

Author Violet Conolly is the focus of this week's archival blog, with her 1937 article 'On Revisiting Soviet Russia': www.studiesirishreview.ie/2025/07/28/s...

my latest in Commonweal

Dermot Roantree pulls the threads of postliberal American Catholicism in his Summer 2025 article "JD Vance, Catholicism, and the Postliberal Turn", rejecting Vance's association of his conversion with the social theory of René Girard for a closer alignment with the 'darker' theory of Carl Schmitt:

Mark Garavan(@atu-ie.bsky.social @feasta1998.bsky.social) invokes philosopher Byung-Chul Han (@byungchulhan.bsky.social) as he asks - in a 'careless' culture that facilitated the rise of Trump, how can we return to wonder, caring, and recognition of the Other in ourselves and ourselves in the Other?

Dr Fiachra Long (@ucc.ie) takes on Plato and Trump in Studies Summer 2025 - the resurgence of 'might is right', the use of language to corrupt, and the modern "scandal of people willing to broadcast huge lies...matched by audiences willing to believe them" Available now from the 🔗 in bio

Patrick Riordan SJ explores the many facets of "liberty" in 'Whose Liberty? Which Liberalism?' His brief survey of ideologies highlights the complexity of rhetoric around liberty - particularly the growing movement of the right towards selectiveness, preferential treatment, and abuses of state power

In Summer 2025's opening article, @kirbypeadar.bsky.social looks at today's 'polycrises' via the work of Karl Polanyi - especially his positing of an inherent contradiction between capitalism and democracy, which the rise of the far-right is now bringing into focus for the first time since the 1940s

Last but not least of the Studies Summer 2025 featured articles is by Dr Kevin Williams of @dcuioe.bsky.social. In "Nationhood and Europe: The Need for Nuance" he reflects on nationhood in a European context, prompted by the rise of exclusivist nationalism and Trump's dismantling of communal order.

The concept of 'might is right' is further explored by Dr Mark Garavan, of @atu-ie.bsky.social and @feasta1998.bsky.social, in Studies Summer 2025. In his article "Care and Contemplation: Pathways to Recovery", he reflects on the broader disintegration of the human in today's world.

Continuing the spotlight on the Summer 2025 editorial, in "MAGA: Making Athens Great Again", Dr Fiachra Long finds parallels between the rise of oligarchy in 5th century BCE Athens and present-day America - in particular, the foundation of their politics on power and verbal manipulation.

From Dermot Roantree's editorial for Studies Summer 2025, some extracts on the scope of the core theme - the undoing of democracy and liberal values - and seemingly complete disarray - becoming established by Trump's second term.

Ahead of the launch of Studies Summer 2025 later this week, a selection of featured articles showcasing what can be expected from 'Undoing the Order of Things: Trump's Second Term'

What vision of political existence lies behind the agenda of the current US administration under Donald Trump? How can we account for the dramatic democratic backsliding during the past few months - and what is needed to repair the damage done? Studies Summer 2025, available next week.