#WATCH | Leaked footage reveals a new crime unfolding in Gaza. Israeli forces are demolishing one of the last remaining schools, deliberately wiping out what survives of Gaza’s education system. This is happening under a so-called “ceasefire.” (Gaza Notifications)

I think of this cartoon from the @newyorker.com regularly

Assistant Professor in a Strategically prioritised research area at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology Lund University lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...

📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars! We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history ❗Deadline: 31 July 2026 Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

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Postdoc time loops 2 year *literary studies (preferably North American studies) *narratology, with particular focus on time loop stories. Job Details | Universiteit Gent share.google/2q92ev5pag5E...

Assistant Librarian, Heritage,UCD Library, Permanent universityvacancies.com/university-c...

Francesca Albanese: "Israel has been emboldened by the impunity that has historically been granted to it, but particularly in the last 2 years.. Israel is accelerating the genocide against the Palestinian people.. the end game is the ethnic cleansing of Palestine"

"... women experienced a significant drop in research output (mothers had 31% fewer publications than did fathers eight years after the birth of their first child)." How are the stats for mothers of 2-3-4 children? As an academic mom of 4, I am not surprised at all. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📢 Fully-funded PhD scholarship: Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century Based at the University of Sydney (supervised by me) and the University of Glasgow (supervised by Matthew Sangster), with time at both institutions. Applications due 21 April More details: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a landmark case testing whether President Trump can limit birthright citizenship, the long-held principle that nearly all children born in the U.S. are automatically citizens. Here’s what to know.

I'm always looking for #IrishStudies news for our mail-out Here's the latest edition Have you #IrishStudies news? New books? CFPs? Jobs? Scholarships? Events? DM me or secretary [@] iasil.org www.iasil.org?mailpoet_rou...

CFP deadline this week for our Brontë Studies special issue on Poetry - the abstracts are starting to flock in - still time to send in yours!

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Liz Montague.

We need an epic Fields of Athenry #COYBIG

Saving the cards for Christmas #COYBIG

if Wikipedia, an org with a shoestring budget and volunteer workforce can ban use of llms, what excuse do large orgs and universities have

How am I going to make it through another 30 minutes 😫 🤞🤞 #COYBIG

Kate O’Connor makes light of injuries to win bronze at World Indoor Championships

@deirdreflynn.bsky.social is new Irish Studies Around the World reviews editor @ Estudios Irlandeses www.estudiosirlandeses.org/2026/03/iris...

She has a bed - right there - but it seems preferable to sleep on my laptop bag

Waging war on academic institutions that restrict “emerging scholars” to the under 35 age group.

One week left to send me your ideas!

What a game! #sixNations #TripleCrown

What a game and it's only 10 minutes in #IREVSCO #SixNations

The second section of the special issue of LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' has been published! www.tandfonline.com/toc/glit20/c...

cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/post... Written Worlds 17C Non-elite Writing 2 x Postdocs 0.5. Please consider applying.

Call for contributions on Precarity and Resilience (and other topics about the profession) for the annual pub PROFESSION, now an issue of PMLA. www.mla.org/Publications...

POST-DOC! 3-year job in history of political thought / visual culture / art history Department of Politics & International Studies University of Cambridge @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54724/

Next week's cover of The New Yorker. "War-a-Lago" by Barry Blitt.

This was a beaut @dauntbooks.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Modern English Literature and Culture University of Groningen Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS227/a...

Assistant Professor in 18th Century Literature TCD 5 YEAR, Tenure track universityvacancies.com/trinity-coll...

Director of Research Governance and Integrity (Permanent, Full-Time) Research & Graduate School, Mary Immaculate College #AcademicSky Full details here: www.mic.ul.ie/about-mic/va...

Did you know that IASIL.ORG has a regular newsletter? If you want to sign up dm me and I'll add you to the list. Here's the latest one: www.iasil.org?mailpoet_rou... #IrishStudies #AcademicSky

Two Irish authors on Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist

when i say 'any career-stage', i do mean ANY! the blog is a friendly and casual way to share your knowledge and ideas (and add a line to your CV!)... i wrote my first BARS blog post like halfway through my undergrad :) same goes for the tiktok!! we are alwayyyys looking for tiktok contributors!

Lecturer (Below the Bar) in Theatre: Arts Management & Cultural Policy University College Cork Until July 2028 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ655/l...

Caster Cultural Fellow in Poetry University of Leeds 24 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQQ954/c...

Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London. Deadline: 16th March 2026 www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/137845-...

IJAS Online (the journal of the Irish Association for American Studies) is seeking a new Reviews Editor. More details below. Applications due by March 13 - please write to us if you have any questions! ijas.iaas.ie/reviews-edit...

Tutorial Fellow and Professor (or Associate Professor) of Literature in English University of Oxford - Balliol College Literature of the long 19th century Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQM832/t...

Tenuretrack professor in Cultural and Societal Storytelling (Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven) Closing VERY soon academicpositions.com/ad/ku-leuven...

📗Our friends over at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social have published all the juicy opportunities for you this February📗 booksirelandmagazine.com/competitions...

Special Collections & Archives Manager, Permanent, Maynooth University Library Permanent universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Haruki Murakami Isn’t Afraid of the Dark www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...

A very eye-opening follow-up: the account owner openly admits they were posting hateful content simply to develop, and monetise, a big TikTok account bsky.app/profile/jim....

I think we all need a dark academia x muppets movie

I was knocked off my bike in broad daylight by a driver who I suspect was texting. The Gardaí wouldn’t attend the scene (because I wasn’t hurt enough) and didn’t respond to my Traffic Watch report. The issue isn’t hi-vis jackets.