We're delighted to share that the CFP for the joint @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference, Weird Modernisms, is now live! 1-4 July, Loughborough University @lborouniversity.bsky.social More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

From the Irish Times article on Irish writers published in The New Yorker: Number of stories published to date by deceased and living authors. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Haruki Murakami to be celebrated with an evening of words and music in New York japantoday.com/category/nat...

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

Saturday reading

What a legend! 🥈🥈🔥🔥🔥🥈🥈

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

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

Postdoctoral Researcher – ‘STEMMA'-School of English, Media, and Creative Arts Starts Jan 2026 University of Galway universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, American Literature before World War I University of Notre Dame www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR277/t...

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Creative Writing - 5 years University College Dublin Full time, temporary www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS472/l...

📣 📣 The CFP for IASIL 2026 is now LIVE! 📣 📣 Pázmány Péter Catholic University (PPCU) Budapest – 6-10 July 2026 Translating Ireland The deadline for receipt of abstracts is Friday, November 28, 2025. #IrishStudies #Translation #IrishLiterature Full CFP: www.iasil.org/2025/09/conf... Pls share

Writer in Residence 2026, Department of English, Maynooth University & The Arts Council universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Book and Paper Conservator, Permanent, Maynooth University Library, Maynooth University universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

IASIL ECR: Research Ireland Postdoc Information Session 6-7pm [Irish time] September 11, 2025, ONLINE Thanks to @lnhowley.bsky.social Please share #IrishStudies #ECR #Postgrad #IrishResearch sign up & more info: www.iasil.org/2025/09/iasi... PS - MENTORS we want you (see more at the link)

Assistant Professor in Drama, Theatre and Performance University of Sussex Full time, temporary www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM252/a...

Lecturer in Liberal Arts (R&T) University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOM506/l...

ARCHIVIST PERMANENT WHOLETIME, OPEN COMPETITION Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council publicjobs.ie/en/?option=c...

🎭 We're hiring! The Abbey Theatre is currently seeking applications for the role of Deputy Stage Manager. Closing date for applications is 5pm on Friday, 19th September 2025. https://careers.abbeytheatre.ie/deputy-stage-manager-260639.htm?rgcref=RGCREF

🎓 Missed our webinar on Young Academy Ireland? The recording is now live on our website. Learn about eligibility, the 2025 application process, and what YAI membership offers early-career researchers and innovators. 👉 Watch here: youtu.be/D4gBC8a20OE #YAI #YoungAcademyIreland

Sally Rooney: "I support Palestine Action. If this makes me a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law, so be it" "And by now, almost two years into a live-streamed genocide, we owe the people of Palestine more than mere words." www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Last chance to register for YAI Membership Application Webinar 2025. Join us to learn more about YAI and how to apply for membership in 2025. Registration closes on Monday 18 Aug at 10 am. Link to register: www.tickettailor.com/events/royal... #YoungAcademyIreland #YAI #EarlyCareerResearchers

In the latest issue of the IUR, J. Javier Torres-Fernández explores the contemporary landscape of Irish queer theatre and performance, focusing particularly on the landmark theatre company THISISPOPBABY, who have won awards for their productions RIOT (2016), Wake (2022), more

Lecturer in Global Anglophone Literature Royal Holloway, University of London 8 month post full time www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOF539/l...

Research Assistant - School of English, Media and Creative Arts, University of Galway full-time, two-year position as a Research Assistant with Professor Marie-Louse Coolahan universityvacancies.com/university-g...

"we used the copyrighted works of 7 million authors so we couldn't possibly afford to compensate them all" doesn't sound like a winning argument to me, but I guess that's why I'm not a billionaire LLM venture capitalist: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Mo Salah has called out UEFA for its vague tribute to a Palestinian footballer who was killed at an aid distribution point. http://jrnl.ie/6786871

“Israel is exterminating the people of Gaza by any and all means ... Over a thousand Palestinians have been slaughtered by Israeli forces as they line up for humanitarian assistance” warn UN experts www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Just heard of the passing of Brian McHale - I read his book so much during my PhD I ended up owing the library over €80 in late fees. www.routledge.com/Postmodernis...

This is not aid. This is orchestrated killing. www.msf.org/not-aid-orch...

Talking about feminism, radicalism and neoliberalism with @camillafitz.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/rethinking-f...

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

Lecturer in English (Long Eighteenth Century) Specific Purpose Contract, 1FTE, Contract Type B Temporary University of Galway universityvacancies.com/university-g...

Seán Rocks, presenter of RTÉ radio’s culture show Arena, dies aged 63

Famine now unfolding in Gaza, says UN-backed monitor – Middle East crisis live

Just to let you know that Israel’s humanitarian pause has ended and despite the hype not one (NOT ONE) truck of aid was actually delivered.

We are looking for a new colleague to join our #Translation and Transcultural Studies team! Open to someone with expertise in translation #technologies, #AudiovisualTranslation, or #GameLocalisation, and any of our degree languages. Please help us spread the word 😊 Deadline: 17 August 2025

I've been at #IASIL2025 this week, brilliantly hosted in University of Galway. Me and my student Michaela Králová presented a data project in progress, surveying the range of books in translation published by Irish publishers in recent years

Fully funded 3-year postdoctoral position as part of the research project “TALKING EMPIRE: Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025) University of southern Denmark www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

We’re recruiting a book review editor to join our existing team. Details👇 www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j... ✳️ Deadline 1. 8 .25 Please circulate @deirdreflynn.bsky.social @nicolabarker.bsky.social @fmeasham.bsky.social @leahfburch.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social @geogsara.bsky.social 1/2

Looking forward to #IASIL2025 next week in Galway - what an amazing conference schedule! universityofgalwayiasil.clr.events/page/2255-un... #IrishStudies #AcademicSky Remember you must be a member to present at IASIL www.iasil.org/joinrenew-me...

Barry Devine and I will be launching Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century on Friday, December 12 from 12:30-2pm online via Zoom. Thanks to the James Joyce Society, New York for sponsoring the event. Please join us! #jamesjoyce @seveneccles.bsky.social @floridapress.bsky.social

Colleague wondering if it's clocking off time

Applications Now Open! Are you an early-career researcher or innovator living on the Island of Ireland? Join a dynamic network making real impact. 📅 Info Webinar: 20 Aug @ 11am 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/O656W 🗓️ Apply by 26 Sept: shorturl.at/pmPpu @ria.ie #YoungAcademyIreland #ECRIs #Innovation

Lecturer in Creative Writing University of Hull Permanent full time www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY852/l...

Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies Kings college London 12 month full time www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list...

"The Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv’s requirement that flights be purchased before visa approval resulted in a €38,000 loss on non-refundable tickets for the club."

West Bank seeing largest displacement of Palestinians since 1967, UN says jrnl.ie/6764149

A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything