Exciting news. I’m heading across the pond for some book events. Check out these fantastic #FewAndFarBetween events in Scotland and England. All welcome. (Nb will not be appearing at EIBF every night, thought I’m not, in essence, opposed to this idea. Just waiting to confirm the date)

Take a look at the first two contributions on the Kaleidoscope 3 website! kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu. Kaleidoscope 3 explores views on Faith, Spirituality and Art. Read more about it at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu/content/iris.... New texts will be published on Monday 2 March.

On 2 March, Dr. Jaqueline Bemmer, a Marie S. Curie fellow in the Research Group Medieval History, will deliver this term’s next LCIS lecture, titled “Old Irish Language History and Textual Transmission.” All are welcome to listen to Dr. Bemmer from 4 to 5.30 pm in room LETT. 01.52 (Erasmushuis).

Deadline for abstracts for RISE issue 9.2 is this Friday!

Join us tomorrow for the first EFACIS Book Club of 2026!

The third Kaleidoscope instalment, which explores views on Faith, Spirituality and Art, is now live! Discover the wonderful stories 'Salty Wives' by Jan Carson and 'Priest' by Tim MacGabhann, at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu Keep an eye on the EFACIS channels for future Kaleidoscope publications!

EFACIS Centres of Irish Studies can now send in their applications for the 2026-2027 Irish Itinerary! We welcome all proposals for tours taking place between September 2026 and July 2027! Further details can be found in the full call for applications: www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...

🎇Job Klaxon!!🎇 Assistant Lectureship in Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies at Maynooth University (12-month contract). Application deadline 22 March 2026. Come work with us in the Department of Early Irish @ceilteachomn.bsky.social! my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

On the first Irish Itinerary of 2026, Mary O'Donnell visited the Universities of Granada and Almería in Spain. Many thanks to Mary O'Donnell, the local organisers and our sponsor, Culture Ireland, for making these events possible! More events coming up in May! www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...

Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!

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...

Don't forget to register for the February EFACIS Book Club session!

Call for Papers Review of Irish Studies in Europe 9.2 A themed issue on Vona Groarke Editors: Charles Ivan Armstrong and Daniela Theinová Deadline for abstracts: 27 February 2026 www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...

Join the first PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break of 2026 on 6 February! There will be some focused writing time and some time for a casual chat on Friday 6/2 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET. Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

On Monday 2 Feb. Ciara McAllister will be speaking about ‘A class apart: Representing the “Troubles” and the working class’ - all welcome in-person or online www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Residency for two emerging writers to explore the feminist archive at Nottingham Women's Library. Details in link. Please share :)

We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃 👇

Read an interview with the author! www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

The first Irish Itinerary events of 2026 are just around the corner! Next week, author Mary O'Donnell visits Granada and Almería. Stay up to date on Itinerary events at www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...

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

BOOK LAUNCH: Irish Digital Cultures - Identity, Contexts, Space Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 | 5pm - 7pm | Royal Irish Academy RSVP HERE: forms.office.com/e/qAF8CGt7sk www.routledge.com/Irish-Digita...

There is still time to hand in your application for the EFACIS PhD Seminar in Irish Studies in August!

The EFACIS Book Club meets again on Wednesday, 18 February, at 8pm CET! We will discuss Wild Houses (2024) by Colin Barrett. For more information on how to join, visit www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social

We will be sending out the first EFACIS newsletter of 2026 next week. If you would like to include your Irish Studies news, please email [email protected].

Dear friends, We are glad to share with you the CfP for the “7th International Conference on Women, Culture and Society: “New Cartographies of Feminist Thought”, organized by our colleague Dr. María Elena Jaime de Pablos. For more information: w3.ual.es/Congresos/mc...

Just a few days left to send us your abstracts for "James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy". Deadline is Jan 1st.

Check out the recording of the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, on the EFACIS YouTube Channel! youtu.be/bSmmBZ5VmR4?...

At the end of November we had the pleasure of welcoming Lucy Caldwell to the universities of Potsdam, Hamburg, Kiel, Flensburg and Aarhus. More photos and testimonials at www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner... . We cannot wait for the next Itinerary in Spain in January 2026!

Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club!

Join us for the launch of RISE 8.2 this evening!

Join us this Thursday for the launch of RISE 8.2! Find the full programme and the registration link at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

Don't forget to register for the launch of Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined! Join us on Zoom on Thursday 11 December at 7 pm CET. www.efacis.eu/content/efac.... Take a look at the brand-new issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri....

Just a reminder to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference by 15th December! #CFP #IrishStudies The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism. www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

New PhD Writing Session and Lunch Break this Friday! Join the EFACIS PhD representatives for some focused writing time and/or a casual chat on Friday 5/12 from 10 am CET till 1.30 pm CET. Register via us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

New journal issue now live!! Review of Irish Studies in Europe 8.2, The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined, edited by Ina Bergmann, Maria Eisenmann, Maureen O'Connor and Kirsten Sandrock, is now available at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri... !

ICMY, the full 2025 Seamus Heaney Lecture, given by Sir Simon Schama on the topic of ‘Politics and the Poet’ and featuring poetry readings by Leanne Best, is now up at youtu.be/KtQVa_H0hEA. Read more about the lecture @livuninews.bsky.social: news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/11/25/i...

On Mon. 1 Dec. at 4.30 we'll be joined by Emily Mark-FitzGerald, Emma Radley (UCD) & Daithi Kearney (Dundalk IT) to talk about 'Irish Studies - Beyond the Text', drawing on the 2025 special issue of Irish University Review. All welcome in-person/online. Reg at www.ticketsource.co.uk/institute-of...

On 11 December, at 7 pm CET, the editors and contributors of Review of Irish Studies in Europe Issue 8.2 will present and discuss their articles on 'The Animal in Ireland - Real and Imagined'. Register at www.efacis.eu/content/efac... for the launch of this wonderful issue!

In October playwright Kate Heffernan participated in the first Irish Itinerary of the year! She met students and took part in a variety of events in Poznań and Łódź in Poland. Thanks to the local organisers and to Culture Ireland for making this possible! www.efacis.eu/irish-itiner...

We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article in RISE 8.1! 'A Template for Female Self-Possession: Madame Merle as imagined by Henry James and John Banville' by Karen McCarthy You can read this article at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...

Join us on Wednesday 17 December for a talk on Kelly McCaughrain's Little Bang (2024), a very witty young adult novel about teenage pregnancy set in Northern Ireland. The session will be introduced by Helen Penet (University of Lille). More information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

Don't forget to register for this week's EFACIS Book Club! All information at www.efacis.eu/content/efac...

Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame University. This is open exclusively to scholars of any nationality with a PhD from institutions outside the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland. Scholars working in any area of Irish Studies are encouraged to apply. apply.interfolio.com/176805

Join the EFACIS PhD Representatives for a chat and some focused writing time this Friday!

Review of Irish Studies in Europe (RISE) journal is delighted to announce the publication of the new article "Small Things Like These and the Novella as Intervention" by Donna Lynn Tillotson on our platform today. risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...

The recording of the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion is now available on our YouTube channel! Rewatch this brilliant workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women Writing at youtu.be/c2rNcLC3_q8?...

New PhD writing session and/or Lunch Break next Friday 7/11. All PhD students in Irish Studies who want to write together or get to know each other better are very welcome! Don't forget to register at us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The #BCIrishStudies graduate students are proud to announce the CFP for #Comhfhios2026! A conference for and by Irish Studies graduate students, we cannot wait to see what talented students apply this year! Applications are due by December 15! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The EFACIS Centres in Siegen and Nijmegen are organising the first Halloween-themed Irish Itinerary! Who better to read at these two spooky events than writer Deirdre Sullivan? www.efacis.eu/itinerary-ev...