An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social

Wonderful to host historian @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social & filmmaker Briona Nic Dhiarmada for the NYC screening of "From That Small Island" @gihnyu.bsky.social -- the story of Ireland, across the millennia, in global context @tedsmyth.bsky.social

Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social

@tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @nyu.edu

Interested in pursuing an MA in Irish and Irish-American studies? Join us next Thursday, October 30th at 5:00PM to learn more about our MA program from faculty, staff, and current graduate students. Register through our link in bio!

Great celebration of "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" eds. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social (especially the Irish dimensions of the book) at Boston College @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow as we launch Vicki Mahaffey's The Joyce of Everyday Life, as we hear about "how might we learn to regain some of the childlike play with language and sense of delight in the ordinary that come so naturally to Joyce?" Tickets available through our link in bio!

See "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social -- the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social

We're so excited to have @sineadgleeson.bsky.social at GIH this Thursday to discuss her novel "Hagstone" in conversation with Douglas Stuart.

This was such a fantastic event! Many thanks to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting the launch of Rituals of Migration. The audience was truly amazing.

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1... @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

We have a full house, but here's the registration link for Thursday, September 19 @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

@gihnyu.bsky.social Thursday, September 18 at 7pm

Join us this Thursday to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the NYU Press Glucksman Irish Diaspora series, Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. We can't wait to see you all at Ireland House this week 🎉 @nyupress.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social

Our fall 2025 events calendar is packed with exciting new book launches, film premieres, and conversations. We can't wait to see you at Glucksman Ireland House this fall!

Sneak peek at one of the chapters in Rituals of Migration! The book will officially be out later this week. @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

🗃️ Thank you @tedsmyth.bsky.social. It's the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @gihnyu.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...

Interested in global history in the contexts of migration, diaspora, and empire? See the Glusksman Irish Diaspora Series, an initiative by @gihnyu.bsky.social that I have the pleasure of editing for @nyupress.bsky.social: nyupress.org/search-resul...

🗃️"Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish & Italians handled emigration to the US" by the editors of a new collection "Rituals of Migration" @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @tedsmyth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Call for Proposals: Forging an American Musical Identity invites submissions on American music from the long 19th century. Interdisciplinary work and lecture-recitals welcome. NYC symposium, Jan 28-30, 2026. Proposals (max 300 words) due July 30: [email protected]

Brilliant colloquium organized by Joseph Nugent and Patrick Mullen for Bloomsday in Paris, hosted at the Irish Embassy. The event featured engaging panels, lectures, and conversations, including a panel moderated by our own Kelly Sullivan!

We at @gihnyu.bsky.social are hiring! uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14767/c...

Check out the launch of “Happy Ever After: Falling in Love with Irish Romance Fiction” on July 4! The exhibit is on view until November 9 at the Museum of Literature Ireland.

My chapter in “Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move” (out this month with @nyupress.bsky.social) looks at the “Returned Yank” in literary representations of Irish return migration. 1/4 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.' Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕 @nyupress.bsky.social l @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social booksirelandmagazine.com/leaving-for-...

Here's a great excerpt from Bernadette Whelan's chapter on rituals of packing & departure in the book "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social ‬and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social published this week (June 15) by @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

Excellent engaging lecture from Damian Shiels at @gihnyu.bsky.social on the Irish in the American Civil War #IrishHistory #CivilWar #AmericanHistory #GlobalIrishNation

My Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture @gihnyu.bsky.social which was also the U.S. launch of "Green & Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-65" is now available online. Thanks to all at Glucksman for the invite and for a fantastic evening! youtu.be/VErT44uE4oE?...

Today at 4 pm AT: Join Dr. Seán Kennedy and Dr. Joseph Valente for the New York launch of Irish Shame: A Literary Reckoning. Hosted at @gihnyu.bsky.social in person & online! Find the Zoom link here: loom.ly/ekH89kA @unsettlingirish.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social #NYUAS #UnsettlingIrishStudies

Interesting to see the Irish & Italian immigrant experience in comparative perspective. 👇

Of interest to @danmulhall.bsky.social all.bsky.social former Irish ambassador to the US Global Visiting Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies @gihnyu.bsky.social u.bsky.social

Of interest to @danmulhall.bsky.social former Irish ambassador to the US Global Visiting Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies @gihnyu.bsky.social

Thank you!

🗃️"Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social nyupress.org/978147982513... The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social 🧵2

Read the blog post below for a sneak peek of some of the themes explored in Rituals of Migration. The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social.

Some photos from a great night last night for the U.S. launch of Green & Blue, thanks to everyone who came along, and to @gihnyu.bsky.social for the invite!

Thank you @hidehirota.bsky.social It was a pleasure to work with you on "Rituals of Migration." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

🗃️ "Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari have enriched and enlarged our understanding of the Irish and Italian diasporas.”~Colm Tóibín on "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social y.social @martindoyle.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social 🧵4/5

We are so proud of our graduates! Congratulations to the class of 2025. Interested in the MA in Irish and Irish-American Studies at NYU? Learn more: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...

🗃️ “Vivid, sympathetic and deeply moving, these essays reveal the intimacy and humanity behind the statistics” ~Fintan O’Toole on "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social @fotoole.bsky.social @martindoyle.bsky.social sky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social 🧵3/5

It was so special to cap off an exciting semester of events with the 26th Annual Ernie O’Malley Lecture. Thank you to all who joined us, and to @irishacw.bsky.social for presenting on “Green and Blue: Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-1865.”

I’m a big fan of Damian Shiels work and look forward to attending the book launch @gihnyu.bsky.social We’ve had the pleasure of hosting Damian twice on the @irishstewpodcast.com and walked away better informed on the extraordinary story of the Irish in the American #CivilWar #IrishHistory #NYC

Join us for the Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture featuring Damian Shiels. Register here: bit.ly/GIHShiels

Yesterday, Prof. Marion Casey took her Spring 2025 undergraduate seminar "Transatlantic Connections: Ireland and America since 1920" to visit the Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations, where they met with Ambassador Fergal Mythen and Colonel Mark Hearns. Photo by Aisling McDonagh.

Hasia Diner, Professor Emerita at @newyorkuniversity.bsky.social, joins the Newton History Series to discuss her book "Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America" at the Newton Free Library, in collaboration with Historic Newton. @gihnyu.bsky.social

🗃️ If you're at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social on Wednesday, April 30, try to attend this lecture by @niallodoc.bsky.social ‼️ Niall gave a brilliant lecture earlier this year @gihnyu.bsky.social as Visiting Fulbright Scholar. @hidehirota.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social

Join us on Saturday, May 3 for Lá Gaeilge! We will host Irish language workshops at three levels, followed by the Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture featuring Dr. Jeannine Woods. Learn more and register: bit.ly/GIHSpring25

GIH faculty fellow Peter Hession will lead a history workshop that explores the Irish Famine in a global context, adopting a comparative lens and drawing on parallels from across the field of contemporary famine studies. May 3rd at Irish Arts Center: irishartscenter.org/event/the-ir...

Join NYU Center for the Humanities for a discussion examining Hasia Diner's "Opening Doors: The Unlikely Alliance Between the Irish and the Jews in America." Scholars will interrogate Diner's central thesis that challenges prevailing narratives of ethnic hostility. bit.ly/3GhYUNY

Please join us on May 1st at 7 pm for the Annual Irish Institute Lecture featuring Dr. Seán Healy. Learn more at bit.ly/HealyGIH