Join us at the Royal Irish Academy on 2 and 3 October for a two-day conference exploring all aspects of the Book of Lecan. Book your tickets now: www.ria.ie/events/libra...

Boston-area friends, if you're in the vicinity of Harvard tomorrow, please come to @harvardbookstore.bsky.social for a conversation about novels, LLMs, public opinion polls, collages, cut-ups, and patchwork with me and @tomcomitta.bsky.social. It will be a wild ride--hope you can join us for it!

On the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (#OTD 1825), here’s my memoir of growing up on the East Coast Main Line, where I witnessed of the demise of the steam age. #Railway200 pamelaclemit.wordpress.com/2024/10/25/n...

A strong start to our Irish Scottish Cultural and Diplomatic Relations event @ria.ie with Prof @murrayp.bsky.social of @sahavoice.bsky.social

@bethlcampbell.bsky.social reviews Kerri Andrews’ ambitious edited collection, Nan Shepherd’s Correspondence 1920-1980 (Edinburgh University Press, 2024): modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/b...

Are you a grad student, untenured faculty member, or an independent scholar doing research in Romantic-era literature and culture? There's still time to apply for a Pforzheimer Award! Apply by Nov. 1 to be considered. Find more information here: www.k-saa.org/pforzheimera...

Manuscript notes and character sketches written by Maria Edgeworth in planning her novels; some pages are extended by sewn-on scraps of paper. Amazing to see these, and the original case she stored them in!

On this date last year, I wrote about Joan Donovan and her three novels about misfit spinsters. O'Donovan's own life was equally misfit-y: a long affair with the Irish writer Frank O’Connor (while he was still married), a son by him, and years of hard scrabbling. neglectedbooks.com/?...

Charlemont Grants scheme is open to applications until 23 October. This scheme is a travel grant awarded to outstanding early career researchers working in the humanities, social sciences, or sciences. Learn more here: https://www.ria.ie/grants/charlemont-grants/ @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social

It’s official at last: I am now Senior Lecturer at University College, Cork, with the snazzy job title of Director of Creative Writing. I’m thrilled by the opportunity to work with such a dynamic group of colleagues. I’ve been made so welcome. Given how my last 18 months have been, some thoughts 1/n

Delighted to share that the Department of #DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie will host a digital artist as part of the first @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Digital Artist in Residence pilot programme. Applications are now open! Enquiries to @stephenroddy.bsky.social artscouncil.ie/funding-oppo...

Wonderful few days in Mexico City hosted by UNAM/La Cátedra Extraordinaria Eavan Boland-Anne Enright de Estudios Irlandeses - thanks to Hannah McCarthy for this great write up also featuring my @ucc.ie colleague Nuala Finnegan

Only 3 more days to submit to the roundtable on Olga Tokarczuk's 18th Century that @kasiaiskasia.bsky.social and I are organizing for the 2026 ASECS. Your abstracts have to go through the ASECS portal, but please reach out to us individually if you're thinking of submitting & have any questions.

#DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie has a two-year postdoc suited to researchers from broad range of disciplines. my.corehr.com/pls/uccrecru... Key tasks include coordinating a national survey of digital heritage practices & assisting with prototype development for communit archives. Deadline: Oct 3rd.

I was precarious for a long time & in three different countries. I have a lot to say on the topic, so it's nice to start saying some of this tomorrow at the International Postgraduate Conference in Irish Studies, Centre for Irish Studies, CU Prague. irishpostgradprague.ff.cuni.cz/programme/ke...

Read the entire call and learn more on how to apply here: www.uis.no/en/research/...

Excited to release the conference programme for 'Ireland and the American Revolution: 250th Anniversary Perspectives'. There are only a few tickets left, so if you would like to attend I would suggest getting one as soon as possible. Attendance is free but booking is essential.

Join us in Connolly House tomorrow evening as Kelly Sullivan (NYU) delivers this year's Dalsimer Lecture, "Censorship and the State circa 1926: Representing Literature in Clarke's Geneva Window."

📣 📣 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

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

It's my book's bday! The last piece of #WildforAusten goes into place tonight at its launch at Changing Hands Phx. There are so many to thank. I'll be expressing gratitude over the coming days. Today it feels right to thank #JaneAusten for inspiring so many of us to read, watch, argue, laugh & love.

On the latest episode of the Kickass Women of History podcast, @devoney.bsky.social introduces Sydney Owenson. Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and Jane Austen all wrote about about Owenson, so why has so been been largely forgotten by modern readers? Find out here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...

Join us online Monday 15 Sept 2025 for @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.social discussing Segregated Species: Pests, Knowledge, and Boundaries in South Africa, 1910–1948 (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024) in Greenhouse #envhum book talk series at 16:00 in Norway / 15:00 in UK. newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...

Calling all Indian creative writers - apply now for the 2026 Charles Wallace Indian Trust Fellowship. The successful applicant will be hosted by the School of Humanities to work on their creative project for 12 weeks next Spring. For more details: research.kent.ac.uk/colonialandp... @kent.ac.uk

What a dream to be shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award with @universitypress.cambridge.org on its 20th anniversary. You'll be able to listen to the abridged story on BBC Radio 4 + @bbcsounds.bsky.social next week, read by Ruth Bradley. It was first pubd in @parisreview.bsky.social. 🙏🏻

Brilliantly inspiring presenters for today's symposium in Uni College Cork, for example Prof Claire Connolly MRIA, Feargal Keane & Eoin Reardon who brought some of his vernacular-inspired furniture: celebrating 100 yrs of publishing by Cork University Press @ucc.ie @ucclibrary.bsky.social @ria.ie

I spoke to the Irish Times for this very good and rounded piece on the real-world effects of C***GPT in the humanities classroom: www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

The Research Ireland Investigators Programme supports all disciplines across the full spectrum of endeavour - from curiosity-driven research that generates new knowledge, to applied research that seeks to develop solutions and innovations. Visit: www.researchireland.ie/funding/investigators/

IHS Lecture 23 Sept - Dr Amy Prendergast (TCD), 'Narratives of violence: considering Irish women's life written as testimony, 1760-1810' (also online) events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c32d66...

Join the Irish Humanities Alliance and @sahavoice.bsky.social at @ria.ie for a half day event - Irish-Scottish cultural diplomacy and relations. Tickets are booking fast and can be secured 👇 www.tickettailor.com/events/royal...

Congratulations Tom!

The seeds that are currently bearing fruit in a Department of War focused on “maximum lethality” rather than “tepid legality” were planted in 1990s. Time for more folks to read David Fitzgerald’s excellent Uncertain Warriors #milhist #civmil www.cambridge.org/core/books/u...

It's notable that humanities and social sciences once again make up 50% of ERC starting awards in Ireland (a notably higher proportion than in other countries) despite the weak financial support for research in these disciplines nationally. We should fund what we're good at!

This October marks the 50th anniversary of the death of renowned Cork sculptor, Seamus Murphy RHA. Made in 1958 on a shoestring using a borrowed 16mm Bolex camera, Silent Art is a tribute to the work of Murphy. It marked the directorial debut of Academy-Award nominated filmmaker Louis Marcus. 🧵

Looking forward to welcoming @francescabrooks.bsky.social @ucc.ie

Last few places available to attend our Evidence for Policy Summit in Dublin next week. Visit: www.yai.ie for sign up details. If you can't attend in person, email [email protected] for livestream details! #evidenceforpolicy #youngacademyireland #EfP25 @emmaefarrell.bsky.social @karinadoorley.bsky.social

Like a landscape of gently rolling hills – the breathing patterns (inhalations, exhalations) of Émile Zola, recorded in 1896

Cadair Idris in its purple glory in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @johngilbey.bsky.social. #naturewriting #countrydiary

A new book of poems by Susan Howe is an event, & I could not be more excited about this one. (The cover image is a woodcut from The New England Primer --representing the letter T via "young Timothy learnt sin to fly." Emily Dickinson clipped it out & pasted it into a letter to Susan Gilbert.)

So deeply honoured to be among those participating in this symposium in honour of a truly remarkable man, a brilliant scholar, trusted mentor, and dear friend. Green Carnations: Remembering Éibhear Walshe Wednesday 10 September University College Cork www.eventbrite.ie/e/green-carn...

apparently my book comes out in September, wow, preorder it for all your library and intellectual history needs, stay for the section on Paradise Lost and John Ray's herbals, or the story of George Psalmanazar, my favourite early modern scammer www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Anyway, if you happen to want one for your own library... [Code BB135 at checkout for 35% off]

A webinar on Stage 1 (Expression of Interest) for the Research Ireland Investigators Programme will take place on Wed, 3rd September at 10am (Dublin time). The one-hour session will outline the application and review process, followed by a Q&A. Register: researchireland-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

🎓 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

Autumn vibes 🍂

Having children dress as characters for book week teaches them to embrace naive mimesis. They should be encouraged to personify formal categories like omniscient naration, free indirect discourse, etc

Now available! THE RISE OF CELEBRITY AUTHORSHIP: 19th-CENTURY PRINT CULTURE & ANTI-SLAVERY, by Sarah Allison Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%: bit.ly/3V9ygLk @sarahdallison.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

I'm very excited that my new book, IRELAND IN THE LIFE AND WORK OF C.S. LEWIS, has just been published by Palgrave Macmillan! The book is quite dear (!) but there is a 25% discount going till tomorrow (21/8). Just use the discount code SNB2S25 at the following site: link.springer.com/book/9783031...

CFP: Journal of Postcolonial Writing Special Issue, Telling the Story of Oceans and Archives: Rethinking the Novel Form (Abstract Deadline: 11/15/25) bit.ly/4miqNpa

More @librarycongress.bsky.social fun for Irish history folks: ‘A dream in Dublin or A night on Kilmainham Guard’ aquatint (1822) by IR Cruikshank (brother to George). A bored soldier at Kilmainham Gaol dreams of all the things he’d rather be doing; check out details! www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...