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Call for Papers: (Re)Creating Stories
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
A conference on (Early) Modern Irish adaptations of Old and Middle Irish prose and poetic narratives
Call for Papers: Navigating War and Violence in Twentieth-Century Ireland
The School of History and Geography, Dublin City University, is delighted to announce the ‘Navigating War and Violence in Twentieth-Century Ireland’ conference. It will take place on 4-5 April 2025.
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Call for Papers: Irish Society for Theatre Research’s New Scholars Prize
Deadline: 4 February 2025
The Ireland Society for Theatre Research runs an annual essay competition for New Scholars. There is no set theme for this competition; rather, candidates are encouraged to submit work drawing on their current research in the area of drama, theatre and performance. New research or essays developed from papers presented at the preceding conference are welcome. The New Scholars’ Prize is awarded to the best essay, judged on originality, coherence and rigour.
Call For Papers: ISAANZ 27 | Health, Wellness and Care
Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) Annual Conference
University of Otago / Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Aotearoa / New Zealand
20-22 November 2025
As the emergency measures of the pandemic fade into memory, but the virus transitions into an endemic part of our medical landscape, we invite scholars and community members to use the vantage point of this new ecosystem – viral, social, political, economic, environmental – to consider what health, wellness and care mean for Ireland and Irish communities worldwide.
Deadline for Abstracts: 14 March 2025
Social and Cultural News
Irish poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
In the Irish Times, Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Michael Longley: ‘One of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced’ as the President of Ireland and fellow writers celebrate the legacy of one of Ireland’s finest poets.
