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UPCOMING & PAST NOTICES

IASIL 2027: Children of the Nation

31 October 2026. The Easter 1916 Proclamation promised to ‘cherish all of the children of the nation equally’. With the Easter Rising now over a century old, we invite researchers and writers to Aotearoa New Zealand to consider all the varied resonances and implications of the phrase ‘children of the nation’. How has our sense of the nation and its children changed since 1916, or even since the decade of centenaries? What are the new approaches to the expansion of the nation, with its diasporic identities including, but also moving far beyond, the ‘exiled children’ that the Proclamation locates in…

Assistant Director, Boston

18 October 2026. Applications are open for an Assistant Professor of the Practice / Assistant Director of Irish Studies at Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA. This is a full-time, non-tenure-track, three-year renewable contract faculty position that comes with an attractive benefits package. The deadline for applications is 18 October 2026.

Fellow in Irish Studies

29 June 2026. The Eamon Cleary Postdoctoral Fellowship in Irish Studies is open to Ph.D. graduates in any area of Irish studies (Irish literature, history, politics, sociology, diaspora etc), but scholars with a medical humanities dimension to their research are particularly encouraged to apply. There is no required teaching associated with the role but it is expected that the postdoctoral fellow will actively participate in the life of the Centre, including public engagement and research dissemination, and contribute to the running of the Centre’s events and conferences. Applications quoting reference number 2600864 will close on Monday, 29 June 2026, 11:59PM…

The passing of Elizabeth Malcolm

19 May 2026. Elizabeth Malcolm died peacefully in Melbourne following a long illness aged 77. Elizabeth was the inaugural Gerry Higgins professor of Irish Studies at the University of Melbourne. She was also one of the founders of ISAANZ, the Australasian Journal of Irish Studies and a renowned historian of Irish and Irish Australian history. Teacher, mentor and friend to many, Elizabeth will be greatly missed. She is survived by her son Hartley and her brother Robert. May she rest in peace. Funeral details to be announced.

O’Donnell Fellowship 2027

Applications are open for the 2027 O’Donnell Fellowship in Irish Studies at St Mary’s Newman Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. The O’Donnell Fellowship is available for the period Monday 4 January – Sunday 14 February 2027. The Fellowship, which is non-stipendary, offers: college living quarters and all meals; access to the Academic Centre building and collections; research space in the Gerry Higgins Room; access to the University of Melbourne library; $2000 for travel and other expenses. The application deadline is Friday 3 July 2026.

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