CFP: ISAANZ 26 Disruptions and Transitions

CFP: ISAANZ 26 Disruptions and Transitions

12-14 December 2023, Australian Catholic University. Melbourne. From the recent disruptions of the pandemic to those of emigration and diaspora, Irish history and literature include both large-scale and personal divergences from anticipated futures. These disruptions have initiated transitions to new cultural, political, social, and disciplinary terrains that are often connected to Australia and New Zealand. For ISAANZ 26, the convenors welcome papers on any aspect of Ireland, Irish Australia or Irish New Zealand, or the Irish diaspora generally. In particular, we invite papers addressing the themes of disruption and transition.

2023 Postgraduate Prize Winner

2023 Postgraduate Prize Winner

2023 Winner of AJIS/ISAANZ postgraduate essay prize is Laoighseach Ní Choistealba for her essay titled "Donegal Anti-Pastoral: Masculinity And Landscape In Two Poems By Francis Harvey And Cathal Ó Searcaigh". The editors received a wide field of excellent essays and wish to thank all those who entered the competition.

CFP: 10th Celtic Studies Conference

CFP: 10th Celtic Studies Conference

25 September 2023. The Tenth Australian Conference of Celtic Studies will be hosted by Celtic Language Teaching and Research,  School of Art, Communication and English, The University of Sydney from Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 September 2023 in person at The University of Sydney and online. Online sessions will take place in the early evening Sydney time, to facilitate international participation, and will be projected in the conference room for those attending in person.Papers are invited on any topic falling within the academically recognised discipline of Celtic Studies.  Papers taking a comparative or reception approach to areas within Celtic Studies are also welcome.  Papers will be of 20 minutes’ duration follow by 10 minutes’ question time. Abstracts of up to 300 words should be sent by Monday 24 July 2023.

CFP: Global Irish Diaspora Congress 2023

CFP: Global Irish Diaspora Congress 2023

13 March 2023. The Global Irish Diaspora Congress which was scheduled for July 2020 will now be held from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 23 July 2023 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. The closing date for new submissions for review is Monday March 13th 2023 at 17:00 GMT.

CFP: RISE. Review of Irish Studies in Europe

CFP: RISE. Review of Irish Studies in Europe

1 March 2023. Remapping Irish Literary and Cultural Landscapes in the Mid-Twentieth Century. This special issue of RISE defines mid-twentieth century as from the 1930s to the 1970s—roughly coinciding with the conservative years of “de Valera’s Ireland,” starting from Fianna Fáil entering government in 1932, up until Seán Lemass’s programmes of economic expansion which led to Ireland’s European Economic Community membership in 1973. It understands literary and cultural landscapes in the broadest term: horizontally as a geographic space with borders real and imagined; vertically as a space where high and low cultures clash and commingle. We welcome studies that examine the various forms of border-crossing—geographic, linguistic, generic—that contribute to a fuller map of Irish literature and culture in the mid-twentieth century. We especially appreciate scholarship that expands traditional disciplinary boundaries, from the fields of history, film, media, visual culture, and digital humanities.

Postgraduate Essay Competition is Open

Postgraduate Essay Competition is Open

ISAANZ and the editor of AJIS are pleased to announce the 2023 competition is now open to anyone enrolled in an MA or PhD between June 2022 and June 2023 at any tertiary institution, with essays on any aspect of Irish Studies considered. Essays entered for the prize and thus for publication in AJIS must not be submitted for publication elsewhere until after judging is completed. Submissions must be received by  31 March 2023.

CFP: Multilingual legacies of Ireland’s revolution

CFP: Multilingual legacies of Ireland’s revolution

10 December 2022. Ireland’s revolutionary period (1916–1923) is generally studied and approached in terms of the English language. This does not reflect the rich linguistic landscape of early-twentieth century Ireland: large sections of the country were still Irish speaking, the travelling Mincéir community were strongly grounded in their own linguistic traditions, while regional dialects and language varieties, including Ulster Scots, were not just a marker of geographic background but also of socioeconomic class. Ireland was also home to various ethnic communities, including migrants from France, Germany, Switzerland, as well as a vibrant Jewish community from Russia. This symposium invites contributions from scholars working across different languages. It aims to explore how the events of the Irish revolution and civil war were conceived and reconceived in various languages at home and abroad at different points in time and during different political moments. In an increasingly diverse Ireland, what can we learn from these multilingual legacies?

CFP: Études Irlandaises

CFP: Études Irlandaises

The Editorial Board of Études Irlandaises is seeking submissions for the Fall/Winter 2023 issue of the journal. Études Irlandaises is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary journal publishing articles in English, Irish and French which explore all aspects of Irish literature, history, society, politics, culture and arts from ancient times to the present. Études Irlandaises publishes articles on a wide range of subjects including: poetry / fiction / drama / film / music / politics / economy / social studies / archeology / architecture. Inter/transdisciplinary approaches are also encouraged. Études Irlandaises is aimed at scholars, postgraduate students, institutions specialising in Irish studies as well as people who have an informed interest in the subject.

CFP: 10th Celtic Students Conference

CFP: 10th Celtic Students Conference

CFP: 10th Celtic Students Conference, 30 March - 1 April 2023, University of Glasgow (In-Person & Online). The Association of Celtic Students will be holding its tenth annual conference from the 30th March to the 1st April 2023. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in the interest of greater accessibility, this year’s conference will be a hybrid event. Guests are warmly invited to attend in-person presentations at the University of Glasgow, or to attend online if they prefer. All arrangements are subject to national health advice and restrictions and may change as the situation develops. We welcome presentations in English and in any of the Celtic languages. We accept papers from current students and recent graduates on any aspect of Celtic Studies, as well as any topic associated with any of the Celtic languages, peoples, literatures, histories, and/or cultures. Conference papers should be between 15-20 minutes in length.

CFP: Colonising & Decolonising the Irish 19C

CFP: Colonising & Decolonising the Irish 19C

CFP: SSNCI Conference 22-23 June 2023. Abstracts of 250 words for 20-minute papers can be sent to by 1 February 2023. Please also include a 50-word biographical note. We also welcome proposals for panels of no more than 3 papers.