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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...

The cover of the latest bokk on the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series, "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move," edited by Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, showing an image of an Italian family preparing to depart and and Irish family reading a letter from America.

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 and Italians handled emigration to the US The editors of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move highlight two great diasporas’ differences and similarities

🗃️"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: famisymposium2026@gmail.com

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

Leaving for America: Rituals of Packing and Departure - Books Ireland An excerpt from Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move (NYU Press).

'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 📕

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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

YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU 2025 Annual Ernie O' Malley Lecture: Damien Shiels

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?...

Dr. Seán Kennedy is a scholar, writer and scavenger artist from Ireland. Also a faculty member and the coordinator of Irish Studies at Saint Mary's University. This image is one of their artworks, made of driftwood, fish net, bones and more. Learn more about the new book in this blog piece co-written by Kennedy and the book's co-editor Dr. Joseph Valente: https://euppublishingblog.com/2025/05/07/the-pharmakon-of-shame

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!

Book cover showing an Italian family preparing to leave and an Irish family reading an emigrant letter, with a 30 percent discount code: NYUAU30

🗃️"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
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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
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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

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🗃️ "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:

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🗃️ “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

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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.

YouTube video by NewTV Government Events at the Newton Free Library - The Unlikely Friendship Between Irish and Jewish Immigrants

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.
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