Tadhg Ó hErodáin / Tim Heron

CFP Irish Exceptionalism – SOFEIR conference – University of Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 – SOFEIR Ireland has often been held to be somehow exceptional, an island on the edge of Europe whose historical, social and cultural trajectories have at times led it to diverge in surprising ways from both its nearest neighbour, Great Britain, and the wider world. This perception of Irish exceptionalism has long played a role in how the island has been understood both within and beyond its borders.

The deadline to submit your proposals for the annual SOFEIR 2026 conference is extended to 5 January! #CFP #IrishStudies

The conference will take place at the University of Strasbourg on 26-27 March 2026 and the theme is Irish Exceptionalism.

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

Lucas Chancel, économiste : « Les inégalités sont un choix politique » « Aujourd’hui, la moitié la plus pauvre des Français possède moins de 5 % de l’ensemble du patrimoine du pays. Cela doit interpeller », souligne le codirecteur du World Inequality Lab, qui publie son ...

Lucas Chancel, économiste : “Les inégalités sont un choix politique”

www.nouvelobs.com/economie/202...

Le débat sur les droits d'inscriptions que le ministre veut ouvrir (à la suite de la proposition 12 du rapport sénatorial d'octobre dernier) est un mirage comptable. Le gain financier sera marginal, ne règlera rien et porte un coût politique et social monstrueux. 🧵⤵️

There's one more week to submit proposals for the Irish Exceptionalism SOFEIR conference (26-27 March 2026)! #CFP #IrishStudies

Proud to be organising this in March! Looking forward to reading your proposals.

Please do!

Dear all,
I'm excited to share the CFP for the annual SOFEIR conference which I'm organising on 26-27 March 2026 in Strasbourg. The theme is "Irish Exceptionalism". You'll find the CFP here:

www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

KNEECAP share garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announce US tour Kneecap have shared a garage-inspired new single 'Love Making' and announced a US tour - find dates and tickets here.

Final panel of #ISTR2025 now with fellow feminist interventionist @ciaralynnmurphy.bsky.social's excellent and engaging paper on "'Get Your Brits Out': Performing Stereotypes of Irish Nationalism Through Subversive Aesthetics"
www.nme.com/news/music/k...

Dans un amphithéâtre, 10 personnes sont assises au bureau sur l'estrade. Le slide à l'écran a pour titre "Réseaux sociaux & veille documentaire"

#SAES2025 @tadhgheron.bsky.social présente son bilan sur la veille documentaire et les réseaux sociaux

We need a softness rooted in the fierce desire for radical equality. We need a gentleness grounded in the firm commitment to collective care. We need a tenderness that rests on the steadfast struggle for total emancipation.

No. 51-1, spring 2026: Children and the Youth in Ireland Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes Children and the Youth in Ireland...

Submissions for the next special issue of Etudes Irlandaises on Children and the Youth in Ireland are expected by 1 June 2025.

journals.openedition.org/etudesirland...

Université de Strasbourg : l’interdiction de la conférence de Rima Hassan est illégale. - Tribunal administratif de Strasbourg Par une ordonnance du 26 novembre 2024, les juges des référés du tribunal administratif de Strasbourg, réunis en formation collégiale, ont jugé que le refus du président de l’Université de Strasbourg ...

[ #VeilleESR ] Même question, deux réponses.

« le refus du président de l’Université de Strasbourg d’autoriser la tenue d’une conférence à laquelle participerait Rima Hassan portait atteinte à la liberté d’expression. » - TA de Strasbourg

strasbourg.tribunal-administratif.fr/decisions-de...

Madame la présidente du Parlement européen, reprogrammez la conférence de Maboula Soumahoro sur l’antiracisme ! Dans une lettre ouverte à Roberta Metsola, plusieurs centaines d’intellectuels et de personnalités dénoncent le report, sous la pression d’élus d’extrême droite, d’une intervention de la chercheuse Ma...

Great many people show support to our colleague in Anglophone Studies, Dr Maboula Soumahoro, whose specialism in critical race analyses in France & US is well known. EU Parliament cancelled her intervention follwing sustained pressure from the far-right.
Collective✊🏾
www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

Le budget 2025 des universités françaises met la qualité de notre enseignement supérieur en danger comme jamais auparavant.

Signons la pétition !
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#universitésendanger #recherche #science

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#Irishstudies #AcademicSky
#History #radicalism #Ireland
With my colleagues (@tadhgheron.bsky.social & others), we are pleased to share a call for contributions to an edited volume on Radicalism, radicalisation and deradicalisation from 1798 to the present day.
Please RT. Many thanks.

Back after a long break, and happy to see a lot of new faces here. Hi everyone!

#VeilleESR

Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot Only 20 years old when she first set foot on Northern Irish soil as part of a university exchange, Elizabeth DeYoung (now Dr. DeYoung) spent months getting accustomed to the paths, people, and pubs of...

"Walking as Methodology: Tracing post-conflict Belfast on foot"
Blog Post by Dr Elizabeth DeYoung for
@livunipress.bsky.social: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/01/19/w... Don't forget to register for our FREE event with Dr Deyoung on 1 February: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beyond-the...

Don't miss out on episode 46 of our Irish Itinerary Podcast with the wonderful Sheila Armstrong!

And stay tuned for a new episode this Thursday.

www.efacis.eu/podcast

#irishwriting #irishstudies #novel #shortstory

Don't try to phish a linguist. 🤨 They will notice that your use of sentence initial 'please' is West African not Irish & that (as the German you're pretending to be) you wouldn't address someone by their first name straight away. So FYI, there's phishing emails in the name of EFACIS circulating.

The Irish Studies in Europe special issue "Stage Irish: Performance, Identity, Cultural Circulation" that I co-edited with Dieter Fuchs & Tamara Radak in 2021 has been made available to the public by EFACIS

Read the full PDF @ this 🔗 www.efacis.eu/sites/defaul...
(Individual chapter PDFs in the 🧵👇)

It has been our pleasure to have Helen Cullen at the University of Stuttgart for two creative writing workshops: Ecologies of Sound & Readings of Form. Thanks to the EFACIS Irish itinerary, the Dept of English Literatures & the School for Talents. Helen's tips on revision were genius!

For all PhD students in Irish Studies

Come and join the first EFACIS #PhD Lunch Break of the new year on 30 January!

All info at fb.me/e/8ak4dsrMJ

#PhDtalk #PhDlife #IrishStudies

The following article in the Irish University Review is free to read for the rest of January!

3. Stan Erraught, "'I was listening … but did not succeed in hearing you’: Flann O’Brien, Ralph Cusack, and the Absurdities of Silent Musical Experience"

🔗👉 www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Professor (Scale 2) in French at University College Cork Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Professor (Scale 2) in French on jobs.ac.uk!

Alongside the three lectureships currently advertised, UCC French Department is also recruiting a Professor! Please share widely. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFI276/p...

Radicalism, Radicalisation and De-radicalisation in Ireland from 17... This study day will bring together established and young researchers to explore the complex and rich history of radicalism, radicalisation and de-radicalisation in Ireland from 1798 to the present ...

The CFP for our study day on Radicalism is on Calenda.
Comparative approaches are welcome too.
Feel free to share!
calenda.org/1126434

Want to know more about the discoveries relating to Thomas Cromwell's Book of Hours, now on display in the Wren? This blog post will tell you everything, from the link with Holbein's portrait to how Raman spectroscopy was used to identify the jewels in the binding. Not to be missed! t.ly/ot3RS

New Cillian Murphy film to open Berlin Film Festival next month 'We are looking forward to launching this ‘quiet’ yet quite exceptional film.'

Starring Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh and directed by Tim Mielants from a screenplay by Enda Walsh, the film is an adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel of the same name which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...

Vous aimez Vivienne Westwood, le stylisme ou la culture #punk ? Écoutez ce documentaire sur la créatrice iconoclaste britannique sur @franceculture.bsky.social samedi soir à 17h! J'y interviens pour parler des liens entre Westwood et le punk.

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