Deirdre Flynn

Delighted to receive my copy of #Metzler's compendium of the #German #CampusNovel by Helmut Grugger & Stefan Neuhaus. It includes not only three chapters by yours truly but also by my cherished #MICcolleagues @deirdreflynn.bsky.social, Sabine Egger, Hanna Rompf & -of course- Helmut himself.

Two roles - University of Antwerp

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Joyce Studies

Senior researcher in modernist genetic criticism and Virginia Woolf Studies

Full time - 3 years

Joyce:
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Woolf:
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Paris Review Visiting Professor of Literature at BPI

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Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities Some 443 flotilla participants were arrested by Israeli forces, organisers said, including Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg.

Lawyers for Irish flotilla detainees express concern about 'mistreatment' by Israeli authorities jrnl.ie/6835415

Lecturer - English at University of Auckland, New Zealand Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

Lecturer in English, specialising in the long nineteenth century

Permanent position commencing before Semester 1, 2026

University of Auckland

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plus ça change

Thinking of @sarahmaintains.bsky.social and the other Irish citizens who are part of the @freedomflotilla.bsky.social, and have been detained by the IDF who illegally intercepted them in international waters.

Here is Sarah’s poem, ‘If I had any other thing’:

Israeli forces attacked Doctors Without Borders workers—who were all wearing marked medical vests.

They killed Omar, a 42-year-old occupational therapist and sole provider for his family.

He was killed at a bus stop, on his way to take care of other people bombed by Israel.

I'll have to take your beginners German class!

Der Campusroman in Irland Der Campusroman hat sich erst in jüngerer Zeit zu einem festen Bestandteil der irischen Belletristik entwickelt. Im 20. Jahrhundert rückten nur wenige Romane den Universitätscampus ins Zentrum, doch seit Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts spielt das...

My first publication in German!

Der Campusroman in Irland
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Delighted to be part of this extensive publication on Campus Novels Der Campusroman: Texte, Theorien, Traditionen (97 chapters!) edited by Helmut Grugger&Stefan Neuhaus

Helmut also translated the chapter

Are you an emerging scholar researching Black British history and looking for opportunities to share your research? Please get in touch with @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social or Meleisa Ono George via contact info below to take part in this ⚡️ talks session @ihr.bsky.social (and please share widely!)

JOB AD: 3 3-year postdocs available at the Bonn Center for Slavery and Dependency Studies (BCDSS) @dependencybonn.de: I can highly recommend it as a place to spend (some of) your postdoc phase -- a deeply interdisciplinary environment with wonderful colleagues. shorturl.at/69hMY

The Cover for 9.1 Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies features a cartoon by Micheal O Nuallain. It shows a man under a tree about to smash a radio with an axe.

The first article in the Journal of Flann O’Brien Studies 9.1 is out! Zan Cammack’s work is great start to the issue on Flann and the Radio, which features a truly excellent cover. A+ work guest editors @tobias-w-harris.bsky.social and Joseph LaBine!

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Beidh agallamh le cloisteáil amárach ar Afra-Éire ar @raidionalife.bsky.social ón Stiúrthóir Oideachais, Fighting Words Nóra Nic Con Ultaigh, maidir leis an togra World Vision Ireland 🌍

Éistigí isteach amárach idir 16:00 - 17:00 🫂

Senior Research Funding Specialist

One of three roles at Trinity College Dublin for research funding specialists

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Research Chair in Transgender Studies - Victoria, British Columbia (CA) job with UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA | 398896 The University of Victoria invites applications for a Research Chair in Transgender Studies, a prestigious academic ...

Research Chair in Transgender Studies

University of Victoria, BC Canada

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Senior Lecturer in English Literature at University of Worcester Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Senior Lecturer in English Literature on jobs.ac.uk!

Senior Lecturer in English Literature
University of Worcester

Permanent

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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years at University College Dublin Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years on jobs.ac.uk!

Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Film Studies - 5 years

University College Dublin

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Assistant Archivist,

Dublin City Libraries & Archive,
Dublin City Council

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A super one!

Image of 'The Empress' tarot card by Pamela Coleman Smith, depicting a figure with long hair, crown, and sceptre. Text: Weird Modernisms, BAMS/MSA 26, 1-4 July 2026, Loughborough University, UK.

We're delighted to share that the CFP for the joint @modernistudies.bsky.social and @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2026 conference, Weird Modernisms, is now live!

1-4 July, Loughborough University @lborouniversity.bsky.social

More info here: moderniststudies.org/conference/MSA2026/CFP/

From the Irish Times article on Irish writers published in The New Yorker: Number of stories published to date by deceased and living authors.

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Haruki Murakami to be celebrated with an evening of words and music in New York Japanese author Haruki Murakami will be honored this December in Manhattan with an evening of words and music. The Japan Society and The Town Hall are presenting “The Murakami Mix Tape,” which will in...

Haruki Murakami to be celebrated with an evening of words and music in New York

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Super thanks tim!

Thank you!

Oh is that in The Deportees? I must go back and re-read I'd forgotten!

Oh is this the new collection published by the stinging fly - just received a copy actually!

#academicSky and ##IrishStudies hivemind - can you recommend me an irish contemporary short story set on a university campus?

A picture of the cover of Cho Nam-Joo's book Kim Jiyoung, born 1982 - which has faceless identical women on blue, red, and yellow backgrounds

Saturday reading