Hurrah! Our brochures are here. Collect from cafes, bookshops, libraries in Cork city & county, download from our website or order a copy for home delivery (for the cost of postage). Read about our gorgeous cover art, Seán Keating's The Window at link in our bio
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Did you miss the deadline for submitting an abstract for the BAMS/ MSA Weird Modernisms conference in Loughborough but wish you could still attend? It's not too late! Registration for seminars are still open! More info here at the top of the page: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
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Detail of a stained glass figure standing on a black‑and‑gold chequered floor, wearing an ornate gold and black patterned costume with white ruffled cuffs and shoes. The figure holds a long staff or tool diagonally across the body. The background is gold-toned glass with swirling decorative texture.
We’re delighted to unveil a new stained glass work by Harry Clarke at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks. Harlequin (c.1918) is on public display for the first time since 1979. www.museum.ie/en-IE/Museum...
The BSLS and the JLS are pleased to announce the opening of the 2026 PGR/ECR Essay Prize Competition! Entries should be between 4,000-5,000 words in length, and are due by 5 June. More details here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call...
For my recent Visiting Fellowship at the Univ of Reading, I researched E. M. Forster’s publishing activities in the US btwn 1923-25 by investigating his correspondence with the Woolfs' Hogarth Press. I wrote this blog post about what I discovered. research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...
Due to popular demand, we have added additional spaces for the roundtable discussion in memory of Helen Carr
The event is free to attend and open to all, however, it is essential to register to secure your spot
BOOK NOW: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
19th Century Dance Cards. Used by women to record the names of their dance partners. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #regencyera
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Next Friday at 12, PhD candidate Michael O'Connor will speak about his work on Irish slaveholders in Jamaica in an event hosted by the Centre for 18th-Century Studies at QUB
A couple of years ago no one except the grammar nerds knew what an em dash was, and now clients are saying we should remove them because it looks like it was written by AI.
Alternative title: You can take the em dash out of my cold, dead hands.
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'Science is a very special trade: we are trying to learn something we don’t know, and sometimes we don’t even know if it exists.'
Nobel Laureate, Professor Konstantin Novoselov @manchester.ac.uk on how discoveries happen.
🎬 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/everyt... @expeditions.bsky.social
We are excited to be recruiting a number of new postdoctoral researchers working across a range of topics from biodiversity modelling and creative future visioning to cultural understandings of biodiversity and game design.
Find out more and apply by 28 April:
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Kaneda Kazuo- Cat on Peach Tree
We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Moya Brennan in Co Donegal at the age of 73.
A pioneering voice in Irish music, she co-founded Clannad with family members in the 1970s, beginning their journey performing in their family pub, Leo’s Tavern.
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Online Tour | Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
📅 Weds, 15 April at 2pm:
www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/onlin...
Enjoy a fascinating journey exploring the highlights of Heaney's archive, from his rural origins through to his remarkable career as a poet.
Joyce in a September 1922 issue of Shadowland, photographed by Man Ray. A black-and-white photograph showing Joyce in a dark suit with a bow tie, round wire-rimmed glasses, and a small moustache, gazing downward in a contemplative pose. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/James_Joyce_-_Sep_1922_Shadowland.jpg
4 Key Works by James Joyce You Need to Read
James Joyce was a leading modernist and defining 20th-century writer. These essential books still shape how we read novels today.
by Catherine Dent
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Joyce at PG:
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#books #literature
Byzantine church crawling in the backstreets of central Athens—an appropriate pastime for Holy Saturday! Καλή Ανάσταση!
Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow
University of Exeter - Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD641/p...
Teaching Fellow in Philosophy (x2)
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD456/t...
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There is one week left to apply to Research Ireland’s Public Service Fellowship Programme.
The 2026 Call includes partnerships with 26 Government Departments and Agencies, offering 71 projects for researchers to apply to. Learn more: www.researchireland.ie/funding/publ...
‘I mean, I think Socrates was a bit more prescriptive than Virginia Woolf’s hostesses – but still not dominating, but guiding.’
Jonathan Rée on 𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 as a philosophical novel, in an extended free extract from our Close Readings subscription podcast.
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As more #research happens in digital environments, discovery shapes how materials are encountered.
@rschon.bsky.social reflects on what this means for libraries & archives, & how platform decisions contribute to the visibility and use of collections over time.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Qs3NsG
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
Le Géographe - Johannes Vermeer, (vers 1668-1669).
Source : Musée Städel, Francfort 🇩🇪
Early career academics are often under-represented in university decision-making bodies across Europe, particularly women, who are almost entirely absent from senior governance roles, a new study has found #academicsky
https://ow.ly/efxk50YCbpj
This piece gets past the polished surface and into the uncertainty that runs through Heaney’s work, where the tension between private voice and public role is never resolved (and the poetry is stronger for that). #SeamusHeaney #Poetry #IrishPoetry #LiteraryCriticism
Thank you! I really appreciate it. I hope the piece sparks some good conversation - always eager to hear how others approach Woolf's class dynamics.
Delighted to have my article published in The Modernist Review. It explores how the opening line of Mrs Dalloway distributes voices in ways that make social class audible.
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#VirginiaWoolf #Modernism #MrsDalloway #ModernistStudies
