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Posts by Deirdre Flynn

Two roles at Masaryk university, Brno

* Assistant Prof for the Department of English & American Studies (Britonist)
* Assistant Prof for the Department of English & American Studies (Translation)

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#WATCH | Leaked footage reveals a new crime unfolding in Gaza.

Israeli forces are demolishing one of the last remaining schools, deliberately wiping out what survives of Gaza’s education system. This is happening under a so-called “ceasefire.”

(Gaza Notifications)

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A man in a tatty suit sits around a campfire with three children. The caption reads "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for our shareholders"

A man in a tatty suit sits around a campfire with three children. The caption reads "Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for our shareholders"

I think of this cartoon from the @newyorker.com regularly

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Biträdande universitetslektor inom ett av Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas spetsforskningsområden Vi söker en lovande forskare som vill bedriva och leda banbrytande forskning inom ett av Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternas spetsforskningsområden, för anställning som biträdande universit

Assistant Professor in a Strategically prioritised research area at the Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology
Lund University

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📣 New opportunity for early-career scholars!

We’ve partnered with the Women’s History Association of Ireland (@whaireland.bsky.social) to award £500 for the best first monograph in women’s/gender history

❗Deadline: 31 July 2026

Find out more & apply: womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...

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Shop local, folks!

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Postdoc time loops Postdoc time loops

Postdoc time loops
2 year
*literary studies (preferably North American studies)
*narratology, with particular focus on time loop stories.

Job Details | Universiteit Gent

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Assistant Librarian, Heritage,UCD Library, Permanent | University Vacancies Ireland

Assistant Librarian, Heritage,UCD Library, Permanent

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Francesca Albanese: "Israel has been emboldened by the impunity that has historically been granted to it, but particularly in the last 2 years.. Israel is accelerating the genocide against the Palestinian people.. the end game is the ethnic cleansing of Palestine"

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Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

"... women experienced a significant drop in research output (mothers had 31% fewer publications than did fathers eight years after the birth of their first child)."

How are the stats for mothers of 2-3-4 children?

As an academic mom of 4, I am not surprised at all.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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University of Glasgow - Scholarships & funding - USYD UofG Joint PhD Scholarship: Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century

📢 Fully-funded PhD scholarship: Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century

Based at the University of Sydney (supervised by me) and the University of Glasgow (supervised by Matthew Sangster), with time at both institutions.

Applications due 21 April

More details: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships...

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Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Challenge to Birthright Citizenship The justices will consider the constitutionality of President Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented people and some temporary foreign visitors.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear a landmark case testing whether President Trump can limit birthright citizenship, the long-held principle that nearly all children born in the U.S. are automatically citizens. Here’s what to know.

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It just came to my attention this week - looks great Mary!

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News from the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

I'm always looking for #IrishStudies news for our mail-out

Here's the latest edition

Have you #IrishStudies news? New books? CFPs? Jobs? Scholarships? Events?
DM me or secretary [@] iasil.org

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To Be Forever Known: The Brontës and Poetry Seeking original, high-quality analysis of Brontë poems, especially those with little to no critical attention

CFP deadline this week for our Brontë Studies special issue on Poetry - the abstracts are starting to flock in - still time to send in yours!

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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Liz Montague.

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We need an epic Fields of Athenry #COYBIG

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Saving the cards for Christmas #COYBIG

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if Wikipedia, an org with a shoestring budget and volunteer workforce can ban use of llms, what excuse do large orgs and universities have

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How am I going to make it through another 30 minutes 😫 🤞🤞 #COYBIG

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Kate O’Connor makes light of injuries to win bronze at World Indoor Championships Irish star says her competitiveness helped her through after setbacks in the build-up to event

Kate O’Connor makes light of injuries to win bronze at World Indoor Championships

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IRISH STUDIES AROUND THE WORLD – 2025 Introduction What an honour it is to take over this reviews section from the ever-excellent Maureen O’Connor – I have big shoes to fill. Irish Studies around the world is growing year on year. I know...

@deirdreflynn.bsky.social is new Irish Studies Around the World reviews editor @ Estudios Irlandeses www.estudiosirlandeses.org/2026/03/iris...

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My dog sleeping with her head on my laptop bag - her bed is a foot away

My dog sleeping with her head on my laptop bag - her bed is a foot away

She has a bed - right there - but it seems preferable to sleep on my laptop bag

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Waging war on academic institutions that restrict “emerging scholars” to the under 35 age group.

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One week left to send me your ideas!

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What a game!

#sixNations #TripleCrown

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What a game and it's only 10 minutes in #IREVSCO #SixNations

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Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory Volume 36, Issue 4 of Lit: Literature Interpretation Theory

The second section of the special issue of LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory on 'Irish Women's Genre Fiction' has been published!

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Project Name Written Worlds funded by Leverhulme Trust at Birkbeck

Project Name Written Worlds funded by Leverhulme Trust at Birkbeck

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Written Worlds 17C Non-elite Writing 2 x Postdocs 0.5. Please consider applying.

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Profession Profession is the MLA’s journal on issues that affect members in their professional capacities as teachers, advisers, administrators, and advocates. Starting in 2026, the journal is an annual suppleme...

Call for contributions on Precarity and Resilience (and other topics about the profession) for the annual pub PROFESSION, now an issue of PMLA. www.mla.org/Publications...

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