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BAIS is the national network for those with an interest in the study of Ireland. Posts by our comms team and council members. irishstudies.co.uk

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King's Arts & Humanities @kingsartshums.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
🏅 Sophie O'Grady (English PhD) has won the @bairishstudies.bsky.social 2026 Postgraduate Essay Prize for her piece on censorship in Irish literature after independence 🇮🇪 @kingsenglish.bsky.social 🔗 Read more ⬇️
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PhD student wins prize for essay on censorship in Irish literature | King's College London
Sophie O’Grady (English Research PhD) received the British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) Postgraduate Essay Prize.
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Síobhra Aiken @siobhraaiken.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Hot off the press! Patrick Mahoney's @patrickjmahone1.bsky.social new book Fenian Empire, available now: lnkd.in/eW3FFERw "Teeming with individual Fenians, splits, spies, and swagger, it is a captivating read contending with ideas which are at once both historical and contemporary." Ú Ní Bhroiméil
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Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies @ndirishstudies.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The public is invited to this free symposium on 11-12 June at @uniofgalway.bsky.social. It aims to expand understandings of class in Ireland and bring local conditions into dialogue with global issues and international contexts. 👉 Register and see details here: go.nd.edu/irish-working-class
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Mikelyn Rochford @mikelyn.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Congratulations to the BAIS 2026 winners ✨
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Kieran Connell @kieranconnell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I have a piece in today’s Irish Examiner about a new AHRC project I’m proud to be involved in with @jcrangle.bsky.social & @tortietabby.bsky.social on a hundred years of diversity in Ireland www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
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Kieran Connell: Ireland has a long multicultural history. It's time to tell that story
Refugees from Hungary and Belgium; migrant workers from Poland and Germany; doctors from Africa and Asia — over the last century, Ireland was far more diverse than many of us seem to realise
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to @bairishstudies.bsky.social for these #IrishStudies Awards and Bursaries. We know how important thay are to PGRs and ECRs. Delighted that two of our students, David Proud and Fraser Cattini, are in the list. Well done all!
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
❗TOMORROW❗ Join Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies and us for a talk by Dr Elizabeth Mullins on "Preserving the records of a Travelling Community" 🗓️6:15 pm, 20 May 🧭Central Teaching Hub @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/preserving... #SkyStorians
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Preserving the records of a Travelling Community
Exploring the role of place, faith, and social justice in an Irish archive - LUCAS Annual Lecture by Dr Elizabeth Mullins (UCD)
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A recording of Hedwig Schwall’s Irish Studies lecture on interactionality in contemporary Irish novels is available at m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7c3...
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Irish Studies International Lecture: Hedwig Schwall
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
We are delighted to announce the winners of our 2026 Awards and Bursaries, which will be presented at a reception at the Embassy of Ireland in London on the 26th of May. Huge congratulations to all our winners! irishstudies.co.uk/2026/05/19/b... #IrishStudies #SpeirGorm
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British Association for Irish Studies Awards and Bursaries 2026
We are pleased to announce the winners for our 2026 awards and bursaries, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 26th May. BAIS would like to acknowledge the valuable support of the E…
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Also of interest to @bairishstudies.bsky.social, no doubt!
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Martin Tyrrell @outsidewriters.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
@bairishstudies.bsky.social @djtaylorwriter.bsky.social @joannechocolat.bsky.social @samatlounge.bsky.social @irishpen.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Join our friends @sotauol.bsky.social for a book launch + roundtable on "Feminist theatre in a time of crisis", incl "The Gender Politics of Contemporary Performance in N. Ireland" by @accoupe.bsky.social 🗓️3pm, 6 May 2026 🧭SOTA Library + online www.liverpool.ac.uk/new-and-inte... #IrishStudies
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Feminist theatre in a time of crisis: book launch and roundtable | Centre for New and International Writing | University of Liverpool
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Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Join us today at 5:30pm in the Parlour, Magdalene College, for the first Easter Term meeting of the CGIS. Parnell Fellow Prof Colin Barr will give his paper, 'O’Connell’s Heirs: Irish Catholics and Liberal Democracy.' All welcome! @magdalenecollege.bsky.social
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
New series announcement | LUP is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies. Read more here:
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LUP launches new series: Pioneering Peace
Liverpool University Press is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies led by series editor Brandon Hamber, John Hume and Thomas P. O’Neill Chair in Peace at the International Conflict Research Unit (INCORE) at Ulster University. Professor Hamber said: ‘Peace remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Building on decades of work at INCORE, we are committed to transcending traditional narratives and embracing diverse perspectives on peace.
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website: irishstudies.co.uk
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My next article, which explores maternal mortality and the National Tale, is now up on Google books.google.com/books/about/...
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Race, Violence, and Form: Reframing Nineteenth-Century Ireland
Irish literary studies has long subordinated the nineteenth century to the experimental triumphs of Irish modernism, variously dismissing its achievements as too indebted to British forms to be truly ...
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
‘Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society through Archaeology, History and Experimental Archaeology’ University of Chester, 2021-2022 research seminar. youtu.be/jFBXAivgd5s?...
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Being Early Medieval: Encounters with Early Irish Society
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
REMINDER our PGR prizes are open for entries until TUESDAY 17 MARCH
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Peadar Ó Muircheartaigh @pomuirch.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
An creideamh, an Ghaeilge agus na cnámha aduaine www.irishtimes.com/gaeilge/tuar...
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An creideamh, an Ghaeilge agus na cnámha aduaine
An scéal neamhghnách faoin tslí ar tharla sleachta Gaeilge a bheith scríofa ar chnámha beithígh
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
This sounds really interesting congratulations to all involved. And there is 30% off!
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EFACIS @efacis.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
We are delighted to announce the publication of a new article and an interview in our non-themed issue, RISE 8.1! ''Understanding Bernarda': Veronica Coburn's unpublished version of La Casa de Bernarda Alba', by María del Mar González Chacón Find the issue at risejournal.eu/index.php/ri...
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Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Join us tomorrow, Tues 3rd Mar, 17:15 in the Parlour, Magdalene College for the final meeting of Lent Term. Prof Ciara Breathnach (UCC) will be giving her paper titled 'All That was Lost: Digitised Newspapers as Surrogate Irish Archives’. All welcome! @magdalenecollege.bsky.social @ucc.ie
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Irish Studies at QUB @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Liz DeYoung’s 'Power, Politics and Territory in the New Northern Ireland’ has just been released in paperback by Liverpool UP. Winner of the 2023 ACIS Murphy Prize, we hosted the NI launch in Jan 2024. Many congrats Liz! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
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Power, Politics and Territory in the ‘New Northern Ireland’ | Home
Girdwood Barracks and the Story of the Peace Process
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just a little over a week left to get those entries in.
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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
If you’re in or around NYC Friday 6 March, you should RSVP for the Irish Studies Seminar and hear me waffle about care, injurability, and the Gothic. Then we’ll go for pints. Or Manhattans. universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/iris...
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Irish Studies | Welcome to The Columbia University Seminars
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
A reminder that our 2026 PGR Bursary and Essay Prizes are currently open for submission - you can read reports from our 2025 Bursary awardees now on our website: irishstudies.co.uk
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sharinglands.bsky.social @sharinglands.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history. 🗓️Friday 27th February 🕕18.00-21.00 📍Goldsmiths, University of London, Richard Hoggart Building Cinema Book your free tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/sharing-la...
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Sharing Lands screening of 'Sinners'
Join us for a special 'Sharing Lands' screening of 'Sinners', focusing on connections between African-American, Choctaw & Irish history.
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Mikelyn Rochford @mikelyn.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Fellow Irish Studies postgrads!! Do this!!!
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Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Join us on zoom 👇 zoom.us/j/94151010639
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Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Join us tomorrow at 5:15pm in the Parlour, Magdalene College, for Dr Amy Prendergast's paper, 'Narratives of Violence: Considering Irish Women’s Diaries and Memoirs as Testimony, 1760-1810'. All welcome! @amyprendergast.bsky.social @magdalenecollege.bsky.social
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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
𝐔𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝟖 The Eighth International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Rathcroghan Visitor Centre 23-25 June 2026. Rathcroghan Visitor Centre is delighted to announce that it will be hosting the eighth edition of the International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales.
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
👉The Irish Language in Liverpool / An Ghaeilge cois Setei👈 Experts from Ireland, Canada + US will discuss Liverpool’s contribution to the Irish language English with 'cúpla focail' 📅6:30pm, 4 March 🧭Rathbone Theatre @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981144632...
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The Irish Language in Liverpool / An Ghaeilge cois Seteia
This event brings together world-leading experts from Ireland, Canada and the US to discuss Liverpool’s contribution to the Irish language.
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Only five days left to get those abstract in. Abstracts are due Friday 6th February. Thanks to all those that have already submitted we look forward to reading them.
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Dr Martin Walsh FRHistS @tmartinwalsh.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Please do sumbit particulary if you are a PhD student or ECR. It is a great space to share your research
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Jon Burrows was formally elected as UUP leader over the weekend, and he will be joining us next week to discuss the political challenges + opportunities facing Northern Ireland. 📅 6pm, 12 February 🧭GFlex, CTL @liverpooluni.bsky.social FREE registration: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1981423814...
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Unionism in Northern Ireland - Jon Burrows MLA
Jon Burrows, leader of the UUP, will give a talk on "Unionism in Northern Ireland - Envisioning Governance, Leadership and Inclusion"
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Jay Roszman @jayroszman.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I am very happy this article is out [OA to come]. It builds on work by scholars like @matthewjkelly.bsky.social, Paul Townend, Michael de Nie, @alanlester.bsky.social (and others) to suggest that Irish nationalism had something important to say about the British Empire in the 1830s and 1840s. 🗃️
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British Association for Irish Studies (BAIS) @bairishstudies.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
A reminder that our Postgraduate Essay and Bursary prizes are now open for applications! Deadline for submissions 17 March 2026 See the BAIS website for details on how to enter and eligibility: irishstudies.co.uk/prizes-and-f...
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Prizes and Funding
BAIS Book Prize The 2026 BAIS Book Prize is now open. We invite submissions of single-author monographs published in 2025. All areas of Irish Studies across a range of disciplines are welcome.…
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Cambridge Group for Irish Studies @irishstudiescam.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
We are delighted to share our programme of seminars for Lent Term 2026, beginning on Tuesday 3rd February 🍃 👇
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
We are delighted this afternoon to announced the CFP for the 36th annual WHAI conference 2026. The conference will be held at Mary I Limerick on 29 & 30 May 2026. Closing dates for submissions on the theme of 'Gain' is 31 Jan. 2026. sites.google.com/view/whai202...
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WHAI2026
Welcome to the homepage for the next Women's History Association of Ireland conference. Our next annual conference will take place 29-30 May 2026 at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. The conferenc...
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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Our first emerging scholar's blog for 2026 has landed thanks to Aoife Lydon for taking the time time to write this brilliant piece for us. womenshistoryassociation.com/whai-emergin...
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Gendered Voices and Perspectives of the Irish Revolution within Public Memory
Ireland’s recent Decade of Centenaries 2012-2023 saw an array of public commemorations, research, events, talks and documentaries produced to commemorate the Irish revolutionary period. A combinati…
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Irish Studies@LivUni @irishinstitute.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
In case you missed the broadcast, the #TalkingHistory podcast with our Prof @downham.bsky.social is now available at www.newstalk.com/podcasts/hig.... Enjoy!
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1066 and The Norman Conquest | Newstalk
In this episode, we're going back to 1066 as we debate the Norman Conquest and what it meant for ...
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
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University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies | Study | University of Liverpool
Learn about our University of Liverpool Humanitarian Scholarship in Irish Studies.
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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Recently published | The Documentary Aesthetic in Irish Theatre, 2010-2020 is available now! Discover more about the first book-length study of documentary theatre in Ireland here ⬇️ www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....
Promotional graphic for a Liverpool University Press book. On the left, over a dark, theatrical background showing a performer with a paper bag over their head, white text reads: “Examines the emergence of documentary theatre in the increasingly experimental landscape of contemporary Irish drama.” The Liverpool University Press logo appears in the top left. On the right is the book cover titled The Documentary Aesthetic in Irish Theatre, 2010–2020 by Luke Lamont, featuring a stage scene with performers and projected images, and the series subtitle “Playwriting and the Contemporary: Critical Collaborations.”
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Burns Library @burnslibrary.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Did you know that Burns Library holds a collection of photographs and albums belonging to Irish activist, printer, and camogie player Máire Gill? They live in our Loretta Clarke Murray Collection and we’ve just digitized them! findingaids.bc.edu/repositories/2/r…
Full length photographic portrait of Maire Gill in a medieval costume
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Chris Cusack @fearfuljoycuit.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Out in February from @livunipress.bsky.social: The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature. The book started as a lockdown tweet. Delighted that it’s finally done! With Bridget English and @drreznicek.bsky.social
Cover of The Corpse in Modern Irish Literature, showing a water colour of mourners carrying a coffin towards a ruined church, with a man looking on in the foreground and two windswept, rather Beckettian trees in the background.
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Sonja Tiernan @sonjatiernan.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Thrilled to see Eva Gore-Booth biography anniversary edition now included in the @manchesterup.bsky.social trade catalogue 2026. Due in print March 2026! dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/manchester-u...
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