The American Conference for Irish Studies 2009 event will be hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI, Galway. It will be called “New Irish, Old Ireland: The same people living in the same place”. The conference will be held from the 10-13 June. The call for papers has been released. Here is the… Continue reading “New Irish, Old Ireland”: ACIS, NUI Galway. June 2009
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Down Under Expo: RDS, Dublin 27-28 Sept
The RDS is hosting the Down Under Expo on September 27 and 28th. It’s the fourth annual running of the event, but this year it’s been expanded to include new locations: not only Australia and New Zealand, but also Canada, the Middle East and Europe. The event is a commercial one, and is being run… Continue reading Down Under Expo: RDS, Dublin 27-28 Sept
Literature of Irish Exile: Ulster-American Folk Park, 18 October 2008
The Ninth Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh Saturday, 18 October 2008 The focus of the Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School, now in its ninth year, remains on how emigrants from Ireland have given expression in words to feelings of exile. Part of the… Continue reading Literature of Irish Exile: Ulster-American Folk Park, 18 October 2008
Irish World Heritage Centre: 27 September 2008
Out of the Archives The Irish World Heritage Centre in Manchester has announced its annual One Day Conference will take place at the Irish World Heritage Centre on Saturday the 27th of September. Organisers say: The theme of the conference this year is ‘Out of the Archives’ and we plan to take a look at… Continue reading Irish World Heritage Centre: 27 September 2008
Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives
Exhibition Roundup There are a number of interesting exhibitions that those interested in emigration might be interested in, no matter what part of the world you find yourself in this summer. Dublin: Strangers to Citizens: The Irish in Europe 1600-1800 is continuing at the National Library of Ireland through December 2008. It’s a fascinating look… Continue reading Summer roundup: From Galway to Turkey, exhibitions reveal emigrants’ lives
“Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008
In 2008, the Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland (H-WRBI) will hold their fifth annual conference: WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND THE POLITICAL WORLD. This conference will be held on 22nd-23rd August 2008 at the National University of Ireland, Galway. It will be an exciting programme of medieval, early modern, and modern papers on such… Continue reading “Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008