A call for papers for an Irish Studies conference foregrounding women. Continue reading
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ISAANZ call for abstracts
24th Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand conference (ISAANZ24) December 9-12, 2019 Adelaide, South Australia Foregrounding Irish Women : the Antipodes and beyond Call for Abstracts The Antipodes, the opposite, figuratively, geographically, metaphorically. We are interested in accounts of women and men who lived opposite lives often off the main stage, but who played … Continue reading
St Bridget’s Day book launch 1 February 2019
A new book on the Irish in South Australia launched. Continue reading
Sydney ISAANZ Conference Review
For the first time in its history the Irish Studies in Australia and New Zealand (ISAANZ) conference began with an Irish language day Continue reading
Vale, Anders Ahlqvist
Anders Ahlqvist: a champion for Irish Language and the debts English owes to it. Continue reading
Slow Reading of ‘Ulysses’ in Brisbane
Reading Ulysses slowly and in a community. Continue reading
Barney Devlin: tribute to a friend and teacher
Barney’s personal abilities, charm, compassion and wit have impacted all of us who knew him Continue reading
Remembering the Troubles
These oral histories detail the ordinary activist – those from working-class backgrounds who, in contrast to the revolutionary élite, rarely recorded their thoughts in letters, diaries or memoirs. Continue reading
Joanne Hayes – a story to frighten
Sometimes a series of events can be so unusual and improbable that factual information becomes stranger than fiction so that a bizarre story trumps one’s wildest imaginings. This applies in spades to the strange story of Joanne Hayes from Abbeydorney … Continue reading
New Online Archive of the Troubles in NI
For researchers, a new archive of the Troubles in Northern Ireland…. Continue reading
