Saw Bill Irwin's ON BECKETT last night at Shakespeare Theatre Company (mysteriously not on BlueSky). Theater was about 2/3 full, which astonished me. It's an extraordinary show and you should see it if you can — $10 off with the code BECKETT10* www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/on-be...
Challenge accomplished- well done Celia!
Wonderful Giotto bringing back memories of Florence and the Monet is in the Orangerie in Paris?
I’ve seen this exhibition in different combinations over the years - it is brilliant, beautiful and devastating - good to be reminded of it today.
Conference proposals for ISTR 2026 are due THIS SATURDAY, 31 January
This year's conference takes place on 4-5 June in TU Dublin's Grangegorman Campus, under the theme
'Stages of Knowledge: Site, Struggle, and Transformation'
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Our Irish Studies seminar programme for Spring 2026 www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
10. Nicole Eisenman, Reality Show, 2022
At the Abbey Theatre, we believe theatre should be for everyone.
We're delighted to announce, with the generous support of Deirdre and Irial Finan and Vhi, that applications are now open for #TheatreForAll.
Read more and apply now: https://www.abbeytheatre.ie/theatre-for-all-applications-open/
Painting featuring a white woman in a long datk dress sitting in a chair sewing in an interior by a large open window, a cat sits on a chair near by
Gwen John (British painter, 1876-1939) - Interior with Woman Sewing at Window and Cat #womensart
Indeed - and thanks to Liz for the idea - enjoying all the choices!
Really enjoying these selections!
I hadn’t seen this before now and I am completely blown away. Jesse Buckley singing Sinead O’Connor’s Troy. Kindred spirits. Connected to the same well, the same source. Unbelievable performance.
Everyone needs to see this.
Fire 🔥
Age studies #mla2026 folk! 👇
On next Wednesday! 🌟
This is such an important book.
Patrick Lonergan has done us a great service in writing down in words the essence of @druidtheatre.bsky.social first 50 years. That which it was, is, and will be, the eternal quest for alchemy borne of the earth far beneath the streets of Galway.
If you’re Belfast based and enjoy translated literature you’d be welcome at “Mexico and Below” our monthly world lit book group. We meet 3rd Wednesday of the month at No Alibis. Upcoming reads on our Instagram page.
Many congratulations Celia - it was indeed a very Happy Day!
For anyone interested in my first two monographs - BERNARD SHAW'S IRISH OUTLOOK and IRISH ANGLICAN LITERATURE AND DRAMA - the publishers are selling them for only €23.99 between now and 31/12/25. Perfect stocking stuffers! ;-)
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Just me and the legendary Comrades Bates and Bird ranting about "Rewriting the Modernist Wife: Beckett, Stein, Toklas, Dumesnil" at the MLA 2026 in Toronto. I am so grateful to @lizbaz.bsky.social for the invitation to be part of such a progressive panel.
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Really interesting CFP for #IrishinBritain scholars here from @museumofthehome.bsky.social .
museumofthehome.org.uk/our-work/res...
Assistant Professor in Film Studies
Trinity College Dublin,
5 year Tenure track
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPL809/a...
Just out. I've written a major report (with David Edgar) looking at the effect of Covid on British Theatre. You can download it here: www.britishtheatreconsortium.co.uk/britishtheat...
ICCL is saddened to hear of the passing of Margaretta D’Arcy. A fearless artist and activist for peace and human rights, may she rest in peace.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Just in time for Christmas, Exacting Clam comes along with its Dada special issue. I've an interview with translator Catherine Schelbert, @br0phy.bsky.social reviews a new Ashbery bio, and C J Patrick has some exquisite poems on show, plus more besides. www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-19...
Niche UK academia question: does anyone have experience of producing accurate figures of how grants from charities contribute to university finances across a research cycle. The usual 'cost recovery' model produces anomalies. There must be other and more holistic ways of accounting for their value.
Thanks Jackie, great guests and heartwarming to see so many familiar faces in the audience - all there for Seán Rocks.
Photo of Lanyon Building at Queen's University Belfast
AHRC Awards for PhD study in Arts and Humanities at QUB (starting Sept. 2026) are now advertised at www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgr...
Two months to the deadline for abstracts for ‘James Joyce in Relation: Gender, Labour, Legacy’. We invite feminist, queer, intersectional & transnational work that rethinks Joyce’s relations with his women contemporaries & interrogates reception, networks & the gendered infrastructures of modernism.
Methuen Drama Engage series Call for Proposals with book jackets
“Reliably excellent.” – The Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory
Interested in contributing to the Methuen Drama Engage series, edited by Mark Taylor-Batty (@cupofassam.bsky.social) & Enoch Brater?
We’re welcoming proposals now. Details here: https://bit.ly/3T7T6tG
