LCIS is a research centre which aims to foster, promote and disseminate research on Ireland in a European context. The manifold relations between Ireland and the rest of Europe are investigated by researchers from different disciplines.
Leuven Centre for Irish Studies (LCIS)
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Former and current LCIS members Yen-Chi Wu and Lauren Ottaviani are delighted to share the launch of their special issue of the Irish University Review on “Irish Literature and the Global Marketplace.” It is now available for download via the following link: www.euppublishing.com/toc/iur/curr...
REMINDER: This upcoming Wednesday at 8pm, EFACIS will organise its final bookclub of this term, this time centered on Cathy Sweeney’s Breakdown. Those who want to join can find more information via this link: tinyurl.com/4wwavdpm. Hope to see you then!
The call for the 2026-2027 LCIS visiting fellows scheme is still open! Read all about it at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/lcisvis... !
The deadline for the autumn residency has been extended to 1 August 2026.
You can find the full call at ghum.kuleuven.be/lcis/files/v...
The Irish Itinerary Podcast is back for a new season!
The first episode features Wendy Erskine who discusses her novel The Benefactors and talks about the recurring themes in her work, such as family dynamics and the transformative potential of chance encounters.
www.efacis.eu/podcast
A recording of Hedwig Schwall’s Irish Studies lecture on interactionality in contemporary Irish novels is available at m.youtube.com/watch?v=b7c3...
📣 Call for Papers 📣
The Keough-Naughton Institute is hosting the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS) Midwest and South Regional Conference this fall, Sept. 24-27, at the University of Notre Dame.
👉 Visit go.nd.edu/acis for all the details.
🗓️ Deadline for submissions: June 20
🎓 Postdoc Opportunity 🎓
Ph.D. scholars in any area of Irish studies are eligible to apply for our National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.
NEH Fellows continue their research while in residence at the Keough-Naughton Institute for up to three years.
👉 Apply here: go.nd.edu/neh-fellowship
New Kaleidoscope III publications!
In a second step, academics and representatives of different institutions add their voices on the topic of faith, spirituality and art.
Discover the first essays by Tom Inglis, Siobhán Garrigan, Ger Moane and Gladys Ganiel at kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu/reflections
Discover new essays by Joseph O'Connor, Deirdre Sullivan and Dawn Watson on the Kaleidoscope 3 website today!
kaleidoscope3.efacis.eu/publications
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
