BAIS Elections 2023-25

The following candidates stood unopposed and will now form the BAIS Council for 2023-25. Therefore, we have no need for formal elections. Chair: Derval Tubridy Vice Chair: George Legg Treasurer: Nick Taylor-Collins Secretary: Erika Hanna Council: Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston, Peadar O Muircheartaigh, Mo Moulton, Amanda Hall, Deirdre Canavan, James Bright, Kathy Davies, Matthew Campbell, Katie […]

BAIS Prizes 2022

We are pleased to announce our prize winners for 2022, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 16th May. We would like to formally acknowledge the support of the Embassy, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Cambridge University Press and the Irish Studies Review. In addition to our 2022 winners, we […]

BAIS Open Letter in Support of Colleagues at Goldsmiths

It is with great concern that the Council of the British Association for Irish Studies learned of the proposed redundancies at Goldsmiths. The vital work done in Irish Studies across the Department of English and Comparative Literature, and the Department of History, at Goldsmiths is central to our understanding of contemporary issues. Derval Tubridy’s exploration […]

EFACIS Report: Britain & Northern Ireland, 2020-2021

This is a report on major Irish Studies activity, compiled by Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston, BAIS Communications Manager. If you wish to be included in a future report and have activities under the following headings only, please mail lej.houston@outlook.com. Please note, this is limited to activity in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Monographs Richard Kirkland, Irish London: A Cultural History, […]

BAIS Prize Winners 2021

You can register for the online prize-giving here. Family and friends are very welcome alongside our Irish Studies community. We would like to thank Cambridge University Press and the Irish Studies Review for their support of our essay prize, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade at the Irish Embassy for their support of […]

BAIS Research Day and Virtual Conference 2021

We have two events for you to participate in during Spring 2021. BAIS Research Day: On 17th March 2021 (St Patrick’s Day) we invite you all to post resources from your research in Irish Studies, including links to publications, web resources, previous talks and anything else that would benefit the community. In your post, please […]

IRISH STUDIES REPORT: BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND, 2019-2020

Statement from the BAIS Council on Black Lives Matter

The Council of the British Association for Irish Studies stands in solidarity with all those protesting for justice and equality across the United States. As scholars of Ireland we are conscious of how discourses of Ireland and Irishness have been used to play down historic injustices towards Black people, or even push back against their […]

BAIS Prize Winners 2020

We would like to congratulate all of our prize winners for 2020. We hope to be able to celebrate their successes in person in 2021. We thank our judges for their scrupulous work in difficult circumstances this year and the Embassy of Ireland for funding our bursaries. The BAIS Essay Prize is kindly supported by […]

BAIS Virtual Conference – May 2020

During the month of May, BAIS will facilitate an online month-long Irish Studies ‘Conference’ on Twitter. We welcome speakers from anywhere in the world, at any stage of their careers, on any topic as long as it is related to Ireland or the Irish diaspora. We ask that during this period you upload to Twitter […]