Our final report from the 2024 BAIS Bursary Prize winners comes from Declan Houten (University of Liverpool). Declan’s bursary enabled him to attend and present at two conferences: Due to the bursary, I was able to attend four days of the Joyce Symposium in Glasgow, where I was presenting on the final day. This symposium […]

Here we have 2024 BAIS Bursary winner Ellen O’Leary (University of Oxford). Ellen used her bursary to conduct extensive research at Irish theatre archives: The bursary allowed me to conduct a week of research in the theatre archives at the Hardiman Library at the University of Galway. It provided the funding for me to travel […]

Our next 2024 BAIS Bursary awardee is Mikelyn Rochford (University of York). Mikelyn’s bursary enabled her to present her research in Poland: My bursary helped fund my registration and travel costs to participate in a conference hosted by the Polish Association for Irish Studies with the theme “Mobility of Forms,” which took place from the […]

Next we have Elizabeth Garner (University of Aberdeen), whose bursary facilitated archival research relating to her PhD project: I spent two weeks at The National Archives in Kew. The bursary allowed me to accept the Theodore Bosanquet Bursary which consisted of two weeks accommodation in Francis Grandner House, London. I surveyed collections in The National […]

Next up is 2024 BAIS Bursary Prize winner, Killian Beashel (UCL). Killian utilised his bursary to facilitate archival research in Irish art collections: The research funded by the bursary took place at the Arts Council of Ireland archive in Dublin, the National Irish Visual Arts Library at NCAD, and the Void Art Centre in Derry. […]

The second report from our 2024 Bursary Prize winners comes from Hannah Evans (University of Liverpool). Hannah used her BAIS bursary to attend conferences in Iceland and France and disseminate her research findings: The BAIS Bursary Prize 2024 facilitated my attendance at two academic conferences this year, where I had the opportunity to present my […]

We begin again our BAIS PGR bursary prize winners blog post series. Each year we ask our bursary prize winners to write up a short post on how they spent their bursary funds. This year we begin with Simon Aeppli (University of Brighton), for whom the BAIS bursary supported the development of his practice-based PhD: […]

Our final report from the 2023 BAIS Bursary Prize winners comes from Peter Bothwell (University of St Andrews). Peter’s bursary enabled him to travel to Northern Ireland to conduct integral interviews for his doctoral project: The bursary allowed me to travel to Northern Ireland to conduct three rounds of interviews for the project. The project […]