Bin Lid Brigades and Mummy’s Little Helpers: An Oral History Investigation of Communal Networks amongst the Women of West Belfast between 1970 – 1985

Next up is 2023 BAIS Bursary Prize winner, Sarah Mason (University of Edinburgh). As an oral history investigation, Sarah used her bursary to support the interview stage of her doctoral project: Sarah Mason is a PhD student in History at the University of Edinburgh. Her doctoral project focuses on the quotidian realities of women across […]

Seán Cronin: Reflecting and developing republican thought as an activist intellectual, observer and influencer 1956-1973.

The second report from our 2023 Bursary Prize winners comes from David Glover (University of Liverpool). David used his BAIS bursary to conduct archival research for his PhD project on the prominent republican figure and journalist Seán Cronin: David Glover is a PhD student at the University of Liverpool Institute of Irish Studies. His project […]

The Irish Front? : The Easter Rising and the First World War

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 Henry Theakston (University of Leeds), for whom the BAIS bursary supported his archival research in London: Receiving […]

British Association for Irish Studies Awards and Bursaries, 2023

We are pleased to announce the winners for our 2023 awards and bursaries, which will be presented at the Embassy of Ireland on 16th May. BAIS would like to acknowledge the valuable support of the Embassy of Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Cambridge University Press and the Irish Studies Review. Book Prize […]

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 Prize-Giving and Embassy Event, 2022

Last week we held our annual Prize Giving at the Embassy of Ireland, where we celebrated the achievements of our Book Prize, Essay Prize, and Bursary winners for 2020, 2021, and 2022, in the company of Ambassador Adrian O’Neill and our guest speaker Professor Claire Lynch. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all […]

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 […]

Tyneside Irish Cultural Society Lecture Series (in collaboration with BAIS)

Tyneside Irish Cultural Society, in collaboration with the British Association of Irish Studies, will be hosting a series of monthly online public lectures centred around centenaries and anniversaries which fall during 2022. All talks will take place on Zoom and the details will be posted on the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society website. Please contact Sarah […]

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, […]