ISWÜ Newsletter Winter Term 2021/22

IRISH STUDIES WÜRZBURG (ISWÜ)

NEWSLETTER WINTER TERM 2021/22

Dear colleagues, students, and friends of ISWÜ,

we are delighted to announce the following events, courses, guest lectures, study days, workshops, and extracurricular activities for the winter term 2021/22:

 

Courses:

ISWÜ members will be offering the following courses for students:

• Prof. Dr. Ina Bergmann: WueGlobal – Exile and Emigration: Irish American Literature, Culture, and History #ISWÜ #WueOnline (04093243)
• Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann: Irish Studies in the EFL Classroom #ISWÜ #WueOnline (04097331)
• Jan-Niklas Linnemeier, M.A.: Westindogermanische Sprachen: Altirisch #ISWÜ (04054150)
• Dr. Ninja Schulz: Languages in Ireland #ISWÜ (04092473)
• Aimée Waha, M.A.: The Changing Face of Ireland #ISWÜ #WueOnline (04093344) (supported by the Emigrant Support Programme, Embassy of Ireland)

For registration, please see WueStudy: https://wuestudy.zv.uni-wuerzburg.de

 

Certificates:

All participation in ISWÜ courses and events can now be documented for students on three ISWÜ certificates, one of them even allowing to earn ECTS for FSQ and Freier Bereich: Irish Studies Würzburg #ISWÜ #WueOnline (04099990). For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/teaching/certificates/

 

Internships:

We are now offering Digital Humanities & Irish Studies interships for JMU students in cooperation with CELT at the University College Cork, Ireland. For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/teaching/internships/

 

Guest lectures (via Zoom):

• November 4, 2021, 10-12 am c.t. (CET): Dr. Niamh NicGhabhann (University of Limerick, Ireland): “Religious Spaces in Transition - Changing Uses and Possible futures for Religious Architectural Heritage in Ireland”
• November 23, 2021, 12-2 pm c.t. (CET): Dr. Philip Coleman (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland): “Feline Form: From Black Minnaloushe to Henry Pussycat”

 

Study Day (via Zoom):

• November 18, 2021, 2-6.15 pm (CET): "Journeys Across the Waves: Discovering Irish Identity" (Dr. Damian Bracken and Prof. Caitríona Ní Dhúill, University College Cork, Ireland & Prof. Dr. Ina Bergmann and Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)

 

Workshop (via Zoom):

• December 3, 2021, 2-4 pm c.t. (CET): "Environmental Humanities & Irish Studies"(Dr. Maureen O’Connor, University College Cork, Ireland)

For more information on the guest lectures, study day, and workshop as well as for registration, please see our website: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/

 

German Irish Studies Itinerary (GISI) (via Zoom):

• January 13, 2022, 10am-12 pm c.t. (CET): Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg): ”Approaches to Teaching Irish Migration and Hybrid Identity in Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn”  

For more information on GISI and registration, please see: https://www.germanirishstudiesitinerary.uni-wuppertal.de/

 

Deutsch-Irische Gesellschaft Würzburg:

A range of extracurricular activities open to all students will be organised by our cooperation partner, Deutsch-Irische Gesellschaft Würzburg: https://www.dig-wuerzburg.de/veranstaltungen-termine/

 

 

PREVIEW SUMMER TERM 2022

For the summer semester, we are excited to announce the inaugural J. M. Synge Lecture by Prof. Patrick Lonergan, MRIA (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland) on April 28, 2022, 6-8pm, supported by the Deutsch-Irische Gesellschaft Würzburg.

 

A further highlight will be a symposium on „History in Stories“ in collaboration with the University College Cork, Ireland and the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium on July 1, 2022.

 

You can now also find us (and follow us) on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Irish-Studies-W%C3%BCrzburg-ISW%C3%9C-100435225059522

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/irishstudiesuniwuerzburg/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/irishstudieswue

 

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our events!
 

Prof. Dr. Ina Bergmann, Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann, and the whole team of
Irish Studies Würzburg (ISWÜ)
https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/