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We really enjoyed ACIS 2019! We were particularly delighted to be able to co-host a book launch with QUB Irish Studies and Liverpool UP. We launched two brilliant books: Marguérite Corporaal, Oona Frawley, and Emily Mark-FitzGerald (Eds), The Great Famine: … Continue reading →

Starting in 2019, the SSNCI will be offering 2 conference bursaries to help PhD students/independent scholars attend our Annual Conference to present their research. These will be worth €150 each. For further information, see here.

The draft programme for our 2019 conference, ‘Dreams of the Future in Nineteenth-Century Ireland’ is now available. See here.

We are very pleased to announce that our 2019 Annual Lecture: “Maria Edgeworth and the late Scottish Enlightenment: correspondence and community” will be given by Dr. Jane Rendall, University of York. The lecture will take place at the National Library … Continue reading →

Dreams of the Future in Nineteenth-Century Ireland SSNCI Annual Conference Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, 27-28 June 2019 Call for Papers This conference will consider the history of the future in nineteenth-century Ireland. We are looking for papers … Continue reading →

Dreams of the Future in Nineteenth-Century Ireland Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester 27-28 June 2019   SAVE THE DATE   The 2019 Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland will be held at the … Continue reading →

Conference Programme Happiness in Nineteenth Century Ireland Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland June 28-29, 2018 Trinity College Dublin Conference Schedule   Thursday 28 June   9:30: Registration & Coffee 10-11:15:  Chair: Ciaran O’Neill Keynote Address:  Dr. Katie Barclay, … Continue reading →

Keynote at 2018 Annual Conference Keynote addresses by…. Dr. Katie Barclay ‘Happiness in the Family in Nineteenth-Century Ireland’ Abstract: In his 1809 treatise, the Irish writer Richard Kirwan located conjugal love as central site of happiness for individuals. The lawyer … Continue reading →

Happiness in nineteenth-century Ireland Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland     Keynotes by: Dr. Katie Barclay, Dr. Anne Dolan & Dr. Rhodri Hayward Trinity College Dublin, 28-29 June 2018 This conference seeks to raise the topic of … Continue reading →

Happiness in nineteenth-century Ireland Trinity College Dublin, 28-29 June 2018   Call for Papers This conference seeks to raise the topic of the history of emotions in nineteenth-century Ireland. It is looking for papers that address how emotion is conceptualised … Continue reading →