The Centre for Irish Studies is delighted to invite you to a poetry reading by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, which will take place at Kavárna Na Boršově (Náprstkova 10, Praha 1) on Tuesday 16 April at 19:30. Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, whose career spans more than fifty years, has for long been recognized as one of Ireland’s […]
The Centre for Irish Studies invites you to “Lost Decades or Decades of Change? Mid–Twentieth–Century Ireland“, a guest lecture by Dr Tomás Finn. The lecture will take place on Thursday 18 April, 12:30 – 14:00 in Room 111. Tomás Finn is a lecturer in history at the University of Galway. His research interests include the […]
VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE! Our traditional St Patrick’s Day celebration will take place at Kampus Hybernská on Friday 15 March from 19:30. Please join us for readings of new Czech translations of Irish writing and a concert by Conamara Chaos, with special guest Jáchym Hájek (voc, viola). The concert will feature the launch of the band’s […]
The Centre for Irish Studies is pleased to invite you to “Literature and Politics in the Early Modern Irish period, c.1200-1650″, a guest lecture by Dr Ken Ó Donnchú (University College Cork). The lecture will take place on Thursday 29 February, 12:30-14:00 in Room 111. Ken Ó Donnchú (MA, PhD) is a graduate of NUI […]
Podcasts created by the wonderful Schwa student society have included a few by the Centre’s members: Daniela Theinová on poetry and ecology Radvan Markus on the Irish language Clare Wallace on contemporary British drama Ondřej Pilný on modern Irish drama. Enjoy, for instance on Spotify (free access), and watch out for more.
The special issue of the literary magazine PLAV dedicated to Irish-language and Scottish Gaelic poetry was launched on 10 November at Kampus Hybernská. A recording of the event featuring Peter Mackay / Pàdraig MacAoidh, Petra Johana Poncarová, Martin Světlík, Daniela Theinová and the band Conamara Chaos is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISdo6M10wrk .
VIDEO AND PHOTOS. The Centre for Irish Studies and the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art are pleased to invite you to Sara Baume’s multimedia performance The Alphabet of Birds followed by a Q&A with the author and her Czech translator Alice Hyrmanová McElveen. 26 October, 18:30, DOX, Poupětova 1, Prague 7 Tickets A […]
RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE! The Centre for Irish Studies cordially invites you to two events with the Irish poet and academic Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh (University College Cork). The lecture, entitled “Eco-consciousness in Biddy Jenkinson’s Short Fiction”, will take place on Thursday 19 October 2023, from 15:50 – 17:20 in Room 1 (Faculty of Arts, Jan Palach Square […]
Brendan Behan at 100: Legacy and New Directions 23-24 June 2023 VIDEOS from the Behan concert now available Conference website. Hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies, Charles University, Prague Conference venue: Faculty of Arts main building, Náměstí Jana Palacha 2, Prague 1 Keynote speakers John Brannigan (UCD) Deirdre McMahon Irish author, playwright and rebel […]
22–23 September 2023 The 6th Prague biannual postgraduate conference wishes to offer discussion space for graduate students working in Irish Studies, including those whose background extends beyond the literary context. The title ‘Reading Ireland in the Twenty-first Century’ hopes to inspire researchers from various disciplines and invite a wide range of approaches to Irish Studies. […]
