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. […]
Nejnovější číslo časopisu PLAV: měsíčník pro světovou literaturu, věnované současné poezii v irštině a skotské gaelštině, editorsky připravili Václav Kyllar a Petra Johana Poncarová. V českých překladech Daniely Theinové, Martina Světlíka a Petry Johany Poncarové jsou v něm zastoupeni nejvýznamnější autorky a autoři píšící v obou jazycích: Biddy Jenkinson, Nuala Ní Dhomnaill, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, […]
FALL: Festival of Arts, Literature & Learning (13 – 17 September 2023) brings together writers, poets, visual artists, and other creative minds to discuss and celebrate the power of literature, storytelling, art, and our need for empathy in the digital age. The festival, organized in partnership with the Centre for Irish Studies, Charles University, features […]
The Irish-language academic monograph Carnabhal na Marbh (Leabhar Breac, 2023) discusses Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille in the context of the period when translations of the novel are being circulated internationally. The study draws on various theoretical approaches – including the carnivalesque, the encyclopaedic narrative and narratology – to assess the place of the […]
The latest issue of Litteraria Pragensia, “Ireland and Scotland: Cultural Intersections Across the Irish Sea”, edited by Petra Johana Poncarová and Radvan Markus, has just been released. The journal is available in open access. The issue is based on a symposium on the same topic which was held at the Faculty of Arts on 11 […]
JUST OUT! In episode 43 of the EFACIS Irish Itinerary Podcast, Irish documentary film maker Alan Gilsenan talks to Nathalie Lamprecht about his 2022 documentary An Buachaill Gealgháireach (in English: The Laughing Boy), which charts the journey of Brendan Behan’s song of the same name from his childhood home to its translation into Greek and […]
PHOTOS AND VIDEO NOW AVAILABLE! Oslava svátku sv. Patrika proběhne v pátek 17. března od 19:30 v Kampusu Hybernská (Hybernská 4, Praha 1). V průběhu večera vystoupí skupina Conamara Chaos s tanečníkem Andrejem Mikulkou, zazní ukázky irské literatury. Pořádá Kabinet irských studií, ÚALK FFUK. Jádro kapely Conamara Chaos tvoří muzikanti, kteří mají s žánrem dlouholeté […]
