Latest news from the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society / Cothaíonn An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag.
Maynooth University and the Irish Georgian Society are partnering to deliver a live online symposium, ‘Speculative Minds: Commerce, Experiment, Innovation & the Arts in Georgian Ireland‘ on Thursday 27th May 2021. The symposium has been convened by Dr Toby Barnard, Emeritus…
An online conference ‘Species of Domestic Spaces: House and Home in Eighteenth-Century Ireland’ will be hosted by the UCD Humanities Institute on Friday, 18 June. For further information, including the programme, visit the conference webpage…
Joel W. Herman has been awarded the A. C. Elias, Jr., Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship for 2021 by the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS). The award will assist Mr. Herman, a Ph.D. student in history…
The Desmond Guinness Scholarship 2020 is currently open for applications. The scholarship is awarded annually by the Irish Georgian Society to an applicant or applicants engaged in research on the visual arts of Ireland including…
The Royal Irish Academy is pleased to welcome applications for the R.J. Hunter Research Bursary, for amounts up to a maximum of €2,500 for research on aspects of Ulster history during the period 1500-1800. The…
The Eighteenth-Century Urban Cultures Workshop will take place at Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 27 February 2020, from 10.00-17.30. Speakers will include: Moyra Haslett (QUB), Jonathan Wright (Maynooth), Sarah McCleave (QUB), Ruth Thorpe (QUB) and…
A talk entitled ‘”Rags, Riches and Recycling”; the Dublin Society’s encouragement of Art & Artefacts, 1731-1881’ by Dr Claudia Kinmonth MRIA will take place at 7.30pm, 23rd Jan 2020 at R.S.A.I. 63 Merrion Square S.…
Theatrical works in the eighteenth-century did not play for continuous ‘runs’ in the manner of modern popular theatre. The key figure is the number of performances in a particular season, making the most successful theatrical…
As part of the Jonathan Swift Festival, four leading experts on Swift will present short papers (each of 20 minutes’ duration) on aspects of the great man’s life, writings, and relationships. Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm Date: Saturday, 23 November 2019 Location: Marsh’s Library, St Patrick’s Close, Dublin D08 FK79. Programme…
ECIS members may be interested in the new web resource ‘The Censorship of British Theatre, 1737-1843’, available at https://tobeomitted.tcd.ie The website explores the topic of theatre censorship in Britain 1737-1843. It hosts 40 carefully selected…