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Latest news from the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society / Cothaíonn An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag.

Rathfarnham Castle

Events: Transformation of Rathfarnham Castle

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The conference, ‘Transformation: From Fortified House to Georgian Villa’, will take place at Rathfarnham Castle on 4-5 October 2019. This event will feature a range of speakers discussing the transformation of the building into a… 

Yale University Press

Discount Code: Yale University Press

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Yale University Press have recently published some new titles (listed below) that may be of interest to members of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society. These titles are available to members at a 30% discount until 31… 

KNI

Funding opportunity: Keogh-Naughton Library Research Award

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The Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Notre Dame International are pleased to announce the continuation of the Keough-Naughton Library Research Award in Irish Studies. The award provides grant funding to assist scholars who travel to use the collections of the… 

Thomas Moore

Introducing Project Erin: Thomas Moore in Europe

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ERIN documents two of Thomas Moore’s song series – the Irish Melodies (1808-1834) and National Airs (1818-1827) – as well as music inspired by his ‘oriental romance’ Lalla Rookh (1817). ERIN enables the user to track the production and dissemination… 

New Books: Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical

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A 20% discount for Amanda Goodrich’s new book, Henry Redhead Yorke, Colonial Radical Politics and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1772-1813 (Routledge, 2019) is now available. This is the first biography of Henry Redhead Yorke,… 

DRI

DRI Early Career Research Award

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Digital Repository of Ireland invite early career researchers to apply for a new annual Research Award. This Award grants a prize to an original short article or blog post summarising research informed in whole or… 

Seminar: The Irish to the Rescue

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A seminar entitled ‘The Irish to the Rescue: the Tercentenary of the Polish Princess Clementina’s Escape’ will take place on 30 April in Europe House, 12-14 Lower Mount Street, Dublin 2. This event is organized… 

Marsh's Library

ECIS Postgrad Bursaries 2019

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Marsh’s Library PG bursary (EUR300) A bursary awarded by Marsh’s library in Dublin to the value of EUR300 towards conference costs (this may be used to pay for registration, conference dinner, accommodation and / or… 

ECIS

CFP: 2019 ECIS Annual Conference

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Proposals are now invited for twenty-minute papers (in English or Irish) on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including its history, literature, language, and culture. There is no specific conference theme, but proposals for papers and… 

Jonathan Swift

Book Launch: Swift’s Irish Political Writings after 1725

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Irish Political Writings after 1725: A Modest Proposal and Other Works edited by David Hayton and Adam Rounce is the latest volume of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift and the first fully annotated…