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The 2024 Annual Conference of the Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society/An Cumann Éire san Ochtú Céad Déag is scheduled to take place in the University of Galway on 20-21 June 2024.

Martin McMahon is completing an MA in Irish History at University College Dublin. His research explores the impact of the military on Irish urbanisation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He will be speaking about… ECIS Postgrad Bursaries 2023: Martin McMahon

Luke Murphy is a PhD candidate at Dundalk Institute of Technology. His research focuses on the history of cartography and landed estates in the region of north County Louth. He is particularly interested in why… ECIS Postgrad Bursaries 2023: Luke Murphy

Applications for the next A. C. Elias, Jr. Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is 15 November 2022. The ASECS’ A. C. Elias Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship, with $2500… A.C. Elias, Jr. Irish-American Research Travel Fellowship

Richard Robinson, Archbishop of Armagh founded the library in his cathedral city in 1771 and saw it as embodying the 18th-century spirit of enlightenment, discovery and learning. Armagh Robinson Library hosts over 40,000 literary gems… Will you help Armagh Robinson Library future-proof its global collections?

Kristina Decker is a PhD researcher at University College Cork. Her research explores women and the culture of Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Ireland. Her broader interests include women’s history and the cultural history of the long… ECIS Postgrad Bursary Winner: Kristina Decker

Andrew Dorman is a doctoral candidate in the DCU School of History and Geography. His research considers the soldier’s experience in eighteenth-century Ireland. He will be speaking about his research at the ECIS Annual Conference… ECIS Postgrad Bursary Winner: Andrew Dorman

Maria Zukovs is a PhD Candidate at the University of St Andrews. Her research explores Dublin press coverage of the French Revolution and the impact it had on contemporaneous society, culture and politics. She will… ECIS Postgrad Bursary Winner: Maria Zukovs

Eliza Spakman is Research MA student in Literary Studies at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. Her research explores Late Eighteenth-Century Women’s writing, specifically Maria Edgeworth. Her wider interests include the Irish Enlightenment, Female Enlightenment… ECIS Postgrad Bursary Winner: Eliza Spakman

Elisa Cozzi is a DPhil Candidate in English Language and Literature, The Queen’s College, University of Oxford. Her research explores the literary connections between Italy and Ireland in the Romantic Period. Her broader interests include… ECIS Postgrad Bursary Winner: Elisa Cozzi