Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus University

04/03/2023

Ægteskabelige udfordringer Brexit har afsløret et splittet Storbritannien. Der var ikke blot forskel på holdningerne på tværs af alder, køn, uddannelse og klas

03/10/2022

We are THRILLED to be welcoming Mary McAleese Former President of Ireland to Aarhus on 1 November 2022 for a talk and wine reception. For more info and to sign up: https://events.au.dk/1novopeningreception

30/09/2020

Den 7. Oktober er der forelæsning om Irland på folkeuni i Århus!

Fra 2012-2022 er Irland i gang med et officielt 'erindringsårti', der tager temperaturen på nationen efter 100 års selvstændighed. I en tid hvor statuer er brændpunkter, kolonitidens aftryk optegnes skarpt og spørgsmål om klasse, køn og race flettes sammen til kritik og konflikt, er Irlands eksperiment med at gøre historien op fantastisk spændende. Kom og hør mere om hvor de gjorde af Dronning Victoria efter de rev sig løs fra Storbritannien, hvordan kvinder og andre befolkningsgrupper nu bliver lokaliseret og skrevet ind i historien og hvordan Irland finder sig til rette med en Britisk imperie historie de både har været offer for og deltaget i. (Selvfølgelig altsammen i lyset af Brexit!).

Irland mindes i disse år en række begivenheder, der banede vejen for national selvstændighed i perioden 1912-1922. Historiebøgerne skrives om, nye mindesmærker bliver opført, og ’nationen’ husker og genopfinder sig selv. Sammenfletningen af forskellige stemmer, positioner og fortolkninger ...

05/05/2020

You might have had more than enough of online activities - but if not, you are very welcome to join this event (in Danish)

Vi vender ofte blikket mod vores nabo på den anden side af Nordsøen, der for tiden går en usikker fremtid i møde. En af de mest aktuelle grunde er coronakrisen, hvor premiereminister Boris Johnson har været sat ud af spillet det meste af april pga. selv samme virus. Men det går selvfølgelig l...

25/03/2020

We hope you are home and safe in these Corona times. If you need something interesting to watch, CPH:DOX made several movies available on their website, as the documentary festival itself had to cancelled. We recommend the movies "Lost Lives" or "Trouble" both about understanding The Troubles in Ireland and life during the conflict.

Lost Lives: https://cphdox.shift72.com/film/lost-lives/
Trouble: https://cphdox.shift72.com/film/trouble/

Et tilbageblik på den blodige konflikt i Nordirland, der varede i over 30 år

18/02/2020

Have you ever wondered who St. Patrick was, how Northern Ireland came to be or what John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama all have in common?
Then, perhaps Studieskolen's Irish culture event is for you!

On february 28, Tara Klarlund Hogan will be hosting Irish culture and Song. The event includes a presentation and sing along. Tara will play Irish songs generally related to the topics on her guitar, participants are encouraged to sing along in true Irish fashion. 🤩🇨🇮 The event starts at 17.00 and wine will be served during the break 🥂

Sign up here:

Foredrag i ord og musik om irsk kultur, sang og musik. Tara Klarlund Hogan fortæller og akkompagnerer på guitar.

05/02/2020

Summer school in Belfast? Amazing and interesting trips and classes focusing on the peace process? YES PLEASE! 🙌🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️
The Queen's University Belfast International Summer School in Irish Studies is now open for applications for summer 2020. This year's summer school runs from June 22nd to July 17th, with applications closing on April 20th.

This four week programme offers an immersive opportunity to study Ireland's history, culture and politics with a distinctive northern perspective. We take an interdisciplinary approach to exploring Ireland past and present from multiple perspectives, and give particular attention to the Northern Irish peace process and its legacies.
Classes led by leading scholars based at Queen's University Belfast are supplemented by educational field trips to sites including Derry/Londonderry, the Giant's Causeway, the Seamus Heaney Homeplace and early-Christian Downpatrick.

The programme can be taken by undergraduate students for university credit or by anyone for personal interest. Inclusive fees (with 4 weeks accommodation) are very reasonable at £2,900 (c.US$ 3,800), and US students can apply for free tuition via our partners at the Fulbright Commission (http://www.fulbright.org.uk/going-to-the-uk/uk-summer-institutes/summer-institutes-available/queens-university-belfast) .

Full information on the summer school is available online at: https://www.qub.ac.uk/International/International-students/Studyabroad/Summer-Schools/IrishStudiesSummerSchool/

The Fulbright Queen’s University Belfast Summer Institute is a four-week cultural and academic programme for US students, focusing on understanding Ireland from a Northern Irish perspective, hosted by Queen's University Belfast.

29/01/2020

"Irlands historie – fortiden som kikkert, kastebold og klods om benet"
Onsdag d. 7. oktober afholder folkeuniversitetet i Aarhus en forelæsningsaften hvor Sara Dybris McQuaid kommer og fortæller om Irland i en Brexit-tid hvor forskellige stemmer, positioner og fortolkninger giver anledning til intens debat og nationens identitet igen tages op til forhandling.

Alle er meget velkomne til at deltage og tage del i diskussionen om "hvordan et samfund husker, glemmer og gemmer til en anden god gang."

Tilmelding sker via nedenstående link:

Irland mindes i disse år en række begivenheder, der banede vejen for national selvstændighed i perioden 1912-1922. Historiebøgerne skrives om, nye mindesmærker bliver opført, og ’nationen’ husker og genopfinder sig selv. Sammenfletningen af forskellige stemmer, positioner og fortolkninger ...

24/01/2020

Centre for Irish Studies now has a LinkedIn page! 🥳
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24/01/2020

Sara Dybris McQuaid kommenterer på, at en samlet Nordirsk regering endelig er genoplivet efter 3 års lammelse i Nordirlands politik, og hvilken betydning dette kan have i Brexit-kølvandet.

Genåbningen af parlamentet kan påvirke både brexit og chancerne for et forenet Irland.

20/01/2020

The Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast was the first of its kind to be established anywhere in the world!