2025 EFACIS International Conference

'Attending to Ireland'

8-11 May 2025

Åbo / Turku, Finland

Visiting Professorship in Irish Studies

The University of Wuppertal invites applications for a professorship in Irish Studies (visiting professorship) for the period 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026. The position will be based in the School of Humanities.

The Visiting Professor in Irish Studies is a joint initiative of the Government of Ireland, the Irish Embassy in Berlin and the University of Wuppertal. It is funded by the Irish Government’s Emigrant Support Programme (ESP).

EFACIS Activities 2023-2024

Summary of the Regional EFACIS Reports 2023-2024 by EFACIS LEUVEN

Click below to find the individual regional EFACIS reports. 

EFACIS Roundtable Discussions

All recordings of previous Roundtable Discussions are available on our EFACIS YouTube channel. 

You can find an overview of past and future Roundtable Discussions on our EFACIS Roundtable Discussions page.

EFACIS Book Club

The EFACIS book club aims to introduce readers to highlights of Irish literature, both past and present. All meetings of the EFACIS book club will take place online, via zoom. Readings and discussions are in English. We usually meet on Wednesdays between 8 pm and 10 pm (CET). During our 2-hour sessions, the work is briefly introduced and contextualized by an expert and then discussed by the participants of the session. Sometimes authors join the book club meetings in the second half.  Have a look at the EFACIS Book Club page for this year's reading list!

Anne Enright

The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS), warmly invites you to participate in this new international translation project. Building on the past successes of Yeats Reborn (2015), Translating Banville (2018), and our involvement in the Aistriu project with N.U.I Galway, the fourth instalment of Literature as Translation will focus on one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary Irish writers, Anne Enright.

(c) photo courtesy of Erik Derycke

Kaleidoscope 2

The EFACIS Kaleidoscope Series engages with writers and artists from the island of Ireland about topical interests. While Kaleidoscope 1 collected fiction authors’ observations about the act of writing fiction Kaleidoscope 2 asks Irish authors what Europe means to them. Over 40 authors and artists describe their experience of Europe and how the EU has changed Ireland. Publication in instalments from March to June 2021on http://kaleidoscope2.efacis.eu/

Aistriú

At the heart of Aistriú is a collection of Irish language texts on the theme of migration by eleven of the best known Irish language writers. The texts include poetry, short stories, novels and autobiographies, each one giving a unique perspective on migrants' experiences.