• Centre of Irish Studies

The Alcalá Centre for Irish Studies (“Alka-Éire”) is a research-based centre established at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain) around the activities produced by the members of the Research group in Irish Studies. The only centre of its kind in the Madrid area, it pursues to enhance academic interest in all things Irish, to strengthen research in Irish literature and culture, to foster the visibility of Irish studies, to promote collaboration with other universities and institutions, within Spain and across Europe, and to disseminate knowledge in a European network.

Its main research interests are the following:

  • Irish literature and culture, North and South of the border
  • History and Memory
  • Comparative literature
  • Gender studies
  • Translation and reception studies
  • Irish diaspora and multiculturalism

 

Head:

            Prof. Marisol Morales Ladrón (Marisol.morales@uah.es)

Members:

            Prof. Fernando Galván Reula (Fernando.galvan@uah.es)

            Prof. Alberto Lázaro Lafuente (Alberto.lazaro@uah.es)

            Dr. Juan F. Elices Agudo (juan.elices@uah.es)

 

PhD Candidates:

            Beatriz Rubio Martínez (beatrizrubiomartinez@gmail.com)

 

Research Group in Irish Studies (University of Alcalá): Click here to go to the website. 

 

Upcoming events: 

        

        19 May: Official opening of the Alcalá Centre for Irish Studies 

                       with a reading by Mary Morrissy

                 

                 Time: 11 am - 1 pm CET

                 Place: Salón de Actos
                             Colegio de Málaga