• Centre of Irish Studies
 
 
 

University of Granada

The Centre was established in May 2015 at the University of Granada and it is constituted by ten active members working full time on the field of Irish Studies. The aim is to support and promote academic research on Irish Studies in the Eastern side of the Spanish region of Andalucía. The Centre’s focus is multidisciplinary, and conducts research in a wide range of academic disciplines regarding Ireland and Northern Ireland, ranging from history, literature, language and Hiberno-Spanish Relations. The Centre benefits from close academic collaboration with the nearby Universities of Jaén and Almería. In addition to hosting Irish artists, visiting fellows and building and maintaining scholarly networks, we organize on a regular basis academic conferences and intensive seminars on Irish Studies, which are open to the general public.  Funding comes from a variety of sources, including the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS), the MA Programme of Literature, the Department of English Philology and the Vice-Deanship for Cultural Activities and Research (Faculty of Arts and Philosophy, University of Granada). Artists who have visited us thanks to the support of the EFACIS Irish Itinerary include Claire Kilroy, Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáisn, Mary McPartlan, Macdara Woods, Pat Boran, Marina Carr, and Colette Bryce.

 

Head of the Granada Centre of Irish Studies:

         Pilar Villar Argáiz (pvillar@ugr.es)

 

Members:

         -  Pilar Villar-Argáiz: pvillar@ugr.es

         - Encarnación Hidalgo-Tenorio: ehidalgo@ugr.es

         - Carmen Aguilera-Carnerero: carmacar@ugr.es

         - José Ruiz Mas: jrmas@ugr.es

         - Ángela Rivera-Izquierdo: arivera@ugr.es,

         - Burcu Gülüm Tekin: gulumtekin@gmail.com

         - Marjan Shokouhi: marjan.shok@gmail.com

         - Lydia Canning: lydia.canning2@mail.dcu.ie

         - Juan Ráez-Padilla: jraez@ujaen.es

         - Granada Irish Music Community: Luis García Pulido, Miguel Navarro, Ángel Becerra, y David Cáceres Gallardo, Brendan Daley, y Chris Millington. https://theirishflow.com/ 

 

Contact:

         Prof. Pilar Villar Argáiz; Granada, Spain

 

Nearby universities:

         - Elena Jaime de Pablos. University of Almería: mjaime@ual.es

         - José Francisco Fernández Sánchez. University of Almería: jffernan@ual.es

         - Juan Raez Padilla. University of Jaén: jraez@ujaen.es

         - Luis Antonio Sierra. University of Jaén: luisansierra@hotmail.com

         - Almudena Machado Jiménez. University of Jaén: amachado@ujaen.es

 

Research interests:

         - Contemporary Irish writing: poetry and fiction.

         - Gender, race, migration and interculturality

         - Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis

         - Language and gender

         - Travel literatura

         - Hiberno-Spanish relations

 
Academic Activities at the University of Granada. Main organizar. Pilar Villar Argáiz. Youtube interview about our activities

   - 28-30 May 2015. 14th International AEDEI Conference (Spanish Association of Irish Studies). Discourses of Inclusion and Marginalisation: Minority, Dissident and Mainstream Irish Identities. https://granada-en.congresoseci.com/xivaedei/index

   - 15-18 December 2015. I International Seminar on Irish Studies. In honour of Professor Manuel Villar Raso. http://aedei.es/?tribe_events=i-seminar-on-irish-studies-in-honour-of-professor-manuel-villar-raso-university-of-granada-on-15-18-december-2016

   - 12-16 December 2016. II International Seminar on Irish Studies. (An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ireland through its Music, History, Literature and Cinema). http://www.iasil.org/2016/11/2nd-international-seminar-in-irish-studies-at-the-u-of-granada-spain/

   - 12-16 February 2018. III International Seminar on Irish Studies. An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ireland through its Music, History, Literature and Cinema. http://www.iasil.org/2018/02/iii-international-seminar-in-irish-studies-university-of-granada-12-16-february/

   - 11-15 February 2019. IV International Seminar on Irish Studies. (An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ireland through its Music, History, Literature and Cinema). https://thephilologistugr20.wordpress.com/2019/02/03/iv-jornadas-de-estudios-irlandeses/

 

Academic Activities at the University of University of Almería. Main organizar: Elena Jaime de Pablos

   - I Jornadas Internacionales de Estudios Irlandeses; Celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day, University of Almería, 17 March 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11GW1sYcY8A

    - II Jornadas Internacionales de Estudios Irlandeses. St Patrick's Day Celebrations, University of Almería, 16 March 2018. http://aedei.es/?p=2200

   - III Jornadas Internacionales de Estudios Irlandeses. St Patrick's Day Celebrations, University of Almería, 15 March 2019. http://cms.ual.es/UAL/universidad/centros/humanidades/noticias/IIIJORNAD...