You are invited to join the 13th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion (Monday 13 October, 6 pm GMT/ 7 pm CET), which will take the form of an open workshop on Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing, a forthcoming open-access special issue of Humanities that re-examines the role of unmarried women in Irish movements and literature. The discussion will explore celibacy’s imbrications with first-wave feminist politics, patterns of queer kinship and Irish literary movements, and aims to learn more about historical bonds formed between unmarried Irish women—whether in friendships, romantic relationships, creative collaborations or forms of political and revolutionary organisation. Addressing topics that range from the marriage bar in Ireland to unmarried Irish revolutionary women, the contributors will discuss how these social and historical contexts can inform new readings of celibate characters and themes in the writing of Frances Power Cobbe, L.T. Meade, Kate O'Brien, Elizabeth Bowen, Norah Hoult, Molly Keane, Janet McNeill, Mary Lavin, and Edna O'Brien.

You can find the registration link and a full programme on our EFACIS Roundtable Discussions page.

 

 

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