This event is part of the VIII International Seminar on Halloween (EFACIS Irish Itinerary 2024): Posthuman Intersections in Irish Literatures at the Universidad de la Rioja. More information is available on the Seminar website.
The UCY Irish Studies Collective provides a focal point in the Eastern Mediterranean for research into all aspects of Irish culture. As part of the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies, we are part of a network of more than 50 universities connecting those who work in Irish Studies.
Founded in February 2024, WAÉIRE is an academic platform for Irish Sudies made up of a team of teachers, researchers and students from various universities in Western Andalusia, including the University of Córdoba, the University of Huelva, the University Pablo de Olavide (Seville) and the University of Sevilla.
Mary Costello was born in Galway and is the author of four books.
Her short story collection, The China Factory (2012), was nominated for the Guardian First Book Award and the Irish Book Awards. Her first novel, Academy Street (2014), won the Irish Novel of the Year Award and the Irish Book of the Year in 2014. It was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award, the Costa First Novel Prize, the EU Prize for Literature among others, and has been translated into many languages.
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