@richardalanbarlow
Modern Irish and Scottish Literature: https://academic.oup.com/book/44829?login=false Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/people/rab44/ FW website: https://research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationofcomplications/
Tomorrow's wrap-around front page of The National.
This is the human cost.
As the UK Government talks a big game of being ready to join the US and Israel in war, over 150 families are mourning their children.
Their little girls were mostly aged 7-12.
Nicholas Allen at the University of St Andrews
A copy of Late Heaney by Nicholas Allen (Oxford University Press, 2026)
It was great to welcome @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to @standrewsenglish.bsky.social to launch his excellent new book, Late Heaney. Thanks to everyone who came along! Get your copy here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Today's the day! Dr Richard Barlow and Dr Rosa Campbell on their research into failure and the nonhuman in poetry and the work of James Joyce. Open to all staff and students. 2-4pm in the Garden Seminar Room.
Join Nicholas Allen's Book Launch & Talk on Late Heaney's final poetry collections 📅 Thu 26 Feb 2026 🕕 6–8pm 📍 Kennedy Hall 🎟 Limited space, book now!
The Scottish Highlands: Epic Mode
23 March, online, from £3.35
Prof Dòmhnall Uilleam Stiùbhart @sabhalmorostaig.bsky.social investigates the ancient heroic tales of the Fèinn & Fionn mac Cumhail/Finn Mac Cool – part of the common heritage of #Scotland & #Ireland
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-scotti...
I’ll be discussing Joyce, failure, and the nonhuman as part of the next English ModCon Research Symposium
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Wednesday 25 February 2026, 2:00pm to 5:00pm
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McSweeney Astray
"Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories", a 2024 essay collection I edited w/ Richard Barlow, is now available to pre-order in a much more affordable paperback edition from @edinburghup.bsky.social! (use code PAPER30 for a further 30%-off discount)
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Pleased to see that Finnegans Wake - Human and Nonhuman Histories is now available in paperback
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Programme for the XVIII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome.
The Flaminio Obelisk at Piazza del Popolo in Rome.
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Caravaggio and The Assumption of the Virgin by Carracci in the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome.
A picture of a glass of wine and a plate of bruschette
Had a great few days at the XVIII James Joyce Italian Foundation Conference in Rome.
The cover of Late Heaney by Nicholas Allen
Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
One of several scholarships for Palestinian students available at the University of Liverpool. This one is for the MRes in Irish Studies. Please share to relevant circles.
www.liverpool.ac.uk/study/fees-a...
The cover of Late Heaney by Nicholas Allen
Really looking forward to welcoming @dedalusdenaries.bsky.social to St Andrews for the launch of his new book, Late Heaney.
6:00pm on Thursday, February 26
Garden Room, Kennedy Hall
@standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/late-...
Our next seminar is on Mon. 9 Feb. - Niall Whelehan will speak about ‘Radicalism, colonialism and the life of an Irish doctor in Argentina at the fin de siècle’. All welcome www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...
Happy Birthday, Joyce! Here’s a new Finnegans Wake website I've developed with Research Computing at St Andrews: research.st-andrews.ac.uk/elucidationo...
@starcnet.bsky.social @standrewsenglish.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @bairishstudies.bsky.social #JamesJoyce #IrishStudies
Ooh! We haven't had a good bit of satanic panic for a while!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
We are delighted to announce our Medieval & Renaissance Candlemas Semester events, featuring research talks, readings, a conference, and the irresistible Pizza & PowerPoint social presented in partnership with our Creative Writers. Get those dates in your diary!
Call for Papers: Centre for Scottish & Celtic Studies Postgraduate Symposium, 28 May 2026, @glasgow.ac.uk & online, 'People, Place and Movement'. Abstracts and enquiries: arts-cscs@glasgow.ac.uk, deadline: 2 March 2026. Proposals are welcome from postgraduates at any stage of their career.
It is publication today for Late Heaney I am told, although I imagine it’ll be a while before I see it between ice storms and the broad Atlantic. I thought I’d share a few thoughts about it, as it’s a different kind of book for me in form and style.
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Congratulations!
No Scottish company should be profiting from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
That included involvement in resource extraction from internationally recognised Palestinian waters.
Everybody To Kenmure Street, the new doc from 'Nae Pasaran' director Felipe Bustos Sierra, will kick off this year's @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social
It's a mix of archive, verbatim testimony and on-the-ground footage, with a score by @mogwai.scot's Barry Burns
www.theskinny.co.uk/film/news/ev...
My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
REMINDER: The deadline to apply for the Global Irish Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship is Feb. 27.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/176805
@lcis-leuven.bsky.social @cirishcaceres.bsky.social @aedei.bsky.social @efacis.bsky.social @irishstudieswue.bsky.social @sofeir.bsky.social @intyeatssociety.bsky.social
Save the date for the next International Walter Scott Conference: 28-30 June 2027, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Keynotes by Philip Connell and Porscha Fermanis & a special session marking the anniversary of Ian Duncan’s 'Scott’s Shadow: The Novel in Romantic Edinburgh' @princetonupress.bsky.social.
Work with us! The School of English is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Creative Writing (Prose).
Closing Date: 27 Feb 2026
For more information and to apply please see:
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
According to people in Aida refugee camp this demolition could happen as soon as tomorrow. They wrote today to FIFA and the Swiss government urging them to call on Israel to desist from any demolition plans. The pitch is a lifeline for hundreds of Palestinian boys and girls.
Solidarity with students and staff at Birzeit