Modernist Studies Ireland

02/02/2022

Happy , 2-2-22! 🎉 To mark the occasion, Casey Lawrence has put together a few words of homage and a bibliography of recent, current, upcoming work in Joyce studies. A truly valuable resource - check it out at our website!

Casey Lawrence, Trinity College Dublin In 1921, Joyce reportedly said of his ambitious novel, Ulysses, I’ve put in so many enigmas and puzzles that it will keep the professors busy for centur…

31/01/2022

— Give it a name, Citizen, says Joe.
— Wine of the country, says he.

Tomorrow's MSI Finnegans Wake Reading Group features a cocktail hour celebrating the 100th anniversary of Ulysses! Takes place 4-6pm IST/GMT, Tuesday Feb 1st, Via Zoom - see our website at https://bit.ly/fw-msi ! 🍻

01/10/2021

This month's MSI has Trinity College Dublin's Casey Lawrence uncovering Robert McAlmon's 1920s Berlin, with debauchery and poverty side by side. It is "Elektropolis Coked to the Eyeballs: Berlin's Modernist Identity Crisis" - an absolute must read:

By Casey Lawrence, Trinity College Dublin In this month’s MSI New Writing about place in Modernism, TCD’s Casey Lawrence uncovers Berlin of the Modernist period, at once impoverished an…

03/09/2021

This wonderful piece by Dr Emily Ridge NUI Galway is the latest in MSI's New Writing series. In "Hong Kong: The Archaeology of a Modernist City", she explores architecture, literature, and Hong Kong as (post)modernist "heterotopia". Click here to read:

By Dr. Emily Ridge, NUI Galway In the latest of MSI’s 2021 series of writing about place in Modernism, NUI Galway’s Emily Ridge explores Hong Kong’s architecture and literature, and the trace…

06/08/2021

Thrilled to announce the latest contribution to our New Writing 2021 series! In "The crossbones of Galway, modernist vortex," NUI Galway's Adrian Paterson looks at time, space, and Galway as modernist literary pilgrimage. Fascinating insight - read here:

By Adrian Paterson, NUI Galway In the second of MSI’s 2021 series of writing about place in Modernism, NUI Galway’s Adrian Paterson explores modernism’s connections to Galway & #82…

09/06/2021

We're live at the "Telling the Time" symposium! Some fascinating papers already this morning. Join the symposium at any time through this link: http://bit.ly/MSIsymposium21

Information about the symposium on our website: https://moderniststudiesireland.org/telling-the-time-modernism-symposium/

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08/06/2021

Less than 24 hours to go until our "Telling the Time" Symposium! Access is free, no registration required (except for keynote). The zoom link is available on our website here: https://moderniststudiesireland.org/telling-the-time-modernism-symposium/
We kick off at 10am IST. Spread the word far and wide - sure to be an exciting day!

MSI is pleased to announce Telling the Time, a virtual symposium on modernist understandings of time. The event will be held virtually via Zoom at NUI Galway on Wednesday June 9th, 2021. As the clo…

28/05/2021

Absolutely thrilled to announce our upcoming "Telling the Time: Modernism and Time Symposium" being held virtually on June 9th 2021 at NUI Galway, in association with the Moore Institute.

The international programme will feature papers from Ireland, England, the Netherlands, France, and the United States, and close with a keynote talk from WJT Mitchell (presented by the Moore Institute).

The full programme will be released early next week, with details on how to access the symposium through Zoom to follow. In the meantime, keep an eye on twitter (), facebook, and our website for updates:

MSI is pleased to announce Telling the Time, a virtual symposium on modernist understandings of time. The event will be held virtually via Zoom at NUI Galway on Wednesday June 9th, 2021. As the clo…

24/06/2020

Are you, too, tired of (not) reading *Finnegans Wake* alone? You won't have to any longer. MSI is launching its virtual Wake Reading Group next week! Join Casey Lawrence & Tiana Fischer next Thursday, July 2nd, between 5-7 pm (Irish Summer Time/GMT+1) for a communal Zoom reading experience of the beginning of Episode I.8.

Please e-mail [email protected] to participate & follow our updates on https://modstudiesireland.wordpress.com/fw-reading-group/

26/02/2020

What a wonderful afternoon this was: luminous in every way! Many thanks to Clare Hutton, whose eye-opening talk shone a much-needed light on Joyce's post-serial revisions to Ulysses, and to Justin Tonra and the Moore Institute for inviting and hosting Clare.