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New Books in Irish Studies

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Ireland
Ulysses
Christianity
James Joyce
Dublin
Shakespeare, Memory and Modern Irish Literature
Irish History
Modernist Literature
Irish Women In Religious Orders
Edel Bhreathnach
Irish Women's Literature
Commodification Of Culture
Cultural Perception
Irish American History
Famine Migration
St. Patrick's Day
Nora Barnacle
Leopold Bloom
Stephen Dedalus
Molly Bloom

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In this interview, she discusses her book, Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History (Oxford UP, 2023), which inserts successive Irish-American identities--forcibly transported Irish, Scots-Irish, and post-Famine Irish--into American histor... more

Following the career of the Irish lace designer and inspector Emily Anderson (1856-1948), Irish Lacemaking: Art, Industry and Cultural Practice (Bloomsbury, 2025) by Dr. Molly-Claire Gillett traces a network of designers, makers, organizations and in... more

“We know what we want, and one day, our prince will come,” says Toby, the bicycle-shorts-wearing, double ententre-making, unacknowledgely-gay neighbor in RTE’s Upwardly Mobile. Though the first queer characters in Irish entertainment television were ... more

In Belfast, good fences can make for bad neighbors. David Cunningham ( Wash U. sociologist, author of There’s Something Happening Here and Klansville, U.S.A and frequent RTB visitor) joins John to speak about the Troubles and their aftermath with the... more

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Mary Burke
Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, focuses on Irish and Irish American culture, minorities, and identities.
University of Connecticut
Episode: Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope
Author researching masculinity in Irish literature and former associate lecturer
Routledge
Episode: Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, "Masculinity and Identity in Irish Literature: Heroes, Lads, and Fathers" (Routledge, 2024)
Dr. Deirdre Brady
Assistant Professor at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland, and author published widely on Irish writers' groups.
Mary Immaculate College
Episode: Deirdre F. Brady, "Literary Coteries and the Irish Women Writers' Club (1933-1958)" (Liverpool UP, 2021)
Averill Earls
Associate professor at St. Olaf's College and co-founder of 'Dig', a history podcast.
St. Olaf's College
Episode: Averill Earls, "Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972" (Temple UP, 2025)
José Vergara
Assistant professor of Russian at Bryn Mawr College, author of All Future Plunges to the Past
Bryn Mawr College
Episode: José Vergara, "All Future Plunges to the Past: James Joyce in Russian Literature" (Cornell UP, 2021)
Terri Diane Halperin
Author and historian specializing in the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
University of Richmond
Episode: Terri Diane Halperin, “The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Testing the Constitution” (Johns Hopkins UP, 2016)
Camilla Fitzsimons
Senior academic at Maynooth University and author of multiple books focused on gender and social justice in Ireland.
Maynooth University
Episode: Camilla Fitzsimons, "Rethinking Feminism in Ireland" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Ian Stewart
Marie Curie Fellow at the Ecole de Houtetoute, focused on language, nation, and race in 18th and 19th century Britain, Ireland, and Europe.
Ecole de Houtetoute
Episode: Ian Stewart, "The Celts: A Modern History" (Princeton UP, 2025)
Anna Tikal
Associate Professor of English at Christopher Newport University and series editor of Anthem Press' Irish Studies series.
Christopher Newport University
Episode: John McGahern, "The Dark: A Critical Edition" (Syracuse UP, 2025)

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Averill Earls
Host of New Books in Irish Studies, Associate professor at St. Olaf's College, co-founder of 'Dig', a history podcast.

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Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: What exactly is this gothic history that you're studying?
It's about the unfinished Irish history, particularly in non-realist fiction, exploring how Irish trauma and history manifest in various Gothic genres.
Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)
Q: Could you give us just a general overview of what this book Race, Politics, and Irish America is all about?
It's a cultural history of race and centuries of Irishness in the Americas, examining portrayals of the Irish as both victims and colluders within America's racial structure.
Molly-Claire Gillett, "Irish Lacemaking: Art, Industry and Cultural Practice" (Bloomsbury, 2025)
Q: Could you start us off by introducing yourself a little bit and tell us why you decided to write this book?
Dr. Molly-Claire Gillett introduced herself as a post-doctoral fellow working on the Irish Country Women's Association, noting her project's emergence from her doctoral research on Irish lacemaking.
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, "Masculinity and Identity in Irish Literature: Heroes, Lads, and Fathers" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: What are some interesting findings from your study of male vocatives and male hierarchy?
I found that terms of endearment can also function as insults in male relationships, indicating complex social dynamics.
Cassandra S. Tully de Lope, "Masculinity and Identity in Irish Literature: Heroes, Lads, and Fathers" (Routledge, 2024)
Q: Can you tell us a little about the methodology you used for your research?
I mixed corpus linguistics with corpus aesthetics to analyze the language used in Irish literature.

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