ISWÜ Newsletter Winter Term 2026/27

Course:
ISWÜ members will be offering the following course for students:

• PD Dr. Raphael Zähringer: The ‘New Irish’ Poets #ISWÜ (04091400)
  For registration, please see WueStudy: https://wuestudy.zv.uni-wuerzburg.de

Author Reading:

• 24.11.2026: Patrick Freyne, Experts in a Dying Field (2026)
  For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/aktuelles/single/news/author-reading-patrick-freyne/

EFACIS Roundtable Discussion:

• 19.11.2026: EFACIS Roundtable Discussion: Launch of Irish Studies in Europe XIII "Great Irish Novels of the Twenty-First Century"
  For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/aktuelles/single/news/efacis-roundtable-discussion

Event Registration:
You can now easily register for all upcoming ISWÜ events on our website: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/activities/event-registration/


Certificates:
All participation in ISWÜ courses and events can be documented for students on three ISWÜ certificates, one of them even allowing to earn ECTS for FSQ and Freier Bereich: Irish Studies Würzburg #ISWÜ (04099990). For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/teaching/certificates/


Internships:
We are offering Digital Humanities & Irish Studies internships for JMU students in cooperation with CELT at University College Cork, Ireland. For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/teaching/internships/


Videocasts:
Videos of most of the past ISWÜ events can be found on our website: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/video-podcasts/


Social Media:
You can find us (and follow us) on Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky.


Deutsch-Irische Gesellschaft Würzburg:
A range of extracurricular activities open to all students and colleagues will be organised by our cooperation partner, Deutsch-Irische Gesellschaft Würzburg: https://www.dig-wuerzburg.de/veranstaltungen-termine/


Lehrstuhl für Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft:

• 06.11.2026: Dr. Jürgen Uhlich: Die Erforschung der irischen Sprache in Zeuß’ Grammatica Celtica (1853)
  For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/vgsp/aktuelles/single/news/default-eab56d11d9f8bd0ac3bf2bdb1730fae0/
  
  
  De Profundis von Oscar Wilde:
• 26.11.2026: De Profundis von Oscar Wilde. Ein Solotheaterabend mit Kai Christian Moritz in einer Bearbeitung von Oliver Resse, Einführung: Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann
  For more information, please see: https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/aktuelles/single/news/de-profundis-von-oscar-wilde/

PREVIEW SUMMER TERM 2027
The annual Synge Lecture will take place online on April 20, 2027, 6-8 pm. The 2027 Synge Lecturer will be announced soon.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our events.

Prof. Dr. Ina Bergmann, Prof. Dr. Maria Eisenmann,
and the whole team of Irish Studies Würzburg (ISWÜ)
https://www.phil.uni-wuerzburg.de/irish-studies/