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Upcoming Events

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Conference

Keynote speaker announcement

30 Mar 2026 / 3 Sept 2026
South East Technological University, Waterford

Conference

Call for proposals to host IHA conference 2027

3 Jun 2026 / 7 Oct 2026
International

Interdisciplinary Conference

Call for Papers (16 April)

3 Sept 2026 / 4 Sept 2026
South East Technological University, Waterford

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The Humanities Blog is a collection of Humanities perspectives and comment pieces on news, current affairs, and publications. We encourage contributions from researchers and those interested in Arts & Humanities. The Emerging Scholars Series is a new series welcoming contributions from early career researchers and emerging scholars with submissions relating to their research.

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Environmental Humanities (and more)

Reflecting on IHA Professional Training Workshop: Environmental Humanities

Published: 7 Apr 2026

Visual and Material Culture

Desert Island Dress: The Stories Behind the Clothes We Wear

Published: 8 Dec 2025

Book reviews

Adrian Frazier, John Montague: A Poet’s Life (Lilliput, 2024)

Published: 26 Nov 2025

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The Humanities and Me

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‘The Humanities and Me’ is a series of short reflective pieces by invited artists, writers, curators, academics, journalists, politicians and well-known personalities on the subject of what the Humanities means to each of us personally. Subjects range from their daily lived experience of the Humanities, to what it means to them intellectually.