Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast - QUB

01/10/2026

Special Collections is pleased to announce that a new section of the Alderdice Collection (MS 88/2) is now available for consultation. These papers are the second release of material in the Alderdice Collection. The collection, which is a part of the Modern Political Collections project, is a donation of personal papers from Lord John Alderdice, former Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly and leader of the Alliance Party Northern Ireland. This section contains 14 boxes of items dating largely from 1985 to 1992, comprising correspondence, press clippings, policy papers, meeting minutes, party strategy documents, and handwritten notes. These documents provide insight into Lord John Alderdice’s political career during the period prior to the Multi-Party Talks, 1991–1992 and during their earliest stages, following the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement and its period of review in 1988. You can find a full listing of the Alderdice Photograph Collection on the Special Collections webpages. We are happy to help with any questions regarding consultation.

30/09/2026

Today at 5pm!

We are delighted to announce that we will be hosting, in collaboration with the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame University, and the WB Yeats Chair of Irish Studies at the University of Sao Paulo, the Seamus Deane Memorial Lecture Series in Irish Studies.

Each institution will take its turn in hosting an annual public lecture by a leading Irish Studies scholar, which will be available online as well as in person. The first lecture will be given by Malcolm Sen (UMass Amherst) on 30 September 2026. https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/IrishStudiesGateway/NewsandEvents/SeamusDeaneMemorialLecture-MalcolmSenIrishAnthropocene.html

The series is named for the distinguished Irish critic and writer Seamus Deane, who was professor of English and the Donald and Marilyn Keough Chair of Irish Studies at Notre Dame from 1992 until his retirement.

28/09/2026

Join us for the next instalment of the Irish Studies Seminar Series, with Natalie Boehmer (Ulster University, National Museums NI) presenting her work, ‘Beyond the Atalantic’s foam’: Transatlantic Perspectives in the Robert Huddleston Papers

📅 12/10, 4.30pm
📍27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online
🔗 https://www.ticketsource.com/institute-of-irish-studies-queens-university-belfast/t-kdpjmyl

Natalie Boehmer is a PhD researcher completing an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Ulster University and National Museums NI. Her project, ‘An “Ulster Irish” Rabbie Burns?: A Cultural Biography of Robert Huddleston (1814-87), “The Bard of Moneyrea”, County Down’ looks at the writings of Robert Huddleston and how he reacted to Irish national and Ulster regional politics, Presbyterian religion, Irish and Scottish languages and literary influences, and diasporic histories. Originally from the United States, Natalie's studies have taken her to Toronto, Glasgow, and Belfast.

20/09/2026

Religious institutions organised my sports, my education, even my summer holidays

17/09/2026

15/09/2026

Institute of Irish Studies Seminar Series - Autumn 2026

Monday 5 October : 4.30pm (27 Univ. Sq. 01/003 and online)

Ron Dudai, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, QUB: Lundies, Touts and other Traitors: The Construction of Betrayal in Divided Societies

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Tickets are now available for Ron Dudai, Leverhulme Visiting Professor, QUB at Irish Studies Seminar Room, 27 University Square 01/003, Belfast on Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 4:30PM. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

14/09/2026

The Honouring Indigenous Aid for Famine-stricken Ireland Exhibit brings together the National Famine Museum, Strokestown Park, Irish Heritage Trust, Institute of Irish Studies and Centre for Public History at Queen’s University Belfast to pay tribute to the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-We...