QUB History PhD student Constantin Torve talks about his research on Irish secret societies in the nineteenth century

Welcome to our Autumn 2025 Irish Studies seminar programme

The event, co-sponsored by our partners at the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies at Notre Dame University, and the Leuven Centre for Irish Studies, was held at the Irish College Leuven, 26-28 June 2025.

The US-UK Fulbright Commission's Queen's University Belfast Award in Irish Studies covers a six-month appointment to research, lecture and teach in Irish Studies in Northern Ireland.

Two Queens' historians received awards for their Irish-Studies research at the 2025 ACIS Conference in Savannah, GA.

Professor Sean Farrell of Northern Illinois University has been appointed a QUB Global Fellow as part of the AHSS Global Fellowship Scheme for 2024-25.

PhD Student Lucy Cullen (AEL) represented QUB Irish Studies at the Comhfhios Postgrad Conference at Boston College.

Conference on 'Unions and Partitions in Ireland' 24-27 August 2023

Weekly seminar listings available

We are happy to announce the launch of the Irish Studies Working Papers Series.

A film by Niamh Dolan (MA Irish Studies, 2018)