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Andrew Fitzsimons has received an honourable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize (MLA 2024)

IASIL Japan is excited to announce that its President, Andrew Fitzsimons, has received an honourable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize (MLA 2024) for a Translation of a Literary Work for Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō, … Continue reading

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CONFERENCE 2024: Gakushuin University, Tokyo – August 5-9, 2024

Aftermaths The annual IASIL Conference will be held at Gakushuin University in Tokyo from the 5-9 August 2024, organized by IASIL Japan. The conference theme will be ‘Aftermaths’. CFP information:https://www.iasil.org/2023/10/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/ Accommodation/Travel information:https://www.iasil.org/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/iasil-2024-accommodation-travel-and-local-information/ IASIL PG scholarship:https://www.iasil.org/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/iasil-pg-conference-travel-scholarship-2024/ IASIL Japan Scholarship With regards … Continue reading

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Professor Masazumi Toraiwa (1932-2023), Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Masazumi Toraiwa, a much-loved member of IASIL Japan. The loss of such a figure, on 27 October, the day the Executive Committee met for our first face-to-face conference since … Continue reading

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Andrew Fitzsimons’s Book Launch in Dublin

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Announcement for the anniversary issue of Journal of Irish Studies

In 2024, the Journal of Irish Studies will celebrate the 40th anniversary of IASIL Japan (1984-2024). Proposals for material for this special anniversary edition include: • Bibliography of publications in Japan within the field of Irish Studies 2003-2023 (NOT limited … Continue reading

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September Newsletter has been released

The newsletter contains information about the 38th Conference and other news. Please go to: http://iasil.jp/newsletter.html.

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IASIL Japan News Blog has been renewed! 

For the News Archive from 2012 to August 2022, please go to http://iasil.jp/news.html.

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The 38th Annual Conference

The details about the 38th IASIL Japan Conference (online) have been released! We are very much looking forward to hosting Eimear McBride’s reading, John McCourt’s lecture on Ulysses, symposia and paper-readings by our members. For further details, please visit the … Continue reading

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