American Conference for Irish Studies

An Chomhdháil Mheiriceánach do Léann na hÉireann. The leading global interdisciplinary Irish Studies conference.

[LSU Press @lsupress]

Another win for "Green & Blue"!

The American Conference for Irish Studies (@ACIrishStudies) has awarded @irishacw's book the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America for Irish Studies.

Check out the prize announcement here: https://t.co/p69NapZmzc

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

#NationalACIS26 Fellowship winners with #ACIS executive committee members!

[Damian Shiels @irishacw]

My deepest thanks to @acirishstudies for selecting Green & Blue for the Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America. A super way to kick off June😀

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Eamon Wall gave one of New Hibernia Review’s James Rogers article prizes to Damjana Mraović-O'Hare, pictured here with her husband and son

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Morgan Mayo (University of Galway) was awarded the Maureen Murphy Postgraduate Prize for her distinguished paper at last year's #NationalACIS.

Grads who presented a paper at #NationalACIS26 in Denver can submit their papers for next year's Murphy Prize!

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Congratulations to our 2025 Fellowship winners!

We cannot wait to see the fantastic completed projects these scholars are working on.

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Collin Bonnell (Concordia University) won the Emmet Larkin Research Fellowship. His dissertation, titled “Joining the Ascendancy,” proposes that it would be more accurate to understand the British ruling class as operating along the lines of the ‘Historic Bloc.'

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Claire Connolly was awarded the Robert Rhodes Prize for Books on Literature for her work Irish Romanticism: A Literary History

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

We're thrilled to announce the #ACIS 2025 book awards!

Congratulations to all our winners and many thanks to everyone who served on the committees.

[American Conference for Irish Studies @ACIrishStudies]

Molly-Claire Gillett's Irish Lacemaking: Art, Industry and Cultural Practice merits the Durkan Prize for its distinctive combination of scholarly rigor and creative imagination. Gillett's meticulous research reconstructs the lives and labor of Irish lacemakers.