Welcome to the EUF Centre for Irish Studies

Irish Studies & Cultural Theory Summer School: Resistance and Adaptation

Join us from July 19-25, 2026 in Flensburg for the Annual Irish Studies & Cultural Theory Summer School, on the theme "Resistance and Adaptation." Follow this link for more information on registration and the programme.

Irish Studies Summer School Irish Studies Summer School

Lecture: JT Welsch on Pygmalion

Join us on May 26 at 12:15pm, in TRO 201 for a lecture on “Shaw’s Pygmalion and the Myth of Romance” by Dr JT Welsch (York).

🗓️ May 26

⏰ 12:15pm

📍 TRO 201

Lecture by JT Welsch Lecture by JT Welsch

Guest Lecture: “Reading the Body in the Serialization of the Sherlock Holmes Stories” (Ebury)

Join us on May 26 at 10:15am, in HEL 067 for a lecture on “Reading the Body in the Serialization of the Sherlock Holmes Stories” by Dr Katherine Ebury (Sheffield)

🗓️ May 26

⏰ 10:15am

📍 HEL 067

Lecture by Katherine Ebury Lecture by Katherine Ebury

Film Screening: Hamnet

Join us for a screening of the movie Hamnet (2025) on

🗓️ May 4

⏰ 19:15 (doors open 19:00)

📍 OSL 239

Popcorn and snacks provided, but feel free to bring your own too!

Film Screening: Hamnet Film Screening: Hamnet

Author Reading: Lucy Caldwell in Flensburg!

We are delighted to announce that renowned Northern Irish author, Lucy Caldwell, will be visiting us in Flensburg as part of the EFACIS Irish Itinerary and will be doing a reading from her work on Nov 27!

🎤 Author reading followed by Q&A and drinks reception
🗓️ Nov 27
⏰ 18:30 CET
📍 ECMI (Schiffbrücke 12, 24939 Flensburg)

Please register by Nov 20th!

Lucy Caldwell in Flensburg

M.Ed. Thesis on Irish Women wins thesis prize

On 26 September 2025, Lenke Tabea Petersen was awarded the DEBEKA Group prize for outstanding Master's thesis in teacher training for her M.Ed. Thesis, "Poor Bridget found it necessary to emigrate – The Portrayal of Irish Women in the Fiction of Kate Kerrigan and Alice McDermott."

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The EUF Centre for Irish Studies is pleased to announce the first CfIS Visiting Research Fellow: Dr Lucy Brookes!

We're excited to be welcoming Dr Lucy Brookes as the EUF Centre for Irish Studies' first Visiting Research Fellow! Lucy comes to us from the University of Oxford, where she is the Fitzjames Fellow in Medieval Literature and Language at Merton College. She is the author of Convention and the Individual in Medieval English Romance (Brewer 2025).

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Irish Ambassador to Germany, Maeve Collins, delivers Minerva-Midsummer Lecture

On 19 June 2025, the Irish Ambassador to Germany, H. E. Maeve Collins, came to Flensburg to deliver the annual EUCS/EUS Midsummer and ICES Minerva lecture, “Navigating Change: Ireland and Europe Today." Click here for the press release!

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THE IRISH TIMES: Centre for Irish studies opens at Flensburg university in Germany

New centre fits into Ireland’s post-Brexit plan to widen and deepen its footprint in Germany.

Click here to read the full article.

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"Vertiefung der Beziehungen zwischen Irland und Deutschland“

Centre for Irish Studies an der Europa-Universität Flensburg eröffnet!

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Summer Schools & Reading Groups Summer Schools & Reading Groups

Welcome to the pages for the EUF Centre for Irish Studies. The Centre has officially opened its "doors" as of September 2023!
Below you can find more information about us, our research activity, upcoming and past events, and how to become a member.