2026 Conference

The 14th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (TSIXIV) is scheduled to take place at Trinity College Dublin on 13 & 14 August 2026.

We are accepting abstracts for papers until 15 May 2026 (see below):

Call for Papers | Gairm ar Pháipéir

The 14th Annual Tudor and Stuart Ireland Conference (TSIXIV) is scheduled to take place at Trinity College Dublin on 13 & 14 August 2026.

Download the Call for Papers in English here | Íoslódáil an ghairm ar pháipéir as Gaelige anseo

 Plenary Speakers: 

Dr Bernadette Cunningham & Dr Emma Nic Cárthaigh 

Proposals for individual papers (20 minutes) and group panel submissions are now welcome on any aspect of Ireland or the Irish abroad during the Tudor and Stuart periods, including:

  • Gaelic Ireland and the Irish language
  • Gender and society                                                                
  • Poetry, theatre, literature, and song
  • Ireland in a comparative/European context
  • Classical and medieval reception 
  • Political, military, and economic history
  • The archaeology and architecture of the early modern period
  • Religious/ecclesiastical history
  • Writing (and rewriting) the past
  • Environmental literature and history
  • Archives and records – new directions
  • Print and manuscript culture
  • Parliaments, parliamentarians and law-making
  • Mobility, migration, and the Irish abroad
  • Digital humanities and methodologies

Postgraduates, postdoctoral scholars, early-career researchers, independent researchers, and scholars from the disciplines of English, Irish, history, archaeology, art history, theology, philosophy, music, digital humanities, and Irish studies are particularly welcome to submit proposals for consideration. Proposals for panels in Irish are strongly encouraged.

Abstracts of no more than 250 words can be submitted through the conference email:

2026@tudorstuartireland.com

The call for papers will close on 15 May 2026


 Aoichainteoirí: 

An Dr. Bernadette Cunningham agus an Dr. Emma Nic Cárthaigh 

Cuirtear fáilte roimh achoimrí do pháipéir aonair (20 nm.) mar aon le hachoimrí do phainéil ar ghné ar bith de shaol na hÉireann nó de shaol na nÉireannach thar lear le linn na tréimhse Túdaraí nó Stíobhartaí. Mar shampla:

  • Éire Ghaelach agus an Ghaeilge
  • Inscne agus sochaí
  • Filíocht, téatar, litríocht, amhránaíocht
  • Éire i gcomhthéacs comparáideach/Eorpach
  • Scaipeadh téacsanna clasaiceacha nó meánaoiseacha
  • Stair pholaitiúil, mhíleata, agus eacnamaíoch
  • Seandálaíocht agus ailtireacht
  • Stair an chreidimh in Éirinn
  • Scríobh agus athscríobh na staire
  • Litríocht agus stair na timpeallachta
  • Cartlanna agus taifid – léargais nua
  • Cultúr an chló agus na lámhscríbhinní
  • Parlaimintí, parlaiminteoirí, agus an dlí
  • Imirce agus na hÉireannaigh ar an choigríoch
  • Na daonnachtaí digiteacha agus modheolaíochtaí

Cuirtear fáilte speisialta roimh scoláire ar bith ag staid ar bith ina g(h)airm sna goirt seo a leanas: Léann an Bhéarla, Léann na Gaeilge, Stair, Seandálaíocht, Stair na hEalaíne, Diagacht, Fealsúnacht, Ceol, na Daonnachtaí Digiteacha, agus Léann na hÉireann. Cuirtear fáilte ar leith roimh achoimrí do phainéil i nGaeilge.

Is féidir achoimrí 250 focal a chur isteach chuig:

2026@tudorstuartireland.com

Faoin Aoine an 15 Bealtaine 2026