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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 2h

Join us tomorrow as we launch Vicki Mahaffey's The Joyce of Everyday Life, as we hear about "how might we learn to regain some of the childlike play with language and sense of delight in the ordinary that come so naturally to Joyce?"

Tickets available through our link in bio!

Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 20h

See "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social -- the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social

Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 21h

"The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever

A new collection co-edited by NYU scholar Kevin Kenny explores the things Irish and Italians carried with them to the New World during historic waves of migration

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 15d

We're so excited to have @sineadgleeson.bsky.social at GIH this Thursday to discuss her novel "Hagstone" in conversation with Douglas Stuart.

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Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social · 20d

This was such a fantastic event! Many thanks to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting the launch of Rituals of Migration. The audience was truly amazing.

Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 20d

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 20d

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 29d

We have a full house, but here's the registration link for Thursday, September 19 @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️:
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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · 28d

@gihnyu.bsky.social Thursday, September 18 at 7pm

Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jul 7

🗃️"Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish & Italians handled emigration to the US" by the editors of a new collection "Rituals of Migration" @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @tedsmyth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish and Italians handled emigration to the US

The editors of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move highlight two great diasporas’ differences and similarities

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 29d

Join us this Thursday to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the NYU Press Glucksman Irish Diaspora series, Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. We can't wait to see you all at Ireland House this week 🎉 @nyupress.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · Aug 28

Our fall 2025 events calendar is packed with exciting new book launches, film premieres, and conversations. We can't wait to see you at Glucksman Ireland House this fall!

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Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sneak peek at one of the chapters in Rituals of Migration! The book will officially be out later this week. @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jun 12

Here's a great excerpt from Bernadette Whelan's chapter on rituals of packing & departure in the book "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social ‬and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social published this week (June 15) by @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jun 12

'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.'

Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jul 9

🗃️ Thank you @tedsmyth.bsky.social. It's the latest book in the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ @gihnyu.bsky.social nyupress.org/search-resul...

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jul 9

Interested in global history in the contexts of migration, diaspora, and empire? See the Glusksman Irish Diaspora Series, an initiative by @gihnyu.bsky.social that I have the pleasure of editing for @nyupress.bsky.social: nyupress.org/search-resul...

The cover of the latest bokk on the Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series, "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move," edited by Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, showing an image of an Italian family preparing to depart and and Irish family reading a letter from America.

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jul 7

🗃️"Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish & Italians handled emigration to the US" by the editors of a new collection "Rituals of Migration" @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @tedsmyth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish and Italians handled emigration to the US

The editors of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move highlight two great diasporas’ differences and similarities

www.irishtimes.com

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · Jul 1

Call for Proposals: Forging an American Musical Identity invites submissions on American music from the long 19th century. Interdisciplinary work and lecture-recitals welcome. NYC symposium, Jan 28-30, 2026. Proposals (max 300 words) due July 30: [email protected]

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · Jul 1

Brilliant colloquium organized by Joseph Nugent and Patrick Mullen for Bloomsday in Paris, hosted at the Irish Embassy. The event featured engaging panels, lectures, and conversations, including a panel moderated by our own Kelly Sullivan!

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Caroline B. Heafey @carolineheafey.bsky.social · Jun 25

We at @gihnyu.bsky.social are hiring! uscareers-nyu.icims.com/jobs/14767/c...

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · Jun 27

Check out the launch of “Happy Ever After: Falling in Love with Irish Romance Fiction” on July 4! The exhibit is on view until November 9 at the Museum of Literature Ireland.

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Gráinne McEvoy @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social · Jun 4

My chapter in “Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move” (out this month with @nyupress.bsky.social) looks at the “Returned Yank” in literary representations of Irish return migration. 1/4 @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social

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Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jun 12

'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.'

Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕

@nyupress.bsky.social l @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social
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Leaving for America: Rituals of Packing and Departure - Books Ireland

An excerpt from Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move (NYU Press).

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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jun 12

Here's a great excerpt from Bernadette Whelan's chapter on rituals of packing & departure in the book "Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move" edited by @kevinkenny.bsky.social ‬and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social published this week (June 15) by @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social

Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jun 12

'A small drop of menstrual fluid might be soaked into a piece of linen and then stitched into a male emigrant’s clothes.'

Rituals of Packing and Departure, by Bernadette Whelan 📕

@nyupress.bsky.social l @gihnyu.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social
booksirelandmagazine.com/leaving-for-...

Leaving for America: Rituals of Packing and Departure - Books Ireland

An excerpt from Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move (NYU Press).

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Irish Stew Podcast @irishstewpodcast.com · May 21

Excellent engaging lecture from Damian Shiels at @gihnyu.bsky.social on the Irish in the American Civil War

#IrishHistory #CivilWar #AmericanHistory #GlobalIrishNation

Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · May 20

My Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture @gihnyu.bsky.social which was also the U.S. launch of "Green & Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-65" is now available online. Thanks to all at Glucksman for the invite and for a fantastic evening! youtu.be/VErT44uE4oE?...

2025 Annual Ernie O' Malley Lecture: Damien Shiels

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Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · May 20

My Annual Ernie O'Malley Lecture @gihnyu.bsky.social which was also the U.S. launch of "Green & Irish Americans in the Union Military 1861-65" is now available online. Thanks to all at Glucksman for the invite and for a fantastic evening! youtu.be/VErT44uE4oE?...

2025 Annual Ernie O' Malley Lecture: Damien Shiels

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Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University @smuarts.bsky.social · May 16

Today at 4 pm AT: Join Dr. Seán Kennedy and Dr. Joseph Valente for the New York launch of Irish Shame: A Literary Reckoning. Hosted at @gihnyu.bsky.social in person & online! Find the Zoom link here: loom.ly/ekH89kA @unsettlingirish.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social #NYUAS #UnsettlingIrishStudies

Dr. Seán Kennedy is a scholar, writer and scavenger artist from Ireland. Also a faculty member and the coordinator of Irish Studies at Saint Mary's University. This image is one of their artworks, made of driftwood, fish net, bones and more.

Learn more about the new book in this blog piece co-written by Kennedy and the book's co-editor Dr. Joseph Valente: https://euppublishingblog.com/2025/05/07/the-pharmakon-of-shame

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Daniel Mulhall @danmulhall.bsky.social · May 15

Interesting to see the Irish & Italian immigrant experience in comparative perspective. 👇

Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · May 15

Of interest to @danmulhall.bsky.social all.bsky.social former Irish ambassador to the US Global Visiting Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies @gihnyu.bsky.social u.bsky.social

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · May 15

Of interest to @danmulhall.bsky.social all.bsky.social former Irish ambassador to the US Global Visiting Distinguished Professor in Irish Studies @gihnyu.bsky.social u.bsky.social

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