In honour of the upcoming Winter issue of Studies, which will focus on language, the landscape, and the life and work of Manchán Magan, this week’s archival blog presents two translations of Irish bardic poetry… Read the Article »Two Irish Bardic Poems
In this article from 1998, Joseph Feeney SJ explores the origins and rise of Martin McDonagh, one of modern Ireland’s most successful playwrights. Joseph Feeney SJ was professor of English Literature at Saint Joseph’s University… Read the Article »Martin McDonagh: Dramatist of the West
In honour of the forthcoming end of his second and final Presidential term, this week’s archival blog features a number of poems by President Michael D. Higgins. First published in Studies in the Autumn of… Read the Article »Michael D. Higgins – A Selection of Poems
In this article from 1993, Brian P. Kennedy seeks the soul of art, placed within falsely constructed proximities by museums, and asks – in a world where exhibitions and art are commercialised to suit the… Read the Article »Art and the Sacred: Towards a Manifesto
In this article from 2018, Dr Celia G Kenny addresses the concept of protest through poetry and the poet’s ability to speak truth to power and act as a mirror to contemporary society. She focuses… Read the Article »Theology, Poetry, and Protest in Israel
In this concise article from 1997, author Pamela M. Jones explores the transitional period in Italian art that took place place between 1590 – 1630 and the paths it crossed contemporaneously with the era of… Read the Article »Caravaggio and Early Modern Catholicism
In this article from 1913, author D.J. Finn (Daniel J. Finn, SJ) examines the true polychromatic nature of Greek sculpture throughout its different ages; and rails against the contemporary (then, and now) misassociation of ‘pure’… Read the Article »The Greeks and Painted Sculpture
One of Ireland’s most-lauded poets, Derek Mahon’s work dealt often with themes of displacement and alienation, cultural decay, and the environment. In this article from 2018, James McElroy analyses the dismissal within Irish critical practice… Read the Article »Eco-Criticism and the Poetry of Derek Mahon
In this Studies article from 1960, author Neil Hurley delves into what he considers the ‘social philosophy’ of renowned Golden Age actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. Discussing Chaplin’s impoverished beginnings, Hurley projects the lifelong impact… Read the Article »Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Social Philosophy’
As we reach the end of the first full week of the new year, and as we’ve been making resolutions for good changes in our lives – we present an extract from Dr Corinna Ricasoli’s… Read the Article »Memento Mori and the ‘Good Death’ in Baroque Art