Despite being separated by the great Atlantic Ocean and by more than 8500 kilometers, Brazil and Ireland nurture relations that date back to the 16th century. From the migration of Irish people to Latin American countries during the 16th and 19th centuries to the development of diplomatic ties between both countries from the 1970s onwards, their mutual improvement is notable — due to the exchange of knowledge and experiences — influencing the historical, social and cultural dimensions of both nations.
Thereby, the Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses (NEI) follows a similar premise by proposing activities and events in order to explore Brazil’s relations with Irish literature, theatre, and culture. The Irish Studies at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) was founded in 2016 under the coordination of Professors Alinne Balduino Pires Fernandes and Maria Rita Drumond Vianna, with the collaboration of Professors Beatriz Kopschitz Bastosand José Roberto O’Shea, students, researchers and alumni from both UFSC and other national and international institutions.
Currently, NEI’s activities and events are financially supported by both the University itself and other institutions related to Ireland and with similar goals — as the Embassy and Consulate General of Ireland in Brazil and the theatrical companyCia Ludens, for instance. NEI’s research, projects, and events are based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aim to intersect them with other areas of knowledge — such as fields of Sociology, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Health, Technology, Engineering, and Environmental Studies, for example.
One of the challenges of NEI is to endorse interdisciplinary teaching and research that promote, in addition to the textual approach, the integration of literature with other areas and methodologies of the humanities.
Beatriz Kopschitz Bastos
O Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses da UFSC e as relações Brasil-Irlanda
Our academic events & activities
Jornadas do Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses
• Myth and Reality in Irish Literature, Theatre and Visual Arts (17•08•16)
• Protean Spaces in Irish Literature, Theatre and Film (07•11•17)
• (Con)Figurations of Families in Irish Literature, Theatre and Film (07•11•18)
• Where Irish Literature, Theatre and History Meet (05•11•19)
• Intersections of Irish Literature, Theatre and Technology (12•11•21)
Online Round Tables
• How the Story Travels: The Contemporary Irish Short Story (14•10•20)
• Shakespeare in Ireland and Brazil: Translation and Performance (28•10•20)
• Irish Literature and Ecocriticism (31•03•21)
• Creative Writing: Towards a Pedagogy (28•04•21)
• Contemporary Irish Film Studies (29•07•21)
• Contemporary Beckett (16•09•21)
• The theatre of Tom Murphy (27•10•21)
• Contemporary Joyces (23•02•22)
Special events and collaborations:
• Book launch Vidas irlandesas: o cinema de Alan Gilsenan em contexto during the I Workshop in Progress (06-07•08•19) & the event Alan Gilsenan’s Film Collection Exhibition (15•08•19)
• Dramatic reading of the play No pântano dos gatos…│By the Bog of Cats (08•11•17)