18 Nov 2025

2026 CIGS Video Competition

We are delighted to announce our 2026 CIGS Video Competition for final year students of German at Irish third level institutions!

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30 Jun 2025

Centre for Irish-German Studies (CIGS), University of Limerick, to host Colloquium marking 100 Years of the Shannon Electricity Act (UL, 4.7.2025)

Limerick, 25 June 2025 — The Centre for Irish-German Studies (CIGS) at the University of Limerick will host a one-day colloquium on 4 July 2025, commemorating the centenary of the Shannon Electricity Act and the inception of the Shannon hydro-electric power station at Ardnacrusha

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14 Jun 2025

Movens Network Conference of German Scholars

On 5 and 6 June, the Centre for Irish-German Studies was delighted to host colleagues from across Europe for the Movens Network Conference of German Scholars.

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16 Nov 2024

Launch of the Gottschalk Collection

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18 Sep 2024

Visit of Austrian ambassador

Melitta Schubert
22 May 2024

CIGS video competition 2024

First prize winners Lauren Hayes, Lucy O'Byrne and Ciara-mae Somers with Alexandra Voss
26 Feb 2024

Limericker Literaturgespräche

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15 Jan 2022

“Hiberno Goethe” podcast

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10 Jan 2022

Review of Irish-German Studies 12

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29 Oct 2021

Visit by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Irish President Michael D. Higgins

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07 Aug 2019

Dr Joachim Fischer awarded Jean Monnet Chair in European Cultural Studies

Joachim Fischer