Irish Studies in Europe is the title of a new series of publications in Irish Studies. The thematic and methodological range of this projected series is meant to go well beyond literary studies and to include aspects of cultural studies in the broadest sense. The focus is, of course, on the island of Ireland (the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) as well as the Irish diaspora in all aspects of society, history, culture, literature, the arts, and the media. The "European" dimension suggested by the series title gives expression to a preferred, but by no means exclusive concentration on (mainland) European perspectives on Irish Studies. It is hoped that such "etic" approaches in their detachment from native and local issues contribute a special dimension to the progress of Irish Studies at large and document the variety of European traditions of Irish Studies as inter- and multidisciplinary fields of research and teaching. Thus, the programme of this series is a reflection of the objectives of The European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies (EFACIS), under whose aegis the series is published. Contents: John Synge in Context; or, Re-Positioning Synge: The Point of Balance (A. Saddlemyer) - 'The Death of an Author': Collaborative Voices in J.M. Synge's Deirdre of the Sorrows (1910) (L. Pereira) - The Contemporary First-Person Novel in Ireland: Renewal of an Old Tradition? (E. D'hoker) - 'Frightened with my own hatred': Telling Violence in Jennifer Johnston's Fool's Sanctuary and The Invisible Worm (T. Casal) - 'Northern and troubled, southern and peaceful': Absence, Punishment, and the Disappeared in Films on the North of Ireland (Y. Igoe) - Ulster-Scots History and Culture: A North Channel Perspective (J. Erskine) - Representation and Responsibility: Women in Northern Ireland/the North of Ireland: A Conversation in Descant (M. Hill, E. Rooney) - To Act or Not to Act: Parliamentary Representations of Irish Poverty in the 1830s (A.-C. Lobo) - De Valera Remembering: A Study in Memory and Self-Representation (M. Böss) - The Irish in Post-War Britain: Towards Greater Visibility? (G. O'Keeffe-Vigneron) - Deconstructing Media Reports of Sexual Abuse: An Analysis of Framing in Irish Print Media Coverage of Sexual Abuse, 1993-2002 (M.J. Breen) - Public Representations of a Private Choice: Irish Daily Newspapers and the Referenda on Abortion of 1992 and 2002 (J. Mercereau) - Faith and Responsibility in Contemporary Ireland (C. Maignant)