3 Dec 2025, Brasília (DF) - The Embassy of Ireland in Brazil and ABEI celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations between Brazil and Ireland with the launch of ABEI Journal Special Issue 27.1 at Instituto Rio Branco, Brasília (DF). His Excellencies Ambassador Martin Gallagher (Ambassador of Ireland to Brazil) and Ambassador Flávio Macieira (Ambassador of Brazil to Ireland), together with Dr. Camila Franco Batista (President of ABEI), Edson Barros (General Manager for Kerry Brazil and Southern Cone), and CNN journalist Teo Curry, discussed this fruitful diplomatic relationship and the history of Irish Studies in Brazil.

See photos and a video of the event below:

Credit: Alexandre Ayala and Embassy of Ireland in Brazil

ABEI is glad to announce the recipient of this year's ABEI/ESP Research Grant to a Junior Researcher.

The winners are:

Leiliane Braga Torres (undergraduate student) - Instituto Federal do Ceará (IFCE)

Natália Silva da Silveira Triani (postgraduate student) - Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFFRJ)

ABEI wishes the winners a very prosperous research period.

ABEI is glad to announce the recipients of this year ABEI/ESP Research Grant to a Junior Researcher - PIBIC Junior - at UFNT and UFBA.

The winners are:

UFNT: Layla Michele Silva Lopes

UFBA: Pietro Cerqueira Santana and Alana Letícia Lima de Jesus

It is a pleasure to announce that registration for the ABEI Research Grant to a Junior Researcher is now open. The purpose of the grant is to fund Brazilian Junior Researchers in the field of Irish Studies. We offer a grant of R$ 3,000.00 to an MA or PhD Student and another grant of R$ 600,00 to an undergraduate student. The Fellowship aims at developing research and activities related to Irish Studies in Brazil. At the end of the programme, it is expected that the selected candidates will take part in ABEI events and publish an article related to the field of studies.

For more information, please read the full call below.

Estão abertas as inscrições para a bolsa ABEI/ESP Research Grant to a Junior Researcher - Ensino Médio, em parceria com a Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA) e Universidade Federal do Norte do Tocantins (UFNT).

Informações sobre cronogramas e procedimentos de inscrição estão detalhadas nos editais abaixo.

It is a pleasure to announce the 2024 ABEI/ESP Grant for the XIX Symposium of Irish Studies in South America – Narratives of Responsibility: Irish Studies, Humanities and The Arts. The purpose of the grant is to fund a Brazilian postgraduate student (MA or PhD) in the field of Irish Studies to take part in the conference at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, from 14-16 October 2024. The grant is of R$1,500.00.

The registration is open from 16 to 30 September 2024.

For more information, see the call below.

It is a pleasure to announce the selection results for the ABEI/ESP Research to Grant to a Junior Researcher 2024.

Please refer to the document below.

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​It is a pleasure to announce the ABEI Research Grant to a Junior Researcher 2024.
The purpose of the grant is to fund a Brazilian Junior Researcher in the field of Irish Studies. The Fellowship is directed at candidates who will develop research and activities related to Irish Studies in Brazil. 

For more information, please refer to the document below.