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Welcome to Estudios Irlandeses, the scholarly journal of AEDEI, the Spanish Association for Irish Studies. We are happy to launch the latest issue, which gathers a wide range of original work by scholars based in Antigua & Barbuda, England, Finland, France, Ireland, Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. Our hearty thanks to all the contributors. And our invitation to people doing research in the broad discipline of Irish Studies to submit their work for the forthcoming issues. In March 2005 the journal made an auspicious start with a special inaugural Issue 0 containing fifteen essays which set a high standard of scholarship. As we are compiling Issue 7, the site has received over 20,000 visits, and we feel that we've fulfilled our mandate to be an international forum for original research in the field of Irish Studies, and to make original and cutting-edge scholarship freely available to the broadest possible audience. The recent inclusion of Estudios Irlandeses in a large number of prestigious international directories and databases is a most welcome reward. Our gratitude to Dr. Pilar Villar for undertaking the negotiations that have led to such recognition.
The fact that the journal comes out once a year gives us
the opportunity of offering comprehensive reviews of the
previous year's output of Irish-related material in
different areas. Many thanks to the colleagues who have
done such a fine job overseeing these valuable sections
over the years. For the current issue I am enormously
grateful to Inés Praga for temporarily assuming the
annual review of Irish Studies publications in Spain,
and to Patricia Lynch and Tony Tracy for respectively
commissioning reviews of Irish-related bibliography
generated round the world and of Irish film and
television, and for complementing the specialists’
reports with their own appraisal and insightful comments
on the year’s offerings. My deepest gratitude also to
the members of the Editorial Board for supplying
valuable feedback and advice to authors.
Rosa González |