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Acis 2011 Cfp

Submission Due By: 2010-10-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-07-26 08:02:46

Call for Papers The 2011 International Meeting of The American Conference for Irish Studies at The University of Wisconsin - Madison March 30-April 2, 2011 Global Networks and Local Ties Submissions Due October 15, 2010 to acis2011@gmail.com As the ACIS enters its second half-century, the 2011 conference organizers invite you to join us on the campus of the University of Wisconsin - Madison for a four-day meeting of papers, roundtables, lectures, exhibits, readings and performances. The conference welcomes papers on all topics and aspects of Irish studies, including history, literature, language, culture, and arts, and encourages paper submissions considering the notions of the “global” and the “local” in Irish Studies. While the recent “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust made glaringly apparent the impact of globalization on Irish history and culture in contemporary times, the tension between global and local perspectives has informed Irish and Irish diaspora cultures for centuries. This tension also informs Irish Studies research, which has increasingly adopted interdisciplinary approaches to examine the Irish experience in the context of wider cultural, theoretical and geographical networks. The 2011 conference invites members to consider the impact of these approaches on Irish Studies research, as well as on the concept of Irish Studies as an academic field. Some approaches to this topic include: • The Cosmopolitan and the Vernacular in Irish Literature and Arts • Ireland’s relation to its own and other Diaspora Communities • Ireland’s Immigrant/Emigrant Ethos • Ireland and the European Union • World Empires and their Local Impact • Global Technology and Irish Nationalisms • Irish Studies in the Age of Interdisciplinarity • Irish Bodies Along with papers specific to the conference theme, we are interested in using this conference to highlight the most recent work in the field. Therefore, we welcome submissions addressing any and all topics or themes relevant to Irish studies. ACIS 2011 Keynote Speakers are Kerby A. Miller, Christopher Morash and Julia M. Wright. Please submit your proposal by October 15, 2010 to acis2011@gmail.com. Both individual paper and panel submissions (3-4 participants) are welcomed, as are proposals for presentations in non-traditional formats (posters, performances, exhibits). Please send any questions to Mary Trotter, Director of UW-Madison’s Celtic Studies Program, at the conference e-mail address.

Contact Mary Trotter
acis2011@gmail.com

2010 Acis-midwest

Submission Due By: 2010-08-09
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-06-08 09:31:42

The 2010 ACIS-Midwest will be held 21-23 October on Grand Valley State University’s Pew Campus in downtown Grand Rapids, MI. The conference theme, “Whose Ireland?”, emerges from focused discussions held during the past two ACIS-MW conferences regarding the representation of Ireland both here in the States and in Ireland itself. The conference committee welcomes all papers but will appreciate in particular proposals that seek to analyze Ireland’s depiction, description and portrayal and the motivations that may exist behind these statements by historians, cultural critics, essayists, fiction writers, poets, and visual artists who characterize Ireland. As we have witnessed at our two prior meetings, the contested space of Ireland’s identity is as critical in today’s global-economic market and as vital to those who call themselves “Irish” as it has been in centuries past when the island was under direct English occupation and cultural influence. To propose a paper for presentation at the conference, please submit a 300-word abstract (double-spaced and titled), omitting all reference to the submitter. Critical panels pre-organized by the participants also are welcome; please submit a 300-word abstract for each paper and note the proposed session title, as well, on each abstract. Both individual and panel proposals should be accompanied by a title page that includes the submitter’s name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, academic affiliation (if applicable), and title of the proposed paper. Proposals may be submitted by mail to: Kurt Bullock English Department Grand Valley State University 1 Campus Drive Allendale, MI 49401 Submissions also may be made electronically to: bullockk@gvsu.edu. The deadline for conference proposals is 9 August; accepted submitters will receive e-mail notification by the end of August. The Holiday Inn in Downtown Grand Rapids, located just one block from the GVSU Pew Campus, will serve as our conference hotel. Room rates, which include free downtown parking, wifi, and access to all hotel facilities, will be $109; please identify yourself as part of the ACIS-Midwest Conference when seeking reservations, which must be made by 20 September. Conference meetings will take place in the L.V. Eberhard Center and the Richard M. DeVos Center, with dozens of public dining options available within blocks of the campus and hotel. With average high temperatures of sixty degrees and the convenience of GVSU’s campus in the heart of an energetic downtown atmosphere, Grand Rapids will be, we trust, an enjoyable site for October’s conference. Should you require additional, please feel free to contact either conference co-host, Jim Bell (bellja@gvsu.edu) or Kurt Bullock (bullockk@gvsu.edu).

Contact Kurt Bullock
English Department, Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
bullockk@gvsu.edu

"the Island And The Arts": The 7th Biennial International Conference Of The Nordic Irish Studies N

Submission Due By: 2010-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2010-06-01 11:28:13

"The Island and the Arts": 7th Biennial International NISN Conference Tromso, Norway, 2-3 December 2010. Patrick Kavanagh once claimed that Ireland could host an army of a thousand poets at any time. Perhaps that is a small number compared to the island’s rich heritage of traditional and popular music. Yet poetry, pop, and folk are not its only creative outlets. Irish theatre contributes to cultural discussions at home and abroad, while in the visual arts it boasts a range of powerful painters and an ever-increasing production of films. Furthermore, new media, generic transgressions, translations, and border aesthetics enhance creativity. The island’s nature, its monastic tradition, contested histories, language diversity, social shifts, diasporic dynamics, and tax legislation – all these likely and unlikely sources of artistic endeavour keep the cornucopia flowing. Today, as throughout history, the island holds a remarkable position in the creative arts and questions concerning aesthetics and its relations to metaphysical speculation, ethic significance, historical conditioning, social becoming, and identitarian processes are both more vital and more compelling than ever. The 2010 NISN conference focuses on the arts of the island and on the conditions and critical discourses with which they interact. The organisers invite proposals for both individual 20-minute papers and planned panels on a wide variety of topics connected to the theme. The call for papers opens on 1 January, with a deadline for the submission of abstracts of 300 words on 15 June 2010. The conference is hosted by the University of Tromsø in cooperation with Border Poetics Research Group, Culture Ireland, Norwegian Research Council and the Irish Embassy. Confirmed keynote speakers: Poets Ciaran Carson and Paul Muldoon Visual artist Rita Anne Duffy Professor Michael Parker. Please send abstracts to: Ruben.Moi@uit.no Please register at the website: http://uit.no/humfak/islandarts/ Papers may address, but are by no means restricted to, the following topics: * relations between the arts * ekphrastic poetry and prose * the future of the arts * arts and language * arts and politics * arts and ethics * arts and history * arts and psychology * arts and the environment * arts and memory * critical discussions of the works of individual artists (e.g. writers, painters, playwrights, musicians, directors)

Contact Ruben Moi
Ruben.Moi@uit.no

Extension Of Deadline: [may 24] Call For Papers: Acis-west 2010

Submission Due By: 2010-05-24
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-05-17 13:46:19

American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010: “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern” – Call for Papers Boise State University; Boise, Idaho (USA) 1-3 October 2010 Conference theme: “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern” The 2010 western regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be held on 1-3 October 2010 at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. Keynote Speaker: Professor Christopher Murray, Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre History, School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin. Professor Murray’s address is titled, “‘The new thing that has happened, or the old thing that has happened again’: Beckett and the Irish sensibility.” The accomplished poet Trevor Joyce will also provide a reading as part of the conference proceedings. Trevor Joyce is currently the Judith E. Wilson Visiting Poetry Fellow at Cambridge University (2009/10). The announced theme is intended to encourage a broad range of paper topics. Papers are welcome on any Irish Studies topic, including traditional concerns of the discipline and evolving areas of interest in the visual, literary, and interdisciplinary areas. Due date for abstracts for proposed papers: 24 May 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 June 2010. Please send your abstract (250 words or fewer) to Jodi Chilson at jodichilson@boisestate.edu. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact me via e-mail or phone (208-426-3604). Please check our website for updates and additional information: http://aciswest2010.wordpress.com/ A Call for Films and a Call for Applicants for the Emerging Scholar Award are also available on the website. Jodi Chilson Boise State University Graduate College, MS-1110 1910 University Drive Boise, Idaho 83725 USA Contact: Jodi Chilson (jodichilson@boisestate.edu)

Contact Jodi Chilson
4880 North Schubert Avenue
Meridian, Idaho 83646
jodichilson@boisestate.edu

New England Acis Regional Conference, November 12-13, 2010

Submission Due By: 2010-09-10
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-05-10 21:44:58

www.framingham.edu/2010-neacis The Country of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood in Irish Culture “That is no country for old men,” declared W. B. Yeats in “Sailing to Byzantium,” describing his native land’s fascination with youth and legends of rebirth. Some fifteen years later, Taoiseach Eamon de Valera summoned an idyllic version of Irish childhood when he pledged his commitment to an ideal Ireland of happy maidens, sturdy children, and athletic youths. Such images have been challenged by recent controversy over the experiences of children within Church-sponsored schools, as well as by popular memoirs such as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody? – all of which yield fertile ground for exploration and discussion in this year’s New England ACIS regional conference. Papers are welcome on such topics as historical depictions of childhood, contemporary youth culture, schooling in Ireland, children’s literature, definitions of Irish boyhood and girlhood, memoirs of childhood and adolescence, and images of Ireland as an infant or ancient nation. Our list of plenary speakers includes Dr. James Smith, playwright Damian Gorman, and Maurice Fitzpatrick, writer and co-producer of The Boys of St. Columb’s. Further information can be found on the conference website, www.framingham.edu/2010-neacis. Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are encouraged, as are all papers on Irish subjects that do not specifically address the conference theme. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Proposals for panels are welcome. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Kelly Matthews, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Framingham State College, kmatthews@framingham.edu. The deadline for submission is September 10, 2010. We hope to publish a collection of essays on the conference theme, and encourage each presenter interested in publication to submit an expanded version of his or her conference paper for editorial consideration. The collection editors will be Dr. Kelly Matthews and Dr. John Countryman of Berry College, Georgia. Essays to be considered for publication should be 6000-8000 words in length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font. Please include a brief author’s biography which lists affiliations and previous publications. Two hard copies and an electronic attachment of the manuscript should be sent to Dr. Kelly Matthews, Department of English, Framingham State College, 100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01701, kmatthews@framingham.edu, by Friday, November 12, 2010. Framingham State College is located 20 miles west of Boston, with convenient access to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). The Sheraton Tara hotel in Framingham will offer a reduced room rate of $109 per night for conference attendees, and will provide complimentary shuttle service between the hotel and the college. An airport shuttle service is available from Logan Airport in Boston, with reduced rates for those sharing transport.

Contact Kelly Matthews
Framingham State College, 100 State Street
Framingham, MA 01701
kmatthews@framingham.edu

Call For Papers For Chicago Shaw Symposium

Submission Due By: 2010-07-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-03-29 14:32:31

The International Shaw Society is sponsoring a Shaw Symposium in 2010 in Chicago (October 22-23) with the ShawChicago Theater Co. There will be performances of two Shaw works. Deadline for both abstracts and ISS Travel Grant applications (see website) is July 1, 2010.

Contact Richard Dietrich
P.O. Box 728
Odessa, FL 33556-0728
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

Call For Papers For Summer Shaw Symposium

Submission Due By: 2010-04-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-03-29 14:27:41

The International Shaw Society is sponsoring a Shaw Symposium in 2010 in Canada (July 23-25) at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. There will be performances of two Shaw works. Deadline for both abstracts and ISS Travel Grant applications (see website) is April 15, 2010.

Contact Richard Dietrich
P. O. Box 728
Odessa, FL 33556
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

Celtic Studies Cfp

Submission Due By: 2010-05-03
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2010-03-03 11:44:27

The Harvard Celtic Department cordially invites proposals for papers on topics which relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in any phase; cultural, historical or social science topics; theoretical perspectives, etc.) for their 30th Annual Celtic Colloquium, to take place at Harvard University, October 8-10, 2010. Papers concerning interdisciplinary research with a Celtic focus are also invited. Attendance is free.

Presentations should be no longer than twenty minutes. There will be a short discussion period after each paper. Papers given at the Colloquium may later be submitted for consideration by the editorial committee for publication in the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.

Potential presenters should send a 200-250 word abstract, plus a brief biographical sketch. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to hcc@fas.harvard.edu, faxed, or posted to the departmental address; we encourage submissions in the form of RTF email attachments.

Further information and online submission form available at our Website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc/

Closing date for proposals: May 3, 2010.

Contact
hcc@fas.harvard.edu

American Conference For Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010: “(re)defining Irish-ness In The

Submission Due By: 2010-05-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-02-22 16:11:58

American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010: “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern” Boise State University; Boise, Idaho (USA) 1-3 October 2010 Call for Films for Panel The 2010 western regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be held on 1-3 October 2010 at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. The conference organizers are currently seeking film submissions for a panel closely tied to the conference theme. Films submitted should include some aspect of the “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern,” but the inclusiveness of this theme is open to interpretation. Film submissions should be 15-20 minutes in length. Please submit the film electronically or on disc (PAL or NTSC accepted; please indicate which standard was used). With the film submission, please include an artistic statement regarding the film and how it ties into the conference theme, and a brief biography. Due date for film submissions: 15 May 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 June 2010. Please send submission to Jodi Chilson at jodichilson@boisestate.edu. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact me via e-mail or phone (208-426-3604). Jodi Chilson Boise State University Graduate College, MS-1110 1910 University Drive Boise, Idaho, 83725 USA Contact: Jodi Chilson (jodichilson@boisestate.edu)

Contact Jodi Chilson
Boise State University, Graduate College, MS-1110, 1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725
jodichilson@boisestate.edu

American Conference For Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010: “(re)defining Irish-ness In The

Submission Due By: 2010-05-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-02-22 16:09:59

American Conference for Irish Studies, Western Region Meeting, 2010: “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern” Boise State University; Boise, Idaho (USA) 1-3 October 2010 Call for Papers The 2010 western regional meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be held on 1-3 October 2010 at Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. Conference theme: “(Re)Defining Irish-ness in the Contemporary/Post-Modern” Keynote Speaker: Professor Christopher Murray, Emeritus Professor of Drama and Theatre History, School of English, Drama and Film, University College Dublin. Professor Murray’s address is titled, “‘The new thing that has happened, or the old thing that has happened again’: Beckett and the Irish sensibility.” The accomplished poet Trevor Joyce will also provide a reading as part of the conference proceedings. Trevor Joyce is currently the Judith E. Wilson Visiting Poetry Fellow at Cambridge University (2009/10). The announced theme is intended to encourage a broad range of paper topics. Papers are welcome on any Irish Studies topic, including traditional concerns of the discipline and evolving areas of interest in the visual, literary, and interdisciplinary areas. Due date for abstracts for proposed papers: 15 May 2010. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 June 2010. Please send your abstract (250 words or fewer) to Jodi Chilson at jodichilson@boisestate.edu. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact me via e-mail or phone (208-426-3604). Jodi Chilson Boise State University Graduate College, MS-1110 1910 University Drive Boise, Idaho, 83725 USA Contact: Jodi Chilson (jodichilson@boisestate.edu)

Contact Jodi Chilson
Boise State University, Graduate College, MS-1110, 1910 University Drive
Boise, Idaho 83725
jodichilson@boisestate.edu

Gbs: Global Bernard Shaw

Submission Due By: 2010-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-01-19 15:04:18

Special Shaw Session at the Modern Language Association Convention Los Angeles, January 6-9 of 2011 An international celebrity, world traveler, and global citizen, Shaw was never at a loss for words on the matter of the world he lived in. This special session seeks papers that think through the entailments of “GBS” as Global Bernard Shaw. Topics may include (but are not limited to): · gender and international feminisms · colonialism and postcolonialism (from Ireland to India and beyond) · cosmopolitanism · the “transatlantic” Shaw · nationalism and transnationalism · geopolitics and world order studies · conflict, war, and peace · neoliberalism and free-market capitalism · globalization and modernization · “empire,” “multitude,” and “commonwealth” (Hardt & Negri) · international Marxist, communist, and socialist movements · religion and political theology (liberation theology, Zionism, Islamic radicalism, etc.) cross-cultural performance · influence, appropriation, and adaptation · Shaw as world literature (canonicity, translation, “the world republic of letters”) · Shaw as world traveler Please send via email attachment a short CV and 250-word abstract to Charles Joseph Del Dotto (cjd@duke.edu) no later than 15 March 2010.

Contact Charles Del Dotto
cjd@duke.edu
, North Carolina
cjd@duke.edu

Acis Mid-atlantic Regional Conference, 2010

Submission Due By: 2010-07-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2010-01-13 14:58:40

ACIS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference, 2010 RE-VIEWING IRELAND. Irish Culture in Words, Music and Images. 1 and 2 October 2010 Caspersen Graduate School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA Irish culture is known throughout the world. But what is it that makes Irish culture both distinctive and recognizable? At the beginning of the twenty-first century, is there a consensus on what constitutes Irish culture? This conference will explore, re-view and re-evaluate Irish culture in its multiple manifestations. Suggested topics include: sheela-na-gigs and standing stones; the legacy of Joyce, Wilde, Yeats Shaw and Beckett; from the Clancys to Clannad; art and identity; Riverdancing around the world; political messages in banners and murals; churches and censorship; pubs as purveyors of culture; writers in exile; plays and playwrights; Arran sweaters to Kilkenny Design; depictions of the Troubles; images of Irish women; children’s literature; Ireland through colonial eyes. Professors Christine Kinealy and Bill Rogers. Proposals should be c. 350 words and submitted by 1 July 2010 to: jchurch@drew.edu

Contact William Rogers
Drew University, 36 Madison Ave.
Madison, NJ 07885
wrogers@drew.edu

2011 Mla Convention, Los Angeles

Submission Due By: 2010-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-12-27 18:53:14

CALL FOR PAPERS 2011 MLA Convention, Los Angeles Modern Language Association (MLA) / ACIS (American Conference for Irish Studies) The American Conference for Irish Studies will host two panels at the January 2011 MLA convention in Los Angeles. Please send 200-word abstracts to Karen Steele (k.steele@tcu.edu) by March 15, 2010. All panelists must be registered MLA members by April 1, 2010 to be included on the Los Angeles conference program; all panelists must also be registered ACIS members. POLITICS OF LANGUAGE: Papers should explore the social, cultural, or political implications of Celtic languages and literatures, especially as they relate to Irish national or postcolonial identity, from the 17th century to the present. Papers might include discussions of translation, Celticism, historical breaks and continuities, minority discourse, and more. IRISHNESS AND CELEBRITY Papers should explore how Irish identity informs the performance, dissemination, celebration, or limitations of celebrity, whether as small and big screen actors or directors, public intellectuals, writers, political activists, or rock stars. Papers might explore travel writing, stage Irishness, colonial celebrity, self-promotion, self-narration, glamour, the narcissism of stardom, notoriety, or more. ARCHIVES OF IRISH STUDIES IN THE 21 CENTURY Papers should explore practical and theoretical challenges in researching, teaching, collecting, and/or documenting Irish culture. Papers might explore the difficulties and provisional solutions in tracking social or political phenomenon, such as scandal or an author’s posthumous lives; theorize about the influence of new media or databases in teaching and research; or consider the cultural politics of collecting and the creative uses of memorabilia. Papers addressing the use of the Clark Archives, which include materials relating to 17th and 18th century Ireland, are especially welcome. SEND 200-WORD PROPOSALS BY MARCH 15, 2010. PRESENTATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED 20 MINUTES. Questions? Please contact Karen Steele, ACIS Representative k.steele@tcu.edu Department of English TCU Fort Worth, TX 76129

Contact Karen Steele
TCU Box 297270
Fort Worth, TX 76129
k.steele@tcu.edu

International George Moore Conference, March 25-27 2010

Submission Due By: 2010-02-10
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-11-03 23:06:49

The Fourth International George Moore Conference in Almeria (Spain) 2010: 'George Moore and ‘the discovery of human nature’ The conference will take place in Almeria (Spain) from 25-27 March 2010. Website : http://www.ual.es/Congresos/George_Moore/ Organiser: María Elena Jaime de Pablos. This conference invites 20-minute papers on George Moore and ‘the discovery of human nature’ from a wide range of perspectives. Although other topics may be considered, we welcome papers dealing with, but not being limited to, issues such as the following: Moore’s representations of human nature The link between human nature and art according to Moore Soul and flesh / Good and evil in Moore’s writings The split subject in Moore’s stories Real vs. stereotypical characters in Moore’s works The woman question in Moore’s narrative Human development and human aging in Moore’s texts Moore’s ‘philosophic immoralism’ Moore rebellion against Victorian tradition Authorial contrasts and similarities: Moore, human nature and its treatment by his contemporaries (e.g., Gissing, Bennett, Meredith, Flaubert, D'Annunzio, Egerton, Grand, Yeats, Tennyson, Swinburne, Christina Rossetti, Wilde, Stevenson, James, Conrad, Wells, Forster) Abstracts for individual papers and round tables on the topic of the conference are welcome. They should be limited to 150-200 words. All non-plenary papers or presentations are strictly limited to a maximum of 20 minutes. Submissions must include name, institutional affiliation or independent scholar status, and contact information. Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2010 Please send electronic submissions (as attachments) to mjaime@ual.es Or write directly to the organiser: Mª Elena Jaime de Pablos Universidad de Almería Facultad de Humanidades Dpto. Filología Inglesa y Alemana Ctra. Sacramento s/n La Cañada de San Urbano 04120 Almería Spain E-mail: mjaime@ual.es Tel. +34 950015071 Fax. +34 950015475

Contact Maria Elena Jaime de Pablos
Universidad de Almeria, Facultad de Humanidades
Almeria, 950015475
mjaime@ual.es

Irish Society For The Study Of Children's Literature

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-10-13 12:23:02

IRISH SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Annual Conference 'Sound, Image, Text' 5 and 6 March 2010 Venue: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Call for Papers Proposals are welcome relating to the above and associated topics in the context of both Irish and international literature for children, children’s culture and the culture of childhood: Fiction, graphic novels, picture books, adaptation, film, theatre, audio books, the history of the book, poetry, and publishing. We would also welcome submissions for panels (of 3 papers) Proposals of 250 words should be sent to: Conference Secretary Dr Pádraic Whyte Email:padraicwhyte@gmail.com (Subject line should clearly indicate ‘ISSCL Proposal’) to arrive no later than 1 December 2009 Affiliated Society of IRSCL

Contact Padraic Whyte
padraicwhyte@gmail.com

Digital Humanities In Irish Studies Forum, 2010 Acis

Submission Due By: 2009-11-20
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-10-09 10:21:45

I am seeking a number of participants for a panel forum on digital humanities in Irish Studies for the 2010 ACIS meeting at State College, PA. I intend to submit this proposal as an informal venture in which participants would speak briefly (5-10 minutes) on current teaching or research projects they have conducted using digital resources, to be followed by discussions with the panel audience on methods and applications. The goal will be sharing new teaching and research methods with an eye to the overall advancement of Irish Studies. I’m open to proposals on any topic, but participants should have a firm project underway that can be demonstrated or discussed at the forum. Some (but by no means all) suggested topics might include the following as they intersect with Irish Studies: Digital editions of texts, creative web-delivered course content, research presented in digital form, museum and curatorial digital projects, Geographic Information Systems and their applications, academic blogging. Please contact me (nwolf2@gmu.edu) with a brief message describing your project and interest in participating in this forum.

Contact Nicholas Wolf
George Mason University
,
nwolf2@gmu.edu

Cfp Title: The Author-translator In The European Literary Tradition

Submission Due By: 2009-09-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-09-07 13:28:38

The recent ‘creative turn’ in translation studies has challenged notions of translation as a derivative and uncreative activity which is inferior to ‘original’ writing. Commentators have drawn attention to the creative processes involved in the translation of texts, and suggested a rethinking of translation as a form of creative writing. Hence there is growing critical and theoretical interest in translations undertaken by literary authors. This conference focuses on acts of translation by creative writers. Literary scholarship has tended to overlook this aspect of an author’s output, yet since the time of Cicero, authors across Europe have been engaged not only in composing their own works but in rendering texts from one language into another. Indeed, many of Europe’s greatest writers have devoted time to translation – from Chaucer to Heaney, from Diderot and Goethe to Seferis and Pasternak – and have produced some remarkable texts. Others (Beckett, Joyce, Nabokov) have translated their own work from one language into another. As attentive readers and skilful word smiths, writers may be particularly well equipped to meet the creative demands of literary translation; many trans lations of poetry are, after all, undertaken by poets themselves. Moreover, translation can have a major impact on an author’s own writing and on the development of native literary traditions. The conference seeks to reassess the importance of translation for European writers – both well-known and less familiar – from antiquity to the present day. It will explore why authors translate, what they translate, and how they translate, as well as the links between an author’s translation work and his or her own writing. Proposals are invited for individual papers (max. 20 minutes) or panels (of 3 speakers). The conference language is English. It is anticipated that selected papers from the conference will be published. Please send a 250-word abstract by 30 September 2009 to the organisers, Hilary Brown and Duncan Large (author-translator@swan.ac.uk)

Contact Hilary Brown
Author-Translator Conference, Department of Modern Languages, Swansea University
Swansea, SA2 8PP
author-translator@swan.ac.uk

Acis Southern Regional Conference

Submission Due By: 2009-11-06
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-08-27 14:14:23

The Southern Regional ACIS Conference will be held at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, March 4-7, 2010. Ireland's geographical, literary, historic, and artistic symbols and boundaries, like the Celtic knot or the Connemara coast, are immeasurable and have been described as representations of infinity, hence the theme of the 2010 conference: "Crafting Infinity: Struggle and Rebirth." We welcome both paper and panel proposals of 250 words (to be sent as Word attachments) that deal with the conference theme, as well as other aspects of Irish Studies. These should be sent to Dr. Rory Cornish (cornishr@winthrop.edu) by November 6, 2009.

Contact Rory Cornish
History Department, Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733
cornishr@winthrop.edu

Éire-ireland Special Issue: "irish Things"

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-08-12 13:57:35

We welcome submissions for a Spring/Summer 2011 special issue, “Irish Things,” that will examine Irish material culture—a particularly well-suited focus for the interdisciplinary field of Irish Studies. Even a rapid review of select fields reveals literary critics and art historians scrutinizing the representation of objects in the arts; historians elucidating the myriad contexts for objects; sociologists and anthropologists chronicling the functions and exchange of objects among peoples; philosophers investigating the nature of objects. Ireland provides a rich site for these inquiries: it maintains a complex relationship to “things” in part from the association of material culture with colonialism, a point made by historian Toby Barnard, as well as from the tension between Catholicism’s antimaterialist bias and its reverence for relics. We seek compelling interdisciplinary research about Irish history and culture that will contribute to ongoing scholarly debates about the nature of things. Essays might, for example, recover the social function and representation of Irish objects, or they could examine the history or current status of material culture in Ireland. We encourage considerations of the anxieties and enthusiasms attending the late advent of consumer culture in Ireland, as well as investigations of the circulation, exchange, and consumption of Irish objects at home and abroad. The editors invite submissions that demonstrate innovative thinking about material culture—research and theory that might contribute to or challenge existing ways of thinking about “Irish Things.” Deadline for Submissions: 1 February 2010. Two hard copies and an electronic attachment of the manuscript should be sent to Professor Paige Reynolds,Department of English, College of the Holy Cross, 1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610 (preynold@holycross.edu) or Dr. Charles Orser, Curator of Historical Archaeology, New York State Museum, Research and Collections, 3140 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230 (corser@mail.nysed.gov).

Contact Paige Reynolds
College of Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610
preynold@holycross.edu

Ireland And Ecocriticism: An Interdisciplinary Conference, 18-19 June 2010

Submission Due By: 2010-02-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-07-08 04:15:42

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Ireland is a land of pastoral greenery, but its landscape is an arguably ‘unnatural’ construct, a topography shaped by a history of conflict and suffering. Gerry Smyth asserted in 2000 that ‘Irish Studies and ecocriticism ... have a lot to say to each other’, yet despite the centrality of the land to Irish identity at home and abroad, ecocriticism remains largely absent from Irish Studies in Ireland. One explanation for reluctance to engage with this theoretical practice may be the long history of the country’s conflicted, traumatized relation to the land, its often reductive figuration as ‘nature’, and one aim of this conference will be to examine this critical recalcitrance, when the land and the landscape feature in a vast range of cultural productions in Ireland, from folklore and music, to poetry and painting. The longstanding tension in Western society between ‘nature’ and ‘culture’ has unique implications for the social and political framing of the natural world in an Irish context. This fraught and complicated relationship urgently requires interrogation in an age of rapid climate change, when, for example, a country as wet as Ireland faces a water crisis. Proposals are welcome from across the disciplines, including environmental studies, anthropology, journalism, migration studies, history, geography, urban planning, music, literary studies, art history, folklore studies, archaeology, education, architecture, women’s studies, philosophy, theology, cultural studies, sociology, film and media studies, and colonial/postcolonial studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: Plantation and settlement Irish ecofeminism The simianised Irish, Paddy’s pig, and animal rights Folklore and fairytales Traditional music Irish-language texts—the nature of translation, translating nature Meat-eating and national identity ‘Oriental’ Ireland and theosophy Colonial/postcolonial perspectives on representations of the natural Agrarian movements and utopian communities Ruins and landscape Landscape and national character Gendering the landscape The ‘Celtic Tiger’, late capital, and the death of nature Tourism and the heritage industry The visual arts, past and present The Catholic Church and the ‘natural’ Diaspora and nostalgia Landscape-based worship: holy wells, patterns, and pilgrimages Send proposals (of no more than 500 words)

Contact Maureen O\\\'Connor
Department of English Language and Literature, Mary Immaculate College
Limerick,
maureen.oconnor@mic.ul.ie

New England Regional Meeting: November 2009

Submission Due By: 2009-09-10
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-04-29 11:37:41

“Inroads of Liberalism into Modern Irish Society, 1909-2009” November 13-14 Massachusetts Maritime Cape Cod Buzzards Bay, MA The year 2009 marks the centennial of the formation of the Irish Transport and General Workers’ Union, one of the first public meetings of the Irish Women’s Franchise League, the death of J.M. Synge, and the Abbey Theatre’s premier of GB Shaw’s The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet. These events, in their own ways, represent inroads of liberalism into modern Irish society. When the ITGWU took its campaign against the conservative masters of labor, in the hands of leaders like James Larkin and (eventually) James Connolly, it strove to implement socialistic values into Irish society. The IWFL spearheaded not only women’s suffrage movements in Ireland, it led to various developments against societal gender restrictions throughout the following decades. The death of Synge marked the end of a liberalizing playwright who had clashed with conservative bourgeois-nationalist Dublin from his In the Shadow of the Glen (1903) to The Playboy of the Western World (1907)—even into Deirdre of the Sorrows that premiered in 1910. The premier of The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, and its attack on theatre censorship (especially over morality) began a new phase of involvement from Shaw in Irish affairs. This stemmed from lecturing middle-class Dublin in 1910 on the Poor Laws, advocating for a Municipal Gallery for Hugh Lane’s modern paintings, appearing with James Connolly in 1913 in a rally for Irish labor, his support of Horace Plunkett’s Cooperative Movement, and far beyond. Taking the above as a starting point only for the conference theme, organizers of this year’s ACIS New England Regional conference seek papers that deal with liberalizing societal efforts in Irish society, moving from Synge’s time to the present. Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are encouraged, as are all papers on Irish subjects that do not specifically address the conference topic, or its specific time-line. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. We are pleased to announce that the conference will be led by two featured speakers: Shaw scholar Peter Gahan and Irish Theatre Specialist Mary Trotter: Peter Gahan is a writer and graduate of Trinity College Dublin, based in Los Angeles. His book Shaw Shadows: Rereading the Texts of Bernard Shaw was published by the University Press of Florida in 2004. He has written many articles on Shaw and serves on the editorial board of SHAW: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, and will be the editor of the Annual’s 2010 volume under the theme of Shaw and Ireland, published by Penn State University Press. He is currently working on a study of Shaw and Ireland in the years 1900-1925. Peter’s presentation will examine Shaw’s involvement with the Abbey Theatre from Synge’s death to the writing of O’Flaherty V.C. Mary Trotter is an Associate Professor of Theatre History at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also the Director of UW-Madison's Celtic Studies Program. While she teaches courses in theatre history and historiography, nineteenth-century American theatre and drama, theatre scenography, and political theatre, her heart--and her publishing--keeps returning to Ireland for its subject. Along with several articles in such journals as Theatre Survey, New Hibernia Review, and Modern Drama, she is the author of Ireland's National Theaters: Political Performance and the Origins of the Irish Dramatic Movement (Syracuse 2001), and, most recently, Modern Irish Theatre (Polity Press, 2008). She is currently researching spatiality in Irish theatre scenography, and the life of the early 20th century actress/activist. Mary’s presentation is titled: "Is that a Uniform or a Costume? The Actress as Activist in Revolutionary Ireland." Conference entertainment will include the staging of The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by the Massachusetts Maritime Theatre Program. There will also be one dinner and a luncheon, along with a closing reception. Massachusetts Maritime is located in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Deadline for submitting paper proposals is September 10. Please include a statement on your affiliation and a brief bio. Proposals should be emailed to: Nelson O`Ceallaigh Ritschel at nritschel@maritime.edu Additional information relating to the conference, such as directions, area hotels, and registration forms, will be forthcoming. Thank you.

Contact Nelson O`Ceallaigh Ritschel
Massachusetts Maritime
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
nritschel@maritime.edu

Acis Mid-atlantic Regional Conference: Ireland By Sea

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-04-20 13:34:53

ACIS Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference: IRELAND BY SEA Sept. 18 and 19, 2009 Monmouth University West Long Branch, New Jersey Ireland by Sea For centuries, the land of Ireland has been the site of many contentious and bloody battles, as various peoples and governments have attempted to control the people of Ireland by controlling her physical landscape. An even more uncontrollable element of Ireland’s location has been the bodies of water that surround the island. As countless writers such as J. M. Synge, Joseph O’Connor, and John Banville have shown, Ireland’s waters are as important in her history as her land is, and this relationship has often been a difficult and sad one because of climate, economic instability and Ireland’s vulnerability to attack because of its geography. Yet the sea has been a crucial source of employment, food, transportation, recreation, defense, and artistic inspiration as well. As an island, Ireland has more in common geographically with other island nations than it does with its larger landlocked European cousins in the European Union. As recent work by Maria McGarrity has pointed out, Ireland’s history as an island nation and its connection with similar island nations, such as those in the Caribbean, have largely been overlooked. The American Conference for Irish Studies Mid-Atlantic regional conference seeks papers from all disciplines that explore Ireland’s relationship with the sea and its development as an island nation. Possible topics for papers or panels may include: Literary/artistic representations of the sea Tides and currents (literal, historical and metaphorical) Fishing Drowning The Famine and the Sea Emigration “overseas” Ireland’s geography Island culture Mainland Ireland v. the Aran Islands and other smaller islands off the coast Borders/boundaries Contemporary tourism and the sea Famous Irish sea journeys The sea’s role in the Irish nationalist movement The conference will take place at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, NJ on Sept. 18 and 19, 2009. The university is located a half mile from the ocean at the beautiful Jersey Shore. The conference will feature Prof. Maria McGarrity, author of Washed by the Gulf Stream: the Historic and Geographic Relation of Irish and Caribbean Literature and Prof. Nini Rodgers, author of Ireland, Slavery and Anti-Slavery: 1645-1865 as keynote speakers and a Friday evening concert performance by Len Graham and Brian O hAirt. The conference hotel is the beautiful Ocean Place Resort located on the beach in Long Branch, NJ. Rooms are available at $99.00 a night. Please send 250 word abstracts for 15-20 minute papers and requests for hotel information to Elizabeth Gilmartin at egilmart_at_monmouth.edu by July 15, 2009.

Contact Elizabeth Gilmartin
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, New Jersey
egilmart@monmouth.edu

The European Avant-garde 1890-1930 An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference To Be Held At Unive

Submission Due By: 2009-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-04-09 14:08:06

CALL FOR PAPERS The European Avant-Garde 1890-1930 An interdisciplinary postgraduate conference to be held at University College Dublin on September 25th and 26th. Supported by the UCD Graduate School in Arts and Celtic Studies. In his seminal 1974 book, Theory of the Avant-Garde, Peter Bürger wrote that the aim of the avant-gardists was to "reintegrate art into the praxis of life". With this statement in mind, we are pleased to announce the call for papers for an interdisciplinary conference examining the European Avant-Garde, during the period 1890-1930. Papers addressing the avant-garde in literature, the visual arts, architecture, theatre and film are all welcome. Speakers may wish to consider, among other issues, -the movements of Futurism, Cubism, Dadaism and Expressionism -specific writers, artists or playwrights within the time period and their relation to avant-garde aesthetics -the interaction of avant-garde movements with politics - the interplay between different avant-garde movements - the avant-garde as an attack on the concept of art as an institution - technology and the avant-garde - the legacy of the avant-garde -the avant-garde at the turn of the century - translating the avant-garde Proposals may come from the disciplines of modern languages (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese), English, art history, film, drama and theatre studies and comparative studies. We invite proposals for twenty-minute papers from postgraduate students. Papers should be in English. Abstracts (maximum 300 words), together with a short biography indicating your academic background and research interests should be emailed to the organizers at the addresses below by June 15th, 2009. Please include your name, academic affiliation, and contact details. Organizers: Selena Daly (selena.daly@ucd.ie) Monica Insinga (monica.insinga@ucdconnect.ie)

Contact Monica Insinga
monica.insinga@ucdconnect.ie and selena.daly@ucd.ie

Changes In Contemporary Ireland: Texts And Contexts

Submission Due By: 2009-04-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-04-08 11:43:46

Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK, 11-13 September 2009 PLENARY SPEAKERS: Irene Gilsenan Nordin; Eamonn Jordan; Paddy Lyons; Tina O’Toole; Ailbhe Smyth. We invite abstracts for a three day international Irish Studies conference at Loughborough University. The conference is intended to cover all aspects of Irish Studies, including but not limited to Literature, Drama, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Media and Film Studies, Sport, Geography, and History. The focus of the conference is an exploration of the radical change in Irish society over the past three decades. The 1980s saw a sea change in Irish society. In the wake of the Kerry Babies case, the death of a teenage mother in Granard, and numerous sex scandals in the church and political scandals in the state, creative practitioners now confronted contentious issues, and we welcome papers examining the resultant artistic output. Irish theatre has undergone a variety of renaissances and revivals.This conference seeks to explore the development of the genre post 1980 taking into account the ending of the Troubles, the ceasefire, the Good Friday Agreement and the revitalisation of Irish theatre on the West End and Broadway stages. We welcome papers on plays, playwrights and performances post 1980 which reflect upon the cultural upheavals and changes in Irish national identity, international and global influences, and the emergence of the ‘Celtic Tiger’. We also welcome abstracts for papers commenting on wider social change, political developments and cultural events. Please include a brief biography and your audio-visual requirements with your proposal. ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Proposals of 200-250 words should be submitted by 30 April 2009 to both organisers: Deirdre O’Byrne: d.obyrne@lboro.ac.uk, and Catherine Rees: C.M.Rees@lboro.ac.uk

Contact Deirdre OByrne
Department of English and Drama, Loughborough University
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU
d.obyrne@lboro.ac.uk

American Conference For Irish Studies-west

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-04-04 09:37:08

25th Annual Meeting

C.B. Hannegan’s Los Gatos, California

October 16-17, 2009

Theme: Ireland and Its Influences

Multidisciplinary Program to include but not limited to:

Humanities, Social Science and Arts (All Broadly Defined)

The papers being sought may deal with any aspect of the life and culture of Ireland or the Irish at home and worldwide. ACIS-W enjoys an established reputation for interest in and encouragement of diverse presentations. You must be an ACIS member to apply.

The mechanics of applying are easy. You must e-mail two items to the program chair: (1) a one-paragraph statement identifying yourself, your affiliation, your work, and your interests in Irish Studies, and (2) a one-page only abstract of what you offer for presentation before the ACIS-W 25th Anniversary Meeting.

E-mail these two items (bio and abstract) to the Program Chair, Professor Timothy J. O’Keefe at: TOKeefe@scu.edu

Program presentations will be no more than 15-20 minutes each, depending on the number of papers to be presented in each session. Performance submissions are also welcomed, as is the work of graduate students.

The Jordan-Potts Prize for the best conference paper by an emerging scholar will be offered. “Emerging Scholars” are defined as those who are no more than two years beyond the receipt of their terminal degrees. Those who qualify and wish to be considered for the Jordan-Potts Prize should also note this on their application.

The deadline for all applications to present a paper at the ACIS-W 25th Anniversary Meeting is May 1, 2009. Professor O’Keefe and his program committee will review the offered papers and organize the program around sub-themes as they emerge from among submissions. The committee’s target deadline for announcing acceptances is May 25, 2009.

Venue Note

In celebration of the 25-year history of the American Conference for Irish Studies-West the annual meeting is being hosted beyond the standard university or college setting.

Los Gatos is a small town nestled in the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains where Highway 17 leaves the Silicon Valley and winds south to the ocean beaches and costal redwood groves.

Hannegan’s is an established fun place that enjoys its own literary moments. Hannegan’s only limitation is space. We can host only 50 for the conference dinner and only 70 for the conference sessions. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

The park-like Los Gatos Lodge will be our evenings’ resting place. Comfortable rooms, spacious grounds, pool, complimentary breakfast. We have negotiated well below-market group rates for high quality accommodations. The Lodge is a rigorous walk to Hannegan’s (.7 of a mile). Los Gatos and its Lodge are 10 minutes south of the San Jose’s Mineta International Airport.

Your Los Gatos hosts are: C. B. Hannegan’s (208 Bachman Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030), Professor Timothy J. O’Keefe (Santa Clara University), and Professor Emeritus James P. Walsh (San Jose State University).

For paper submissions and related questions you should E-mail Tim O’Keefe at: TOKeefe@scu.edu

All other questions on local conference details should be directed to Jim Walsh at: jwalsh@email.sjsu.edu

To check C.B. Hannegan’s: www.cbhannegans.com

To check The Los Gatos Lodge: www. losgatoslodge.com

Registration forms will be forthcoming.

Contact Tim O’Keefe
TOKeefe@scu.edu

2009 Western Regional Acis Conference

Submission Due By: 2009-05-09
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-03-20 12:47:38

The 25th annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies Western Region will be held October 16-17 in Los Gatos California. the conference theme is "Ireland and its Influences." Paper and panel proposals are welcome on topics related to Irish and Irish Dispora Studies. The papers being sought may deal with any aspect of the life and culture of Ireland or the Irish at home and worldwide. ACIS-W enjoys an established reputation for interest in and encouragement of diverse presentations. You must be an American Conference of Irish Studies member to apply. The mechanics of applying are easy. You must e-mail two items to the program chair: (1) a one-paragraph statement identifying yourself, your affiliation, your work, and your interests in Irish Studies, and (2) a one-page only abstract of what you offer for presentation before the ACIS-W 25th Anniversary Meeting. E-mail these two items (bio and abstract) to the Program Chair, Professor Timothy J. O’Keefe at: TOKeefe@scu.edu Program presentations will be no more than 15-20 minutes each, depending on the number of papers to be presented in each session. Performance submissions are also welcomed, as is the work of graduate students. The Jordan-Potts Prize for the best conference paper by an emerging scholar will be offered. “Emerging Scholars” are defined as those who are no more than two years beyond the receipt of their terminal degrees. Those who qualify and wish to be considered for the Jordan-Potts Prize should also note this on their application. The deadline for all applications to present a paper at the ACIS-W 25th Anniversary Meeting is May 1, 2009. Professor O’Keefe and his program committee will review the offered papers and organize the program around sub-themes as they emerge from among submissions. The committee’s target deadline for announcing acceptances is May 25, 2009. In celebration of the 25-year history of the American Conference for Irish Studies-West the annual meeting is being hosted beyond the standard university or college setting. Los Gatos is a small town nestled in the base of the Santa Cruz Mountains where Highway 17 leaves the Silicon Valley and winds south to the ocean beaches and costal redwood groves. Hannegan’s is an established fun place that enjoys its own literary moments. Hannegan’s only limitation is space. We can host only 50 for the conference dinner and only 70 for the conference sessions. Registrations will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. The park-like Los Gatos Lodge will be our evenings’ resting place. Comfortable rooms, spacious grounds, pool, complimentary breakfast. We have negotiated well below-market group rates for high quality accommodations. Please request the ACIS-West rate when you register. The Lodge is a rigorous walk to Hannegan’s (.7 of a mile). Los Gatos and its Lodge are 10 minutes south of the San Jose’s Mineta International Airport. Your Los Gatos hosts are: C. B. Hannegan’s (208 Bachman Ave. Los Gatos, CA 95030), Professor Timothy J. O’Keefe (Santa Clara University), and Professor Emeritus James P. Walsh (San Jose State University). For paper submissions and related questions you should E-mail Tim O’Keefe at: TOKeefe@scu.edu All other questions on local conference details should be directed to Jim Walsh at: jwalsh@email.sjsu.edu To check C.B. Hannegan’s: www.cbhannegans.com To check The Los Gatos Lodge: www. losgatoslodge.com Registration forms will be forthcoming.

Contact Timothy J. O\"Keefe
TOKeefe@scu.edu

Death In Modern To Contemporary Irish Literature

Submission Due By: 2009-05-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-03-14 18:07:21

This session seeks to explore the ways in which death, dying, or the denial of death show up in modern to contemporary Irish literature. Papers may include studies of the practices of and attitudes toward death and/or memorialization, the link that exists between living and dying, the contradictions and paradoxes that exist in attitudes towards death, the ways in which the finality of death is denied, avoided, or confronted in life, etc. The deadline for proposals is May 15, 2009. Please send inquiries and proposals electronically to: Victoria Bryan (Victoria-Bryan@utc.edu). Submissions should include a 250-word abstract, full contact information, and audio/visual requests if needed.

Contact Victoria Bryan
3679 Cummings Hwy
Chattanooga, TN 37419
Victoria-Bryan@utc.edu

"shaw Studies" At The Comparative Drama Conference

Submission Due By: 2009-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-02-25 13:26:55

Shaw Sessions at the Comparative Drama Conference in Los Angeles in March, 2010. On almost any topic related to Shaw but with some comparative element preferred. Deadline for abstracts/proposals November 15, 2009. For details, see link at www.shawsociety.org or, when it's up, go to http://www.shawsociety.org/cdc2010.htm.

Contact Richard Dietrich
14429 Wadsworth Dr.
Odessa, FL 33556
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

6th Annual Shaw Symposium At The Shaw Festival

Submission Due By: 2009-04-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-02-25 13:21:51

24-25-26 July 2009, at The Shaw Festival Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario Sponsored by the Academy of the Shaw Festival and the International Shaw Society Deadline for abstracts/proposals and ISS Travel Grants is April 15, 2009. Scholars and devotees of Shaw will gather to hear academic papers and talks from actors and/or directors, participate in discussions, and see both The Devil’s Disciple and "In Good King Charles’s Golden Days." Details about registration, costs, accommodations, and all other matters are to be found at http://www.shawsociety.org/Shaw-Symposium-2009.htm. Note that ISS Travel Grants are available to young scholars 40 and under whose papers are selected for the Symposium. See the Symposium website for how to apply.

Contact Richard Dietrich
14429 Wadsworth Dr.
Odessa, FL 33556
dietrich@cas.usf.edu`

"bernard Shaw And Modernism" At The Mla

Submission Due By: 2009-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-02-25 13:14:50

A Special Session on Bernard Shaw at the Modern Language Association Convention in Philadelphia, Dec. 27-30, 2009 Sponsored by the International Shaw Society Presiding: Charles J. Del Dotto, Duke University The Modern Language Association Convention scheduled for Philadelphia next December will feature another special Shaw Session. Please send 250-word abstracts to Charles Joseph Del Dotto (cjd@duke.edu) by 15 March 2009. You of course have to be a member of MLA to deliver a paper, but you do not have to be a member to attend the session, as follows: For more details and suggestions on the topic, see http://www.shawsociety.org/Shaw-at-MLA-2009.htm.

Contact Richard Dietrich
14429 Wadsworth Dr.
Odessa, FL 33556
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

Conference In Washington D.c.: "shaw And Politics"

Submission Due By: 2009-05-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-02-25 13:07:33

An International Bernard Shaw Conference in Washington D.C., 15-18 October, 2009. Great latitude will be given to topics and approaches, on the conference topic or not, but to find out what is meant by "Shaw and Politics," please go to the conference website: http://www.shawsociety.org/DC-Shaw-Conference.htm The deadline for abstracts/proposals and ISS Travel Grants is 1 May 2009. See details on the website. Keynote Speaker: Jackie Maxwell, Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the- Lake, Ontario. Co-sponsored by The Catholic University of America and the Washington Stage Guild, both of whom will provide a Shaw play for the conference. Conference hotel is the Hilton Rockville. Go to the conference website to reserve with a credit card. Conference registration is also online. Note that ISS Travel Grants are available to young scholars 40 and under whose papers are selected for the conference. See the conference website for how to apply. Enquiries: dietrich@cas.usf.edu Web address: http://www.shawsociety.org/DC-Shaw-Conference.htm Sponsored by: International Shaw Society

Contact Richard Dietrich
14429 Wadsworth Dr.
Odessa, FL 33556
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

2009 Midwest Regional Acis Conference

Submission Due By: 2009-07-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-02-20 12:51:16

The 2009 Midwest Regional Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be held October 15-17 at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. The conference theme is “Ireland: Medieval to Postmodern,” but papers and panel proposals are welcomed on any topic related to Irish and Irish Diaspora Studies, and presentations may be given in English or in Irish. The plenary speakers are Mary O’Malley and Brian Ó Conchubhair; Louis de Paor will be awarded the Charles F. Fanning Medal for his contribution to Irish Studies. Please send 200-word abstracts to Beth Lordan, Director, Irish and Irish Immigration Studies Program. The deadline for submission is July 1, 2009.

Contact Beth Lordan
Department of English, Mail Code 4503, Faner Drive, SIUC
Carbondale, IL 62901
lordan@siu.edu

Acis/mla 2009: Irish Temporalities

Submission Due By: 2009-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-01-28 11:55:44

CALL FOR PAPERS 2009 MLA Convention, Philadelphia Modern Language Association (MLA) / ACIS (American Conference for Irish Studies) The American Conference for Irish Studies will host two panels at the December 2009 MLA convention in Philadelphia. Please send 200-word abstracts to Ellen Crowell (crowelle@slu.edu) by March 15, 2009. All panelists must be registered MLA members by April 1st, 2009 to be included on the Philadelphia conference program; all panelists must also be registered ACIS members. IRISH TEMPORALITIES This panel will explore how changing representations of time anticipated and responded to the rise of the Irish nation-state. To what extent did the Celtic Twilight underwrite, or disable, the emerging free-state of the early twentieth century? What does the representational rise of the "Celtic Tiger," or Ireland's recent economic resurgence, say about the persistence of popular images of the Irish past, or about their supplantation? We welcome papers on any genre or literary period in keeping with a broad exploration of how conceptions of past, present, and future shape and are shaped by Irish literary endeavors.

Contact Ellen Crowell
Department of English, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO 63108
crowelle@slu.edu

Acis/mla 2009: Race And Emigration In Contemporary Irish Art

Submission Due By: 2009-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2009-01-28 11:54:01

CALL FOR PAPERS 2009 MLA Convention, Philadelphia Modern Language Association (MLA) / ACIS (American Conference for Irish Studies) The American Conference for Irish Studies will host two panels at the December 2009 MLA convention in Philadelphia. Please send 200-word abstracts to Ellen Crowell (crowelle@slu.edu) by March 15, 2009. All panelists must be registered MLA members by April 1st, 2009 to be included on the Philadelphia conference program; all panelists must also be registered ACIS members. Panel 1: NEW IRELAND: RACE AND EMIGRATION IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART Papers should address changing representations of race, ancestry, nationality and immigration/emigration in contemporary Irish writing, film, and/or the visual arts. Of particular interest will be papers addressing the 2007 Doyle/Adigun production of a revised Playboy of the Western World, Roddy Doyle’s recent collection The Deportees, and John Carney’s Once (2007).

Contact Ellen Crowell
Department of English, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO 63108
crowelle@slu.edu

Textual Studies In The Classroom

Submission Due By: 2009-05-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-01-24 17:45:11

CFP for session arranged by Society for Textual Scholarship at SAMLA (South Atlantic MLA), Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta GA, 7-9 November 2009. Textual Studies in the classroom: this session welcomes proposals on approaches to teaching textual studies (broadly defined), including scholarly editing, electronic editing, editorial theory, editorial case studies, and use of archives and/or electronic archives. Proposals on teaching particular scholarly or critical editions would be welcome. Proposals that discuss particular class sequences on particular topics, or class sequences taught in the context of a course dealing with “Bibliography and Research Methods” (or variants thereof) would be especially welcome. Focus may be on any national literature, but treatments of Irish and British literary texts particularly welcome. Please send 250-word abstract by 1st May 2009 to session chair (Jonathan Allison, University of Kentucky) or session secretary (Catherine Paul, Clemson University).

Contact Jonathan Allison
Department of English, University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
jalliso@uky.edu

Modernist Poetry

Submission Due By: 2009-05-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2009-01-24 17:38:01

CFP for special session at SAMLA (South Atlantic MLA), Renaissance Atlanta Hotel, Atlanta GA, 7-9 November 2009. Modernist Poetry and Poets' Prose (in honor of Ronald S. Schuchard, Honorary Member of SAMLA and Goodrich White Professor of Literature at Emory University). We welcome paper proposals on any aspect of modern British, Irish or American poetry, but papers on Yeats, Eliot or Pound, as well as papers on the editing of poetry and of poets’ prose, are particularly welcome. Alternatively, short papers of tribute to Schuchard’s work and influence as critic, scholar and editor may also be considered. Session Chair: Jonathan Allison (University of Kentucky); Session Secretary: Rand Brandes (Lenoir-Rhyne College). Please send 150-word abstract by 1st May 2008.

Contact Jonathan Allison
Department of English, University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
jalliso@uky.edu

Conference On Catholicism And Public Culture In Ireland And America

Submission Due By: 2009-03-21
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-12-02 14:48:47

Conference on Catholicism and Public Cultures in Ireland, France, United Kingdom, and North America June 17-19, 2009 The conference is co-sponsored by the Centre for Public Culture Studies at IADT —Dun Laoghaire, Dublin; the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies at ITT, Tallaght, Dublin; and The Kucera Center for Catholic Thought at Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa, USA. This interdisciplinary conference will be held at IADT, (the Institute for Art, Design, and Technology) at Dun Laoghaire and will investigate the Catholic Church as institution and as text in the context of Ireland, France, United Kingdom, and North America. It will focus on the impact of Catholicism, both actual and potential, upon other cultural fields, rather than on the confessional or doctrinal dimensions of Catholicism. In that regard, the conference will explore the ways in which the framework of beliefs and practices associated with Catholicism have impacted the public sphere and public cultures in such areas as the relationship between individuals and the state, cultural identities and practices, public space, visual cultures (cinema, art, television, new media), popular cultures, and literary representation. Given the breadth of the theme and the diversity of the host institutions, the conference will be open to participants from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds and will be cross-cultural in nature, with a special emphasis upon Ireland, North America, United Kingdom, and France. Conference papers should be 20 minutes in length. Proposals for papers or panels should be sent by Friday March 21, 2009 as an email attachment to the following email address: catholicism.publiccultures@iadt.ie Plenary addresses will be delivered by Mary Reichardt, Professor of Catholic Studies and Literature, University of St. Thomas, USA; James Donnelly, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin, USA; Martin MacLoone, Professor of Media Studies, University of Ulster; Daryl Jones, Professor of English, Trinity University, Dublin; Patsy McGarry, columnist and Religious Affairs Correspondent, The Irish Times. We anticipate publishing a selection of conference papers as a volume in the Reimagining Ireland series for Peter Lang. Inquiries should be directed to the conference sponsors at the following email addresses: Andrew.Auge@loras.edu; Paula.Gilligan@iadt.ie; Eamon.Maher@ittdublin.ie.

Contact Andrew Auge
Box 66 Loras College
Dubuque, Iowa 52003
Andrew.Auge@loras.edu

Remarkable Irish Women: Radicals, Republicans And Writers

Submission Due By: 2009-02-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-11-11 15:30:33

Keynote Speakers: Professor Maria Luddy, Warwick University, UK Dr. Jason Knirck, Washington State University, USA Professor Christine Kinealy, Drew University, USA From St Brigid in the 5th century, to the Presidency of Mary McAleese in the 21st century, the role of women in the development of Ireland has been significant, if frequently overlooked. Women – as pirates, poets or patriots – or simply sisters and wives – have played a pivotal role in the development of Ireland. Moreover, the large number of Irish women who left Ireland in the 19th and 20th centuries meant that their influence spread far beyond the island of Ireland. The remarkable contribution of women in the struggle for Ireland’s independence was recognized in the 1916 Proclamation which was addressed to Irish men and women equally. Ironically, the 1937 Constitution sought to assert the primary role of women as wives and mothers. This conference will reassess the contribution of Irish women, both in Ireland and overseas, to the making of modern Ireland. It will be held at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, USA. Suggested strands include: Gender Studies; Varieties of Feminism; Women and Science; Women and the Diaspora; Women and the ‘Troubles’; Representations of Women; Women in Business; Women and the Arts/Literature; Women and Religion; Women and Religion; Women in Politics; Women in Education; Women and Sexuality… If you are interested in presenting at this conference, either individually or as part of a panel, please submit proposals, no more than 750 words, to: Johanna Church jchurch@drew.edu EXTENDED Deadline April 15 2009

Contact Johanna Church
36 Madison Ave
Madison, NJ 07885
jchurch@drew.edu

Irish Society For Theatre Research Symposium 2009:

Submission Due By: 2009-01-09
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-11-06 16:33:25

Venue: Institute of Technology Sligo, Friday 8th May and Saturday 9th May, 2009 (Pre-conference event on Thursday evening) Confirmed keynote speakers: • Professor Richard Cave, Royal Holloway, University of London • Professor Baz Kershaw, University of Warwick • Niall Henry, Artistic Director, Blue Raincoat Theatre Company Submission of Abstracts: 9th January 2009 Panel Paper Submissions: The conference theme ‘Players and Painted Stage’ could reflect critical as well as practical approaches to theatre in and of Ireland in terms of performance, space and place. The theme aims to include elements of performance such as dramaturgy, artistic direction, design, alongside writing and acting. We invite submissions of 200 words that respond to the conference theme. Please forward all Panel Paper Submissions and any general enquires to Dr Rhona Trench: trench.rhona@itsligo.ie Suggested topics include: • Performance Contexts; • Postmodernism & Postdramatic Theatre; • Local and Global in Irish Theatre; • Intercultural and Devising; • Site Specific Performance; • Yeats in Performance; • Scenographic Tradition; • Performances of Irish Plays Internationally; • The Early Performance Tradition; • Amateur Theatre Movement; • Emerging Dramaturgies; • Intertextuality and Theatre. Please include the following information with your proposal: • a description of your paper; • the full title of your paper; • your name, postal address and e-mail address; • your institutional affiliation and position; • any AV requirements you might have; • your ISTR membership status

Contact Rhona Trench
trench.rhona@itsligo.ie

Eco-critical Readings Of Irish Poetry

Submission Due By: 2009-01-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-11-03 11:40:13

Edited by Jody Allen Randolph, Borbála Faragó and Kathryn Kirkpatrick Call for Papers Eco-criticism represents one of the most exciting and innovative approaches to contemporary literary studies. In the context of a twenty-first century Ireland, where environmental change under the impact of economic growth and urban sprawl has reached a pace unrivalled since the deforestation of the seventeenth century, ecocritical explorations of texts are of particular relevance. Despite a distinguished lineage of Irish poetry on environmental topics which dates back to the Gaelic nature poetry of the medieval period, and which included the extraordinary and poignant reaction of Early Modern poets to the environmental changes of their era, currently no critical volume exists which focuses on issues relating to eco-critical themes in Irish poetry. Contributions are invited on any topic that engages with the relationship of humankind to its environment within Irish poetry, including, but not limited to, the following: • Environmental justice • Gender and environment • Environmental racism • War and environment • Cultural geography (space and place, non-places) • Genre issues (pastoral, elegy, etc.) • Language (How do our understandings of language change in a post-natural world? How do the insights of structuralism and post-structuralism apply to our understandings of environment?) • Diaspora and the new immigration and environment • Comparative studies (Irish and Anglophone, Irish and American, European, etc.) • Negative poetics (toxicity narratives, eco apocalypticism, environmental illness, illness as metaphor in environmental literature, etc.) • Relationship between environmental literature and activism • Queer theory and environment • Human-animal studies in Irish poetry • Discourse of animal and other non-human rights • Urban, suburban, exurban, edge spaces and environment • City as environment, both built and ‘natural’ spaces • Local/global interaction • Intersections of postcolonial and ecocritical (mythographies of national landscape) • Regional and bioregional poetics • Border theory and environment • Visual culture, literary culture and the environment • Food and food legislation • Ocean as environment (Irish Sea, Western Seaboard) • Oceanic comparative studies (Ireland and Wales, Black and Green Atlantic, etc.) • Planetary and other theoretical approaches • Modernism/postmodernism and the environment • Silence as ecopoetic meditation • Post-pastoral poetry • Nature and mourning • Environmental identities Please email proposals (max 500 words) to borbala.farago@ucd.ie, cc kjkirkpatrick57@gmail.com and jallenrandolph@gmail.com . Deadline for abstracts is 30th of January 2009

Contact Borbala Farago
borbala.farago@ucd.ie

The Other Capital: Irish Writing London

Submission Due By: 2008-12-12
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-10-18 15:36:24

Contributors are sought for a new collection of essays (edited by Tom Herron, Leeds Metropolitan University) examining London-Irish writing. The collection seeks to address the lack of sustained scholarly attention to the variety of ways in which London has featured in the work of writers visiting or domiciled in the city. Proposals on the following writers are particularly welcome: W.B. Yeats, G.B. Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Elizabeth Bowen, Louis MacNeice, J.M. O'Neill, John O'Donoghue, Donall Mac Amlaigh, Katherine Tynan, Martin McDonagh, Desmond Hogan, Anne Enright, Seamus Heaney, and Derek Mahon. Needless to say, contributions on other writers and other media (music and film, in particular) are most welcome. Informal queries and abstracts of 300-500 words should be emailed to t.herron@leedsmet.ac.uk by 12 December 2008.

Contact Tom Herron
t.herron@leedsmet.ac.uk

Journal: The Irish Short Story

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-10-14 05:50:20

Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction will focus its Spring 2009 issue on Irish Short Fiction. We invite manuscripts on specific Irish stories, on specific Irish short story writers, or on any aspect of the Irish Short Story. Guest editor for this issue will be Professor Bernard McKenna of the University of Delaware. Please follow MLA style and mail manuscripts to Loren Logsdon, Editor Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction Eureka College Eureka, IL 61530-1500 Also manuscripts may be submitted via e-mail llogsdon@eureka.edu Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2009. The issue will be published in mid-summer of 2009.

Contact Bernard McKenna
University of Delaware, Dept. of English
Newark, DE 19716
mckennab@udel.edu

Acis Conference 2009 / Gcis Conference 2009

Submission Due By: 2008-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-10-03 16:52:19

The Centre for Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland is pleased to announce details of next year’s international meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies which will be convened in Galway, 10-13 June 2009.

The title of the ACIS conference is ‘New Irish, Old Ireland: ‘The same people living in the same place’ and papers which explore aspects of emigration and immigration are especially welcome.

We are also pleased to announce that the Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies 'Into the heartland of the ordinary' will run concurrently with the ACIS meeting and will explore aspects of the everyday in Irish culture and society.

We would be grateful if you could circulate the attached calls for papers to colleagues and others with an interest in Irish Studies.

The deadline for submission of proposals to both conferences and further details can be viewed at the website.

Contact Samantha Williams
Centre for Irish Studies, NUI
Galway,
irishstudies@nuigalway.ie

Queering Ireland: An International Inter-disciplinary Conference

Submission Due By: 2009-01-16
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-10-03 16:27:02

Sponsored by The Irish Studies Program and Department of English at Saint Mary’s University Queering Ireland: An international inter-disciplinary conference Saint Mary’s University Halifax, Canada 18-20 September 2009 Writing in 1931, Daniel Corkery declared that “the normal and the national are synonymous in literary criticism.” Yet this potent collocation of the normal and the national in Irish life need not be confined to the realm of Irish letters. An enduring preoccupation with normalcy and nationality has long been evident in all spheres of Irish life, and continues to resonate today. Queer studies is uniquely placed to interrogate how these concerns have been imbricated in Irish culture since, as Michael Warner has remarked, queer theory is predicated on “a thoroughgoing resistance to regimes of the normal.” Recent cultural production in Ireland has already shown a persistent and compelling interest in queerness, but what are the implications of this resistance to the normal for an understanding of how bodies, sexualities and desires have been imagined, constructed, and represented in Irish culture? What potential does queering Ireland have in charting new directions in queer theory and queer approaches to culture in general? What is specific about queerness in the queer Ireland project? Papers are invited addressing Ireland’s regimes of the normal and the national in all disciplines including law, medicine, economics, literature, art history, film and media studies, sociology, history, political science and religious studies. Proposals should not be confined to the modern period only, and we are especially interested in papers that address the contemporary and historical Irish-speaking world. Queering Ireland is meant to address the queer Irish experiences across periods and cultural genres and fields as well as queering what is presented as the “normal” Irish experience. Possible topics might include: The queer body politic/The queer political body Global Irish capitalism and gay identity Historicizing Irish queerness Gay, lesbian, bi- and trans-sexual Irish culture Queer(ing) Irish literature Filming Irish Queerness/Queering Irish film The queer Irish body in medical, religious and legal discourse Mother Ireland and Queer Culture Normalcy and nation Queering the Straight

Contact Sean Kennedy
Sean.Kennedy@smu.ca or Goran.Stanivukovic@smu.ca

Ireland On The Move

Submission Due By: 2008-11-26
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-09-15 10:33:28

The 19th Annual Southern Regional ACIS Meeting will be held March 20-22, 2009; the conference is being hosted by the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Proposals for papers (10-page limit) that address the theme, "Ireland on the Move," should be sent to: Thomas C. Ware Dept. of English 2703 University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 615 McCallie Avenue Chattanooga, TN 37403-2598 (e-mail: Thomas-Ware @ utc.edu; Tel# 423-425-4602 or 4238; FAX# 423-425-2282) The conference site will be the Holiday Inn-Chattanooga Choo-Choo, 1400 Market St., Chattanooga,TN 37402

Contact Thomas Ware
English Dept. 2703, McCallie Ave. , UT-Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403-2598
Thomas-Ware@utc.edu

Working Papers In Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2009-03-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-08-23 11:03:39

Working Papers in Irish Studies is now accepting submissions for the 2009 volume. The theme, "Ireland's Embedded History," invites papers from all disciplines. Prospective contributors are asked to send three hard copies (with the author's name removed), a CD, and cover letter to the editor.

Contact Marguerite Quintelli-Neary
English Dept., 250 Bancroft Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
nearym@winthrop.edu

The Second Jjif James Joyce Graduate Conference

Submission Due By: 2008-09-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-08-01 13:32:52

James Joyce: Metamorphosis and Rewriting
Rome, Italy
February 2-3, 2009

The James Joyce Italian Foundation is pleased to announce the 2009 James Joyce Graduate Conference. The Foundation welcomes graduate students and young scholars interested in Joyce, the man, the writer and his European literary and cultural context. The conference will be held at the Università Roma Tre, Italy, on February 2-3, 2009, Joyce’s one hundred twentyseventh birthday and is being organised in collaboration with the James Joyce Reserach Centre, University College Dublin and the School of English, Trinity College Dublin.

It will be the occasion to present unpublished papers and works in progress on Joyce to an international audience.

Emerging Joyce scholars are invited to send proposals for a 20-minute contribution to be discussed at the one-day and a half conference on current trends in Joyce and modernist scholarship. The general theme of the conference is “James Joyce: Metamorphosis and Rewriting”. Related topics include but are not limited to:

- Metamorphosis as a word, as a process and as rewriting
- Metamorphosis from Ovid to Joyce
- Metamorphosis as metaphor
- Textual Metamorphoses – genetic approaches to Joyce’s texts
- Multigeneric rewritings: cinematic/theatrical/musical Joyce
- New /Traditional approaches to Joyce’s works
- Irish/International Joyce
- Joyce in translation
- Joyceand Literary Connections
- Language in Joyce

Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin), Richard Brown (University of Leeds) and Sam Slote (Trinity College Dublin) will be among the special guest speakers.

Selected papers will be recommended for publication in JSI - Joyce Studies in Italy. The 2008 James Joyce Graduate Conference proceedings are currently being published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Paper proposals (up to 300 words along with a short bio) should be emailed to: joyce.foundation@uniroma3.it

Deadline for proposals: September 30, 2008.

Successful applicants will be notified by November 1, 2008.

A Joycean birthday party will be held on February 1, 2009.

Recent issues of the Italian James Joyce series (Piccola Biblioteca Joyciana, Joyciana, Joyce Studies in Italy) as well as international publications on Joyce will be launched during the conference.

On arrival, participants will be asked to sign up for membership of The James Joyce Italian Foundation (Students: 25 Euro – Faculty: 35 Euro). The conference fee is 30.00 Euro.

Good value accommodation will be available to all participants, and free accommodation will be offered to the selected speakers.

JJIF Committee: Rosa Maria Bollettieri Bosinelli, Carla Marengo, John McCourt (Treasurer), Paola Pugliatti, Franca Ruggieri (President), Romana Zacchi.

Honorary members: Umberto Eco, Giorgio Melchiori, Luigi Schenoni.

Contact
joyce.foundation@uniroma3.it

Scrutinizing The Celtic Tiger

Submission Due By: 2009-08-29
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-07-09 09:54:32

We welcome papers on Modern and Post-Modern Themes, literary, historical and musical, or otherwise interdisciplinary. If you desire,propose to write an astute traditional paper disregarding the Celtic Tiger. Send us your paper proposal of about 250 words by 29 August 2008.

Hospitality: English Department, University of New Mexico. All sessions take place on campus.

Visit our website for further information:
http://www.unm.edu/~english/SpecialEvents/ACIS.htm

Send questions,comments and proposals to :

Mary Power, Conference Director
English Department, MSC03 2170
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
rejoyce@unm.edu
FAX 505-277-0021
Phone 505-277-6347 or -2345

Contact Mary Power
English Department, MSC03 2170
Albuquerque, NM 87131
rejoyce@unm.edu

32nd Annual Midwest Acis Conference-- Ireland: Arrivals And Departures

Submission Due By: 2008-08-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-07-02 18:23:30

Call for Proposals Midwest ACIS meeting, St. Paul MN October 10-11, 2008 This year's Midwest American Conference for Irish Studies will be held at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. The conference will open with a reception on the evening of Thursday, October 9. The conference theme is IRELAND: ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. We encourage attendees to think of these concepts in the broadest possible way -- not merely as the migration of individuals and groups, but as of the arrival of new ideas and new critical perspectives, and concomitantly, as the departure of received wisdom. We note the arrival of new literary voices, and the arrival of new conceptions of Ireland. And we believe all papers are best conceived as a "point of departure" for further research and discussion. This conference hopes to explore the movements of ideas, peoples, and more in Irish art, history, music, literature, cinema, and culture in Ireland from earliest times to the present. We welcome papers on any aspect of Irish studies from new or present ACIS members. Please propose 20-minute papers in 250-300-word abstracts in .pdf or .doc format to Professor Thomas O’Connell at Thomas.OConnell@metrostate.edu by midnight on August 1, 2008 (Early submissions encouraged). Include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in document, as well as in the body of your email. Midwest ACIS Meeting Highlights Opening Reception Great Hall, MetropolitanStateUniversity, Thursday, October 9, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Set atop Dayton’s Bluff on the Eastside of St. Paul, the Great Hall offers a spectacular, panoramic view of downtown St. Paul. In addition to ACIS members and plenary speakers, invited guests include local and regional leaders in art, literature, history, immigration studies, education and politics. Refreshments will be served. Music will be provided by Jodie and Kate Dowling. Opening Keynote Address Piaras Mac Einri, Director, the Irish Centre for Migration Studies, University College, Cork and author of numerous articles and book chapters. New MetropolitanState—St. Paul Public Library, Friday, October 10, 9:00 a.m. Concurrent panel sessions and readings Friday and Saturday, October 10-11. Poetry Reading St. Paul Public Library, downtown St. Paul, Friday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. Fourth Lawrence McBride Memorial Lecture Marion Casey, Associate Professor of Irish Studies, New York University, Director of the Archives of Irish America is the author/editor of numerous books and articles. New MetropolitanState—St. Paul Public Library, Saturday, October 11, 11:30 a.m. Exclusive Art Exhibit for the ACIS meeting Third Floor Gallery, New MetropolitanState—St. Paul Public Library There is also easy access to fine, multi-cultural dining as well as the many arts, cultural and athletic events in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Registration Information: CONFERENCE WEB SITE http://go.metrostate.edu/~johnsokr/acismeeting.html

Contact Thomas O Connell
Metropolitan State University, 700 East 7th Street
St. Paul, MN 55106-5000
Thomas.OConnell@metrostate.edu

Acis Mid-atlantic Meeting: Enabling/disabling Ireland: Law, Literature, Politics, And Hi

Submission Due By: 2008-08-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-06-30 22:04:53

ACIS Mid-Atlantic Regional conference Enabling/Disabling Ireland: Law, Literature, Politics, and Historical Change. When the Republic of Ireland joined the European Union in 1973, the nation was required to enact human rights legislation ensuring equal protection and equal access for all its citizens. As such, this legislation focused attention on the various ways Ireland enables and supports its citizens. This conference investigates the various ways Irish culture, literature, law and society enable identity and politics. We seek to examine both the positive and negative aspects of enabling, raising the following questions: In what ways does literature empower, or reinforce, issues of social identity? How might historical events and practices be seen through the lens of enabling? What effect does legislation have on altering the social perceptions of disabled individuals or even political identity? In what ways do nostalgia, historical perspective, or social critique serve as enablers, or negative influences, perpetuating stereotypes? How might global forces—multinational capital, transnational human rights movements, supra-state mechanisms—shape and be shaped by Irish constructions of disability? How might projections of Irish identity seek healing for the disenfranchised or offer succor to those in need? Abstracts of no more than 250 words to Ken Monteith by August 15, 2008. Although the conference does have the above theme, other topics are welcome. The conference will take place from October 10-11, 2008 at LaGuardia Community College. Part of the City University of New York, LaGuardia Community College boasts one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and was recognized as one of the top three community colleges in the United States. A pioneer in e-Portfolio and collaborative teaching practices, LaGuardia not only serves the borough of Queens and the greater New York metropolitan area, but also stands as the world’s community college, with over 15000 full-time students enrolled, originating from more than 160 different countries. LaGuardia Community College is located 15 minutes away from Grand Central Station and is easily accessible from all major airports. Send abstracts to: enable.irish@gmail.com Ken Monteith Department of English LaGuardia Community College 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Room E-103 Long Island City, NY 11101 Questions to: kmonteith@aol.com or kmonteith@lagcc.cuny.edu When e-mailing your abstract, please include your last name and a condensed topic title in your subject heading.

Contact Ken Monteith
Department of English, La Guardia Community College, 31-10 Thomson Ave, Room E-103
Long Island City, NY 11101
kmonteith@lagcc.cuny.edu

National Acis Meeting, Galway 2009

Submission Due By: 2008-06-30
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-06-30 11:52:48

New Irish, Old Ireland: 'The same people living in the same place' In conjunction with the Second Galway Conference of Irish Studies: 'Into the Heartland of the Ordinary' Hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway 10-13 June, 2009 Through the process of inward migration, Ireland has in recent years witnessed unparalleled mobility of people moving into Irish space. 'New Irish, Old Ireland', will explore the dynamics of immigration and settlement and their implications for the construction of Irish identities. Thematically, papers might address issues such as: who are the 'new Irish'; how are concepts of nationality and belonging redefined within new and established communities; how are concepts of 'people', 'place', and 'home' constructed, imagined and remembered. Papers might also address issues such as migration and the Irish Travelling Community; language and translation; exile, asylum and economic migration; the local and the global; contact zones, spaces and frontiers; diaspora communication networks; ethnicity and multiculturalism. We invite conceptual, comparative, or locally focused contributions to a wide-ranging discussion of the migrant experience in Ireland/Irish society, past and present. We welcome papers by scholars working across the full range of disciplines related to Irish Studies, and papers from emerging research areas are especially welcome. Abstract Submission: Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes. Please send an abstract, of not more than 200 words to: irishstudies@nuigalway.ie before 1 December 2008.

Contact Louis De Paor
Centre for Irish Studies
NUI Galway,
irishstudies@nuigalway.ie

Edited Collection: Theorising The Visual: New Directions In Irish Cultural Studies

Submission Due By: 2008-07-11
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-05-27 20:16:26

The last twenty years has seen the development of the subject of Irish Film Studies into a distinct and notable field. There are now Film Studies centres in many Irish universities, highlighting its importance as a discipline at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Furthermore, academic publications in the area of Irish film are consistently increasing, signalling Irish cinema studies as a productive critical field and established academic discipline. To date, the dominant paradigm operating within such academic work has been historical. So as to establish itself as a discipline, Irish Film Studies has focused on configuring a transparent trajectory that firmly locates texts within an historical context. This is to be applauded, particularly since it has helped in the development of Irish Film Studies as a distinct academic field of study. However, as a consequence, it seems that there has been little investigation of, and engagement with, film theory and philosophy in relation to film, visual culture and media studies. Given the contemporary climate of post-Celtic Tiger Ireland, where notions of Irish identity are undergoing significant questioning and transformation, it seems this is a timely moment to consider the implications of theoretical approaches to visual culture. This collection seeks to provide a forum for this engagement: to explore the intersections of a peculiarly Irish visual culture and critical theory. The editors welcome essays that address conjunctions between Irish film, media and visual culture and theory. Topics may include, but are not limited to: • Film Theory and Irish Cinema/Media • Cultural Theory and Irish Cinema/Media • Photography • Animation • Advertising • Film Genres • The Institutionalisation of Irish Film Studies • Gender, Sexuality, Ethnicity, Race • New Technologies and Visual Culture • Memory and Visual Culture .Abstracts of 400 words due Friday 11th July 2008. Queries and submissions should be sent to Dr Emma Radley (University College Dublin) emma.radley_at_ucd.ie and Dr Claire Bracken (Union College, NY) brackenc_at_union.edu.

Contact Claire Bracken
English Department, Union College
Schenectady, New York 12308
brackenc_at_union.edu

The Green Nineteenth Century

Submission Due By: 2008-10-03
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-05-09 11:12:18

30th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY STUDIES ASSOCIATION

Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 26-28, 2009

We welcome paper and panel proposals concerning any aspect of “green” studies in the long nineteenth century, including, but not limited to “ecocriticism” in nineteenth-century studies; history of ecological science, environmental ethics, and environmentalist activism; nineteenth-century studies and animal welfare; ecofeminist philosophy and gender politics; contemporary discourses on nature; nineteenth-century ecotourism; Romantic “ecopoetics” and the politics of nature; “green” program music and tone poems; sustainability, including sustainable architecture and interior design; landscape painting; dramatic scenery; gardening and farming; conservation movements; and the idea of the “natural” or “unnatural.”

Equally welcome are proposals for papers and panels on Irish studies, earth-centered religions, the idea of the “new,” and other understandings of “green” studies in the nineteenth century.

Abstracts (no longer than 250 words) for 20-minute papers that provide author's name and paper title in heading, as well as a one-page c.v., due by Oct. 3, 2008 to

Christine Roth, Program Chair
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
roth@uwosh.edu

Graduate students whose proposals are accepted can, at that point, submit a full-length version of the paper in competition for a travel grant to help cover transportation and lodging expenses.

Bringing people together for conferences can impact the environment through the smog and greenhouse gas emissions associated with air and ground travel, as well as the paper, plastic, and food waste associated with the event. For this reason, the 30th annual meeting of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association will also incorporate as many “green” options and resources as possible to reduce the conference-related environmental impact.

Contact Christine Roth
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Osh Kosh, WI
roth@uwosh.edu

Acis West: Scrutinizing The Celtic Tiger

Submission Due By: 2008-08-29
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-05-07 15:00:54

American Conference for Irish Studies West

The University of New Mexico

24-26 October 2008

Theme: Scrutinizing the Celtic Tiger

Papers should be about 20 minutes long, and on various topics of Irish interest such as:

• Is Ireland's present prosperity part of a larger cycle of rises and falls?
• Have Irish religious and cultural institutions changed forever?
• "Is Romantic Ireland dead and gone" or is it still a major source of inspiration?
• What is the impact of "the New Irish?"
• What of Ireland's celebrity culture from Bono and Michael Flatley to Enya?

We are interested, then, in papers from a number of disciplines— legal, historical, economic as well as literary. We also are open to papers on more conventional themes. We very much encourage graduate student participation.

Send proposals to:

Mary Power
English Department
MSC03 2170
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Contact Mary Power
rejoyce@unm.edu

Neacis 2008,

Submission Due By: 2008-08-20
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2008-03-28 11:28:26

The 2008 meeting of the New England Region of the American Conference for Irish Studies (http://www.acisweb.com/index.php) will take place at Boston University (College of General Studies) on Saturday, November 8th, 2008.

In "Sailing to Byzantium" (1927), an older Yeats writes wistfully of the preoccupations of the young:
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.

Whether the "marvels" in our conference title refer to the focus of artists or philosophers and the "monuments" to historical occasions, the relationship between the terms reminds us of scholarship and the practice of Irish Studies more generally. In this year's conference, we hope to be both reflective and prospective. We will attend to Irish literary and historical preoccupations with both the marvelous and the monumental, including but not limited to the marvelous in art, literature, and philosophy, and the monumental in all its meanings, including commemoration of the personal and the historical, and the permanence or impermanence of the "unageing intellect" in cultural scholarship. We will have an opportunity to encourage commitment to and further the aims of Irish Studies as a discipline, while asking where Irish Studies is heading. The conference organizers are calling for 20-minute contributions on any aspect connected with or suggested by the conference theme, and welcome papers on any topic related to Irish Studies.

The NEACIS is an interdisciplinary conference fostering the exchange of ideas between scholars working in fields of study ranging from history, literature, sociology, and linguistics to cultural studies, musicology, dance, film, anthropology, theater, and political science.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Please e-mail paper and/or panel proposals (300-400 words) to Meg Tyler (mtyler@bu.edu) by August 20th, 2008. Please include your proposal in the body of the e-mail and not as a separate attachment.

Please note that all who attend the NEACIS must be members of the ACIS with dues paid through the end of the year.

If you have further questions about the conference, please contact Meg Tyler (mtyler@bu.edu) or Sally Sommers Smith (ssommers@bu.edu) at the College of General Studies, Boston University.

Contact Meg Tyler
Humanities, CGS, Boston University, 871 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 01748
mtyler@bu.edu

Tei@galway

Submission Due By: 2008-02-25
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-02-11 12:47:41

Call for Papers: TEI@galway, Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 2 April 2008

The Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies at NUI Galway will host this year's annual meeting of the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Council. This meeting will be accompanied by a one- day symposium allowing researchers to present and discuss TEI-related topics and projects particularly in (but not restricted to) Ireland. It is designed to create a communication forum among scholars and the TEI Council and to strengthen the TEI community by bringing together experts from the various initiatives and projects.

Contributions from all disciplines using the TEI are encouraged, for example

• Scholarly editing
• Historical editing
• Dictionaries
• Linguistics
• Authoring
• Digital Archives
• Digital Libraries
• Manuscripts.

Papers and presentations should not exceed 20 minutes, to be followed by a discussion. They may describe initiatives, planned projects, work in progress and best practices as well as highlight particular areas of interest or features of the TEI or encoding in general. Contributions to a poster session are also welcome.

Publication of the proceedings of the symposium is planned.

Submissions:

Please email an abstract of about 250-500 words to malte.rehbein@nuigalway.ie.

Deadlines:

Submission of abstracts: 25 February 2008

Notification of acceptance: 3 March 2008

Submission of full paper for consideration for publication: 31 July 2008

Contact: Malte Rehbein
c/o Moore Institute
National University of Ireland, Galway
University Road
Galway, Ireland
Phone: +353 91 49 3903
Fax: +353 91 49 5507
Email: malte.rehbein@nuigalway.ie

Contact Malte Rehbein
malte.rehbein@nuigalway.ie

Call For Proposals On "the Irish Question"

Submission Due By: 2008-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-02-01 11:10:53

Call for Proposals Issue #104: The Irish Question The Radical History Review seeks submissions for an issue that will explore the intellectual, historical and political implications of the “Irish Question” over the past eight centuries. We depart from the premise that the national question and its resolution (or not) in Ireland is not only a major topic in Irish and British Imperial history, but one with fundamental implications for the evolution of the modern world, and the histories of colonialism and postcolonialism. We envision contributions focused on Ireland, first as a colony and then partitioned into two states after 1922, and the attendant “Irish diaspora” in England, Canada, the United States, and beyond. However, the editors do not assume that the Irish Question is restricted to people of Irish descent or the countries they inhabit: we are equally interested in the relationship of Ireland’s national struggle to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The issue will seek to explore a series of interlocking questions, including but not limited to: 1. Is Ireland a founding site of European imperialism and anti-imperial resistance, as well as post-colonialism? What are the implications for European or world history of moving the Third back into the First World? 2. How has the rise of a Revisionist historiography challenging the nationalist narrative paralleled Ireland’s move away from postcolonial dependency since the 1970s? What is its significance for historians outside of Ireland? What does it mean to deny the existence of a national revolution in Ireland? 3. What are the implications of the process beginning in the mid-nineteenth century whereby Ireland and Irishness was configured as exclusively Catholic? How has that identity played out on the world stage—is it equally relevant in all cases? 4. Why is “race” so rarely mentioned inside Irish history when the Irish as immigrants are so emphatically raced once they leave Ireland, whether as “becoming white” or not-quite-white? Does Ireland occupy a distinctive place in whiteness studies, or should it? 5. Is it useful or accurate to assert an “Irish Diaspora?” What are the implications of this particular form of diasporic studies? 6. How have the Irish, whether in Ireland or abroad, appropriated transnational forms of popular culture like soul and later hip-hop? 7. How influential has the Irish version of cultural nationalism been in the larger world? Can we link De Valera with Garvey and Ben Gurion, or is the Ireland sui generis, given the role of the Catholic Church? 8. How has Irish Republicanism been represented in popular and mass culture, in different parts of the world? Are these tropes and images similar to those assigned to other movements committed to armed struggle by any means necessary, or distinctively different? 9. What is the Irish Left, alongside or outside of Irish republicanism? Are its problems relevant to the problem of class politics in other national liberation struggles? 10. How has Irish women’s history and Irish feminism recast the National Question? 11. Are there distinctive Irish and/or Irish American discourses of sexuality and queerness—are they similar or different, and what role does demography play in Ireland’s distinctive history of sexual repression? Though the RHR continues to publish monographic articles, we also invite Reflections, Interventions, roundtables, interviews, and reviews that go beyond books to look at popular historical representations, whether visual, cinematic, or textual. Potential contributors are encouraged to look at recent issues for examples of these non-traditional forms of scholarship. Submissions are due by March 15, 2008 and should be submitted electronically, as an attachment, to rhr@igc.org with “Issue 104 submission” in the subject line. For artwork, please send images as high resolution digital files (each image as a separate file). For preliminary e-mail inquiries, please include “Issue 104” in the subject line. Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 104 of the Radical History Review, scheduled to appear in Spring 2009.

Contact Conor McGrady
rhr@igc.org

Mla 2008 Unusual Suspects: Irish Modernism On The Margins

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2008-01-08 00:13:29

CFP Modern Language Association 2008 Panel: Discussion Group on Anglo-Irish Literature Unusual Suspects: Irish Modernism on the Margins Papers on underemphasized aspects of Irish modernism, such as traditional, oral, and rural contexts; English vs. Irish-language forms of modernist writing; feminist, nationalist and political contributions to modernism in Ireland; non-literary Irish modernisms; comparative approaches that engage dominant American, English and European forms. Responses to recent interventions by Joe Cleary and Lucy McDiarmid welcome. Send 500 word abstracts by Mar 15 to: Gregory Castle Department of English Arizona State University dedalus@asu.edu

Contact
dedalus@asu.edu

Reimagining Ireland

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-11-29 18:17:33

Edited by Eamon Maher The concepts of Ireland and ‘Irishness’ are in constant flux in the wake of an ever-increasing reappraisal of the notion of cultural and national specificity in a world assailed from all angles by the forces of globalisation and uniformity. Reimagining Ireland interrogates Ireland’s past and present and suggests possibilities for the future by looking at Ireland’s literature, culture and history and subjecting them to the most up-to-date critical appraisals associated with sociology, literary theory, historiography, political science and theology. Some of the pertinent issues include, but are not confined to, Irish writing in English and Gaelic, Nationalism, Unionism, the Northern ‘Troubles’, the Peace Process, economic development in Ireland, the impact of the Celtic Tiger, Irish spirituality, the rise and fall of organised religion, the visual arts, popular cultures, sport, Irish music and dance, emigration and the Irish diaspora, immigration and multiculturalism, marginalisation, globalisation, modernity/postmodernity and post colonialism. The series publishes monographs, comparative studies, interdisciplinary projects, conference proceedings and edited books. Eamon Maher is Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies in IT Tallaght (Dublin) and can be contacted at Eamon.maher@ittdublin.ie Joe Armstrong is Commissioning Editor for Ireland, Peter Lang, Cortown Glebe, Cortown, Kells, Co. Meath. Tel: +353 (046) 924 9285. Email: joearmstrong@eircom.net

Contact
Eamon.maher@ittdublin.ie

Cosmopolitical Ireland : Grian Irish Studies Conference @ Nyu March 14-15 2008

Submission Due By: 2008-01-21
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-11-28 13:35:00

Cosmopolitical Ireland Call for Papers The Tenth Annual GRIAN Conference Glucksman Ireland House New York University One Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003 Friday and Saturday, March 14-15, 2008 What does “cosmopolitan” mean in an Irish context? In a society with a historical experience that produced a specific and static ideal of national identity for much of the twentieth century, how does increasing contact through globalization and net migration challenge such conceptions of identity? How does Ireland resist and embrace cosmopolitanism? What are the implications for economy, civic society, culture and politics within Ireland? What are the implications for relationships between the Republic of Ireland and America, Britain and Northern Ireland, Europe and other parts of the world? How did such a small country transform itself into a significant participant in the global domain and what are the challenges and opportunities for the future? The recent production of the Playboy of the Western World, rewritten by Roddy Doyle and Bisi Adigun, and featuring a Nigerian Christy Moore, has left Irish audiences asking one of two questions: 1) Where can I get more of the same entertaining reinvention of the Irish canon? or 2) What's the point? What ‘is’ the point? What can be observed and learned from Global Ireland in the early 21st century? GRIAN seeks proposals from scholars of all levels for 20 minute presentations. Apposite topics could treat of (but are not limited to) subject areas below. Please submit concise proposals with title, brief description of treatment (150-200 words), academic affiliation and relevant contact information via email to eileen.reilly@nyu.edu by Monday, January 21st 2008. Those whose proposals are accepted will be notified via email by Friday February 1st 2008. Please note that Glucksman Ireland House NYU cannot provide any funding support or accommodation arrangements for conference participants. The Global and the Local Biopolitics Cosmopolitics Immigration, Emigration & Migration Ireland and Europe Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland Wealth, Lifestyle & Leisure Tourism & Travel Role of Irish Studies Property & Investment at Home and Abroad Landscape, Heritage, Infrastructure Republic of Ireland and Great Britain US Relations Foreign Policy/International Relations Education Health & Social Welfare Religion & Spirituality The ‘Celtic Tiger’ Economy Rural and Urban Ireland Dublin as Cosmopolitan City Commuting and Satellite Counties/Villages Irish Culture and the Global Stage Languages Media and Entertainment

Contact Eileen Reilly
Glucksman Ireland House NYU, One Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003
eileen.reilly@nyu.edu

Ireland: Assent And Dissent | Acis Southern Regional Conference (savannah: 6-8 March 2008): Proposal

Submission Due By: 2007-12-07
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-11-23 16:21:25

To avoid clashing with the CFP deadline for the National ACIS Conference, the Southern ACIS Conference—to be held in Savannah, GA, on 6-8 March 2008—is extending the deadline for proposals for panels and papers. The new deadline is 7 December 2007. Leave snow and ice behind and join us in sunny, historic Savannah in early March! We especially encourage submissions that advance the conference theme, "Ireland: Assent and Dissent." Three world-class keynote speakers and a lively, invigorating program are in store! Read more and make an electronic submission by visiting the offical Southern ACIS Conference website: http://ceps.georgiasouthern.edu/conted/ACIS.html

Contact Howard Keeley
Center for Irish Studies, Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, Georgia 30460
irish@georgiasouthern.edu

Irish And Scottish Migration And Settlement: Intellectual, Political And Environmental Frontiers

Submission Due By: 2007-12-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-11-05 20:19:37

The AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen will host a series of three one-day interdisciplinary conferences in 2008 looking at the global experiences of Irish and Scottish migrants and their descendants. Participants are invited to consider the varied ways in which Irish and Scottish overseas settlement led to the exploration of new intellectual, political and environmental "frontiers." Keynote speakers include Patrick Griffin (Univ. of Virginia), John MacKenzie (Lancaster University), Lindsay Proudfoot (Queen's University Belfast), and David Wilson (Univ. of Toronto). Each one-day event will focus on a different theme: Intellectual Frontiers (23 February 2008); Political Frontiers (3 May 2008); and Environmental Frontiers (21 June 2008). Proposals for papers (100-200 words) should be sent by 15 December 2007 to Dr. Michael Brown (m.brown@abdn.ac.uk) or to Dr. Rosalyn Trigger (r.trigger@abdn.ac.uk)

Contact Rosalyn Trigger
r.trigger@abdn.ac.uk

Translocations: The Irish Migration, Race And Social Transformation Review

Submission Due By: 2007-12-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-11-01 13:57:14

Since the mid-1990s, Ireland has experienced, probably for the first time in its modern history, economic prosperity, labour shortages and net inward migration. These developments have brought together debate and research covering a number of related areas, most notably with regard to the changing nature of ‘Irish’ identity and the explicit dialectical radicalization of ‘Irishness’ and ‘otherness’. Translocations is a new peer-reviewed journal which aims to provide a general analysis of these social transformations which have been due in large part to complex interactions between ‘race’ and migration in contemporary Ireland. Specifically, Translocations aims to construct a dynamic network of academics, civil society activists and policy makers who are interested in contributing to these intersecting debates within the specificity of the Irish context. The themes it endeavors to address include but are not limited to those of migration, integration, human rights, citizenship, transnationalism, multiculturalism, media, the state, governmentality, racism and sectarianism.

Translocations publishes original research, case studies and policy analysis from a broad range of disciplines and would like to take this opportunity to welcome submissions for its third issue. It is our endeavor that topics be approached from a broadly interdisciplinary perspective and we therefore welcome submissions from those working in the broad fields of social sciences, humanities and law. While Translocations accepts articles on a continuing basis which specifically address the complex interactions of ‘race’ and migration in contemporary Ireland and the various processes of social transformation which this is leading to, papers which address the following areas are especially welcome for the forthcoming issue;

*The concept of the “New Irish” E.g. how have concepts and definitions of ‘Irishness’ been challenged, (re)defined and undermined?
*The linguistic challenges for an increasingly multi-cultural Ireland
*Lessons for Ireland from the international experience (e.g. with regard to social integration and education policy, trafficking and human rights or economic displacement in the labour market)
*Different schools of thought and policy approaches to education and integration, migration and development or immigration law

In addition to publishing work by established scholars, Translocations is committed to supporting the development of up and coming postgraduate scholars and accordingly encourages them to write to us about their research in these areas. Also, a major aim of/* */Translocations is to locate migration scholarship and the migration debate within a multitude of disciplines /outside /as well as inside/ /of academia. Contributions from policy-makers, NGOs, community groups and civil society that offer their perspective on the aforementioned topics and debates are therefore similarly welcomed.

If you are interested in submitting an article for the forthcoming issue or, if you would like to explore the option of writing a piece for a future issue of Translocations, please write in the first instance to Aoileann Ní Mhurchú, Managing Editor (aoileann.nimhurchu@dcu.ie ). For a detailed outline of instructions for authors please visit www.translocations.ie/authors.html . Anyone who wishes to subscribe to our email list should send an email to aoileann.nimhurchu@dcu.ie . Put ‘email list’ in the subject heading and in the body of the message please type your email address(s).

Contact Aoileann Ni Mhurchu
Academic Theme Leaders Office (LG16), Dublin City University
Glasnevin, Code: Dubl
aoileann.nimhurchu@dcu.ie

Edited Collection On "the New Irish"

Submission Due By: 2008-01-04
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-10-17 11:15:25

This CFP invites submissions focusing on the presence of the “New Irish” in a number of literary and cultural texts. It engages with issues of representation, stereotyping and reception by audiences, and is particularly interested in texts that engage in significant and innovative ways with the rapidly changing context of contemporary Ireland. It welcomes essays that engage with texts produced both about and by the “new Irish” (be they immigrants, the increasingly activated Irish diaspora, or texts written by contemporary Irish writers engaging with themes and images specific to Celtic Tiger Ireland), texts that challenge traditional categories of Irish identity and society and texts that redefine the vocabulary and signifiers of Irishness. Important guidelines for submissions: •All essays must be original, not previously published •Essays should be between 6-8,000 words •Full copyright for the use of any images, etc, must be organized by the contributor before submission •Essays should be submitted as email attachments, as Word documents. Please do not introduce any formatting, margin changes, etc.

Contact Aoileann Ni Eigeartaigh
Department of Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology
,
aoileann.nieigeartaigh@dkit.ie

Cais 2008 -- Toronto

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-10-04 13:51:47

The 2008 Canadian Association for Irish Studies is holding its annual conference and AGM from May 28-31, St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. The conference will begin with a reception on Wednesday the 28th and conclude with the traditional CAIS banquet on Saturday the 31st. Conference organizers are calling for 20-minute contributions on any aspect connected with or suggested by the conference theme: Irish Eyes – Visions and Revisions. Topics and themes may include but are not limited to: - speculation and spectacle - site lines: territories actual and virtual - sights and signs: tourism, marketing, popular culture - scenes private and public, literary and political - film, theatre, and visual arts - seeing and believing - visual cultures - memories and countermemories - reflections, predictions, past and future orientations - Ireland looking abroad (and as seen from abroad) - surveillance, intelligence - exposures, recoveries - inquests, inquiries, tribunals, trials - witnessing Please send a 200-250 word abstract no later than January 5, 2008 to Dr. Duncan Greenlaw Department of English St. Jerome’s University Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G3 dgreenlaw@uwaterloo.ca Please paste the abstract into the body of e-mail submissions and be sure to include your full name, contact information, and academic affiliation (if any). Abstracts will be assessed by a conference committee. All presenters at CAIS conferences must be paid-up members of CAIS. For more information: www.irishstudies.ca

Contact
sfarrel1@niu.edu

Queer Performance In Ireland

Submission Due By: 2007-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-10-01 04:35:36

CALL FOR PAPERS: Edited Collection Queer Performance in Ireland This edition seeks to contain a collection of essays which engage topics outlining gay, lesbian, and transgendered performance in Ireland. Theatre in Ireland has long been a site for the performance of identity and an arena for public debate. Theatricality is a common aesthetic for the performance of homosexual identities. Thus the combination of theatre and homosexuality engages a broad range of performance theories that extend into topics of history, drama, politics, and gender, generating an expansive variety of concepts of performance. Consequently, this collection seeks to include the specifically Irish theatrical, social, or cultural performance of homosexuality through theatre, media representation, crossdressing, queer biographies, queer theories, and queer politics. All topics involving identity performance will be considered. Abstracts should be limited to 250 words and are due December 1 2007. Please include a brief bio. Complete essays will be due June 1 2008 Please forward abstracts to david.cregan@villanova.edu Carysfort Press has solicited this collection for publication.

Contact David Cregan
Villanova University Theatre
Villanova, PA 19085
david.cregan@villanova.edu

Third International George Moore Conference

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-26 00:19:49

CFP: GEORGE MOORE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 5-6 September 2008, University of Hull, UK Keynote speakers: Adrian Frazier (NUI Galway) and Elizabeth Grubgeld (Oklahoma State University) George Moore (1852-1933), Anglo-Irish novelist, journalist, short story writer, memoirist, autobiographer, art critic, dramatist, and sometime poet and painter, was a prominent and often notorious figure in many literary and aesthetic movements at the end of the nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries. A self-proclaimed enfant terrible of the fin de siècle (which saw bans imposed on many of his novels, including A Modern Lover, A Mummer’s Wife, Esther Waters), Moore never ceased to challenge established literary conventions, styles and subject matter. Although too much of an individualist to align himself neatly with specific cultural groupings, Moore was nevertheless associated with most of the key movements of his time. At the turn of the century he assumed a pivotal role in the Irish Literary Revival, and in the early twentieth century he continued to experiment with form and genre, revising many of his earlier writings and developing new interests in fields such as classical adaptation. 2008 marks the 75th anniversary of Moore’s death. This conference seeks to consolidate recent reassessments of the significance of Moore’s diverse body of work and his interaction with and influence upon his literary and artistic contemporaries. We encourage proposals on a wide variety of topics related to George Moore and his contemporaries which might include: · Impressionism, Naturalism, Symbolism, Wagnerism, Decadence, Modernism · Short fiction and the short story · Poetry · Drama · Painting · Collaborative authorship · Autobiography, life writing, and letters · Fin-de-siècle journalism and art criticism · Late 19th and early 20th-century psychology and science in literature · Anglo-French literary and artistic relations · Literary locations: County Mayo, Dublin, London, Paris, … · Literature and the arts · Literature, religion and agnosticism/atheism · Gender and sexuality at the fin de siecle and beyond · New Women and New Men · Literary relations: George Moore and: AE (George William Russell), Charles Baudelaire, Max Beerbohm, Joseph Conrad, Pearl Craigie, Maud and Nancy Cunard, Edouard Dujardin, George Egerton, George Gissing, Lady Gregory, Thomas Hardy, Henry James, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, Stéphane Mallarmé, Edouard Manet, Edward Martyn, Guy de Maupassant, Olive Schreiner, G. B. Shaw, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Ivan Turgenev, W. B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, Virginia Woolf, Emile Zola, … Please send a 250 word abstract for a 20-minute paper by 31 January 2008 to: Professor Ann Heilmann (University of Hull, UK): a.heilmann@hull.ac.uk Dr Mark Llewellyn (University of Liverpool, UK): m.e.llewellyn@liverpool.ac.uk

Contact Ann Heilmann
a.heilmann@hull.ac.uk

Working Papers In Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2008-03-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-23 10:38:52

Working Papers in Irish Studies is accepting submissions for the 2008 volume until March 31, 2008. The theme for the volume is "Irish Alliances"; papers that discuss socio-political, aesthetic, or literary alliances and connections will be considered. Please send three hard copies and an electronic version in MLA or discipline-appropriate format, using Microsoft Word, to the editor, Marguerite Quintelli-Neary (nearym@winthrop.edu), at: English Dept., 250 Bancroft Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 29733

Contact Marguerite Quintelli-Neary
English Dept., 250 Bancroft Winthrop University
Rock Hill, SC 29733
nearym@winthrop.edu

Sporting Theatre(s): Edited Collection

Submission Due By: 2007-10-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-22 12:46:31

The field of performance studies casts a wide net, incorporating the study of expressive culture in many forms, from ritual and play to politics and theatre—always with a special focus on performance as the object of analysis. This collection considers the relationship between two kinds of performance: theatre and sport. The two fields share attributes, including physical training and preparation; the idea of a "virtuoso performance"; the drawing in of the audience to fully achieve the performer's goal; and the increasing "democratization" of performance in the emergence of local, organized sports teams and the alternative theatre movement. We seek essays that explore the ties between sport and theatre in many variations, from the theatricality of sport to the athleticism of theatre. Topics may include but are not limited to: METAPHOR: Sport as metaphor in/for theatre. SPACE: Theatres and stadia are performance spaces that have overlapping histories, conflicts, and continued shared uses. PLAY: Sport is play. The 'play' can have a 'script' written by a playwright or a coach. Particular games, once played through improvisation on the field, become playscripts in the memory of sport fandom. PERFORMERS: Athletes, like actors, train the body and mind in preparation to perform on the field and on the stage. REPRESENTATION: Sport 'in' Theatre: where and how does sport (and its surrounding issues of gender, fan culture, nationalism, and politics) appear on the stage? THEATRICALITY: From the overt theatricality of professional wrestling to the performance of nationalism in the Olympic stadium to the postcolonial drama played out on the cricket ground between the former colonizer and colonized. IDENTITIES: Making identities through the performance of sport on the local, regional, national, and transnational level. GENDER: How does sport rely on performance to reinforce hegemonic conceptions of gender? ATHLETICISM: Sport and physical theatre (from Grotowski to Goat Island); sport and actor training (from the Constructivists to Meyerhold to Suzuki and Anne Bogart) THEATRE SPORTS/THEATRE GAMES: Competitive improvisation: using a 'sport' model to create theatre. Games or gaming: the importance of games in the theatre and the relationship of those games to the theatrical act. LANGUAGE: The use of sports language in the theatre/theatrical language in sports. AUDIENCES AND SPECTATORS: The relationship or overlap of audiences in sports and theatre: sport fans/theatre fans. Roles for the spectator: how, when, and where do fans perform? GLOBAL: ‘World’ or ‘international’ theatrical styles and the global sporting stages of the Olympics and the World Cup. Abstracts of 250-500 words or completed drafts of previously unpublished essays should be sent in .doc OR .rtf format to Sara Brady (bradys1@tcd.ie) and Christie Fox (christie.fox@usu.edu) by October 1, 2007. All abstract acceptances will be conditional upon acceptance of the completed essay; all will be edited by two editors. Essays accepted into the collection will be due no later than Jan. 15, 2008; word count should be between 3000 and 5000 words.

Contact Christie Fox
Honors Program/ 1438 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-1438
christie.fox@usu.edu

“transatlantic Ireland” (irish Studies Caucus) American

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-21 17:09:33

Call for Papers: “Transatlantic Ireland” (Irish Studies Caucus) American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies, Portland, Oregon March 27-30, 2008. While critics and historians have explored extensively the literary, political, and cultural connections between eighteenth-century Ireland and Continental Europe, the connections between Ireland and North America remain relatively unexamined. Yet, during the long eighteenth century, Ireland and the American colonies occupied similar, although far from identical, positions in relation to the English imperial center. Accordingly, both Irish and American writers were concerned with defining the distinctions between colony and nation, and with exploring the ramifications of political union. This panel invites papers discussing explicit and implicit literary, political, and cultural connections between Ireland and North America: the Irish in America, Americans in Ireland, settler colonialism, revolution, political union, and nation formation, among other topics. Please email paper proposals of 300-500 words to Juliet Shields at jshields@binghamton.edu by September 15, 2007. For further information on the ASECS conference, see http://asecs.press.jhu.edu/2008annualmtg.htm.

Contact Juliet Sheilds
shields@binghamton.edu
Binghamton, New York
shields@binghamton.edu

Louis Macneice At 100: Postgrad Conference (updated)

Submission Due By: 2007-09-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-02 13:44:46

UPDATE: We have extended the date for submissions to 9/1/2007. The Center for Irish Studies at the Catholic University of America will host a one-day conference for postgraduate students to celebrate the centenary of Louis MacNeice on Oct. 6, 2007. Papers on any aspect of MacNeice’s life and work are welcome. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas of inquiry in MacNeice studies: Nationality/Nationalism Religion and skepticism MacNeice as critic/translator/classicist Representations of place (Ireland, England, Greece, etc.) Canonicity/relationship to “The Tradition” MacNeice and his contemporaries (“Macspaunday”) MacNeice at the BBC MacNeice and the Second World War MacNeice and Yeats (Yeatsian heritage, MacNeice on Yeats, etc.) Legacy in Northern Irish poetry MacNeice and Anglo-Ireland Dr. Christina Hunt Mahony will deliver the keynote address. Lunch will be provided. Please send abstracts of 200-400 words to Michael Moir or Amy Bricker at burningperch63@gmail.com by Sept. 1, 2007.

Contact Michael Moir
2745 29th St NW #503
Washington, DC 20008
67moir@cua.edu

Southern Acis 2008 Meeting (6-8 March, Savannah, Ga) Ireland: Assent And Dissent

Submission Due By: 2007-11-30
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-08-01 08:33:20

Please submit your 150-word proposal electronically via the CFP page on conference website (address below). On 17 June 1904, Molly Bloom reminisced, "yes I said yes I will Yes." Around eighty years later Ian Paisley protested, "Ulster Says No," a partial echo of "No Surrender" (the cry during the late-seventeenth-century Siege of Londonderry). Assertions of "yes" and "no"—and acts of assent and dissent—play prominently in Irish experience: past and present; at home and abroad. Our conference welcomes proposals on any aspect of Irish Studies, but it especially invites proposals that elaborate the theme, Ireland: Assent and Dissent. Possible areas for consideration include, but are by no means limited to: dissenting religious and political traditions within Ireland and its diaspora; Theobald Wolfe Tone's ideal of "unit[ing] Protestant, Catholic and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen"; endorsement and dissension in Irish literature, film-making, art, and historiography; yes/no referenda on such issues as divorce, abortion, the Good Friday Agreement, and citizenship rights; "sea" and "ní hea" in Irish-language writing and politics; shifts from "no" to "yes" in Unionist and Republican rhetoric; the reality or myth of "No Irish Need Apply"; Irish assent vis-à-vis economic, political, cultural, and military facets of Europeanization and globalization; suspension of the GAA's ban on foreign games; Irish utopias or "no-places."

Contact Howard Keeley
PO Box 8023
Statesboro, GA 30460
irish@georgiasouthern.edu

Midwest Acis 2007 Meeting In Kansas City

Submission Due By: 2007-08-10
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-07-31 21:11:59

Voices and Visions: Ireland Across Disciplines Midwest ACIS Conference: 18-20 October 2007 University of Missouri-Kansas City The American Conference of Irish Studies invites you to attend the thirty-first annual Midwest ACIS meeting centered on the theme Voices and Visions: Ireland Across Disciplines. This conference hopes to cross disciplinary lines to explore interactions among art, history, music, literature, cinema, and culture in Ireland from earliest times to the present. Plenary Speakers: Sighle Bhreathnach-Lynch, Curator of Irish Art, National Gallery of Art and author of Ireland’s Art / Ireland’s History: Representing Ireland (1845-Present) (2007), numerous articles on art and its role in Irish national identity. Pat Collins, director of over thirteen documentaries including the award winning John McGahern: A Private World (2005), Frank O’Connor: A Lonely Voice (2004), Tory Island (2003), Talking to the Dead (2000), and most recently a documentary on the Irish language poet Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. Harry White, Professor of Music at University College Dublin and author of The Keeper’s Recital (1998), The Progress of Music in Ireland (2005) and Music and the Irish Literary Imagination (forthcoming). The conference welcomes papers on any aspect of Irish studies from new or present ACIS members. Please propose twenty-minute papers in 250-300 word abstracts in .pdf or .doc format to Joan Dean, at deanj@umkc.edu by August 10, 2007. Include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in that document, as well as in the body of your email. (To join ACIS, see http://www.acisweb.com/members.php?type=join) The University of Missouri-Kansas City, host to this year’s Midwest meeting, is in the heart of Kansas City. The conference will begin with a plenary lecture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 18 and conclude on Saturday evening, October 20 with a performance by the Elders.

Contact Joan Dean
deanj@umkc.edu
Kansas City, MO 64110
deanj@umkc.edu

Acis National Conference

Submission Due By: 2007-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-07-22 20:46:31

WHEN: April 16-19, 2008 CONFERENCE THEME: THE GLOBAL IRISH: CONFLICT, COEXISTENCE, AND COMMUNITY We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on any Irish Studies topic, particularly those that address how the Irish--in Ireland and abroad--have endured and interpreted their experiences of conflict, coexistence, and community. We welcome both panel proposals and individual paper proposals. Presenters must be members of the American Conference for Irish Studies (http://www.acisweb.com). Please send one-page abstracts in .pdf or .doc format to Dr. Ryan Dye at DyeRyanD@sau.edu by December 1, 2007. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in that document, as well as in the body of your email. CONFERENCE WEBSITE: http://www.sau.edu/acis CONFERENCE HOST: St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. Davenport is one of the Iowa-Illinois Quad Cities, a busy transportation and agricultural center known for the tremendous natural beauty of the Mississippi River, a vibrant city life, great restaurants, and reasonable hotel rates. Several national and regional carriers serve the Quad City International Airport in Moline, IL, which is less than 15 minutes from the conference hotel. PLENARY EVENTS: --The first annual Lawrence J. McCaffrey (SAU '49) Lecture on Irish-American Studies presented by Peter Quinn, author of LOOKING FOR JIMMY and BANISHED CHILDREN OF EVE. --Poetry readings by Louis de Paor (NUI Galway) and three Munster poets: Paddy Bushe, John W. Sexton, and Eileen Sheehan. --Margaret Mills Harper (Georgia State University), on Yeats. --Elizabeth Malcolm (University of Melbourne), on violence and gender in Ireland. --Kevin Rockett (Trinity College, Dublin), on Irish film. SPECIAL EVENTS: --Viewing of "Pavee Lackeen" --Mississippi River cruise on the Celebration Belle --Concerts by Baal Tinne, bohola, and Joe McShane --A tour of the historic Rock Island Arsenal

Contact Ryan Dye
St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust Street
Davenport, Iowa 52803
DyeRyanD@sau.edu

Ireland: At War And Peace

Submission Due By: 2007-07-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-07-08 16:45:30

The University of Sunderland In Association with the North East Irish Culture Network Fifth Annual Irish Studies Conference 9-11 November 2007 Ireland: At War and Peace Following the success of its last four international conferences: Representing-Ireland: Past, Present and Future, [2003] and The Word, The Icon and The Ritual, [2004], Lands of Saints of Scholars, [2005], and Ireland: Renaissance, Revolution and Regeneration, (2006) the University of Sunderland, in association with NEICN, is soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference, which will run from 9-11 November 2007. The conference will begin with a plenary lecture on Friday 9th November; there will be a book launch and wine reception in the evening and a ceilidh and conference banquet on Saturday 10th November. The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Irish culture from academics and non­-academics alike. Performances, roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non­-traditional presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. We particularly welcome proposals for panels. As with previous year’s conference, we welcome submissions for panels and papers under the thematic headings of: Ireland at War and Peace in the following areas: Literature, Performing Arts, History, Politics, Folklore and Mythology, Ireland in Theory, Gender and Ireland Anthropology, Sociology, Geography, Tourism, Art and Art History, Music, Dance, Media and Film Studies, Cultural Studies, and Studies of the Diaspora. North American and other international scholars, practitioners in the arts, and postgraduate students are all encouraged to submit proposals to the conference organisers. We also welcome proposals for papers in absentia for delegates who wish to participate but may find it difficult to attend the event. As part of its commitment to furthering research and critical inquiry in the field of Irish Studies, NEICN organises regular conferences, seminars and readings. In the past four years we have had plenary papers delivered by Terry Eagleton, Robert Welch, Luke Gibbons, Ailbhe Smith, Kevin Barry, Siobhan Kilfeather, Shaun Richards, Lance Pettitt, Stephen Regan, Lord David Puttnam, Andrew Carpenter, John Nash and Willy Maley, with readings from Ciaran Carson Medbh McGuckian, Bernard O’Donoghue and Eilis Ni Dhuibhne. Previous conferences have resulted in the publication of a selection of essays, and we hope to continue this with essays from this year’s conference. LENGTH – Papers should not exceed 2,500 – 3,000 words/20 minutes’ delivery

Contact Alison O\'Malley-Younger
alison.younger@sunderland.ac.uk

Call For Papers: Children, Childhood, And Irish Society, 1700-2007

Submission Due By: 2007-11-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-05-03 10:49:06

Eire-Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies welcomes submissions for a Spring/Summer 2009 special issue that will consider the theme of "Children, Childhood, and Irish Society, 1700-2007." Childhood figures insistently across a wide range of contemporary discussions and representations of Irish life, from constitutional referenda and tribunals of inquiry to blockbuster films, memoirs and award-winning novels, from the emergence of Gaelscoileanna to the citizenship debate. The guest editors seek essays that place these recent developments in a broader social, cultural, and historical context. We are especially interested in essays that offer interdisciplinary perspectives from history, literature, visual culture, social welfare and social policy. We also invite submissions informed by new sources of archival research. We encourage articles responding to the following areas:

• Changing conceptions of childhood in Irish society in the period
• 1700 to the present
• The child and the state
• The child and religion
• Childhood and social class
• Childhood and educational policy/practice
• Childhood in the two Irelands: Anglo and native, North and the Republic
• The marginalized and/or institutionalized child
• Irish childhood and the Diaspora
• Children and family: nuclear, single parent, adopted, foster
• Idealized childhood and nostalgia
• Childhood sexualities
• Imaging children and childhood in film, documentary, and art
• Literary Childhoods: fiction, poetry, drama, and memoir

The deadline for the receipt of proposal (two pages) is November 1, 2007, and completed articles (6000-8000 words) will be due by April 15, 2008. Send proposals to Professor Maria Luddy at m.luddy@warwick.ac.uk and Professor James Smith at smithbt@bc.edu

Contact Maria Luddy
m.luddy@warwick.ac.uk

Acis West Oct 5-7 2007 In Tacoma, Washington

Submission Due By: 2007-06-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-05-01 16:22:59

Call for Papers American Conference for Irish Studies/West Tacoma Washington October 5-7, 2007 From Emain Macha to St. Andrews: Finding the Intersection of Reconciliation and Traditions The 23rd meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies/West, will be hosted by Tacoma Community College. Proposals for 20 minute papers are invited on any topic of interest to Irish Studies. Papers addressing conflict, resolution and traditions within the Irish experience (from the perspective of history, art, economics, science, literature, sociology, political science or gender studies) are particularly welcome. Presenters must be members of the American Conference for Irish Studies (www.acisweb.com). Send abstracts of no more than 300 words to Kendall Reid Wanamaker Library Building 7 Tacoma Community College 6501 South 19th Street Tacoma WA 98466-6100 Or by email to kreid@tacomacc.edu Deadline: June 30, 2007 The conference hotel is the Silver Cloud Inn http://www.scinns.com/13home.htm Reservations before September 5 may be made at the ACIS/TCC conference rate $129.00 for either King or Queen Queen rooms. All sessions will take place on the Tacoma Community College main campus. http://www.tacomacc.edu/campuslocations/maincampus.aspx

Contact Kendall Reid
Wanamaker Library, Building 7, Tacoma Community College, 6501 South 19th St.
Tacoma, WA 98466-6100
kreid@tacomacc.edu

"the Irish Question," Special Issue Of Radical History Review

Submission Due By: 2008-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-04-22 19:25:10

The Radical History Review seeks submissions for an issue that will explore the intellectual, historical and political implications of the "Irish Question" over the past eight centuries. We depart from the premise that the national question and its resolution (or not) in Ireland is not only a major topic in Irish and British Imperial history, but one with fundamental implications for the evolution of the modern world, and the histories of colonialism and postcolonialism. We envision contributions focused on Ireland, first as a colony and then partitioned into two states after 1922, and the attendant "Irish diaspora" in England, Canada, the United States, and beyond. However, the editors do not assume that the Irish Question is restricted to people of Irish descent or the countries they inhabit: we are equally interested in the relationship of Ireland's national struggle to Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The issue will seek to explore a series of interlocking questions, including but not limited to: 1. Is Ireland a founding site of European imperialism and anti-imperial resistance, as well as post-colonialism? What are the implications for European or world history of moving the Third back into the First World? 2. How has the rise of a Revisionist historiography challenging the nationalist narrative paralleled Ireland's move away from postcolonial dependency since the 1970s? What is its significance for historians outside of Ireland? What does it mean to deny the existence of a national revolution in Ireland? 3. What are the implications of the process beginning in the mid-nineteenth century whereby Ireland and Irishness was configured as exclusively Catholic? How has that identity played out on the world stage-is it equally relevant in all cases? 4. Why is "race" so rarely mentioned inside Irish history when the Irish as immigrants are so emphatically raced once they leave Ireland, whether as "becoming white" or not-quite-white? Does Ireland occupy a distinctive place in whiteness studies, or should it? 5. Is it useful or accurate to assert an "Irish Diaspora?" What are the implications of this particular form of diasporic studies? 6. How have the Irish, whether in Ireland or abroad, appropriated transnational forms of popular culture like soul and later hip-hop? 7. How influential has the Irish version of cultural nationalism been in the larger world? Can we link De Valera with Garvey and Ben Gurion, or is the Ireland sui generis, given the role of the Catholic Church? 8. How has Irish Republicanism been represented in popular and mass culture, in different parts of the world? Are these tropes and images similar to those assigned to other movements committed to armed struggle by any means necessary, or distinctively different? 9. What is the Irish Left, alongside or outside of Irish republicanism? Are its problems relevant to the problem of class politics in other national liberation struggles? 10. How has Irish women's history and Irish feminism recast the National Question? 11. Are there distinctive Irish and/or Irish American discourses of sexuality and queerness-are they similar or different, and what role does demography play in Ireland's distinctive history of sexual repression? Though the RHR continues to publish monographic articles, we also invite Reflections, Interventions, roundtables, interviews, and reviews that go beyond books to look at popular historical representations, whether visual, cinematic, or textual. Potential contributors are encouraged to look at recent issues for examples of these non-traditional forms of scholarship. Submissions are due by March 15, 2008 and should be submitted electronically, as an attachment, to rhr@igc.org with "Issue 104 submission" in the subject line. For artwork, please send images as high resolution digital files (each image as a separate file). For preliminary e-mail inquiries, please include "Issue 104" in the subject line. Those articles selected for publication after the peer review process will be included in issue 104 of the Radical History Review, scheduled to appear in Spring 2009.

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rhr@igc.org

2007 Mid-atlantic Regional Conference

Submission Due By: 2007-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-04-17 14:18:30

2007 ACIS MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS **DEADLINE EXTENDED: June 30, 2007** Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY OCTOBER 26-27, 2007 ASSOCIATING IRELAND Whether through religious, political, athletic, linguistic, or national venues, Ireland and Irish identity are consistently positioned within a network of assumptions and associations. We invite papers from historical, literary, religious, and other perspectives that engage with the concept of association and Ireland. Topics can include but are not limited to: --(Free-)associating Ireland: Knee-jerk reactions to concepts of Irishness, as through stereotypical or touristic negotiations --North and South: issues of boundary and regional identity --Religious associations: how religious affiliations, assumptions, or ideologies define, limit, or delimit specific conceptions of Irishness --Athletic: how athletic associations affect/reflect conceptions of Ireland and Irishness --Impact of migration/immigration/transnationalism/diaspora on contemporary associations with or to Ireland --Association and Language (Irish/English) --Gender and Association: assumptions, restrictions, and challenges about or through gender; membership and gender identity We are pleased to announce that Dr. Alvin Jackson of the University of Edinburgh and Dr. Kathryn Conrad of the University of Kansas have agreed to serve as keynote speakers for the conference.

Contact Kate Costello-Sullivan
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214
sullivkp@lemoyne.edu

Modern Language Association ( M L A) / A C I S Panels, 2007, Chicago

Submission Due By: 2007-03-29
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2007-03-06 09:58:01

Three possible panels are listed below; depending on responses, two of the following will be chosen for the MLA panel in 2007. Please send 200-word abstracts to Joseph Lennon by March 29, 2007. All panelists must be ACIS and MLA members. GREEN IRELAND: ECOCRITICAL READINGS: Papers should address how Irish writers have represented nature or environmental issues. Papers with an ecocritical focus are welcome. The panel may include writers from a range of periods and genres, but each paper should pay close attention to how nature, place, or environmentalism has influenced Irish literature, culture, or aesthetics. LOUIS MACNEICE: CENTENARY READINGS: Papers should address the legacy of the poetry of Louis MacNeice (1907-1963). Possible topics could include MacNeice and modernism, Orientalism, Northern Ireland, Irish-English relations, radio broadcasts, influence (Hardy, Yeats, Auden, Heaney, etc.). The panel may develop themes introduced at the MacNeice Centenary Conference in Belfast, September 12-15, 2007. IRISH LANGUAGE, ENGLISH-SPEAKING AUDIENCE: BREAKS AND CONTINUITIES: Papers should explore impressions and influence of the Irish language in literature written in English. The panel may include discussions of various representations in various media of historical breaks and continuities in Irish language literature from the 17th century to the present. SEND 200 WORD PROPOSALS BY MARCH 29, 2007. PRESENTATIONS MAY NOT EXCEED 20 MINUTES.

Contact Joseph Lennon, Literature Representative, ACIS 2005-07
Department of English, Manhattan College
New York, NY
joseph.lennon@manhattan.edu

The Association For Franco-irish Studies (afis)

Submission Due By: 2007-02-02
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-11-30 10:38:05

Modernity and Postmodernity: The Franco-Irish Context

3rd Conference of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies.

10-11 May, 2007 (Institute of Technology Tallaght)

Many commentators argue that Ireland became, almost overnight, a postmodern culture. Given that issues relating to Ireland and modernity are still the subject of intense debate, it is not altogether surprising that there has been comparatively little analysis done on how this situation has come about. There is much food for reflection, however, and an urgent need for debate, on the impact modernity and postmodernity have had on Irish society. The French, largely as a result of their strong philosophical tradition, are to the forefront when it comes to the analysis of these phenomena and therefore provide invaluable signposts for Ireland as it attempts to come to grips with their growing influence on Irish society and culture. Most of the main figures associated with modernity and postmodernity are French - Baudrillard, Lacan, Derrida, Lyotard

Contact Eamon Maher
ITT Dublin
Dublin, 24
eamon.maher@ittdublin.ie

The 2007 International James Joyce Conference

Submission Due By: 2007-03-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-11-21 11:11:29

The 2007 International James Joyce Conference will be hosted by the English Department at the University of Texas at Austin. The event will feature plenary presentations and readings by Vicki Mahaffey, Paul Muldoon, Tom Staley, and Sean Walsh; a round-table discussion with all the plenary speakers; panels on Samuel Beckett

Contact Alan Friedman
James Joyce Conference, Department of English, University of Texas, 1 University Station B5000
Austin, TX 78712
friedman@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Annual Conference Of The Eighteenth-century Ireland Society

Submission Due By: 2007-03-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-11-09 14:06:35

15th - 17th June, 2007

Proposals are invited for papers on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including its history, literature, language and culture. Special panels may include

The Act of Union, 1707 To mark the three hundred year anniversary of the union of England and Scotland, papers are invited on any aspect of the Irish ramifications of the act, including Swift's The Story of the Injured Lady.

Race in eighteenth-century Ireland As 2007 is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, papers that address any aspect of slavery, abolition and race in relation to eighteenth-century Ireland are especially welcome.

The works of Thomas Moore The conference will feature a special exhibition on the works of Thomas Moore to mark the significance of the Moore collection in the Queen's University library. Papers on any aspect of Moore's life and works (or collections of the latter) are therefore invited.

The key-note speakers at the conference will be Professor Ian Campbell Ross (TCD) and Professor Angela Bourke (UCD).

Proposals should be submitted to the conference organizer before Friday, 30th March, 2007. E-mail submissions are preferred. You should include name, institutional affiliation, paper title and an abstract of approximately 300 words. Reading time for the complete paper should not exceed twenty minutes. Prospective speakers will be notified of a decision by 20th April, 2007. Overseas speakers are encouraged to apply before 30th March and early decisions regarding acceptance may be made if necessary.

Queries or requests for further details should be addressed to the conference organizer. Conference organizer Dr Moyra Haslett Senior Lecturer School of English Queen's University, Belfast Northern Ireland, BT7 1NN

Contact Moyra Haslett
School of English, Queen's University, Belfast
Belfast, BT7 1NN
m.haslett@qub.ac.uk

9th Annual Grian Conference: Gender And Ireland March 1-3 2007

Submission Due By: 2006-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-10-18 12:38:35

GRIAN Conference March 1-3, 2007 Glucksman Ireland House New York University Gender in Ireland has traditionally been discussed in terms of the personification of Ireland as woman and the role of women in a conservative, Catholic country. Recent scholarship on gender and Irish subjects, however, has expanded the discourse to include issues of masculinity, sexuality, queer identities, and the role gender plays in a rapidly changing society (in both the Republic and Northern Ireland). GRIAN invites papers from scholars in all fields that address gender from contemporary and historical perspectives, including, but not limited to, the following areas: Gender, Sexuality, and Surveillance Queer Identities Gay Rights Domestic Space Domesticity Domestic Violence Incest Church/Clergy Marriage/Divorce/Separation Abortion/Reproductive Rights Fear and the Racialized (M)other Cult of Mary Ireland as Woman: Maps and Bodies Political Rhetoric Policy/Legislation/Law Colonial/Feminized Bodies Celts/Feminine vs. Saxon/Masculine (Hyper)masculinities (IRA, GAA) Mother/Land/Famine Viagra (made in Ireland) Please send abstracts for 20 minute papers to both Elizabeth Gilmartin, EGilmar100@aol.com and Kerri Anne Burke kab350@yahoo.com by December 1, 2006.

Contact
GRIAN: Glucksman Ireland House NYU, One Washington Mews
New York, NY 10003-6608
EGilmar100@aol.com AND kab350@yahoo.com

Secrets And Lies And/or The Irish In Newfoundland

Submission Due By: 2006-12-22
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-09-28 13:04:32

The 2007 Canadian Association for Irish Studies is holding it annual conference and AGM from June 20-23rd in St. John

Contact Danine Farquharson
daninef@mun.ca

Irish Feminist Thought

Submission Due By: 2006-12-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-09-13 12:06:52

Irish Feminist Thought 13-14 April 2007 Centre for Irish Studies, Women

Contact Maureen O'Connor
Moore Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway,
maureen.oconnor@nuigalway.ie

Fifth Galway Conference On Colonialism: Settler Colonialism

Submission Due By: 2007-02-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-09-12 06:57:44

5th GALWAY CONFERENCE ON COLONIALISM: SETTLER COLONIALISM Centre for Irish Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway Settler colonisers come to stay. They seek to replace native peoples on

Contact Samantha Willliams
Centre for Irish Studies
Galway,
irishstudies@nuigalway.ie

Louis Macneice: Centenary Conference And Celebration

Submission Due By: 2007-05-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2007-02-14 13:15:16

Louis MacNeice: Centenary Conference and Celebration 12-15 September 2007 Seamus Heaney Centre, School of English, Queen

Contact Leontia Flynn
Seamus Heaney Centre, School of English, Queen
Belfast, BT7 1NN
l.flynn@qub.ac.uk

Acis 2007 National Meeting At Cuny

Submission Due By: 2007-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-08-25 17:57:53

The American Conference for Irish Studies Annual General Meeting - April 18

Contact Thomas Ihde
250 Bedford Pk. Blvd. W.
Bronx, NY 10468
thomas.ihde@lehman.cuny.edu

Southern Regional Acis Conference 2007

Submission Due By: 2006-10-09
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-08-08 14:08:31

Winthrop University, in Rock Hill, SC, will host the Southern Regional Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies March 8-10, 2007. The theme of the interdisciplinary conference will be "A Piece of the Irish Dream," although the committee welcomes proposals on all aspects of Irish Studies. Please submit a one-page paper proposal by October 9, 2006 to: Marguerite Quintelli-Neary (nearym@winthrop.edu), or send hard copy to her at: English Department, 250 Bancroft Hall Winthrop University Rock Hill, SC 29733 Selected papers will be published in forthcoming issues of Working Papers in Irish Studies, which is published by Winthrop University. Nuala NiDhomhnaill and Fintan O'Toole have agreed to present readings at the conference.

Contact Marguerite Quintelli-Neary
English Dept., 250 Bancroft Hall, Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina 29733
nearym@winthrop.edu

Women In Irish Culture And History: Second Call For Papers

Submission Due By: 2006-07-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-07-11 06:50:13

Second Call for Papers Women in Irish Culture and History University College Dublin, October 20th-22nd 2006 Recent years have seen a rapid proliferation in research on the role of women in Irish culture, society and history parallel to the changing role of women in Ireland. What was the nature of women

Contact Gerardine Meaney Anne Mulhall
School of English and Drama
University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4
irishwomen@gmail.com

Acis Mid-atlantic Regional--deadline Extended

Submission Due By: 2006-08-20
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-07-09 16:39:57

Deadline Extended American Conference for Irish Studies Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, October 27-28, 2006, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA.

Contact
mcnamara@kutztown.edu

International Conference: George Moore: Across Borders

Submission Due By: 2007-03-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-07-03 14:33:57

A cosmopolitan Irishman, George Moore practised, promoted and facilitated significant intermeshing of the arts, aesthetic trends and national literary movements. A self-confessed 'chameleon,' he is readily associated with Naturalism in the novel and in the theatre, Impressionism, Paterian aesthetics, the Irish literary Revival, Wagnerism, Modernism, and much more. It is these journeys, contacts, crossings, revisions, conversions and re-conversions that this conference proposes to explore: - Moore and his successive homelands (Ireland, France, England); Moore and exile - Moore at the artistic frontiers: literature, painting, music, art criticism - The gamut of literary genres: drama, short story, novel, essay, pamphlet, memoir - Autobiography and the limits of the Self - Moore's religions: Catholicism, Protestantism, 'Revivalism', philosophy, politics - Moore and language: English, French, Irish - The correspondence - Moore in translation - grafts, transplants and transfusions in Moore's prose - Writing the body: transgressing codes; sublimation process - Actors, actresses and artists: drama and r

Contact Fabienne Dabrigeon-Garcier
Universit
Lille,
fabienne.garcier@univ-lille3.fr or cemhuguet@hotmail.com

The Word, The Icon And The Ritual [iii] -ireland - Renaissance, Revolution, Regeneration

Submission Due By: 2006-07-21
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-06-28 12:00:26

The University of Sunderland

In Association with the North East Irish Culture Network

Fourth Annual Irish Studies Conference

10-12 November 2006

Following the success of its last three international conferences: Representing-Ireland: Past, Present and Future, [2003] and The Word, The Icon and The Ritual, [2004], and Lands of Saints of Scholars, [2005] the University of Sunderland, in association with NEICN, is soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference, which will run from 10-12 November 2006.

The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Irish culture from academics and non-academics alike. Performances, roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non-traditional presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. We particularly welcome proposals for panels. As with previous year

Contact Alison O'Malley-Younger
alison.younger@sunderland.ac.uk

Acis Midwest Regional

Submission Due By: 2006-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-28 11:26:12

Northern Illinois University will host the 2006 Midwest Regional Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies in DeKalb, IL, 12-14 October. The conference

Contact Sean Farrell
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
SFARREL1@niu.edu

New England Acis Regional

Submission Due By: 2006-06-20
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-25 12:02:55

The 2006 New England ACIS Regional will be held at the University of Connecticut at Storrs on Oct. 20-21, 2006

Theme: "CHANGING IRELAND

Presentation topics may include but should not be limited to:

Irish identity*Celtic Tiger Ireland*colonialism/post-colonialism*immigration/emigration *Northern Irish Peace Process*social, historical, artistic, religious, sexual or political (r)evolution

2-day conference*campus hotel*screenings*c

Contact Rachael Lynch
NEACIS 2006, Department of English U-4025, University of Connecticut, 215 Glenbrook Road Unit 4025
Storrs, CT 06269-4025
Rachael.Lynch@uconn.edu

The Construction Of Irish American Identity, June 22-23, 2006

Submission Due By: 2006-04-20
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-06 16:48:34

PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 21, 2006. It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Contact William Rogers
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07885
wrogers@drew.edu

Postcolonial Text

Submission Due By: 2007-03-31
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-06 10:21:46

Call For Submissions

Contact E Flannery
Dept. of Languages and Cultural Studies, U. of Limerick
Limerick,
eoin.flannery@ul.ie

Celtic Cultural Studies

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-06 10:18:24

Celtic Cultural Studies is an independently published and peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal. Its aim is to publish papers on diverse subjects relating to all cultures from the Celtic territories and their diasporas, from all historical periods and geographical locations, within a broadly Cultural Studies perspective. As such, the journal does not limit itself to traditions specifically associated with Celtic languages per se, but embraces consideration of issues in Scottish Studies, Cornish Studies, Welsh Studies, Irish Studies, and so forth. The Editorial Board has no specific political, ideological, or disciplinary bias and welcomes proposed contributions from all interested parties. The journal considers papers written within any of the humanities (and other) disciplines. Celtic Cultural Studies was fully launched on 1 May 2000 and is only available on-line, without subscription, and free of charge. Celtic Cultural Studies has recently published Lars O. Erickson

Contact C.W. Sullivan
Dept. of English East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
SullivanC@mail.ecu.edu

Ashgate Series In Nineteenth-century Transatlantic Studies

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-05 12:09:44

Announcing a new book series from Ashgate Publishing Ashgate Series in Nineteenth-Century Transatlantic Studies Series Editors: Kevin Hutchings, Canada Research Chair in Romantic Studies and Associate Professor of English, the University of Northern British Columbia and Julia M. Wright, Canada Research Chair in European Studies and Associate Professor of English, Dalhousie University This series offers a forum for the publication of scholarly work investigating the literary, historical, artistic, and philosophical foundations of transatlantic culture. A new and burgeoning field of interdisciplinary investigation, transatlantic scholarship contextualizes its objects of study in relation to exchanges, interactions, and negotiations that occurred between and among authors and other artists hailing from both sides of the Atlantic. As a result, transatlantic research calls into question established disciplinary boundaries that have long functioned to segregate various national or cultural literatures and art forms, challenging as well the traditional academic emphasis upon periodization and canonization. By examining representations dealing with such topics as travel and exploration, migration and diaspora, slavery, aboriginal culture, revolution, colonialism and anti-colonial resistance, the series will offer new insights into the hybrid or intercultural basis of transatlantic identity, politics, and aesthetics. The editors invite English language studies focusing on any area of the period ca. 1750

Contact Ann Donahue
Ashgate Publishing Company, 101 Cherry Street, Suite 420
Burlington, VT 05401-4405
adonahue@ashgate.com

Acis West 2006: Conflict And Peace In Ireland

Submission Due By: 2006-06-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-04-03 11:59:55

October 27-29, 2006

Contact Kathy Heininge
George Fox University , 414 N. Meridian
Newberg, OR 97132
kheininge@georgefox.edu

Samuel Beckett: History, Memory, Archive (essay Collection)

Submission Due By: 2006-08-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-03-31 09:28:07

Beckett Studies has changed radically since Richard Gilman claimed that Beckett

Contact Se Kennedy
Department of English, St Mary
Halifax, Nova Scotia, sean.kennedy@smu.ca
Alternate contact: Katherine Weiss, Department of English, East Tennessee State University, kweiss73@yahoo.com

Modern Fiction Studies: Elizabeth Bowen Issue

Submission Due By: 2006-09-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-03-08 17:12:06

Elizabeth Bowen

Contact Susan Osborn
Department of English, 500 Oval Drive, Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038
susosborn@patmedia.net

Modern Irish Gothic (collection Of Essays)

Submission Due By: 2006-06-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-02-27 12:56:15

The collection will be an interdisciplinary project and contributions are sought from scholars of literary fiction, poetry, theatre, film, art history, performance arts, historical geography, sociology, comparative literature, postcolonial theory feminist theory and psychoanalysis, among others. The focus of the collection will be both on manifestations of generic gothic forms in the cultural artefacts of Ireland from 1900 to the present day, but there will also be a focus on the thematics of anxiety, subversion, sublimated desire, violence, paranoia, subjectivity, sexuality, inheritance, cultural ruination, the politics of reproduction. Proposals in abstract form (500 words) are invited, to be submitted to E

Contact E Flannery
Dept of Languages and Cultural Studies, UL
Limerick,
eoin.flannery@ul.ie

Rethinking Diasporas: Hidden Narratives And Imagined Borders

Submission Due By: 2006-03-03
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-02-02 13:28:36

International Conference: "Rethinking Diasporas: Hidden Narratives and Imagined Borders" Organized by the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Department of Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Ireland Will take place in Dundalk, Ireland, 4-5th May 2006. The Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, in the Department of Humanities, Dundalk Institute of Technology, is pleased to announce its second annual conference. The theme of the conference is "Rethinking Diasporas: Hidden Narratives and Imagined Borders". While global migration is nothing new, in the past migrants were expected and encouraged to assimilate into their receiving societies. However, in the contemporary era there is an increasing acceptance of ethnic diversity. This, combined with ongoing improvements in travel and communications technologies, facilitates today's migrants in maintaining links with their home countries. The increased visibility of transnational migrant networks has stimulated academic interest in both contemporary diasporas and in recovering the hidden narratives of earlier global migrations. This conference hopes to open a dialogue on the role and representation of diasporas, both past and present. We welcome contributions from the fields of literature, literary theory, cultural studies, linguistics, film, media, visual arts, theatre, music, archaeology, history, geography, politics, economics, social policy, sociology and community studies. Please send abstract (250 words) and curriculum vita to the conference organizers. Please use "Rethinking Diasporas" in the subject line for all emails. Deadline for submission is 3rd March. Accepted papers will be published. Conference organizers: Dr David Getty, Head of Department of Humanities. david.getty@dkit.ie Dr Aoileann N

Contact David Getty
david.getty@dkit.ie

International Association For The Study Of Irish Literatures

Submission Due By: 2006-02-18
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-01-23 12:58:52

This is a Second and FINAL Call for Papers for the 2006 meeting of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures. Proposals are warmly invited on the general conference theme: exploring 'intertextuality' in all its forms in Irish literature and culture. Papers on any other aspect of Irish writing (in English and/or Irish) are also very welcome. Please submit a title and 200 word abstract to irish@unsw.edu.au by 18 February, 2006. Papers should not exceed 20 minutes duration. Anyone delivering a paper at the 2006 IASIL conference must be an IASIL member for 2006. *** In writing The Living Stream: Literature and Revisionism in Ireland, Edna Longley says that she found she was often 'tracing a textual web', and that the term 'intertextuality' applied to what she was investigating 'not as a theoretical dead letter, but as a creative dynamic working upon mechanisms of tradition and cultural definitions alike'. This conference is devoted to exploring 'intertextuality' in all its forms in Irish literature and culture from earliest times to the present. The creative dynamic that Edna Longley detects is of course even at work in her own formulation with its echoes of Eliot's "Tradition and the Individual Talent", Barthes' "The Death of the Author", and Yeats's "Easter 1916". And it seems equally true of critic as of creator, though Wilde has brilliantly collapsed that distinction. In terms of creativity W.B. Yeats celebrates a 'self-affrighting', 'self-delighting' process by which art generates art-'Those images that yet/Fresh images beget'. Others use different metaphors. W.H. Auden writes of his awareness of 'ghostly presences'; Harold Bloom of 'the anxiety of influence'; Richard Ellmann of 'eminent domain'; M.H. Abrams of exploring 'serviceable analogues, whose properties were, by metaphorical transfer, predicated of a work of art'; Edna Longley of a 'dispersed collectivity' that is the domain of 'intertextual antagonism'; Seamus Heaney of 'overhearing'; and T.S. Eliot of his belief that 'between the true artists of any one time there is S an unconscious community'. Not that such 'influences', 'exchanges', 'transactions', 'borrowings' or 'intertextualities'-or whatever one wants to call them-are always as benign as inferred by 'community' or as organic as implied by begetting. They might contaminate, distort, or perhaps render stereotypical. But if such processes are as powerful and as pervasive as writers and critics claim, shouldn't we enquire into how they function? and shouldn't we ask what are the implications for Irish Studies-particularly about the ways we research and teach? IASIL 2006, which will meet in Sydney from Thursday 20 July to Sunday 23 July inclusive, has committed itself to exploring, explicating and enjoying the 'textual web' that is Irish Studies. http://www.iasil.org/sydney/

Contact Patrick Lonergan
irish@unsw.edu.au

The Construction Of Irish American Identity: June 22-23, 2006

Submission Due By: 2006-03-17
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2006-01-10 15:20:43

PLEASE NOTE: THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 21, 2006. It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and everybody.

Contact William Rogers
Drew University
Madison, NJ 07885
wrogers@drew.edu

A C I S / M L A Panels

Submission Due By: 2006-03-01
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2006-01-09 20:29:20

Modern Language Association (MLA) / ACIS panels, 2006, Philadelphia. Three possible panels are listed below; depending on the response, two of the following will be chosen for the MLA panel in 2006. If you have additional suggestions or questions, please send them to Joseph Lennon. All panelists must be ACIS members by the time of the MLA. IRISH WRITERS / FOREIGN AUDIENCES: Papers should address how Irish writers have represented Ireland and Irish culture or Irish characters with foreign audiences in mind. Irishness long ago became an interest to audiences in England, continental Europe, Asia, and North and South America. Papers with a theoretical and/or rhetorical focus are welcome. The panel may include writers from a range of periods and genres, but each paper should pay close attention to either the history of Irish publishing abroad or (to use a contemporary phrase) the marketing of Ireland in other countries. Papers may discuss Irish writers who have lived abroad, including Irish-American authors. GENDER AND MINOR THEMES / AUTHORS OF CELTIC REVIVALS: Gender issues in Celtic Revivals, both those of the 18th and 20th centuries, were not discussed for many years. Much valuable scholarship has been done in the last decades on gender and

Contact Joseph Lennon
Department of English, Manhattan College, Manhattan College Parkway
Bronx, NY 10471
joseph.lennon@manhattan.edu

Ecocritical Readings Of Irish Texts

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-12-13 19:08:07

A Call for Papers:

Contact
christine.cusick@iup.edu

Imaginary/real Ireland

Submission Due By: 2006-02-10
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-12-05 14:30:00

CALL FOR PAPERS VI International Conference of The Spanish Association for Irish Studies (AEDEI) University of Valladolid (Spain) 25-27 May 2006 Imaginary/Real Ireland The theme of the 2006 AEDEI Conference is Imaginary/Real Ireland. Few places have been imagined and dreamed of as Ireland has. Ireland's multi-faceted, shifting reality down through history can be viewed from a variety of angles: the magical and visionary traditions, the nostalgic Ireland(s) of the diasporic memory, the sense of bilocation derived from imagined/real frontiers, the post-colonial reversal of stereotypical roles or the preference of story-telling to history. Where does the real Ireland lie hidden in the new hybrid, multicultural Irish society, both north and south of the Border? Is there a real Ireland at all? Contributions are invited to explore these two separate yet intermixed levels of the real and the imaginary in Ireland from an interdisciplinary point of view, involving the social sciences, the media, the visual arts, music, history or literary and film studies. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English is the official language of the Conference, but papers in Spanish will also be accepted. LENGTH: Papers should not exceed 2,500-3,000 words / 20 minutes

Contact Mar Carrera de la Red
aedei06@fyl.uva.es

Region, Nation, Frontiers

Submission Due By: 2006-02-14
ACIS Affiliated: yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-11-28 08:34:26

The Association for the Study of the Literature of Region and Nation meets every two years, and typically features panels on Irish and/or Irish-American literature. We'll meet in Manhattan July 28-31st, 2006.

Contact Donna Potts
ECS, Department of English, Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
dlpotts@ksu.edu

Cosmopolitanism And Transnationalism In Irish Women's Fiction

Submission Due By: 0000-00-00
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-11-20 12:23:15

We are seeking articles for a collection focusing on transnational content and context in modern Irish and Anglo-Irish fiction by women. Studies of Irish women's fiction published over the past decade have done important work by exploring the various relationships between gender and nationalism that Irish women have addressed in their fictional narratives. Extending and revising this significant body of scholarship, this collection will consider the ways in which issues of internationalism, cosmopolitanism, and transnationalism inform, enrich, and complicate fiction by Irish women. It will thus also address how traditional (and implicitly male-centered) rubrics of Irish nationalism and transnationalism have obscured or misinterpreted these contributions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Contact Kate Costello-Sullivan
1419 Salt Springs Road
Syracuse, NY 13214
sullivkp@lemoyne.edu

Siar: The Journal Of The Western Institute Of Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2006-02-01
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-11-15 15:46:40

SIAR IS A PEER-REVIEWED, ON-LINE JOURNAL TO BE PUBLISHED BY THE WESTERN INSTITUTE OF IRISH STUDIES CHARLOTTE HEADRICK OF OREGON STATE WILL EDIT THE FIRST ISSUE. WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A SELECTION OF PAPERS DELIVERED AT THE WESTERN REGIONAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR IRISH STUDIES, HELD OCTOBER 14-16, 2005 AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY WHOSE THEME WAS "WOMEN OF SOME IMPORTANCE." CONFERENCE PRESENTATION ALONE DOES NOT ENSURE PUBLICATION. SUBMISSIONS THAT COME IN ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES WILL BE PEER REVIEWED. COPYRIGHT REMAINS WITH THE AUTHORS. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE FIRST ISSUE, PAPERS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED 1 FEBRURARY, 2006 TO Cheadrick@oregonstate.edu SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: PAPERS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY AS MICROSOFT WORD ATTACHMENTS, SHOULD BE DOUBLE SPACED USING 12PT COURIER FONT, WITH UNDERLINING RATHER THAN ITALICS, AND USING THE MLA STYLE OF PARENTHETICAL CITATION (AUTHOR,PAGE) WITH ENDNOTES NOT FOOTNOTES WHERE NECESSARY.

Contact Charlotte Headrick
Cheadrick@oregonstate.edu

'wild Irish Girls': A Bicentenary Conference

Submission Due By: 2006-02-13
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-11-07 09:49:31

'Wild Irish Girls': A bicentenary conference to mark the publication of Sydney Owenson

Contact Sandy White
sw17@soton.ac.uk

Canadian Association For Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2006-01-15
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-10-25 11:28:46

The Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS) invites proposals for presentations of twenty minutes in length--as well as full panel discussions--for its annual conference, to be held this year at the University of Ottawa from June 14-17, 2006. The theme of the CAIS conference this year is "Urban Ireland." Possible topics, very broadly defined, include (but are not limited to): -- literary and visual representations of Irish cities -- representations of city life in mass media -- the role of specifically urban concerns in shaping national policy or culture -- Canadian comparisons: Dublin/Ottawa, Galway/Vancouver, Derry/Iqualuit, etc. -- immigration and its impact on urban planning, or on urban culture -- discussions of the rural/urban divide -- historical accounts of the changing nature of Irish cities -- cultural geographies of Irish cityscapes -- discussion of architectural history, or of the future of Irish urban architecture The deadline for paper proposals is 15 January 15 2006. Paper proposals should be 250-500 words in length, in English or French, and sent either electronically or by post to: Jerry White President, Canadian Association for Irish Studies Department of English and Film Studies 3-5 Humanities Centre University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada Phone: 780.492.0121 Fax: 780.492.8142 Email: Jerry.White@ualberta.ca

Contact Jerry White
Department of English and Film Studies, 3-5 Humanities Centre, University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E5
Jerry.White@ualberta.ca

Elizabeth Bowen: New Critical Perspectives

Submission Due By: 2005-11-30
ACIS Affiliated: no
CFP Posted on: 2005-10-19 12:24:24

CFP: Call for abstracts for essays for publication in the upcoming collection: Elizabeth Bowen: New Critical Perspectives (edited by Susan Osborn, Rutgers University). Aims and Intentions: Elizabeth Bowen's writing has always provoked controversy, from the publication of her first stories to her final discontinuous novel, Eva Trout. Yet despite the conspicuous irregularities in her fictional narratives, most of Bowen's past readers have avoided any discussion of those aspects of her work, in particular her experiments with style and language, that make her work complex and controversial. The aim of this collection is to broaden the critical framework of Bowen scholarship and to extend existing Bowen criticism. New readings of Bowen's fictional narratives that address the less customary and unexpected aspects of her work (and interpretations that relate those aspects to recent shifts in our thinking about modernism generally) as well as essays that address the uncertain relation between Bowen and her past and present readers are welcome. Finished essays should be approximately 7000 to 10,000 words. Please send a 250-word, double-spaced and titled abstract (or finished essay), and a brief scholarly biography by November 30 to S. Osborn, Ph.D. at susosborn@patmedia.net.

Contact Susan Osborn
148 Moore St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
susosborn@patmedia.net

Acis National Conference 2006

Submission Due By: 2005-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-08-18 11:06:34

The University of Missouri-St. Louis will serve as host for the 2006 American Conference for Irish Studies national conference. The conference will begin with a plenary lecture and reception on the evening of Wednesday, April 19, and conclude with a banquet on the evening of Saturday, April 22. The conference site will be the Sheraton Hotel in Clayton, Missouri, convenient to St. Louis Airport and midtown and downtown St. Louis. A feature of the conference will be a

Contact Eamonn Wall
One University Boulevard
St Louis, 63121
walle@umsl.edu

2006 Acis Southern Regional, University Of South Carolina

Submission Due By: 2005-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-09-12 14:53:05

CALL FOR PAPERS IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS American Conference for Irish Studies 2006 Southern Regional Conference University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC February 23-26, 2006 The University of South Carolina will host the 2006 Southern Regional Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies in Columbia, SC, February 23-26, 2006. Special guests will include poets Eavan Boland and Vona Groarke. Some sessions will be held in conjunction with the USC Women

Contact Ed Madden
Dept. of English, University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
emadden@sc.edu

2005 Mid-atlantic Acis Conference

Submission Due By: 2005-09-30
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-09-07 11:55:58

REOPENED Call for Papers "IRELAND AND MEMORY" MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR IRISH STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING November 11th and 12th, 2005 Caspersen School of Graduate Studies Drew University Madison, New Jersey Several scholars have had to withdraw from the conference so we have space available to accommodate a few additional presentations. We encourage you to submit a proposal by Sept. 30 in order to be considered. The original CFP is below. Scholars have been writing about Ireland and memory from perspectives as diverse as those of Declan Kiberd and Roy Foster. The recent spate of commemorations and the battles over the preservation of Ireland's historical sites have heightened the attention paid to this most critical of issues. Clearly, the way in which Ireland and its culture are remembered both from within and without is contested space. This conference seeks to explore the many and varied "memories of Ireland" that constitute the current discourse about the past and future of Ireland. The conference committee is interested in a broad selection of submissions pertaining to all aspects of this question. The conference committee seeks submissions that will explore the diversity of memory and commemoration in Ireland past and present. The memories to be considered might encompass: ** *Immigrant memory* * Emigrant memory* * Commemoration* * Literary memory* * Role of tradition* * Historical preservation and presentation * * High, middle, and popular cultural memory * * Memory and Politics* While traditional literary and historical approaches are welcome, we hope as well to encourage papers and panels drawing on other academic disciplines, whether cultural studies, anthropology, art history, economics, sociology, political science, or linguistics. Interdisciplinary and comparative work is especially sought. * *Please submit proposals of up to 500 words along with a short (2 page) scholarly biography to the Conference Committee, care of Bill Rogers, fax: 973-408-3040. Proposals should be faxed, mailed or emailed by SEPTEMBER 30, 2005. Email proposals should use only Microsoft Word attachments or include the abstract and CV in the main body of the email text.

Contact Bill Rogers
36 Madison Ave
Madison, NJ 07940
wrogers@drew.edu

Cfp: 2006 Southern Regional Acis

Submission Due By: 2005-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-09-06 13:58:53

CALL FOR PAPERS IRISH STUDIES: GEOGRAPHIES AND GENDERS American Conference for Irish Studies 2006 Southern Regional Conference University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC February 23-26, 2006 The University of South Carolina will host the 2006 Southern Regional Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies in Columbia, SC, February 23-26, 2006. Special guests will include poets Eavan Boland and Vona Groarke. Some sessions will be held in conjunction with the USC Women

Contact Marti Lee
USC, Dept. of English, Humanities Office Bldg.
Columbia, SC 29208
lee-marti@sc.edu

Beckett And Ireland: New Perspectives

Submission Due By: 2005-10-30
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-09-06 13:49:44

In order to mark the centenary of Samuel Beckett

Contact Sean Kennedy
sean.kennedy@smu.ca

Eat, Drink And Be Hungry: Ireland And Consumption

Submission Due By: 2005-10-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-09-05 15:55:32

CFP: Eat, Drink, and Be Hungry: Ireland and Consumption Eighth Annual Grian Conference 3-5 March 2006 Glucksman Ireland House New York University Bless us, O Cleric, famous pillar of learning, Son of honey-bag, son of juice, son of lard, Son of stirabout, son of porridge, son of fair-speckled clusters of fruit, Son of smooth clustering cream, son of buttermilk, son of curds[.] (trans. Kuno Meyer) In the Aisling meic Conglinne, meic Conglinne

Contact Elizabeth Gilmartin
egilmart@monmouth.edu

Acis - New England Regional Meeting

Submission Due By: 2005-09-01
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-07-15 07:48:50

Meeting to be held October 15, 2005 at the Irish Cultural Centre of New England in Canton, Massachusetts. The theme for the Conference is

Contact Richard Finnegan
Stonehill College
Easton, 02357
rfinnegan@stonehill.edu

In The Track Of The Sun: Reflections On Joyce

Submission Due By: 2005-11-25
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-06-04 19:37:17

University of Miami February 2-4 2006 The Miami Joyce Conference returns to Coral Gables in February of 2006. The conference will feature academic papers related to all aspects of Joyce's work. Organizers are particularly interested in talks/panels that comment on current directions of Ulysses criticism. However, any proposal dealing with Joyce's writing will be considered for inclusion on the program. Among the non-academic events will be an opening reception, concluding banquet, and scintillating poolside critiques of all events. For full information on registration and accommodations check the website: http://www.as.miami.edu/english/jjls/jjls.htm. For inquiries about the academic program or to submit a proposal for a panel or a paper, contact Michael Patrick Gillespie at michael.gillespie@mu.edu The deadline for proposals is 25 November 2005.

Contact Michael Gillespie
michael.gillespie@mu.edu

France-ireland: Interlinks, Interference, Intertextuality

Submission Due By: 2005-09-30
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-05-31 16:25:57

Following on the success of the first Franco-Irish studies conference held at IT Tallaght in March 2003 and the subsequent publication of the proceedings, France-Ireland: Anatomy of a Relationship (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004), a second conference has been organised for 10th-12th March 2006, in University College Cork. Abstracts (200 words maximum) dealing with any appropriate aspect of the theme above should be addressed by Friday September 30th 2005 to one or both of the conference organisers below: Dr Grace Neville, Department of French, University College, Cork. Tel.: 00 353 21 4902581 E-Mail: gneville@ucc.ie Dr Eamon Maher, Director, National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, IT Tallaght, Dublin 24. Tel: 00 353 1 4042871 E-Mail: eamon.maher@it-tallaght.ie Papers will be of 25 minutes duration and may be given in French, English or Irish. Those wishing to submit longer versions of their papers (maximum 5000 words) with a view to publication in the proceedings must input their chapters on the Lang template that will be forwarded to participants before the conference. Panels will be particularly welcome on French links with Samuel Beckett (whose centenary is being celebrated in 2006), Joyce, Behan and Robert Emmet. For registration details and other information, please consult website: www.it-tallaght.ie/humanities/languages/franco_irish_studies/ Confirmed plenary speakers include: o Professor Michael Cronin, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU o Professor Dermot Keogh, Department of History, UCC o Dr Brigitte Le Juez, SALIS, DCU o Professor Serge Rivi

Contact Grace Neville
Department of French, University College
Cork,
eamon.maher@it-tallaght.ie

The University Of Sunderland, Third Annual Irish Studies Conference

Submission Due By: 2005-06-20
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-05-26 13:04:04

Word, The Icon and The Ritual [ii] - Lands of Saints and Scholars Following the success of its last two international conferences: Representing-Ireland: Past, Present and Future, [2003] and The Word, The Icon and The Ritual, [2004] the University of Sunderland is soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference, which will run from 11-13 November 2005. This year we are also delighted to welcome proposals from scholars working within the broad field of Celtic Studies. The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Irish and Celtic culture from academics and non

Contact Alison Younger
alison.younger@sunderland.ac.uk

The Irish Atlantic: Intercultural Contact And Conflict

Submission Due By: 2005-08-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-05-16 13:41:27

At the invitation of Cambridge Scholars Press, a proposal for an edited collection of essays, provisionally entitled The Irish Atlantic: Intercultural Contact and Conflict, will be submitted for publication. The edited collection will consist of a mixture of selected proceedings from the Canadian Association for Irish Studies (CAIS) Conference on the theme of Ireland and the Atlantic: Intercultural Contact and Conflict, to be held at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, June 22-25, 2005, as well as selected essays chosen from the submissions received from this targeted call for papers. Submissions in relation to the following areas are particularly welcome: Anthropological, cultural, geographical, historical, literary, and sociological analyses of the Irish Atlantic that focus on the interrelation between the collective experience of migration and Irish perceptions of modernization and modernity, especially ones that seek to build upon, engage with, or modify Paul Gilroy

Contact Jason King
English Department, National University of Ireland
Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare
jkingk@yahoo.com

The American Conference For Irish Studies Mid-atlantic Regional Conference

Submission Due By: 2005-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-04-15 16:56:47

The Mid-Atlantic Regional of the American Conference for Irish Studies will hold its annual conference on November 11-12, 2005. The conference theme is “Ireland and Memory.” Scholars have been writing about Ireland and memory from perspectives as diverse as those of Declan Kiberd and Roy Foster. The recent spate of commemorations and the battles over the preservation of Ireland's historical sites have heightened the attention paid to this issue. Clearly, the way in which Ireland and its culture are remembered both from within and without is contested space. This conference seeks to explore the many and varied "memories of Ireland" that constitute the current discourse about the past and future of Ireland. The conference committee is interested in a broad selection of submissions pertaining to all aspects of this question. The papers should be 20 minutes long. The conference committee especially welcomes panel proposals. All proposals should be submitted no later than June 15th, 2005. Please submit proposals on the conference theme or any other aspect of Irish Studies of up to 500 words along with a short (2 page) scholarly biography to the Conference Committee, care of Terrie McCoy. Email proposals should use only Microsoft Word attachments or include the abstract and CV in the main body of the email text. Special conference highlights: Christine Kinealy, author of “A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland” and “A New History of Ireland”, will be speaking on Memory and Commemoration in Ireland. Also planned is a concert by 7 time all-Ireland button-accordion champion John Whelan, and an optional bus trip into New York City to visit the Famine Memorial. The Irish American Cultural Institute will be a partner with us in presenting the conference. Terrie McCoy, Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey 07940 Email: tmccoy@drew.edu, FAX: (973) 408-3040

Contact Terrie McCoy
CSGS, Drew University
Madison, NJ 07885
tmccoy@drew.edu

Submission Due By: 2006-04-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-04-05 09:49:28

Amongst Empires:

Contact Michael de Nie
Department of History, University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA 30118
mdenie@westga.edu

Irish And Catholic? Towards An Understanding Of Catholic And Irish Identities.

Submission Due By: 2005-05-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-03-04 22:36:14

The role played by the Catholic faith in forging a certain view of Irishness has been evident to many commentators, historians and literary experts for some time. As we enter the third millennium, organised religion in general, and Catholicism in particular, are experiencing a marked fall-off in interest and practice. It is therefore appropriate that the strong links between Irish Catholicism and our notion of national identity be discussed in an open and rigorous manner. This is the reason why The Priory Institute and IT Tallaght are organising an interdisciplinary conference that will take place from the 23-24 June at The Priory Institute, Tallaght. Plenary speakers include Patsy McGarry, Religious Affairs Correspondent with The Irish Times, John Littleton, President of the National Conference of Priests of Ireland, Eamon Maher, Director of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, IT Tallaght. Abstracts of no more than 200 words are invited from a wide range of disciplines including philosophy, theology, literature, cultural studies, spirituality, sociology, history. They should be sent before May 1st 2005 to: Rev. John Littleton, The Priory Institute, Tallaght Village, Dublin 24. E-mail: john.littleton@prioryinstitute.com Tel: +353 (0) 4048128 www.prioryinstitute.com or Dr. Eamon Maher, Lecturer in Humanities, IT Tallaght, Dublin 24 E-mail: eamon.maher@it-tallaght.ie Tel: +353 (0) 1 4042871 Papers should not exceed 25-30 minutes. A selection of the papers will be published in book form. Acceptance of abstracts does not guarantee inclusion in the proceedings. Panels could look at the following areas:

Contact John Littleton
Tallaght Village
Dublin, 24
john.littleton@prioryinstitute.com

The American Conference For Irish Studies Midwest Regional Conference

Submission Due By: 2005-06-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-03-04 22:31:51

The Midwest Regional of the American Conference for Irish Studies will hold its annual conference on October 20- 22, 2005. The conference theme is

Contact Andrew Auge
1450 Alta Vista St.
Dubuque, IA 52001
acis@loras.edu

Ohio Valley History Conference

Submission Due By: 2005-04-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-02-23 08:16:40

CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSION PROPOSALS The program committee for the 2005 Ohio Valley History Conference requests proposals for papers or complete sessions for the 2005 conference to be held at Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, October 27 to 29, 2005. The conference is open to papers on any geographic area or time period or from any discipline that has a historical dimension. Paper proposals from graduate students and those outside academia, especially those in public history or public archeology, are invited. Proposals for complete sessions are especially welcome, but proposals for individual papers will receive full consideration. Individuals who would like to serve as session chairs or commentators are also invited to contact the program committee chair. Proposals may be submitted by email. Paper proposals should include a 250 word abstract of the proposed paper and a brief c.v. Be sure to include a contact address, preferably an email address. Session proposals should include abstracts for each paper and the name(s) of the chair, commentator, if known, and contact person. All proposals for papers or sessions should be submitted by APRIL 15, 2005. We will try to respond by the end of May. William H. Mulligan, Jr. OVHC Program Chair Dept. of History Murray State University Murray KY 42071-3341 Bill.mulligan@murraystate.edu

Contact Bill Mulligan
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
bill.mulligan@murraystate.edu

Acis West: Women Of Some Importance

Submission Due By: 2005-06-10
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2005-02-15 11:17:10

ACIS/West will meet on Oct. 14-16, 2005, at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon). Proposals for conference presentations on any aspect of Irish Studies are invited. ACIS/West is an interdisciplinary organization, interested in perspectives offered by linguistics, sociology, history, art, science, music, literature, theatre, politics, etc. Papers on women in Irish arts and society are particularly welcome. Proposals from graduate students and emerging scholars are encouraged. Proposals (250 words) for 15 minute presentations may be sent electronically or in hard copy. Send proposals to: Charlotte Headrick University Theatre Withycombe Hall Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331 cheadrick@oregonstate.edu Conference Hotel: Hilton Garden Inn (2500 SW Western Blvd. 541-752-5000). Book by Sept. 14 for conference rate of $84. Just over a mile from University Theatre (about a 20 minute walk). Sponsored in part by the Consul General of Ireland (San Francisco), and by the Oregon State University Center for the Humanities,the University Theatre, the Department of Speech/Communication, and the College of Liberal Arts.

Contact Charlotte Headrick
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon, 97331
cheadrick@oregonstate.edu

Shaw Symposium

Submission Due By: 2005-04-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-01-26 22:51:28

This is to issue a call for papers and a call for grant applicants for a Shaw Symposium at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, July 29-31, 2005. Sponsored by the Academy of the Shaw Festival and the International Shaw Society. PROPOSALS for paper and panel topics (focused as much as possible on Major Barbara and You Never Can Tell) should be sent to Professor Leonard Conolly, preferably as an attachment to an email, to lconolly@trentu.ca, but otherwise by mail to Dr. Conolly, Department of English, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8. A 300-500 abstract should suffice. SYMPOSIUM PRICE LIST: Registration is $190 (Canadian) per participant and includes a reception on Friday night, sessions both Saturday and Sunday, coffee during the sessions, a casual lunch on Saturday, and a A+ ticket for You Never Can Tell on Saturday night and for Major Barbara on Sunday afternoon. Additional tickets for these two shows can be purchased through Denis Johnston when you register. For all other shows, please contact the Shaw Festival Box Office at 1-800-511-7429 or order online at http://www.shawfest.com/index.php. TO REGISTER for the Shaw Symposium, either as a presenter or not, please contact Dr. Denis Johnston at the Shaw Festival, djohnston@shawfest.com. Or please leave your order and credit card @ (including expiry date) on his voice-mail at 1-800-757-1106 ext. 206, and leave an email or street address where your order can be confirmed. For updating of the schedule and other details, visit the ISS website at http://chuma.cas.usf.edu/~dietrich/iss.htm. Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel and accommodation (unless you receive a Bryden Scholarship--see ANNOUCEMENTS for more information).

Contact Richard Dietrich
P. O. Box 728
Odessa, FL 33556-0728
dietrich@cas.usf.edu

Irish Protestant Identities

Submission Due By: 2005-01-31
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2005-01-07 12:06:23

University of Salford Friday 16 - Sunday 18 September 2005 This multi-disciplinary international conference will examine aspects of past and present Protestant identities in Ireland, north and south, and in the Irish diaspora. Offers of contributions are invited from people with an interest in the topic working in any part of the humanities, literary disciplines, cultural studies, social sciences, and any other relevant discipline or from those involved in activities which have brought them into contact with this topic. Aspects of historical, contemporary and possible future developments within the Protestant population of Ireland and amongst Irish migrant populations, relations with Irish nationalism, the Catholic Church, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and Empire, the E.U. and North America may be covered. The religious, class, gender and political cleavages within Irish Protestantism may also be analysed. Offers of contributions which do not quite fit within any of these parameters will also be sympathetically considered. Amongst the features of the conference it is intended there will be panel discussions on 'A Community under Siege' and 'What about the Workers?' It is intended to publish a selection of papers in a volume of conference proceedings. Paper Abstracts (3 copies) not exceeding 300 words should be submitted to Prof. Frank Neal by January 31 2005 Individuals who have offered papers will receive a response by 1 March 2005 Offers of papers should be sent to Prof. Frank Neal, European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT frank32@tiscali.co.uk Prof. John Tonge, European Studies Research Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT j.tonge@salford.ac.uk Mervyn Busteed, School of Geography, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL mervyn.busteed@man.ac.uk Further details including costs, accommodation, registration forms, guest speakers and programme will be posted regularly on the website detailed below

Contact Frank Neal
frank32@tiscali.co.uk

Beckett And Sexuality

Submission Due By: 2004-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-11-04 18:03:49

Papers are requested that explore other channels with regards the vexed issue of sexuality in Beckett Studies. This is a severely neglected aspect of Beckett

Contact Sean Kennedy
sean_dc_penn@yahoo.com

Ireland's Great Hunger: Representation And Preservation

Submission Due By: 2005-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-11-04 18:01:53

Quinnipiac University will host its second major academic conference on Ireland's Great Hunger on September 17, 2005. The conference will be held in conjunction with the opening of an exhibition of Quinnipiac's unparalleled holdings of famine commemorative art. This artwork is part of the An Gorta Mor collection of documents, printed materials, paintings, and sculpture relating to the famine and its impact on Ireland and the world. It is showcased in the Lender Family Special Collection Room in Quinnipiac's Arnold Bernhard Library. We invite submissions from scholars working on all dimensions of the Great Hunger. Particularly welcome are proposals that fit the themes of the conference. We are especially interested in: *representations of the Great Hunger in art, language, literary and historical works; at commemorative sites; and in popular memory. *papers on aspects of famine preservation, particularly the preservation of famine era records; issues of archival management, access, and funding; and other ways the famine has been preserved, culturally, intellectually, and biologically. Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2005. Established and younger scholars are encouraged to submit proposals. Proposals for individual papers and/or full sessions should include names of participants with a c.v. and 250-500 word summary of each paper. We anticipate publishing a selection of the papers in a volume that will be assembled subsequent to the conference. Funds will be available to reimburse some of the travel and lodging expenses of those delivering papers. Direct proposals or inquiries via post or email to David Valone, Director of Scholarly and Cultural Programs, The College of Liberal Arts, Mail Code CL-AC3, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT 06518. Phone 203-582-5269; fax 203

Contact David Valone
david.valone@quinnipiac.edu

Eighteenth Century Ireland Society Annual Conference 2005: Brian Merriman In European Context

Submission Due By: 2005-01-30
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-09-28 14:31:02

9-12 June 2005, University of Limerick, Ireland. 2005 is the bicentenary of the death of the celebrated North Munster poet Brian Merriman (1749-1805), author of C

Contact Liam Chambers
Liam.Chambers@mic.ul.ie

George Moore: Literature And The Arts

Submission Due By: 2004-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-09-27 09:56:53

University College, Cork, Ireland. 18-20 March, 2005 SPEAKERS INCLUDE: Dr Adrian Frazier, Prof. Munira Mutran, Prof. Lucy McDiarmid The conference proposes to consider the writings of the cosmopolitan Irishman George Moore (1852-1933) and to elicit fresh perspectives on their literary form and context, their social comment, their numerous artistic connections and their engagement with history, philosophy, politics and religion. Moore's pioneering contributions to European literature and his influence on the modernist novel will come under scrutiny and, almost inevitably, links will be made with Henry James, T.S. Eliot and James Joyce. Given the breadth of Moore's involvements, the participation of colleagues from English departments, as well as from History, Irish, French, Art, Drama, Music, Theology, Folklore and Philosophy, is encouraged and eagerly awaited. Papers (in English, Irish or French) from academics, graduates, post-graduate students, and from Moore enthusiasts, will be welcomed. Deinfear aistri

Contact Mary Pierse
georgemooreconference@ucc.ie

Now And In Time To Be: Irish Studies Conference At The University Of Sunderland, 2004

Submission Due By: 2004-11-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-09-24 19:53:43

Following the success of out international conference: Representing Ireland: Past, present and Future, the University of Sunderland are soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference which will run from 12thth to 14thst November, 2004. The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Irish culture from academics and non-academics alike. Performances, roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non-traditional presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. We welcome submissions for panels and papers under the thematic headings of: The Word, The Icon, The Ritual. We have, to date a large number of speakers but we would be interested in papers in the areas of: The Irish Diaspora, Ireland in Film, Media representations of Ireland, Ireland in Live/ Performance Arts and/or Performing Arts, Ireland and Gender, Queering Ireland, Women's Writing. Keynote speakers include: Professor Stephen Regan (University of Durham), Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow). To propose a paper please send a 300 word abstract as soon as possible, preferably by e-mail or disc to: Dr Alison O'Malley-Younger (alison_younger@yahoo.co.uk) or Susan Cottam [conference adminstrator] susan.cottam@sunderland.ac.uk

Contact Alison O'Malley
alison_younger@yahoo.co.uk

7th Annual Grian Conference

Submission Due By: 2004-12-01
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-09-20 20:55:07

EgCFP 7th Annual Grian Conference March 4-6, 2005 Glucksman Ireland House at New York University Ireland and Race Recent events in Ireland, such as the passing of the citizenship referendum amending the Republic

Contact Elizabeth Gilmartin
Ireland.grian@nyu.edu

Double Visions: Liminal Irish Identities, March 18-20, 2005

Submission Due By: 2004-11-30
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-09-09 18:10:42

This interdisciplinary conference investigates the identity formation of marginal voices in Ireland. Focusing on the 'double vision' of immigrants and minority groups in their interaction with 'mainstream' narratives, the conference engages with literary, historical, and social perspectives of displacement and integration. Keynote address: Hugo Hamilton. Speakers include Declan Kiberd, Mary E. Daly, and Ronit Lenin. Papers related to the theme of marginality within Ireland are invited, in particular those concerning issues of immigrantion, social exclusion, and gender discimination. 'Double Vision' seeks to provide a forum for researchers in several disciplines, including literary studies, film and theatre studies, history, sociology, law, politics, and fine arts. Abstracts of 200 words by Nov. 30.

Contact Borbala Farago
Univ College Dublin School of English Newman Bldg
Belfield, Dublin
borbala.farago@ucd.ie

American Conference For Irish Studies Annual General Meeting

Submission Due By: 2004-10-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-08-24 19:59:23

"Ireland Beyond Borders" hopes to explore new conceptions of Ireland, Irishness, and Irish Studies that challenge the boundaries that politics, the academy, and culture have set for them. The theme is intentionally open-ended. Topics might include, for example, globalization, partition, the Internet age, gender and sexuality, critical race theory, popular culture, music, dance, the visual arts, contemporary literature, the Irish language, or Irish studies as an academic discipline; however, that list is not intended to be prescriptive or exclusive. We encourage submissions that reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries, and submissions on topics outside the areas of history and literary criticism. The deadline for submitting proposals is October 15, 2004. Participants must be members of the American Conference for Irish Studies. Visit www.acisweb.com to become a member. We will mark the 25th anniversary of the Field Day Theater Company with appearances by founding members Seamus Deane and Stephen Rea. Other featured speakers include Nuala O'Faolain, Angela Bourke, Tom Kilroy, Joep Leerssen, Cathal

Contact Susan Harris
422 Flanner Hall, University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
acis2005@nd.edu

Working Papers In Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2005-03-31
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-08-13 10:03:01

Working Papers in Irish Studies is now considering submissions for the 2005 volume, the theme of which is Ireland and the Unnatural/Supernatural. Please send three hard copies and a copy on disk, in Word, in the format appropriate to the discipline, to:Marguerite Quintelli-Neary, Editor, Working Papers in Irish Studies, English Dept., 250 Bancroft, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733

Contact Marguerite Quintelli-Neary
jvn@mail.rjsonline.net

February 24-27, 2005 Acis Southern Regional Conference: Ireland: North, South, East And West

Submission Due By: 2004-10-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-06-28 15:50:06

The Southern Regional American Conference for Irish Studies invites proposals on any Irish Studies topic for this interdisciplinary conference hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Houston. The conference theme of Ireland: North, South, East and West takes an expansive view of the impact of Ireland and the Irish, not only in Ireland, but around the world. One focus (but not the only focus) is on the open-ended dynamics of Irish regional differences and tensions, and how they shape Irish culture and identity, as well as their influences on the Old and New Worlds. Irish Studies topics may be explored through the following nonexclusive list of contexts: literature, history, politics, language, linguistics, folklore and mythology, archaeology, anthropology, law, economics and trade, sociology, art and art history, music, dance, media and film study, cultural studies, Ireland

Contact Lori Gallagher
University of St. Thomas, 3800 Montrose Blvd.
Houston, 77006
irishstudies@stthom.edu

Genre And Irish Cinema March 14-16th 2005.

Submission Due By: 2004-11-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-06-02 10:57:19

Professor Brian McIlroy and the UBC Film Studies Program are pleased to announce an international conference on Genre and Irish Cinema. This conference is supported by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Confirmed main speakers so far include Kevin Rockett (Trinity College Dublin), Cheryl Herr (University of Iowa), Martin McLoone (University of Ulster). 20 minute paper proposals from faculty and graduate students dealing with all aspects of Genre and Irish Cinema are welcome. Suggested theoretical topics utilizing Irish and Irish-related cinema could include Genre and Ideology, Genre and Auteur, Genre and Consumption, Genre and Fandom/Spectatorship, Genre and Economics, Genre and Globalization, Genre and hybridity; or within Irish film criticism and history, an examination of specific genres

Contact Brian McIlroy
bmcilroy@interchange.ubc.ca

The Mid-atlantic Regional American Conference For Irish Studies

Submission Due By: 2004-05-31
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-05-27 18:46:21

The Mid-Atlantic Regional American Conference for Irish Studies invites proposals for an interdisciplinary conference to be held at Princeton University on October 22-23, 2004.

Contact Abby Bender
acis@princeton.ed

Acis

Submission Due By: 2004-09-01
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-05-04 17:15:14

The annual fall meeting of the New England chapter of the American Conference for Irish Studies, New England Chapter will be 15-16 Oct. 2004 at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. In its Call for Papers, ACIS-NE welcome submissions that speak to the theme of the meeting,

Contact Joseph Day
100 Saint Anselm Drive
Manchester, NH 03102-1310
acis@anselm.edu

Hjeas Special Issue: Representations Of The Family In Modern English-language Drama

Submission Due By: 2004-07-31
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-04-19 14:40:42

Scholars working in the broad field of modern English-language drama are invited to contribute papers to one of the 2005 issues of the Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, which will be a special issue to celebrate Arthur Miller's 90th birthday under the title: Representations of the Family in Modern English-Language Drama The prospective issue is open to a variety of perspectives and approaches. Conforming to the latest MLA style with inside references keyed to the Works Cited section, a hard and a soft copy of the contributons should be sent to the guest editor by 31 July 2004. Authors whose first language is not English are kindly asked to have their finished version read by a native speaker of English before submission. In accordance with the policy of the journal, the papers will be read by two referees to decide about their acceptance for publication. Review articles, book reviews and interviews related to the general focus are also welcome.

Contact Maria Kurdi
Department of English Literatures and Cultures, University of Pecs
Pecs, Ifjusag utja 6,
Kurdi@btk.pte.hu

Songs Of Experience: Music And Irish Political Traditions

Submission Due By: 2004-09-08
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-03-23 11:49:30

A one-day inter-disciplinary conference to be held in Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road, Limerick. Saturday 4 December, 2004 Music and politics have often been deeply interlinked throughout Irish history. Politics has provided a rich subject material for musicians and music has been a valuable tool for different communities in supporting various competing traditions, and as a display of cultural and local identities. This conference hopes to provide a forum for open debate concerning the role of music and political experience in Ireland. Papers should focus on the role of music and musical institutions in Irish political life. A wide variety of topics will be considered. However, the focus of all papers should be on the interplay between music, political life and tradition. Abstracts should be no more than 300 words. (Presentation time 20 minutes) Abstracts should be emailed to the following addresses. The final date for the submission of abstracts is 8 September 2004. William.Sheehan@mic.ul.ie or Maura.Cronin@mic.ul.ie A full programme and conference details will be emailed at a later date.

Contact William Sheehan
Department of History, Mary Immaculate College
Limerick, NA NA
William.Sheehan@mic.ul.ie

Joyce's Ireland: A Celebration Of The Bloomsday Centenary

Submission Due By: 2004-03-20
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-02-23 23:16:34

SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED! KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: June 11: Prof. Vicki Mahaffey (Penn) June 12: Prof. Michael Patrick Gillespie (Marquette) The University of Kansas is hosting a weeklong celebration of Irish culture to note the centenary of Bloomsday and the Abbey Theatre. Part of this celebration of Irish culture will include a two-day interdisciplinary conference. The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Joyce and to Irish culture more generally, from academics and non-academics alike. Performances, roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non-traditional presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. Although the Joyce centenary is the occasion for the celebration, papers and panels need not be limited to Joyce's work. The conference will include a reception in the Spencer Research Library, which houses one of the premier Irish collections in the country (See conference website for details). The weeklong celebration will include a staged reading of Stoppard's Travesties, Irish music, and other events, culminating in a marathon reading of Ulysses on June 16-17. Limited travel support available for graduate students on a first-come, first-served basis. Submissions and queries by e-mail welcome.

Contact Kathryn Conrad
Department of English, 1445 Jayhawk Rm 3114 University of Kansas
Lawrence, 66045
JoycesIreland@hotmail.com

Acis At Mla 2004

Submission Due By: 2004-03-15
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-01-13 22:03:36

The American Conference for Irish Studies will sponsor two sessions at the 2004 MLA Convention in Philadelphia. Session One: Irish Writing and the Public Sphere. Session Two: Ourselves Alone? Irish Geographies of Difference. Papers should be no more than 15 minutes in length. Please submit abstracts or completed papers to: Prof. Jos

Contact Jos Lanters
lanters@uwm.edu

Acis Southern Regional

Submission Due By: 2003-10-07
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-01-13 12:10:51

March 4-7, 2004

Contact Geraldine Higgins
302 N. Callaway, Department of English, Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
ghiggin@emory.edu

Modern Ireland: Her Arts And Culture

Submission Due By: 2004-06-25
ACIS Affiliated: Yes
CFP Posted on: 2004-01-12 23:38:37

ACIS West 20th Anniversary Conference To be held at the University of Northern Colorado October 1,2,3 - 2004

Contact Susan Herold
501 East 20th Street, Box 30
Greeley, Colorado 80639
sherold@arts.unco.edu

Etudes Irlandaises

Submission Due By: 2004-04-30
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2004-01-06 16:40:24

Irish space(s): zones and margins

Contact Sylvie Mikowski
2, square des Bouleaux
Paris, 75019
Pascale.amiot@wanadoo.fr

Unmarried Mothers

Submission Due By: 2003-01-20
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2003-12-29 15:14:12

Unmarried Mothers

Contact Conference Organizer
Department of Languages and Cultural Studies University of Limerick
Limerick,
Cinta.Ramblado@ul.ie

Hungry Words: Images Of Famine In The Irish Canon

Submission Due By: 2004-05-15
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2003-12-29 15:10:06

Abstracts of 500 words or original papers of around 9,000 words are being solicited for Hungry Words, an anthology which will examine representations of hunger or famine in the works of canonical Irish authors. The terms "famine" and "canonical" are, of course, loaded ones in Irish studies, and it is my particular desire to collect essays which question the various manifestations of these terms in recent literary scholarship. In the past few years, numerous scholars have challenged the myth that Irish literature as a whole has ignored or repressed the cultural legacy of the Great Famine. As works such as Christopher Morash

Contact George Cusack
Department of English, Auburn University Montgomery, P.O. Box 224023
Montgomery, AL 36124
gcusack@mail.aum.edu

Nua: Studies In Contemporary Irish Writing. Call For Papers On Ireland And Film

Submission Due By: 2004-01-20
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2003-12-29 15:05:07

Nua: Studies in Contemporary Irish Writing seeks submissions for a special issue on Ireland and Film. Rebecca Steinberger will be the guest editor of this special issue on recent Irish films, planned for appearance in spring of 2005. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: how is the nation represented in recent cinematic interpretations? What constitutes

Contact Rebecca Steinberger
301 Lake Street
Dallas, PA 18612-1098
NA

Joyce's Ireland: A Celebration Of The Bloomsday Centenary

Submission Due By: 2004-01-31
ACIS Affiliated: No
CFP Posted on: 2003-12-29 15:02:02

The Department of English at the University of Kansas will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Bloomsday with a week-long celebration of late 19th to early 20th century Irish culture. Part of this celebration of Irish culture will include a two-day interdisciplinary conference. The conference organisers hope to represent a wide range of approaches to Joyce and to Irish culture more generally, from academics and non-academics alike. Performances, roundtables, collaborative projects, and other non-traditional presentations are encouraged in addition to conference papers. Although the Joyce centenary is the occasion for the celebration, papers and panels need not be limited to Joyce's work. Possible topics may include but are by no means limited to the following: -- Ireland and commodity culture -- The Irish Diaspora -- Ireland in the World Wars -- Irish literature and popular culture -- The geography of the Irish imagination -- Mythic Ireland Participants will have the opportunity to visit the Spencer Library, which houses an extensive selection of Joyce and Yeats materials, as well as the P.S.O'Hegarty Collection, a group of over 25,000 pieces that includes Abbey Theatre programs, plays, political ephemera, the complete output of the Cuala and Dun Emer Presses, and much more. Paper and performance abstracts of 250 words or less and panel abstracts of 750 words or less should be sent to the conference committee by January 31st 2004 to JoycesIreland@hotmail.com. The organisers request that participants provide contact information including a mailing address.

Contact Conference Coordinator
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
JoycesIreland@hotmail.com