From: "Frank Beardow" <[log in to unmask]>
"Now and in time to be"
Irish Studies Conference at the University of Sunderland, 2004.
Following the success of last year's international conference:
"Representing Ireland: Past, Present and Future", the University of
Sunderland are soliciting papers for an interdisciplinary conference
which will run from 12th to 14th 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
This celebration of Irish culture will include a performance of Brian
Friel's "Dancing at Lughnasa", by a professional company on the evening
of Friday 12th November, and a licensed ceilidh with refreshments on
Saturday 13th. Most of the event will take place at the University of
Sunderland's Sir Tom Cowie Centre, Saint Peter's Campus. Keynote
speakers will include:
Professor Stephen Regan (University of Durham)
Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow)
We envisage that one of the panels will focus on comparative
literature. Proposals for papers on such topics as otherness,
alienation, dislocation, borders and boundaries, immigration, identity,
faith, confinement, and childhood would be particularly welcome.
Cinematic explorations may also be included. The above list is not
meant to be prescriptive.
Please send a 300 word abstract, by 30th June 2004, preferably by e-
mail, to [log in to unmask] Please send comparative literature
abstracts to [log in to unmask]
Further details will be available on our website: www.sunderland.ac.uk
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