ASSOCIATIONAL CULTURE IN IRELAND & THE WIDER WORLD,
c.1750-c.1940
16-18 May 2008, NUI Maynooth
CALL FOR PAPERS
A distinctive feature of modern non-totalitarian societies
is the flourishing, within the
context of a stable state, of voluntary formal associational
life (clubs, societies, etc) as
distinct from the more traditional forms of sociability such
as religious feast days and popular fairs.
The Associational Culture in Ireland (ACI) project
(principal investigator,
Prof. R.V. Comerford) at NUI Maynooth is running a three-day
international conference
exploring the nature of associational culture in Ireland and
the wider world throughout the
period 1750-1940. Proposals for papers are invited on any
aspect of associational culture
during this period.
Some suggested themes include:
tracing social and/or geographical patterns in associational
practice;
exploring the changing nuclei of socialisation;
negotiating the public vs. private divide;
the role of associational culture in formulating
social cohesion or hierarchy;
the effects of confessional divisions on associational
culture;
the exclusivist/protectionist tendencies of some forms of
associational practice;
rural vs. urban divide;
associational culture in a trans-national context; gender
and associational practice;
the relationships between associational culture, class and
participation in civil society
The conference organisers welcome proposals for panels and
individual papers. Proposals
for roundtable discussions and poster sessions are equally
welcome. The deadline for
submissions is 31 October 2007. Proposals should include a
short summary of the paper
and a brief curriculum vitae as well as contact details, for
each contributor.
Please send proposals to Dr Jennifer Kelly, Department of
History, NUI Maynooth,
Maynooth, Co.Kildare. Tel: (353) 1 7083200. Email:
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Funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and
Social Sciences
Dr Aoife Bhreatnach
Department of History
NUI Maynooth
Co Kildare
Ireland
+353 (0) 1 708 3375
Check out my new monograph at:
http://www.ucdpress.ie/ucdpress/display.asp?K=510000001204880
A new edited volume at:
http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Portraying-Irish-Travellers--Histories-and-Representations.htm
Dr Aoife Bhreatnach
Department of History
NUI Maynooth
Co Kildare
Ireland
+353 (0) 1 708 3375
Check out my new monograph at:
http://www.ucdpress.ie/ucdpress/display.asp?K=510000001204880
A new edited volume at:
http://www.c-s-p.org/Flyers/Portraying-Irish-Travellers--Histories-and-Representations.htm
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