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Hi, Many of you will probably have received the following e-mail which was sent out to the IASIL list, but if you haven't and you're interested, I thought I'd send it on. Seems to address a bit of what we e-mailed each other about, doesn't it, Alison? Maureen Hawkins Message sent on behalf of Paul Murphy. Please DO NOT reply to this email, but instead contact Paul directly at his own email address below. Fellow Scholars, If you are in interested in Irish Theatre studies then you are warmly invited to a meeting to discuss the formation of an Irish Society for Theatre Research [ISTR] on Wednesday 27th July in room 225, 1400-1530, as indicated in the conference programme. The growth in Irish Theatre studies is manifest in the sheer number of papers at this year's IASIL conference which focus specifically on Irish theatre/drama. When this growth is combined with the long held desire by many scholars on the island of Ireland to have some kind of persistent framework within which theatre research can be facilitated, then the emergence of an ISTR seems to be both necessary and required. The primary aim of ISTR is to foster research links between theatre scholars on the island of Ireland and between scholars of Irish theatre in the international community. The way in which such research links could be manifested are: a yearly conference; a journal of Irish theatre studies; a webpage with links to related theatre research societies; a regular newsletter; strategy meetings to research funding applications. From a cursory glance at the full IASIL programme you can see that there are two ISTR meetings on Wednesday 27th: the first meeting in room 225, 0900-1030, is solely for the steering group to meet up and discuss the draft agenda; the second meeting in room 225, 1400-1530, is where the notion of formation an ISTR will be discussed with all interested delegates. The steering group membership currently includes: Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick [WIT], Dr Eamon Jordan [IES], Dr Tom Maguire [UU], Prof. Anna McMullan [QUB], Dr. Paul Murphy [QUB], Prof. Shaun Richards [Staffordshire], Prof. Brian Singleton [TCD], Dr Bernadette Sweeney [NUI Cork]. I look forward to meeting you on Wednesday 27th at 1400 in room 225. Best wishes, Dr Paul Murphy Lecturer in Drama School of Languages, Literatures & Performing Arts Queen's University Belfast Northern Ireland BT7 1NN [log in to unmask] 028 9097 3402