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
DEADLINES – Enquiries and submissions should be submitted by 30th June,
2007 to the conference coordinators
Dr Alison O’Malley-Younger – [log in to unmask] and Professor
John Strachan – [log in to unmask] and copied to the conference
administrator, Ms Susan Cottam – [log in to unmask]
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CONFERENCE VENUE – The conference will take place at St Peter’s Campus.
Please see our websites @ www.sunderland.ac.uk and www.neicn.com for
further details.
Slan agus beannacht
Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.
W. B. Yeats
Alison O'Malley-Younger [Dr]
Programme Leader: English and Drama/English and Creative Writing
Department of English
University of Sunderland
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