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CONFERENCE
Changes in Contemporary Ireland: Texts and Contexts
Loughborough University
11-13 September 2009
Plenary Speakers
Irene Gilsenan Nordin, Dalarna University Centre for Irish
Studies
‘Contemporary Irish Women’s Poetry’
Eamonn Jordan, University College Dublin
‘The Challenges Facing Irish Theatre Scholarship Prompted
by Relative Absence of a Theorization of the
Text/performance Relationships’
Paddy Lyons, University of Glasgow
‘Is Irish Gay Writing Progressive?’
Tina O’Toole, University of Limerick
‘The Impact of International Feminist Theory and Practice
on Irish Feminist and Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Activism’
Ailbhe Smyth, WERRC,
'Talking About Girls, Feminism, Ireland and Losing the
Plot'
CALL FOR PAPERS
We invite abstracts for this 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 ofthe ‘Celtic Tiger’. We also welcome
abstracts for papers commenting on wider social change, political
developments and cultural events.
Abstract submission
Proposals of 200-250 words should be submitted by 16 June
2009 to both organisers:
Dr Deirdre O’Byrne: [log in to unmask]
Dr Catherine Rees: [log in to unmask]
Please include a brief biography and your audio-visual
requirements with your proposal.
The website will contain a full list of accepted papers
and their abstracts in late June:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ea/News%20and%20Events/Texts%
20and%20Contexts.html
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