AEDEI final programme
The final programme for the XV International AEDEI Conference can now be accessed at: xvaedeizaragoza.wix.com/xvaedei
» Read moreAuthor: Dawn Duncan
Dawn Duncan is Professor of English, Film & Global Studies at Concordia College-Moorhead, MN. She specializes in Irish literature (1800-present) and film. Dawn has authored numerous essays, chapters, and 3 books, including Irish Myth, Lore & Legend on Film and Irish Postcolonial Drama 1800-2000. She served on IASIL Executive for 16 years, first as North American Representative, and for 13 years as Executive Secretary. Dawn is also the Director of Narrative 4 at Concordia College and serves as an international ambassador for that organization.
1916, CINEMA AND REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway, 25-27 May 2016 How have the 1916 Rising and other revolutions – from France, to Greece, Romania, Russia and Cuba – being depicted in cinema? What impact did the Rising have on early Irish cinema? What role did women play in the emergence of this cinema? These are some of the
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UCD/NUIGALWAY The project ‘1916: Home: 2016’ juxtaposes the centenary year of Easter Rising with the 20th anniversary of the closing of the Republic of Ireland’s last Magdalene Laundry through two academic conferences and an international programme of artistic events. Taking the Proclamation’s claim to ‘cherish all children of the nation equally’ as its starting point, ‘1916: Home: 2016’ draws attention
» Read moreCFP ISE 8 Werner Huber
Dear friends and colleagues, You will all have received the shocking news that Werner Huber, our dear and esteemed colleague, has passed away so prematurely. His contribution to Irish Studies was immense, including years of service on the Executive of both IASIL and EFACIS. As Margaret Kelleher wrote, Werner will be remembered“as a world scholar in Irish literature and drama
» Read moreCall for Papers – New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium for the Humanities
The New Perspectives: Postgraduate Symposium for the Humanities (NPPSH) at Maynooth University is actively seeking abstract submissions for short (10 min) papers, long (20 min) papers, and posters highlighting research in the humanities. This brand new annual symposium will be taking place on 13th and 14th October 2016 in Maynooth, and will be hosted by An Foras Feasa. It is
» Read moreCFP: Nineteenth Century Studies Association
The Nineteenth Century Studies Association is excited to announce the following: Call for Papers 38th Annual Conference of the Nineteenth Century Studies Association February 2-4, 2017 Charleston, South Carolina MEMORY AND COMMEMORATION The NCSA program committee invites proposals on any aspect of “memory and commemoration” in the nineteenth century. From photographs and locks of hair to jubilee processions and civic
» Read moreJust Published ~ After the Rising: Soldiers, Lawyers and Trials of the Irish Revolution by Seán Enright
In this sequel to his bestselling Easter Rising 1916: The Trials, Seán Enright puts the great legal cases of the period into context with exacting clarity, including the Mac Curtain Inquest, the trials of MacSwiney, Markievicz, Maher and Foley, the Bloody Sunday courts martial and the trials under martial law. Following the executions of the 1916 leaders, a new government
» Read moreDear members of IASIL, a brief note to let you know that Estudios Irlandeses, the scholarly journal of AEDEI (Asociación Española de Estudios Irlandeses) is currently inviting contributions (articles, interviews, translations) for its 2017 issue. Estudios Irlandeses publishes original work in English and Spanish which engages in a critical way with aspects of Irish literature, history, art, film and media. The journal operates with a
» Read more1916 in Irish Theatre/ 1916 as Irish Theatre
Moore Institute, NUI Galway Friday 20 May 2016 9.30: Welcome and introduction Panel 1: Internatoinalising the Rising Patrick Lonergan, “Easter 1916 and Internationalising Irish Theatre’ Charlotte McIvor, “Reherasing Revolution as a prelude to 1916: Yeats, Tagore and Perase and the Staging of Tranational Nationalist Masculinities” David Clare: “Anthropological Gays: Casement, Pearse, and 1916” 11.00: Keynote Lecture 1 Paige
» Read moreIASIL 2016 Registration
Dear All, This is a gentle reminder that registration for IASIL 2016 is open until 21st May 2016. If you haven’t registered already, please follow the link: http://iasil2016.com/registration/ For more information regarding registration, accommodation and travel to Cork and to UCC go to the conference webpage: http://iasil2016.com We will circulate a full draft programme by the end of the month.
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