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| EFACIS:Ireland: Representation and Responsibility Universidade do Minho in Braga, Portugal, 11-13 December 2003 http://www.ilch.uminho.pt/deina/efacis/ This conference aims to engage in debate a wide range of disciplines, critical practices and media, in areas of literary studies as well as human, social and political sciences within Irish Studies on the theme: Representation and Responsibility. We welcome therefore presentations of 20 minutes papers, collaboration on panel discussions on specific themes, or exhibitions. We would welcome papers on cultural studies, law, political and social sciences, gender studies, theatre, literary studies, media and film studies, painting photography and music. The conference timetable has now been put together. With a keynote speech by Ann Sadlemeyer, a reading by Glen Patterson, and panels on fiction, film, language, media, and many other interesting topics, it look set to be an excellent conference. We have copied the conference timetable into this website, and you may view it here. Final details should of course be confirmed with the conference organisers. Registration information is available on the conference website. People's College, Maid Marian Way, Nottinghahm, NG1 6AB Saturday 6 December 2003 10 am – 3.30 pm READINGS BY: Bernard MacLaverty, Kevin Fegan, Michael Murphy, Sinéad Morrissey, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne. Drama with Gerry Molumby, plus Gerry Smyth gives the lowdown on the popular music scene in Ireland. Moy McCrory considers Catholic imagery. Catherine Dunne & Ultan Cowley look at the Irish community in the UK. Catherine Byron celebrates Field Day's Anthology of Women's Writing. CRECHE AVAILABLE – must be booked in advance. Other events will take place in the course of the day. Full information and booking form contact: Deirdre O'Byrne 424a Alfreton Road Nottingham NG7 5NG Tel. 0115 942 4459 Email: obyrnedm@yahoo.co.uk Swift Symposium and Annual Swift Discourse St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 18-19 October 2003 A special symposium on Jonathan Swift and the Politics in his Age will take place at 2.30 pm at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, on 18 October 2003. Admission is free, but registration by email is required - contact Robert Mahony at the address above. On the following day, the Annual Swift Discourse for 2003 will be delivered by Denis Donoghue of New York University. Registration for this event is not required; the general public are welcome to attend. The discourse begins at 3.15 pm American Conference for Irish Studies/West Boise, ID 10-12 October 2003 http://english.boisestate.edu/hlojek ACIS/West meets in Boise this year for their 19th annual meeting. Featured speakers are poet Medbh McGuckian, playwright Ronan Noone, and environmental biologist Ronald Russell. Complete details are available on the conference website. Irish Theatre Magazine Critics Forum Liberty Hall, Dublin 6-11 October 2003 http://www.irishtheatremagazine.com/home/criticalengage.htm Download the full announcement in WORD format HERE Irish Theatre Magazine is hosting a week-long series of events to coincide with the Dublin Theatre Festival, culminating in a one-day academic symposium on “Conditions of Criticism: Models for Irish Theatre Today”, which will be held on 11 October, the final day of the Festival. Confirmed participants include Ben Levitas (Goldsmith College, London), Cathy Leeney (UCD), Anna McMullan (TCD), PJ Mathews (St. Patrick’s College), Victor Merriman (Dundalk IT), Chris Morash (NUI Maynooth), Lionel Pilkington (NUI Galway), Shaun Richards (Staffordshire University), Brian Singleton (TCD), Clare Wallace (Charles University, Prague), Roy Foster (Oxford) and others. SYMPOSIUM SUBCOMMITTEE: Karen Fricker (itm/TCD), Patrick Lonergan (NUIG), Anna McMullan (TCD), Chris Morash (NUI Maynooth), Brian Singleton (TCD). Further details are now online at the Irish Theatre Magazine website.
Frank O’Connor Centenary Conference School of English, Trinity College Dublin 12-14 September 2003 http://www.tcd.ie/English/Frank.O.Connor To commemorate the centenary of the birth of Frank O’Connor, Trinity College Dublin is hosting this three-day event, which will present a variety of papers on O’Connor’s work and place in twentieth century Irish literature. Conference Organiser: Hilary Lennon, School of English, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland. lennonh@tcd.ie
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