Fine Meshwork: Philip Roth, Edna O’Brien, and Jewish-Irish Literature by Dan O’Brien In a 1984 interview with longtime friend Edna O’Brien, Philip Roth describes her
CfP2 revised deadline 29th Feb 2020: IASIL 2020: “Creative Borders”; University of Lodz, Poland. 20-24 July, 2020.
The IASIL 2020 conference wishes to reflect on the concept of borders and their creative potential that helps define identities, generates critical discourses, and provokes literary works to tackle issues of global political, social, and cultural nature. On the one hand, the border is seen here as a necessary confinement and a formal limitation. On the other, it is viewed
» Read moreNew Book: Fine Meshwork: Philip Roth, Edna O’Brien, and Jewish-Irish Literature by Dan O’Brien. Syracuse University Press
Fine Meshwork: Philip Roth, Edna O’Brien, and Jewish-Irish Literature by Dan O’Brien In a 1984 interview with longtime friend Edna O’Brien, Philip Roth describes her writing as “a piece of fine meshwork, a net of perfectly observed sensuous details that enables you to contain all the longing and pain and remorse that surge through the fiction.” The phrase “fine meshwork”
» Read moreNew Book: Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian by Maureen Ruprecht Fadem.
Silence and Articulacy in the Poetry of Medbh McGuckian is an innovative contribution to the scholarship on Belfast poet, Medbh McGuckian. This book considers the entire oeuvre of this globally respected Irish woman writer, a member of the contemporary avant-garde with now fifteen (U.S. published) volumes and numerous individual publications. The author positions McGuckian’s oeuvre as political and historical poetry
» Read moreNew Essay Collection: Women in the Irish Film Industry: Stories and storytellers edited by Susan Liddy, Cork University Press
Women in Irish Film: Stories and Storytellers is an interdisciplinary collection that critically explores the contribution of women to the Irish film industry as creators of culture – screenwriters, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, animators, film festival programmers and educators. This book will explore the experiences and reflections of Irish women practitioners and, across a range of chapters, will situate them
» Read moreCfP: Terence MacSwiney, Cork Men’s Gaol, and the Political Hunger Strike, 1920-2020. 9-10 October, 2020 University College Cork
2020 marks the centenary of the hunger strike of Irish republicans in Brixton Prison and Cork Men’s Gaol. The hunger strike tactic had been deployed prior to 1920, but the Cork/Brixton strike was distinctive for its length (three months) and the ultimate deaths of Cork Lord Mayor Terence MacSwiney, Joe Murphy and Michael Fitzgerald. Drawing intense public interest, the strike
» Read moreCall for Essay Proposals: In Extremis: The Limits Of Life, Death and Consciousness in the Long Nineteenth. D/Line: 30 April
IN EXTREMIS: THE LIMITS OF LIFE, DEATH AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE LONG NINETEENTH PROPOSALS OF 500 WORDS (PLEASE ALSO INCLUDE A SHORT BIO) DUE: APRIL 30 2020 (NOTIFICATION BY JUNE) FINAL ESSAYS OF 7,000-10,000 W0RDS DUE: OCTOBER 31 Proposals should be emailed to Lucy Cogan and Michelle O’Connell at inextremisconference@gmail.com Building on the exciting interdisciplinary conference held in January 2020 at
» Read more“Earlybird” discount expires 28 Feb for “BORDERS and BORDERLANDS” 20-24 May by the DURRELL LIBRARY OF CORFU
BORDERS & BORDERLANDS “Earlybird” discount expires 28 February If you are thinking of enrolling for the symposium “BORDERS and BORDERLANDS” 20-24 May by the DURRELL LIBRARY OF CORFU at the SOLOMOS MUSEUM (by kind permission of the Society of Corfiot Studies)we draw your attention to the “earlybird” discount of 175 euros available until 28 February. (The price after 28 February
» Read moreCfP: Gate Theatre Research Network (GTRN) Conference: Theatre Languages / Languages of the Stage: Marginality, Culture and Performance in Contemporary Europe, NUI Galway, 8-9 June, 2020
Theatre Languages / Languages of the Stage: Marginality, Culture and Performance in Contemporary Europe Gate Theatre Research Network (GTRN) Conference Hosted by Drama and Theatre Studies, NUI Galway, Ireland 8-9 June, 2020 Call for papers www.ru.nl/gatetheatre The conference of the GTRN seeks to contextualise the history and impact of Ireland’s Gate Theatre by exploring how theatre speaks differently to audiences
» Read moreStaging the Incarcerated Female Body: Records and Representations. Feminist Storytelling Network, NUI Galway. Thursday 19 March 2020 The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane
Sponsored by: NUI Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies Research Support Scheme, Drama and Theatre Studies, Gender ARC Registration: Tickets (free) available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/staging-the-incarcerated-female-body-records-and-representations-tickets-92338526017 For queries, please email Dr Miriam Haughton: ‘miriam.haughton@nuigalway.ie’. For information on upcoming or past FSN events, please check the website and social media: feministstorytelling.ie, @feministstories Overview This symposium considers official records
» Read moreCfP: The School of English, Dublin City University: A symposium on ‘Literature and the Media: Crossings’ Saturday, April 18, 2020
CALL FOR PAPERS The School of English, Dublin City University A symposium on ‘Literature and the Media: Crossings’ Saturday, April 18, 2020 Keynote speakers: Sinéad Crowley (RTE)Madeleine Keane (Sunday Independent)Professor Billy Clark (Northumbria University) This symposium examines the relationship between the writer and the media in an international context. It explores how writers engage with public platforms, often establishing
» Read moreOpen Call for Proposals for the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) Annual Conference, 2020
Call for Proposals Since its launch in September 2013, the Irish Humanities Alliance (IHA) has championed humanities research and scholarship in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each year, the Alliance demonstrates the breadth of Irish humanities expertise by hosting an annual conference that is open to the full range of humanities disciplines (classics; ethnomusicology; history; languages; philosophy etc.). Recent IHA conferences
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