EFACIS Roundtable Discussion: The Irish Language and Literature in Europe

IASIL members are cordially invited to the 5th EFACIS Roundtable Discussion on the subject of the Irish language and literature in Europe.

WHEN: Thursday, 13 January 2022, 6pm (Irish Time) / 7pm (CET)

REGISTER for the Zoom meeting here:   https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrduyrqjguHtCxqq29MrOfWRIEir_jAxqf

PROGRAMME:

Opening remarks by Katharina Rennhak (EFACIS President, University of Wuppertal) and Radvan Markus (Charles University, Prague)

Chair: Éadaoin Ní Mhuircheartaigh (DCU)

Historical Views

Mícheál Mac Craith (NUI Galway): The Irish Language in Rome

Pádraig Ó Liatháin (DCU): Continental Europe in Irish-Language Literature (1600-1800)

Irish-Language Literature in Translation

Daniela Theinová (Charles University, Prague): Czech Translations of Irish-Language Poetry

Radvan Markus (Charles University, Prague): Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille and World Literature

Micheál Ó Conghaile (Cló Iar-Chonnacht): Translations of Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Cré na Cille

Europe in Modern Irish-Language Literature

Rióna Ní Fhrighil (NUI Galway): Máire Mhac an tSaoi and Europe

Brian Ó Conchubhair (University of Notre Dame): Russian Influence on Irish-Language Literature

Máirín Nic Eoin (RIE): The International Turn in Irish-Language Literature Studies; the Introduction of the Book of Essays Ar an Imeall i Lár an Domhain

Open Discussion