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2004 - literary anniversaries

Galway and Irish Writing

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Graduate Students

The 2004 IASIL Scholarships will be awarded to:

Laura G. Eldred (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) "Martin McDonagh’s Blend of Tradition and Horrific Innovation"

Zsuzsa Csikai (University of Pécs, Hungary) Otherness or Irishness: Two Irish Versions of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya."

Brad Kent (Concordia, Canada), "There's Something Else About Mary" - Irish Censorship and the Banning of Kate O'Brien's Mary Lavelle.

Rina Kim (Warwick, UK): Severing Connection with Ireland: Women and the Irish Free State in Beckett's Writing.

Chiaki Kojima (Tokyo) “From the Irish drama to the Japanese New drama II: Shoyo Matsui’s Adaptation and Reformation”

Louise Mabille, (University of Pretoria) Wilde's Voices; Nietzsche's Masks: A Portrait of the Artist as Something That is No Longer Man.

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The organisers of the 2004 IASIL Conference particularly welcome Graduate Research Students in Irish Studies.

In addition, IASIL has offered six scholarships to assist overseas student members of IASIL to attend the conference at National University of Ireland, Galway, 20-24 July 2004. Three scholarships will be worth €1,000 and three scholarships will be worth €500. The scholarships will be presented to the successful candidates during the conference.

The Scholarship Scheme has now closed. We wish to thank the many students who applied for the Scheme. These applications will be considered by an independent IASIL committee. Applicants were informed of the status of their application by email on Monday 10 May.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. Applicants must be paid-up student members of IASIL for 2004. The relevant dues must be paid before 31 March 2004. Information about how to become a member is available on the IASIL website.

2. Applicants must be registered for a postgraduate degree outside Ireland.

3. Each applicant must submit the following
a. Conference Paper Proposal
b. Letter of application for the scholarship (one page)
c. Reference from research supervisor (one page)

4. The scholarship awards will be considered by a committee of IASIL, consisting of the Treasurer, the chair of the organizing committee, and an independent academic assessor. The decision of the committee will be final.

5. The candidate will be informed of the outcome of the competition before the end of April 2004. Payment of the scholarship is conditional on the delivery of the proposed paper at the conference.

Entries for the scholarship scheme should be sent to arrive no later than 15 March 2004. Please post materials to:

IASIL 2004 Conference Organisers
Department of English
National University of Ireland, Galway
Galway
Ireland.

If you require further information about the scholarship scheme, please contact the conference organizers on conference@iasil.org

The level of interest in graduate scholarships is very high and, regrettably, it will not be possible to accommodate all applicants. An independent review panel will consider all proposals. Successful candidates will be notified after 15 April 2004.

Support Fund
IASIL has a limited support fund available to assist members in financial difficulty to attend the conference. If you are not eligible to apply for a scholarship as outlined above, but wish to make a case for assistance from the IASIL support fund, please outline your situation in a brief letter to the Scholarship Committee, and enclose a letter of support from an academic familiar with your work. To avail of support fund assistance you must be a paid-up member of IASIL of at least three years standing, and have your paper proposal accepted.

Applications for support fund assistance will be considered by the scholarship committee, whose decisions will be final. Payment of the assistance will be made at the conference, and is conditional on the delivery of the proposed paper at the conference.

Contact us if you want to know more - conference@iasil.org

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IASIL 2004 is hosted by The National University of Ireland, Galway