[private] International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures Annual Conference URBAN CULTURES School of English, Queen's University Belfast 22-26 July 2013 We have had an extremely good response to the initial Call for Papers and would like to thank everyone who has submitted an abstract. We have decided to extend the deadline with a Second and Final Call for
» Read more[private] University of Santiago de Compostela Santiago de Compostela, Spain 19th-21st June, 2013 Deadline for submission of proposals: April 21st, 2013 http://www.usc.es/congresos/iwoda/EN/home iwoda.2013@usc.es The main aim is to bring together scholars, researchers and students in order to explore and analyse discourse from multiple perspectives: • theoretical and applied • quantitative and qualitative • linguistic and cognitive • psycho- and sociolinguistic
» Read more[private] This summer, Boston University is offering an interdisciplinary institute on “THE IRISH IN BOSTON” to be held on July 26 & 27. Sponsored by the Center for Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning, the institute is designed for members of the general public who would like to explore a subject of common interest from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. It draws
» Read more[private] It is a great pleasure to announce that issue number 8 of journal Estudios Irlandeses, edited by Rosa González (U of Barcelona) under the auspices of AEDEI, has just been published and can be freely accessed online in the following web site http://www.estudiosirlandeses.org/indexnavy.htm. The Call For Papers for next issue number 9 is now opened. [/private]
» Read more[private] ÉIRE-IRELAND: CALL FOR PAPERSEire-Ireland: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Irish Studies welcomes submissions for a 2015 special issue on the impact of radio and television on Irish culture. With the 50th anniversary of RTÉ television in 2012, a new, more retrospective phase of Irish media history was given a focus. This special issue of Eire-Ireland seeks to develop that focus.
» Read more[private] Irish Dramatists in Conversation: the 2013 Synge Summer School 27-30 June 2013, Rathdrum Co Wicklow, Ireland. Applications now being accepted on www.syngesummerschool.org/ (student rates available) Featuring: Dermot Bolger, Stuart Carolan, Marina Carr, Declan Hughes, Deirdre Kinahan, Owen McCafferty, Mark O’Rowe, and Enda Walsh. Directed by Patrick Lonergan This year’s Synge Summer School gathers together many of Ireland’s leading dramatists
» Read more[private] Hy Brasil: The Metamorphosis of an Island From Cartographic Error to Celtic Elysium Barbara Freitag Rodopi, Amsterdam/New York, NY 2013. XII, 343 + 5 colour ill. pp. (Textxet 69) ISBN: 978-90-420-3641-3 Paper ISBN: 978-94-012-0910-6 E-Book Online info: http://www.rodopi.nl/senj.asp?BookId=TEXTXET+69 Brasil Island, better known as Hy Brasil, is a phantom island. In the fourteenth century Mediterranean mapmakers marked it on
» Read more[private] For up to date information on the IASIL 2013 conference hosted by Queen’s University-Belfast, please click on http://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/iasil2013/ [/private]
» Read more[private] Maley, Willy / O’Malley-Younger, Alison (eds) Celtic Connections: Irish-Scottish Relations and the Politics of Culture Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2013. 237 pp., 3 b/w ill. Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 38 Edited by Eamon Maher Softcover: ISBN 978-3-0343-0214-2 CHF 61.00 / €(D) 53.70 / €(A) 55.20 / € 50.15 / £ 40.00 / US-$ 65.95
» Read more[private] Duncan, Dawn Irish Myth, Lore and Legend on Film Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2013. X, 171 pp. Reimagining Ireland. Vol. 27 Edited by Eamon Maher Softcover: ISBN 978-3-0343-0140-4 CHF 53.00 / €(D) 47.00 / €(A) 48.30 / € 43.90 / £ 35.00 / US-$ 57.95 eBook: ISBN 978-3-0353-0412-1 CHF 55.85 / €(D) 52.24
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