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Journal Estudios Irlandeses: Call For Papers issue nº 14
The editorial board of Estudios Irlandeses – the scholarly journal of the Spanish Association for Irish Studies (AEDEI) – is pleased to announce its Call For Papers for issue 14, to be published in March 2019. We cordially invite submissions of original manuscripts dealing with any aspect of Irish Studies. We publish high quality research papers that engage in a critical and original way with aspects of Irish literature and society, history, arts and the media. Estudios Irlandeses invites authors…
Find out more »Call for papers: “Studi irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies”, issue no. 9, 2019
"Whose homelands? Facts, fictions and questions of the Irish diaspora" Guest editor, Loredana Salis (Università di Sassari) With over 70 million living outside the island of Ireland, the Irish are today one of the largest diaspora communities in the world. Their influence on contemporary Ireland can hardly be overstated: central to topical facts and fictions, the Irish diaspora prompts questions on a variety of aspects to which the 9th issue of Studi Irlandesi. A Journal of Irish Studies is dedicated.…
Find out more »CFP new deadline: “Nature, environment and environmentalism in Ireland”
New deadline for the 2019 issue of Etudes Irlandaises is 1 October 2018. APPEL A CONTRIBUTIONS / CALL FOR PAPERS ETUDES IRLANDAISES French Journal of Irish Studies Spring/Summer 2019 issue/Numéro de printemps/été 2019 Issue edited by Catherine Conan and Flore Coulouma Submission procedure Submissions must be sent by 1 October 2018 to catherine.conan@univ-brest.fr et flore.coulouma@gmail.com. For more information on stylesheet requirements and submission procedure: http://www.pur-editions.fr/…/consignes_etudes_irlandaises.p… http://journals.openedition.org/etudesirlandaises/2729 Nature, environment and environmentalism in Ireland Spring 2019 issue of Etudes Irlandaises. Identifying…
Find out more »Burns Scholar, Boston College: Applications Invited.
BURNS VISITING SCHOLAR AT BOSTON COLLEGE Boston College is seeking candidates for the position of Burns Visiting Scholar. This appointment in Irish studies is open to creative writers and well-published academics, and may be held for one semester or for a whole academic year. Applications are sought for fall and winter/spring semesters in the academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22. For further details and information on how to apply please contact James H Murphy, Director of Irish Studies at james.h.murphy@bc.edu. Burns Visiting…
Find out more »Conference Annoucement: “Towards Transitional Justice: Recognition, Truth-telling, and Institutional Abuse in Ireland”
Save the Date: “Towards Transitional Justice: Recognition, Truth-telling, and Institutional Abuse in Ireland,” a conference at Boston College, 1-2 November 2018 This conference will consider the international best practice for responding to historical abuse by presenting case studies of the Irish State’s response to abuse in industrial and reformatory schools, Magdalene Laundries, Mother and Baby Homes, and related institutions. Human rights violations in these institutions included involuntary incarceration, forced and compulsory labor, physical and sexual abuse, loss of identity, family…
Find out more »CFP: Ireland and Latin America – Globalizing Irish Studies
Ireland and Latin America- Globalizing Irish Studies: The Idea of a Nation and Narratives of Independence Santiago, Chile 9-12 December 2018 The conference is organized through a partnership that includes several Latin American, American, and Irish universities as well as various Irish Studies associations. The conference will explore three broad areas: Themes related to the history of Irish influence in Latin America and vice versa, particularly regarding the theme of independence; Narratives (whether literary, cultural, cinematic, musical, or taking…
Find out more »XIII ABEI Symposium of Irish Studies in South America “Cultural Dialogues between Chile and Ireland”
XIII ABEI Symposium of Irish Studies in South America “Cultural Dialogues between Chile and Ireland”. Organiza: Facultad de Letras UC e Instituto de Estudios Avanzados (IDEA, USACH). Miércoles 22: Auditorio de Letras, campus San Joaquín. Jueves 23: IDEA, Román Díaz 89, Providencia. Revisa el programa en el siguiente enlace: http://www.abei.org.br/uploads/5/4/1/7/54176641/simposio_irlanda-chile_final_online_01082018-revl.pdf
Find out more »Place, Space, Obligation. Interdisciplinary Conference, Maynooth University
The interdisciplinary conference SPACE, PLACE, OBLIGATION, which will interrogate the relationship between artist practice and Irish identity/residency, will take place at Maynooth University on 15th September 2018. Speakers include plenaries Garrett Carr (Queen’s University Belfast) and Catherine Morris (NUI Galway), artists and sculptors, Laura Fitzgerald, Katie Watchorn, Paul Gaffney, Mollie King, and Kerry Guinan, sound artist Seán Ó Dálaigh, dramatist Kate Heffernan, filmmaker Rouzbeh Rashidi, and writers Selina Guinnessand Nathan O’Donnell. Information, and tickets, below: https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/english/events/place-space-obligation
Find out more »“Crossing Borders: Contemporary Anglophone Theatre in Europe” Conference. Paris, October 11-12, 2018
Organised by Paris 13, Lyon 2, University Grenoble-Alpes, RADAC The privileged position enjoyed by contemporary Anglophone theatre goes unquestioned. Since the end of the Second World War its creativity, inventiveness and originality have brought it to prominence throughout Europe. Writers such as Samuel Beckett, Edward Bond, Harold Pinter or Sarah Kane, whose voices are so distinctive that critics find it hard to classify them, have left their mark; plays that critics and scholars have categorised as representative of social or…
Find out more »CFP: ACIS West Annual Conference
The Human, the Non-Human, and the Posthuman in Irish Studies ACIS-West 2018 October 11-13, Wort Hotel, Jackson Hole, Wyoming The 34th annual meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies-Western Regional (ACIS-West), sponsored by the University of Wyoming, will be held from October 11-13, 2018 at the Wort Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Jackson Hole is nestled at the foot of the Teton Mountain Range and is the gateway to both Grand Teton National Park and Yellowstone National Park. …
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