Strange Country – Ireland in politics and culture, 1998-2020 Those who have already forwarded an abstract in response to the first “call for papers” do not have to make a second submission. They will be contacted by the organisers. Please note the new dates and new organisation: Online SOFEIR annual conference 20-21 May 2021 Deadline … Continued
An International and Multidisciplinary Conference June 21-23, 2021 Paris A partnership between the universities of Chicago, Caen Normandie and Paris Scientific Committee: Claire Connolly (University College Cork); Christophe Gillissen (Université de Caen Normandie); Anne Goarzin (Université Rennes 2); Fiona Kearnay (University College Cork); Fiona McCann (Université de Lille); Cliona Ni Riordain (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle); Gillian … Continued
SOFEIR conference, 16-18 March 2021, Université Paris Nanterre 1998 was a momentous year for Ireland, north and south. The Good Friday Agreement finally unlocked the Northern Ireland peace process and radically altered the relationships between Northern Ireland and the Republic, and between the Republic and the UK. The acknowledgement that people born in Northern Ireland … Continued
Lorsqu’il a été réélu président de la République d’Irlande en novembre 2018, Michael D. Higgins, dans son discours inaugural, a déclaré: “Since we first joined the League of Nations – a centenary we will soon mark – and throughout our time in the United Nations, Ireland has won international respect through our work on peace-building, from … Continued
Nouvel Appel à communications Mythes et folklores celtiques dans le monde anglophone Colloque international et interdisciplinaire Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, France 5 et 6 novembre 2020 Journée d’étude initiale remplacée par un Colloque international sur deux jours. Date limite pour l’envoi des propositions repoussée au 15 juin 2020. Conférenciers invités Dr. Jenny Butler, Lecturer … Continued
Le colloque aura lieu du 12 au 13 novembre 2019 La réception des œuvres littéraires venues d’Irlande a souvent commencé par une forme initiale de déplacement géographique, et une reconnaissance par des lecteurs étrangers : Joyce et Beckett en particulier ont d’abord été publiés ou joués aux Etats Unis, en France ou en Allemagne, avant … Continued
4-5 June 2020 – cancelled and postponed to 27-28 MAY 2021 Call for Papers In recent years, artists in Ireland have taken part in and sometimes spearheaded the campaigns for Marriage Equality (2015) or for abortion rights (2018) through collectives like the Artist’s Campaign to Repeal the Eight, and, with Brexit looming large, artists have … Continued
3-5 July 2019, Queen’s University Belfast Keynotes: Professor Stephen Wilmer, Professor Emeritus of Drama (Trinity College Dublin) Dr Drew Milne, Judith E. Wilson Reader in Poetics (University of Cambridge) Paula McFetridge, Artistic Director (Kabosh Theatre Company, Belfast) This conference is supported by the QUB AHSS Faculty Research Initiatives Fund and the GIS EIRE
The Twelfth Conference of EFACIS 28–31 August 2019 – University of Ljubljana Second Call For Papers Stage Irish In Memory of Professor Werner Huber (1952–2016) Professor of English and American Language and Literature, University of Vienna (2005–2016) Keynote Speakers Ruben Borg (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin) Stefanie Lehner (Queen’s University, … Continued
Colloque internationalOrganisation : Alexandra Poulain “DESIRE”JAPANESE WATERCOLOUR WOODCUTPrinted on Kozo Washi Artist: Kate MacDonaghIYS wishes to express its deepest gratitude to Kate Mac Donagh for allowing us to use this image. Confirmed keynote speakers: Prof. Elizabeth Cullingford, University of Texas at AustinDr. Matthew Creasy, University of Glasgow Call for papers : Yeats and Eros: The topic … Continued
The Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway will host the 15th Irish Screen Studies Seminar, to be held on 9-10 May 2019. The Irish Screen Studies Seminar provides a unique platform for the presentation of new work – research, practice, and research through practice – by scholars and filmmakers from … Continued
Dedalus Press announced a call for submissions for a major new anthology of poems by ‘new Irish’ poets, to be edited by Pat Boran and Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi. Poets from the ‘new Irish communities’, the ‘hyphenated Irish’, the Irish of mixed cultural, linguistic or ethnic origins, all are very warmly invited to submit … Dedalus … Continued
CFP RISE SEPTEMBER 2019 ISSUE Home Rule in Ireland: New Perspectives in History, Culture, Art and Literature Part I: History and Politics The notion of “Home Rule”, originates from Irish parliamentary constitutional nationalism, which became influential at Westminster from the end of the 19th century. Home Rule was then a means to ensure the preservation of … Continued
Call for papers Whither Republicanism? Theory and practice in the contemporary Anglosphere University of Cergy-Pontoise, 10 & 11 May 2019 “Free nations are the best vehicle for expressing the will of the people […].”[1] In the age of monarchy both the concept and the realisation of republicanism were revolutionary. In the 230 … Continued
Call for Papers 13th AFIS Conference Université de Lille (24-25 May, 2019) Margins and Marginalities in France and/or Ireland French and Irish societies have been characterised in recent times by major upheavals wrought by the threat of terrorism, the collapse of economic and social structures, mass migration, the diminished role of organised religion, the ghettoization of … Continued
Appel à communications Etudes Irlandaises Numéro Spécial • 2020 Pratiques et praticiens : techniques, technologies et nouveaux médias dans la création irlandaise contemporaine L’actuelle hybridation des procédés et techniques dans la création artistique en Irlande est peut-être l’heureux symptôme d’une réconciliation entre tradition et modernité, entre culture nationale et tendances internationales. Elle s’inscrit … Continued
CFP CONGRES SOFEIR 2019 – Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3 LIGNES DE PARTAGE : DES-EQUILIBRE(S) ? Au cours de son histoire l’Irlande s’est, à de multiples reprises, trouvée face à des oppositions, des conflits qui ont mis à mal intégrité territoriale, identité collective et psyché individuelle. Toute carte d’Irlande se donne à lire comme un enchevêtrement de … Continued
Underground and Mainstream in Cultural Production in Britain and Ireland since 1979 Journée d’études 14 mars 2019, Université de Toulon. Call for papers Underground music, underground cinema, underground hip hop culture, underground scene … the idea of “underground” originally connected to clandestine resistance networks under oppressive regimes, has frequently been linked to different activities of … Continued
Call for Papers: “Northern Ireland: 20 years of peace and reconciliation?” University of La Rochelle, 16 November 2018 Conference organised by the CRHIA (Research Centre for Atlantic and International History) of the University of La Rochelle, and the ERIBIA-GREI (Research Group in Irish Studies) of the University of Caen 2018 marks the … Continued
Call for Papers 13th AFIS Conference Université de Lille (24-25 May, 2019) Theme: Margins and Marginalities in France and/or Ireland French and Irish societies have been characterised in recent times by major upheavals wrought by the threat of terrorism, the collapse of economic and social structures, mass migration, the diminished role of organised religion, the … Continued