“Irish Theatre: the Local and the Global” is the theme of the 2009 Irish Theatrical Diaspora Conference, which will be held on 17-18 April 2009 at NUI, Galway. The Irish Theatrical Diaspora develops and co-ordinates research on the production of Irish drama in its local, national and international contexts. The project defines “Irish drama” as… Continue reading Irish Theatrical Diaspora: NUI Galway, 17-18 April 2009
Category: academic conferences
“North by North West”: U of Ulster, 3-6 Sept 2009
The Institute of Ulster Scots Studies has issued the following call for papers: North by North West: An International Conference 3rd -6th Sept 2009 Description: We invite proposals for papers exploring themes that will examine the Maritime history of Ulster from 1599-2009 focusing in particular the Port of Derry/Londonderry as a ‘Gateway to the Atlantic’.… Continue reading “North by North West”: U of Ulster, 3-6 Sept 2009
“Migrating Minds”, University of Aberdeen, 14-15 May 2009
“Migrating Minds: Imagined Journeys – Imagined Homecomings” will be the topic of a conference hosted in May at the AHRC Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Aberdeen. The conference will take place alongside the Aberdeen WORD Festival. Organisers say: Literature (both fiction and non-fiction), personal journals and correspondence, and art enable… Continue reading “Migrating Minds”, University of Aberdeen, 14-15 May 2009
“New Irish, Old Ireland”: ACIS, NUI Galway. June 2009
The American Conference for Irish Studies 2009 event will be hosted by the Centre for Irish Studies at NUI, Galway. It will be called “New Irish, Old Ireland: The same people living in the same place”. The conference will be held from the 10-13 June. The call for papers has been released. Here is the… Continue reading “New Irish, Old Ireland”: ACIS, NUI Galway. June 2009
Literature of Irish Exile: Ulster-American Folk Park, 18 October 2008
The Ninth Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School Centre for Migration Studies at the Ulster-American Folk Park, Omagh Saturday, 18 October 2008 The focus of the Literature of Irish Exile Autumn School, now in its ninth year, remains on how emigrants from Ireland have given expression in words to feelings of exile. Part of the… Continue reading Literature of Irish Exile: Ulster-American Folk Park, 18 October 2008
“Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008
In 2008, the Historians of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland (H-WRBI) will hold their fifth annual conference: WOMEN RELIGIOUS AND THE POLITICAL WORLD. This conference will be held on 22nd-23rd August 2008 at the National University of Ireland, Galway. It will be an exciting programme of medieval, early modern, and modern papers on such… Continue reading “Women Religious and the Political World”. Galway, August 2008