UW-Madison Postcolonial, Migration and Transnational Studies (Part of Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) International Network in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies) International Conference on Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism June 20-21, 2008 Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism An International conference to be held June 20-21, 2008 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison http://africa.wisc.edu/postcolonial/ Conference Description The term “diaspora” designates the scattering… Continue reading Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism: Wisconsin, June 2008.
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‘Fís Ghaeilge Mheiriceá Thuaidh’: NY, 16-18 May 2008
Glór na nGael is organising a conference in New York aimed at developing a vision for the growth of the Irish language in North America. It will be attended by Irish-language speakers from the US and Canada, as well as from Ireland. There will be panels on such topics as “Irish support to American… Continue reading ‘Fís Ghaeilge Mheiriceá Thuaidh’: NY, 16-18 May 2008
New Media & the Global Diaspora. Rhode Island, 2-4 Oct 2008
The organisers of the New Media and the Global Diaspora have issued their call for papers. The 2008 New Media & the Global Diaspora Symposium at Roger Williams University is an interdisciplinary humanities conference addressing the global migrations of the past 100 years and the role media has played in transmitting ‘living traditions,’ particularly as… Continue reading New Media & the Global Diaspora. Rhode Island, 2-4 Oct 2008
Wavelengths: Irish and American Music. UCD: Sept 2008
The UCD Clinton Institute for American Studies will host a conference exploring musical links between Ireland and the US. Organisers say This event has been conceived a by a group of scholars, musicians and producers to provide a focus for performance and study of Irish and American musical relations. These relations have a long and… Continue reading Wavelengths: Irish and American Music. UCD: Sept 2008
Lecture: The Irish in Britain. London, Feb 21
Irish historian Ultan Cowley, an Ean member, will give a talk on “The Irish in British Construction: A Symbiotic Relationship?” The lecture will be held at the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith, on 21 February at 7:00 (with refreshments at 6:30). The talk will focus on how the Irish played such a major role in… Continue reading Lecture: The Irish in Britain. London, Feb 21
Children and migration: Cork, April 2008
The Marie Curie Migrant Children Research team at the Department of Geography, University College Cork will host “Children and Migration: identities, mobilities, and belonging(s)” from April 9 to 11, 2008. Organisers are aiming to provide an integrated and interdisciplinary forum for discussion of recent research and policy developments from a wide range of perspectives, with… Continue reading Children and migration: Cork, April 2008