 Based in Sydney, a city that was
an ‘end’ for many generations of Irish emigrants, this twentieth conference of
the Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand welcomes proposals
on all aspects of Irish Studies, but especially those that address the broad
conference theme, ‘The Ends of Ireland’. The conference aims to
interrogate the many implications and meanings of Ireland’s ‘ends’, temporal,
physical and theoretical. For example:
The
notion of terminus, finish or closure:
the ending of the Troubles the collapse of the Celtic Tiger the undoing of the dominance of
Catholicism in Ireland
The
concept of remnant or remainder:
commemoration and memory a decade of centenaries: War,
Rising and the founding of the Irish Free State recording the past: Irish
historiography writing the Irish story: literary
‘ends’
Borders,
real and imagined:
partition globalisation and cultural
exchange emigration and immigration the Irish diaspora settler-host relationships, in
Australia and other diasporic destinations
The idea of purpose, point or
aim:
Irish Studies: the future of the
discipline the Irish ‘nation’ past and
present C21 Ireland: new beginnings,
objects and aspirations
The organisers welcome proposals
for papers and panels on Irish Studies from across the arts, humanities and
social sciences including, but not limited to, history, politics, literary
studies, sociology, geography, film and media, cultural studies and
anthropology. Comparative and crossover papers and panels, drawing on cognate
areas and disciplines, are also encouraged.
Individual
Papers
Individual papers should take no
more than 20 minutes to present and will be followed by questions from the
audience. A title and short abstract of 300 words should be submitted by email
with the speaker’s name, institutional affiliation (if any), contact details,
and a short biographical paragraph.
Panels
Panels of three of four
presenters addressing a shared theme are especially encouraged. Workable panel
topics might include, for example, ‘The Irish in New South Wales’,
‘Commemoration and the Uses of Irish History’, ‘Ireland and Modernism’.
Proposals for panels must be
submitted via email and must include: a title and maximum 500-word abstract,
organiser’s name, institutional affiliation (if any) and contact details,
panelists' names, paper titles, institutional affiliations and contact
information, and short biographical paragraphs for all speakers.
Proposals for papers and panels
should be sent via email to isaanzconference2013@unsw.edu.au
by 30 August 2013.
Official
website:
http://isaanzconf2013.arts.unsw.edu.au/ |
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