SIUC Irish Studies

Call for Papers -- NAACLT 2012

2012-01-20T09:12:00.000-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2012 NAACLT conference:

"Announcing the 2012 Conference of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT)

'Bringing the Celtic Languages to America's Hearland'

The conference will be held May 30-June 2, 2012 at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

WHO is invited to present?
NAACLT includes but is not limited to academic professionals. People involved in Celtic language learning and teaching from every walk of life are invited to participate, including:

Community-based language teachers
Celtic language enthusiasts
Celtic language policy makers
Celtic-language musicians.

We are now accepting abstracts for twenty-minute talks in any of the following (or related) areas:

Methods, techniques, and best practices in teaching Celtic languages
Incorporating Celtic cultures into the classroom or learning experience
Application of computer technology to Celtic language teaching or research
Pedagogical materials: what works, what doesn't
Topics in Celtic linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition
Language policy and planning in the Celtic world
Promotion or appreciation of Celtic languages and cultures

Please send abstracts of between 200-300 words to Kevin Scannell by April 15, 2012. Information about accommodations and conference registration is available on the NAACLT web site.

We offer a $100 scholarship for financial assistance to partially offset the cost of attending the conference. If you are interested in presenting a paper and would benefit from this modest scholarship, please indicate on your registration form that you would like to be considered for the scholarship."

Call for Papers -- SCN 2012, Helsinki

2011-12-13T07:45:00.000-08:00

The call for papers has just been announced for the XII International Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica, which will be held 11-13 June 2012 in Helsinki. Papers of 20 minutes in length are invited on any aspect of Celtic Studies. Abstracts of 200 words or less as well as proposals for sessions are due to conference oganizers by 29 February 2012.
Keynote speakers include Dr. Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Prof. Tom O'Loughlin, Prof. Peter Schrijver, and Dr. Jane Webster.

For more information on the symposium, visit the SCN website.

Online Irish Book Club -- Books for 2012

2011-12-12T07:22:00.000-08:00

January: Scéal Ghearóid Iarlaby Máire Mhac an tSaoi
February: Filíocht Ghrá na Gaeilge edited by Ciarán Mac Murchaidh
March: Filleann Seoirse by Éilís Ní Anluain
April: I gCóngar i gCéin by Pádraig Standún
May: Beirt Bhan Mhisniúla by Pádraig Ó Siadhail
June: Ólann mo Mhiúil as an nGainséis by Gabriel Rosenstock

Sample chapters and vocabulary lists are available on the Clubleabhar website.

UCLA Celtic / CSANA Conference 2012

2011-11-29T07:56:00.001-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2012 UCLA Celtic / CSANA Conference. Hyperlinks in the original announcement have been modified to suit the blog's format:

"CALL FOR PAPERS University of California Celtic Studies Conference/Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, March 8-11, 2012

Members of CSANA are invited to submit paper proposals on Celtic topics for this upcoming conference, sponsored jointly by the UCLA Celtic Colloquium, the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the UCLA Department of English, the UCLA Indo-European Studies Program, the UCLA Dean of Humanities, and California State University, Bakersfield, along with the Celtic Studies Association of North America.

The proposal should be no longer than a double-spaced page and should indicate any audio-visual needs. Proposals may be submitted to Joseph Nagy as late as January 13 (Friday), and those whose proposals have been approved by the program committee will be informed no later than the end of that month.

Only proposals from members of CSANA in good standing (i.e., fully paid-up members) will be accepted. For information on how to join CSANA or renew your membership, please see the website.

Invited speakers include Thomas Clancy (Univ. Glasgow); Fiona Edmonds (Cambridge); Sìm Innes (Harvard); Tara MacLeod (Notre Dame); Torsten Meissner (Cambridge); Daniel Melia (UC Berkeley); Brian Ó Conchubhair (Notre Dame); Nollaig Ó Muraile (NUI Galway); Paul Russell (Cambridge); David Stifter (Maynooth); and Karin Stüber (Univ. Zürich).

A special session on texts pertaining to the “heroic biography” of Conchobar mac Nessa is being organized by Chantal Kobel (Trinity College Dublin) and Anna Pagé (UCLA).

Plans are also afoot for a reception Thursday evening, a concert Friday evening, a banquet in Westwood Village (next to the UCLA campus) Saturday evening, and an expedition Sunday afternoon for conference members staying on after the final paper session (which should be over by three o’clock). Details will be forthcoming.

For information about hotels in the UCLA area, see:
http://map.ais.ucla.edu/portal/site/UCLA/menuitem.789d0eb6c76e7ef0d66b02ddf848344a/?vgnextoid=d7fc064a9a7d1010VgnVCM1000008f8443a4RCRD
(Note: the UCLA Celtic Colloquium does not vouch for the “Banana Bungalow.”)

We hope to see you here in March! For more information, please contact Professor Joseph Nagy, co-chair of the program committee."

Call for Papers -- Cambridge Colloquium 2012

2011-11-23T10:08:00.001-08:00

"The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge invites paper proposals from Masters and Doctoral students for its annual interdisciplinary postgraduate conference."

The theme for this year's conference, which will take place on February 25, is "Junctions and Crossroads."

Proposals of no more than 250 words are due to conference organizers by 19 December 2011.

ICM 2012

2011-11-17T07:03:00.001-08:00

The 26th Irish Conference of Medievalists will take place at University College, Dublin on 5-7 July 2012. A call for papers is forthcoming and will be posted on the ICM website.

IASIL Montreal

2011-11-17T06:24:00.001-08:00

The International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures has put out a call for papers for its conference on 'Weighing Words: Interdisciplinary Engagements with and within Irish Literatures'. The conference will be held 30 July through 3 August 2012 at Concordia University, Montreal. Proposals of 250 to 500 words and brief author biographies are due to conference organizers by 1 March 2012.

NAACLT Conference 2012

2011-11-01T07:17:00.001-07:00

The North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers has just announced that its 2012 conference will be held at Indiana University from May 30 to June 2. Further information about the conference will soon be available on the NAACLT website, and a call for papers is forthcoming.

Celtic Studies Conference, Bangor

2011-10-27T07:57:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for The Inaugural Bangor Conference of Celtic Studies, which will be held 21-23 July 2012 at Prifysgol Bangor University, North Wales. Twenty-minute papers in Welsh or English on any aspect of Celtic Studies are welcome. Proposals (250 words in length) are due to conference organizers by 31 January 2012.

ITS Seminar 2011

2011-10-27T07:41:00.001-07:00

Na Ranna Gaeilge, COC ~ Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge is hosting its thirteenth annual seminar on 5 November 2011 in the O'Rahilly Building 212 on the campus of University College, Cork. This year's seminar, which begins at 9:30 and runs till 4:45, will focus on the late Munster text of Caithréim Thoirdhealbhaigh (ITS vols 26-27). For more information on this event, contact Dr. Pádraigín Riggs.

Graduate Student Conference at Notre Dame

2011-10-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the call for papers for a new graduate student conference at Notre Dame this March:

"Hybrid Irelands: At Culture’s Edge

(Abstracts due November 15th, 2011)

A Graduate-Student Conference Exploring the Relationship between Hybridity and Irish Literature

Place: University of Notre Dame
Date: March 29-31, 2012
Keynote Speakers:

Terry Eagleton (University of Lancaster, University of Notre Dame)
David Lloyd (University of Southern California)
Clair Wills (Queen Mary, University of London)

Poetry Reading:

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Medbh McGuckian (tentative) (Queen’s University, Belfast)

In recent literary and cultural analyses, Ireland’s unique relation to various notions of hybridity has been given preliminary consideration. Whether pertaining to genres and styles, discourses and disciplines, or identities and influences, it has become apparent that a defining feature of many Irish works is their resistance to traditional, narrow categorization. In an attempt to expand upon these earlier approaches, the Keough-Naughton Institute at the University of Notre Dame will be holding a three-day graduate-student conference to address the relationship between hybridity and Irish literature, with a special focus on texts from the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Submissions might interrogate past engagements with the concept of hybridity—a term itself which has no clear definition—as well as posit possible new understandings of “the hybrid” that are specific to Ireland. We invite criticism that focuses on conventionally understood literary genres (poetry, fiction, drama, memoir) as well as work from related fields, including but not limited to history, art, theory, folklore, material culture, and film studies. Furthermore, because the nature of hybridity suggests a coming-together of different elements, one of our goals is to cultivate a critical approach that is itself hybrid; in other words, we very much encourage interdisciplinary approaches to the topic. Our hope is to facilitate a critical conversation that envisions a hybrid Ireland—or, more appropriately, hybrid Irelands—and its literature.

Suggested topics:
Transnational Poetics
Generic Crossovers
Contemporary Engagements with Folklore
Transatlantic Fictions
Culture and Immigration
Ireland in Translation
Evolving Images in Film and Art
Recontextualizing “Literary Ireland”
Dialects and Language Change
Dislocated Spaces
Print Culture and Textual Authorship

Abstracts should be no longer than 150 words. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2011. Please email your abstracts to hybridIE@nd.edu.

For questions or concerns, please contact John Dillon and Nathaniel Myers at hybridIE@nd.edu, or look us up on Facebook (search: Hybrid Irelands)."

Tionol 2011 -- Program

2011-10-20T07:11:00.001-07:00

The program for this year's Tionól, which includes a wide variety of papers on many different aspects of Celtic Studies, has just been posted online. It can be found at this address. The Tionól will be held this year on 18-19 November at the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. Further information is available on their website.

Professor Nagy to Speak at SIUC

2011-10-18T08:38:00.000-07:00

Professor Joseph Falaky Nagy of the University of California, Los Angeles will give a talk entitled "What Women (and Poets) Crave in Medieval Irish Tradition" on 7 November 2011 on the SIUC campus. Professor Nagy is the author of The Wisdom of the Outlaw: The Boyhood Deeds of Finn in Gaelic Narrative Tradition and Conversing with Angels and Ancients: Literary Myths of Medieval Ireland. The talk will take place in the Missouri Room of the Student Center at 7:00 pm. It is free and open to the public.

Irish Studies Talk -- SIUC 29 September

2011-09-27T06:30:00.000-07:00

Professor Jane Elizabeth Dougherty will give a talk at 6:00 CST on 29 September 2011 in the Missouri Room of the SIUC Student Center under the title "They say no Irish childhood goes unpublished: The Irish Literary Childhood as Genre." The talk is free and open to the public.

Irish Language Immersion Weekend -- Madison

2011-09-12T16:13:00.001-07:00

The Lowell Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison is hosting an Irish language immersion weekend on 7-9 October 2011. Tuition is $120.00, which includes 'all instruction, evening socials, Saturday lunch and dinner, and Sunday lunch'. Lodging is available at the Lowell Center , while additional information, including registration forms, can be obtained from Dineen Grow.

Call for Papers Extended

2011-09-02T08:26:00.001-07:00

The call for papers has been extended to 16 September 2011 for the University of Ottawa's conference on the Irish language over the next two decades ('The Next 20 Years: Research and Teaching of the Irish Language in North America'), which will be held 27-28 October 2011. For submissions information, visit the conference website.

Online Irish Book Club

2011-09-02T08:14:00.001-07:00

Clubleabhar.com is an 'online book club [that] aims to encourage people in Ireland and abroad to read Irish language books'. Registration for groups and individuals is free and can be completed on the Clubleabhar website. After a brief hiatus during the summer, the book club resumes this month with Nicholas Williams' translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Eachtraí Eilíse i dTír na nIontas) to be followed by Aodán Mac Póilín and Róise Ní Bhaoill's collection of short stories Bás in Éirinn in October, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc's novel L'Attaque in November, and Breandán Ó hEithir’s novel Lig Sinn i gCathú in December. For more information on the book club, visit the Clubleabhar website.

Progress in Medieval Irish Lexicography

2011-08-15T10:51:00.001-07:00

The program for the symposium on Progress in Medieval Irish Lexicography, which will be held on the campus of Queen's University Belfast, 16 September 2011, has just been posted online. It can be viewed here.

Midwest ACIS 2011 -- Call for Papers

2011-08-11T10:43:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for the Midwest Regional ACIS conference, which will be held at North Dakota State University and Minnesota State University on 6-8 October 2011. The theme of this year's conference is 'Ireland & its Global Influence: Past, Present, Future', and paper proposals are due to conference organizers by 15 August 2011. For more information on the conference, contact Sandy Pearce.

Irish Manuscripts Workshop

2011-08-01T11:04:00.000-07:00

On 12-13 September 2011, University College Cork will be hosting a seminar on Irish manuscripts under the title 'Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research: Intensive Postgraduate Workshop'. Participants will explore a wide range of topics, including paleography, codicology, insular script, and the challenges of editing Irish texts. To get more information about this workshop, contact Dr Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh of UCC.

CSANA Panels at Kalamazoo 2012

2011-08-01T10:54:00.001-07:00

Professor Frederick Suppe is organizing two Celtic Studies panels for the 2012 International Medieval Studies Congress at Kalamazoo. The themes for this year's panels are 'Concepts of History, Time, and the Past in Celtic Cultures and Texts' and 'New Work by Young Celtic Studies Scholars'. Proposals should include a provisional title, a one-paragraph summary of the topic, and the speaker's contact information. They are due to Professor Suppe by 15 September 2011. However, prospective speakers are urged to send in their proposals as soon as possible because priority will be given to early submissions.

Classic Irish Reference Grammars Online

2011-08-01T10:39:00.001-07:00

In their newsletter for July/ August 2011, Gaelchultúr notes that the Irish language resource page of the European Commission has posted .pdf versions of two classic Irish reference grammars, specifically Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí and Gramadach na Gaeilge agus Litriú na Gaeilge: An Caighdeán Oifigiúil. Both of these etexts are word searchable using the CTRL + F functionality of your browser or the FIND function in your native .pdf reader.

The Irish Language in North America -- Call for Papers

2011-07-11T10:20:00.001-07:00

The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) at the University of Ottawa will be hosting an internation conference 27-28 October 2011 under the title 'An Fiche Bliain atá Romhainn: Taighde agus Teagasc na Gaeilge i Meiriceá Thuaidh'. 'The primary aim of this conference', according to the press release, 'is to explore a long-term vision for the Irish language in North America, one that aligns with and supports the 20-Year Strategy [for promoting the Irish language] approved by the Irish government last year.' Short papers, limited to 15 minutes, are invited on any aspect of this topic. Proposals are due to conference organizers by 31 July 2011.

Irish Book Club -- Selection for June

2011-06-17T09:22:00.001-07:00

Clubleabhar.com is an 'online book club [that] aims to encourage people in Ireland and abroad to read Irish language books'. Registration for groups and individuals is free and can be completed on the Clubleabhar website. The selection for the month of June is Alan Desmond's Seal sa Pholainn, a work of non-fiction that presents the author's reflections on the time he spent teaching Irish in Poland. Once again, Clubleabhar has posted a comprehensive glossary of the book on their website. Seal sa Pholainn will be the last book for the summer. The book club will resume in September with a new selection.

OLBI Conference

2011-06-13T10:58:00.000-07:00

The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute at the University of Ottawa is hosting a conference on the 'Research and Teaching of the Irish Language in North America: The Next 20 Years' on 27-28 October 2011. The two-day conference will include sessions on 'bilingualism, technology and pedagogy, research and writing in Irish in North America, and cooperation: institutions of higher learning and the Irish-speaking community'. For more information on the conference, visit the OLBI website.

Irish Language Classes for Adults

2011-05-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

Gaelchultúr's Irish language classes for adult learners in Dublin and Carlow begin on 23 May 2011. Some classes are still open, but prospective students are urged to register quickly. For more information, visit the Gaelchultúr website.

Electronic Edition of Dinneen's Dictionary

2011-05-11T09:21:00.001-07:00

An electronic version of Dinneen's indispensible Irish-English Dictionary is available online at this address. Do note, however, that unlike the eDIL, which is optimized for mobile and runs beautifully on all sorts of platforms, this edition of Dinneen is coded in Flash and cannot be viewed on iOS devices like the iPad.

Irish Conference of Medievalists -- Program 2011

2011-04-22T06:35:00.001-07:00

The final program for the Irish Conference of Medievalists, which will be held 24-26 June 2011 at the National University of Ireland, Galway, has just been posted on the ICM website. Registration information is also available online.

Manx Conference Deadline Extended

2011-03-31T10:20:00.001-07:00

The organizers of the conference on 'The Isle of Man -- Centre of the Celtic World', which will be held 11-14 May 2011 at the Manx National Heritage Centre in Douglas, have extended the deadline for paper submissions to 15 April 2011. Abstracts of 200-300 words should be emailed to Kevin Rottet before that date.

Lecture on Book of Kells at SIUC

2011-03-28T10:36:00.000-07:00

On 2 April 2011 at 1:30 pm in the Old Main Lounge on the SIUC campus, Dr. Caitriona Moloney of Bradley University will give a talk entitled 'Digitizing the Book of Kells'. The talk will be the keynote address for the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Conference, which this year is entitled 'Doom, Despair & Daisies: Challenging Traditions in English Studies'.

Call for Papers -- MLA 2011

2011-03-09T12:30:00.001-08:00

The call for papers has just gone out for the 2011 MLA panel on 'Language, Literature, and Learning: New Research in Celtic Studies', which is being hosted by The Celtic Languages and Literatures Discussion Group. Abstracts are due to Richard Murphy by 12 March 2011.

Online Irish Book Club -- Selection for March 2011

2011-03-07T06:43:00.001-08:00

Clubleabhar.com is an 'online book club [that] aims to encourage people in Ireland and abroad to read Irish language books'. Registration for groups and individuals is free and can be completed on the Clubleabhar website. The book for the month of March is Anna Heusaff's detective novel Buille Marfach. The first chapter of the book as well as a comprehensive glossary of the entire novel are available on the Clubleabhar site.

Sean Farrell Talk at SIUC

2011-03-03T16:49:00.000-08:00

Sean Farrell of the Department of History at Northern Illinois University will present a talk entitled "Walking the Marches: Reflections on Past and Present in Contemporary Northern Ireland" in the Mississippi Room (Student Center, SIUC Campus) at 5:00 pm on 10 March 2011. The talk is free and open to the public.

Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend

2011-02-21T12:58:00.000-08:00

Registration is now open for the Third Annual Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend, which will take place 8-10 April 2011 at Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center in Bloomington, Indiana. This year's program includes a host of immersion classes on the Irish language for speakers of all levels of proficiency. Students can save $25 off the $125 registration fee if they register before 11 March 2011 via this website.

Celtic Music Concert in Carbondale

2011-02-21T11:34:00.000-08:00

The Outside Track, a band that plays a variety of Celtic music from Ireland, Scotland, and Canada, will perform 21 February 2011 at Church of the Good Shepherd Fellowship Hall in Carbondale, IL. The concert starts at 7:00 pm and tickets are $10.00 at the door ($5.00 for students).

Irish Conference of Medievalists 2011

2011-02-14T11:38:00.000-08:00

The call for papers has just gone out for the Twenty-Fifth Irish Conference of Medievalists, which will be held at NUI Galway from 24-26 June 2011. Papers are limited to twenty minutes in length, and proposals are due to conference organizers by 28 February 2011. For more information, visit the conference website.

Interview with Dearbhla Molloy and Dermot Crowley

2011-02-10T08:48:00.000-08:00

Trina Y.Vargo, president of the US-Ireland Alliance, recently conducted an interview with Irish actors Dearbhla Molloy and Dermot Crowley, who are currently performing in Martin McDonagh's The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Audio files of the interview can be found here.

Call for Papers -- NAACLT 2011

2011-02-09T07:04:00.000-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2011 NAACLT conference:

'Announcing the 2011 Conference of the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers (NAACLT)

"The Isle of Man--Center of the Celtic World"

The conference will be held May 11-14, 2011 at The Manx National Heritage Center, Manx Museum, Douglas, Isle of Man, website:

http://www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/museums/manxmuseum.xml

The Keynote speakers this year will be Brian Stowell, Manx radio personality, a key figure in Manx revival, and Catriona Mackie, lecturer in Manx Studies at the University of Liverpool. The honorary Stowell Lecture will be given by Pádraig Ó Laighin, Irish language activist, academic, poet and sociologist.

WHO is invited to present? NAACLT includes but is not limited to academic professionals. People involved in Celtic language learning and teaching from every walk of life are invited to participate, including

• Community-based language teachers
• Celtic language enthusiasts
• Celtic language policy makers
• Celtic-language musicians.

We are now accepting abstracts for twenty-minute talks in any of the following (or related) areas:

• Methods, Techniques, Best Practices in teaching Celtic languages
• Incorporating Celtic cultures into the classroom or learning experience
• Application of computer technology to Celtic language teaching or research
• Pedagogical materials: what works, what doesn't
• Topics in Celtic linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
• Language policy and planning in the Celtic world
• Promotion or appreciation of Celtic languages and cultures

Please send abstracts of between 200-300 words to Kevin Rottet (krottet@indiana.edu) by April 1, 2011.

We offer a $100 scholarship for financial assistance to partially offset the cost of attending the conference. If you are interested in presenting a paper and would benefit from this modest scholarship,please indicate on your registration form that you would like to be considered for the scholarship.'

2011-02-07T12:47:00.000-08:00

Here is the press release for the Irish Seminar 2011, which will be held this summer at UCD:

'The IRISH SEMINAR 2011: Irish Modernisms

20 June – 8 July 2011

THEME

Modernism, marked by a strong self-conscious rupture with tradition and a formal and conceptual inventiveness, is often understood as a vigorous reaction against established religious, social and political views. Informed on one hand by the horrors of the Great War (1914-18) and governed on the other by a belief that our world is created in the very act of perceiving it, no absolute truth existed to provide guidance or solace. Dominated by a relativistic aesthetic, Modernists turned inward to examine the sub-conscious, advocating individuality and celebrating interiority. The crisis of representation, the rise of the cosmopolitan, cultural dislocation, the vexed issues of the subconscious, memory, sexuality, and gender all found expression in European modernism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Modernism exerted, and still exerts, a profound pressure on contemporary culture, literature, cinema, art and scholarship.

The Irish Seminar 2011 convenes a stellar cast of international scholars to examine Irish Modernism in its varied manifestations, as well as their interrelationships with Western and global Modernism. The contribution of Ireland’s English-language authors to Modernism is unparalleled: Yeats, Joyce, Beckett, Bowen, and O’Brien. Recent criticism has engaged with issues of national, regional and local origin to construct a ‘Modernism of the Margins’. A three-week series of presentations, lectures and workshops probes the paradoxical and opposed trends of revolution and reaction (1916, War of Independence, Civil War), the struggles of nascent political parties in their clashes with established forces and older vested interests, the attrition of traditional elites and the emergence of new states north and south.

Yet Modernism, no less than Ireland itself, cannot be reduced to a caricature or stereotype. A key concern of the Irish Seminar 2011 is the interrogation of the standard account. In addition to exploring Modernism of the margins, the Seminar examines minority languages, vernacular culture, the local and the national, and gendered identities in the Irish Modernist experience.

As well as concentrating on historical and theoretical issues, the Seminar will focus on modernism as a mode of creativity that emphasizes disruption and fracture, questioning expressiveness, originality, tradition, revolution, gender, sexuality, language and identity. Exploring the constant tension between nihilism and enthusiasm, energy and ennui that emerged in Ireland between 1880 and 1940, and which sparked this efflorescence of modernist works, the Irish Seminar 2011 will provide challenging perspectives on Irish modernism in its multi-faceted dimensions.

Full Information available at http://www.irishseminar.nd.edu/.

2011 FACULTY

The 2011 IRISH SEMINAR faculty includes the following speakers: Joe Cleary (Yale), Seamus Deane (Notre Dame), Wes Hamrick (Notre Dame), John Kelly (Oxford), Declan Kiberd (Notre Dame), José Lanters (Uni. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Joseph Lennon (Villanova), David Lloyd (Uni. of Southern California), Barry McCrea (Yale), Bríona Nic Dhiarmada (Notre Dame), Emer Nolan (NUI Maynooth), Brian Ó Conchubhair (Notre Dame), Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh (NUI Galway), Kevin Whelan (Notre Dame).

FURTHER INFORMATION
E-mail: eclowry@nd.edu'

UPDATE:

'Tuition for the IRISH SEMINAR, which includes housing for the three weeks in Dublin, is €2,250. Participants will be responsible for their own food, airfare, and other travel expenses. Some open fellowships will be available, covering tuition, travel, and accommodation, but applicants are urged to seek financial assistance from their home institutions. For more information please contact Eimear Clowry eclowry@nd.edu.'

Book Signings

2011-01-27T11:07:00.000-08:00

Charles Fanning, SIUC professor emeritus of Irish and Irish Immigration Studies, will be signing his latest book Mapping Norwood: An Irish American Memoir (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010) at the Bookworm in Carbondale, IL on 29 January 2010 at 2:00. The event is open to the public.

Scholarship for Students of Scottish Gaelic

2011-01-24T06:47:00.000-08:00

An Comunn Gàidhealach, Ameireaganach is accepting applications for its $2000 (USD) University Scholarship. The scholarship is open to full-time American or Canadian university students who are studying Scottish Gaelic, although preference will be given to those enrolled in a Gaelic-medium program. Details on the application process, which must be completed by 1 March 2011, are available on An Comunn Gàidhealach, Ameireaganach website.

Call for Papers -- The California Celtic Conference 2011

2011-01-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

The call for papers has just gone out for the 33rd Annual University of California Celtic Conference, which will be held 1-2 April 2011 on the Berkeley campus. Papers on any aspect of Celtic Studies are welcome. Abstracts of no more than 250 words are due to conference organizers by no later than 20 January 2011.

New CSANA Website

2011-01-04T11:39:00.001-08:00

The recently revamped CSANA website, which launched just before the holidays, has a new address at http://irishlanguage.nd.edu/programs/csana/homepage.htm. Comments and questions about the new site should be addressed to Mattieu Boyd, the website coordinator.

Irish Film Released on DVD

2011-01-04T11:05:00.000-08:00

ROSG announced the dvd release of Cré na Cille, a film adaptation of Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s famous novel. The film is directed by Robert Quinn and produced by Ciaran Ó Cofaigh. More information about the film can be found on the ROSG website.

Oideas Gael -- Courses for Summer 2011

2010-12-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

Oideas Gael, the Irish language and culture school located in Gleann Cholm Cille, Co. Donegal, has just announced its class schedule for summer 2011. Weeklong courses on a variety of topics, including Irish for all levels of learners, archaeology, dance, etc., begin as early as mid April and run throughout August. Detailed information about all course offerings for summer 2011 can be found on the school's website.

Summer Schools in Irish Studies -- Limerick

2010-11-24T07:38:00.000-08:00

Mary Immaculate College in Limerick will once again play host to a series of Summer Schools in Irish Studies. The first session will take place 6 June to 17 June 2011 and include the following courses -- Old Irish Language (beginners), Modern Irish Language (beginners), Celtic Liturgical Music, and Georgian Ireland / Protestant Ascendancy. The second session will run from 20 June to 1 July 2011 and include Old Irish Language (intermediate), Irish Folklore, Celtic Spirituality and Pilgrimage, and Irish Genealogy and Genetics. Tuition for each class is 350 euro plus 350 euro for on campus B&Bs.

A website for the summer school is currently in the works. Until then, students can contact the organizers for more information.

Cambridge Colloquium -- Call for Papers

2010-11-17T06:36:00.001-08:00

The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge is hosting an interdisciplinary conference for M.A. and Ph.D. students under the title 'Colliding Words'. The conference will be held on 26 February 2011 on their campus. Paper proposals of 250 words should be sent to conference organizers by 13 December 2010.

Edmund Hogan’s Onomasticon Goedelicum at UCC

2010-10-29T09:18:00.001-07:00

The Joint Twelfth Annual Irish Texts Society Seminar / Third International Conference on the Early Medieval Toponymy of Ireland and Scotland will be held on 6 November 2010 at University College Cork. The subject of this year's event is Edmund Hogan’s Onomasticon Goedelicum (1910-2010). Those who wish to attend the talks must register by 1 November 2010.

Call for Papers -- Southern Regional Conference of the ACIS

2010-10-27T08:59:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for the Southern Regional Conference of the American Conference for Irish Studies, which will be held 17-19 February 2011 at Armstrong Atlantic State University. Paper proposals of 400 words or less together with a brief biographies of the author are due to conference organizers by 12 January 2011. For more information, consult the conference website.

Call for papers extended -- Vernacular Architecture

2010-10-19T08:37:00.001-07:00

The call for papers for the conference entitled 'New Light on Vernacular Architecture: Studies in Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man' has been extended until 31 January 2011. Paper proposals dealing with any aspect of 'vernacular architecture from the British Isles' should be sent to Dr. Catriona Mackie. The conference itself will take place in Douglas on the Isle of Man on 22-25 June 2011.

Call for papers extended -- National ACIS

2010-10-19T08:07:00.000-07:00

The deadline for submitting paper proposals to the annual ACIS meeting to be held this year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (March 30 - April 2) has been extended until 25 October 2010. Proposals should be submitted electronically to the host committee's gmail account as soon as possible.

Dr. Ellen Crowell to Talk at SIUC

2010-10-04T08:33:00.000-07:00

Professor Ellen Crowell of St. Louis University will give a talk entitled 'Be-Wilded: Decadence and Irish Modernism' on 11 October 2010 at 4:00 in the Saline Room (Student Center, Second Floor) on the SIUC Campus. The talk is being sponsored by the Irish Studies Forum student organization.

Call for Papers -- Irish-language Children's Literature Conference

2010-10-04T07:37:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for the First International Irish-Language Children's Literature conference, which will be held at St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, 8-9 April 2011. Paper proposals of 250 words on any aspect of Irish-language children's literature should be sent to the conference organizer, Dr. Ríona Nic Congáil, by 20 December 2010. Further details can be found on the conference blog.

SCE Graduate Prizes

2010-09-30T08:54:00.000-07:00

The executive committee of Societas Celtologica Europaea has just announced the winners of this year's prizes for graduate theses. Congratulations go to Peter Holzmann who won the Preis für die beste MA-Arbeit in Keltologie for his UCC thesis on 'Poetic rhetoric of praise in medieval Ireland: an edition of the panegyric on Áed oll' and to Finnbarr Ua Cearnaigh who won the Preis für die beste Dissertation in Keltologie for his UCC dissertation on '"Amhail fuaim chogair bhig": teangeolas Shéamais Uí Scoireadh'. Nominations for the 2010 thesis prizes are due to Karin Stüber by 1 March 2011.

2010 Fanning Medal Lecture at SIUC

2010-09-29T06:43:00.000-07:00

Michael Patrick Gillespie, professor of English at Florida International University, will deliver the 2010 Fanning Medal Lecture, which is entitled 'James Joyce and the Problem of Exile', on 14 October 2010 at 7:30 PM in Guyon Auditorium, Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The Fanning Medal, which is named in honor of Professor Emeritus Charles Fanning, is meant to recognize outstanding contributions to the field of Irish Studies. Last year's recipient was Irish-language poet Louis de Paor.

Call for Papers -- CSANA Conference 2011

2010-09-21T09:46:00.000-07:00

The call for papers for the 2011 meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, which will be held 19-22 May on the campus of The Ohio State University, has just been announced. Proposals for twenty-minute papers on any aspect of Celtic Studies should be emailed to Dr. Michael Meckler by 1 February 2011.

XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies -- Registration

2010-09-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

Early registration is now open for the XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies, which will be held 1-5 August 2011 at Maynooth. Registration information can be found on the congress website.

Call for Papers -- Kalamazoo 2011

2010-09-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

The American Society for Irish Medieval Studies will be hosting a panel under the title 'Navigations through Medieval Ireland: Physcial, Mythological, and Virtual Journeys' at the International Congress of Medieval Studies to be held at Kalamazoo, 12-15 May 2011. Paper proposals for this panel should be sent to John Soderberg.

XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies -- Call for Papers

2010-08-12T05:34:00.001-07:00

The organizers of the XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies, which will be held 1-5 August 2011 at Maynooth, have just released their official call for papers. Proposals are to be sent electronically in the manner specified on the congress website and are due by 30 November 2010. Early submissions are encouraged.

Writing Irish History -- New Website

2010-08-09T09:25:00.000-07:00

The Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Institute at University College Dublin has just unveiled their new website as well as an online version of the 2007 exhibition entitled 'Writing Irish History: The Four Masters and their World'. The institute hopes that both sites will be useful resources for 'second and third-level students as well as for the public at large'.

Job Opening -- NUI, Maynooth

2010-08-09T09:05:00.001-07:00

The National University of Ireland, Maynooth, is seeking applications for an associate professor of Old Irish. Applications are due by 26 August 2010. Details can be found here.

Call for Papers -- ACIS at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

2010-07-26T09:15:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just gone out for the 2011 International Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, which will be held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison from March 30th through April 2nd, 2011. Though the conference committee is especially interested in papers that consider 'the notions of the “global” and the “local” in Irish Studies', presentations on all aspects of Irish studies are welcome. Paper proposal are due via email by 15 October 2010.

Call for Papers -- CSANA Sessions, Kalamazoo 2011

2010-07-19T09:31:00.000-07:00

Professor Frederick Suppe is organizing two CSANA sessions at the next International Congress of Medieval Stuides, which will be held on May 12-15, 2011 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The themes for the sessions are "New Work by Young Celtic Studies Scholars" and "Empires, Emperors, and Rulership in Celtic Texts and Cultures."

Paper proposals, including the prospective title and the speaker's contact information, should be emailed to Professor Suppe by September 15, 2010. Priority will be given to earlier submissions, so prospective speakers are urged to get their proposals in sooner rather than later.

Call for Papers -- New England ACIS Regional 2010

2010-07-19T09:08:00.000-07:00

Here is the call for papers for the New England ACIS Regional Conference 2010:

'New England ACIS Regional Conference, November 12-13, 2010,
Framingham State College, Framingham, Massachusetts

The Country of the Young: Interpretations of Youth and Childhood in Irish Culture

“That is no country for old men,” declared W. B. Yeats in “Sailing to Byzantium,” describing his native land’s fascination with youth and legends of rebirth. Some fifteen years later, Taoiseach Eamon de Valera summoned an idyllic version of Irish childhood when he pledged his commitment to an ideal Ireland of happy maidens, sturdy children, and athletic youths. Such images have been challenged by recent controversy over the experiences of children within Church-sponsored schools, as well as by popular memoirs such as Angela’s Ashes and Are You Somebody? – all of which yield fertile ground for exploration and discussion in this year’s New England ACIS regional conference. Papers are welcome on such topics as historical depictions of childhood, contemporary youth culture, schooling in Ireland, children’s literature, definitions of Irish boyhood and girlhood, memoirs of childhood and adolescence, and images of Ireland as an infant or ancient nation. Our list of plenary speakers includes Dr. James Smith, playwright Damian Gorman, and Maurice Fitzpatrick, writer and co-producer of The Boys of St. Columb’s.

Papers in all Irish Studies disciplines are encouraged, as are all papers on Irish subjects that do not specifically address the conference theme. Graduate students are particularly encouraged to participate. Proposals for panels are welcome.

Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to Kelly Matthews, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Framingham State College, kmatthews[at]framingham.edu.

The deadline for submission is September 10, 2010.

We hope to publish a collection of essays on the conference theme, and encourage each presenter interested in publication to submit an expanded version of his or her conference paper for editorial consideration.

Essays to be considered for publication should be 6000-8000 words in length, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font. Please include a brief author’s biography which lists affiliations and previous publications. Two hard copies and an electronic attachment of the manuscript should be sent to Dr. Kelly Matthews, Department of English, Framingham State College, 100 State Street, Framingham, MA 01701, kmatthews[at]framingham.edu.

Framingham State College is located 20 miles west of Boston, with convenient access to the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90). The Sheraton Tara hotel in Framingham will offer a reduced room rate for conference attendees, and will provide complimentary shuttle service between the hotel and the college. An airport shuttle service is available from Logan Airport in Boston, with reduced rates for those sharing transport.'

Call for Papers -- ACIS-Midwest 2010

2010-07-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for the Midwest meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies, which will be held at Grand Valley State University, Pew Campus in Grand Rapids, MI from 21-23 October 2010. Paper proposals of 300 words are due by 9 August, 2010 to conference organizers.

Call for Papers -- Vernacular Architecture Conference

2010-07-07T09:38:00.000-07:00

The call for papers has just been announced for a conference entitled 'New Light on Vernacular Architecture: Studies in Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man'. The conference is being hosted by the University of Liverpool's Centre for Manx Studies and Manx National Heritage and will take place in Douglas, Isle of Man from 22 -25 June 2011. Paper proposals of 300 words are to be emailed to conference organizers by 30 September 2011.

Final Call for Papers -- Ireland and Modernity Conference

2010-06-28T10:36:00.000-07:00

The final call for papers has just gone out for Ireland and Modernity: An Interdisciplinary Conference, which will be held at the Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University Belfast, from the 11th to the 13th of November, 2010. Abstracts of less than 350 words should be emailed to the conference committee on or before August 16, 2010. Additional information can be found on the conference website.

International Congress of Celtic Studies, Maynooth 2010

2010-06-21T09:21:00.000-07:00

The XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies will be held at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth from August 1-5, 2011. The official call for papers is forthcoming, and early registration begins in September. For more information, please visit the Congress website.

The Red Wellies in Carbondale

2010-06-02T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Red Wellies, a music trio known for their Irish jigs and reels, will be performing at Cousin Andy's Coffee House in Carbondale, IL on 4 June 2010 at 7:30 pm. The concert is free, though there is a suggested donation of $5 to $10. For those who cannot make the concert, the trio can also be heard live on WBDX the same day at 5:00.

SCE Prizes for MA and PhD Theses

2010-05-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

The Societas Celtologica Europaea will be taking nominations for their MA and PhD theses prizes until June 1, 2010. The prizes include a cash award of EUR 500 and EUR 750 respectively. For regulations and submissions information, contact the SCE at societas[at]celtologica.eu.

Rare Irish Books Reception

2010-04-30T07:12:00.000-07:00

Special Collections at Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, has just put together an exhibit of rare books associated with the Abbey Theatre. The exhibit officially opens on April 30, 2010 at 5:00 with a public reception and a reading from Playboy of the Western World. Members of the SIUC Irish Studies RSO are especially encouraged to attend.

HCC 2010 -- Deadline Extension

2010-04-30T06:58:00.000-07:00

The deadline for submitting paper proposals to the 30th Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium (October 8-10, 2010) has been extended until May 15, 2010. Abstracts of 200-250 words and a brief speaker bio, preferably in RTF format, can be sent to the conference committee at hcc[at]fas.harvard.edu.

McPherson's "The Seafarer" -- A Reading, April 3

2010-04-01T08:55:00.000-07:00

There will be a reading of Conor McPherson's 'The Seafarer' at the Renascence House Makanda on April 3rd at 2:00. The production will be directed by Chris Moe and will star some SIUC faculty, including Charles Fanning and Mary Bogumil. The performace is free, though a $4.00 donation is suggested.

Butte Irish Language Immersion Week 2010

2010-03-05T06:40:00.000-08:00

The Butte Irish Language Immersion Week will be held 17-24 July 2010 at Montana Tech in Butte Montana. There are beginning, intermediate, and advanced courses available. Tuition is $280 for non-credit courses and $425 for credit, while accommodations run between $20 and $25 a night. For futher information, see the Irish Montana website: http://www.IrishMontana.com.

Call for Papers -- Harvard Celtic Colloquium 2010

2010-03-03T06:07:00.001-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2010 Harvard Celtic Colloquium:

'The Harvard Celtic Department cordially invites proposals for papers on topics which relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in any phase; cultural, historical or social science topics; theoretical perspectives, etc.) for their 30th Annual Celtic Colloquium, to take place at Harvard University, October 8-10, 2010. Papers concerning interdisciplinary research with a Celtic focus are also invited. Attendance is free.

Presentations should be no longer than twenty minutes. There will be a short discussion period after each paper. Papers given at the Colloquium may later be submitted for consideration by the editorial committee for publication in the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.

Potential presenters should send a 200-250 word abstract, plus a brief biographical sketch. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to hcc[at]fas.harvard.edu, faxed, or posted to the departmental address; we encourage submissions in the form of RTF email attachments.

Further information and online submission form available at our Website: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc.

Closing date for proposals: May 3, 2010.'

Call for Papers -- MLA 2011

2010-03-01T07:33:00.000-08:00

The call for papers has just gone out for the Celtic Languages and Literatures panel at the 2011 MLA conference in Los Angeles (January 6-9). The topic is 'Crossing Genres, Connecting Centuries: Life Stories in the Celtic World'. Abstracts (250 words) and speaker biographies (3 sentences) are due by 15 March 2011 to Abgail Palko at apalko[at]nd.edu.

Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend

2010-02-26T07:21:00.000-08:00

This year the Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend will be held 16-18 April 2010 at the Indiana Memorial Union on the Indiana University - Bloomington campus. Immersion courses on the Irish language and a talk by folklorist Henry Glassie are among the events planned. For more information, see the Indiana Celtic Community website: http://www.indianaceltic.org.

Irish History Class Online through SIUC

2010-02-26T07:06:00.000-08:00

Professor Charles Fanning of Southern Illinois University Carbondale is offering an Irish history class online via the Individual Learning Program offered through SIUC Continuing Education. The course, History 405, deals with Irish history since 1600, and it can be taken for graduate or undergraduate credit. For more information, contact Professor Fanning at celtic42[at]siu.edu.

CSANA 2010

2010-02-26T06:41:00.000-08:00

The program for the 2010 national meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America to be held at the University of Notre Dame, 9-11 April, has just been posted on The Keough-Naughton Insitute for Irish Studies website: http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/saints_sinners.html.

SIUC Rare Irish Books Exhibit

2010-02-26T06:33:00.000-08:00

In April, Special Collections at Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, will display a collection of rare Irish Studies books that focus on the Abbey Theatre. Details, including the date and time of the reception, are forthcoming.

2010 Irish Conference of Medievalists

2010-01-25T08:17:00.000-08:00

The call for papers for the 24th Annual Irish Conference of Medievalists to be held at NUI Galway from June 25th through the 27th has been posted on their revamped site. Go to http://www.irishmedievalists.com/ and look for the 'Call for Papers' .pdf on the righthand side of the screen. Proposals are due by 28 February.

Celtic Job -- University of Edinburgh

2009-11-16T13:48:00.000-08:00

'The University of Edinburgh
College of Humanities and Social Science
The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities

The University of Edinburgh seeks to make an appointment to the Chair of Celtic Languages, Literature, History and Antiquities to succeed Professor William Gillies DLitt FRSE following his retirement in 2009. Scholars of Scottish Gaelic with a proven international record of research and publication, and a commitment to providing leadership at the longest established department for Celtic study and research in Scotland are encouraged to apply.

Informal enquiries regarding the post may be made to Professor David Fergusson, acting Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science, e-mail: Head.CHSS[at]ed.ac.uk and to the Head of Celtic and Scottish Studies, Dr Gary West, e-mail gary.west[at]ed.ac.uk, or by phone to +44 131 650 4167.

This post is full time, permanent and is available from September 2010.
Salary Scale: within the Professorial range
Please quote reference number: 3011993.
Closing Date: 4th December 2009 '

Call for Papers -- University of Rennes

2009-11-16T13:36:00.000-08:00

Here is the call of papers for the 'Ireland and Victims' conference to be held in Brittany in 2010:

'The CFP concerns an international conference being organized by the Centre for Irish Studies at the University of Rennes 2, Brittany: "Ireland and Victims: Recognition, Reparation, Reconciliation?" The conference will be held at theUniversity of Rennes 2: September 9-11, 2010.

The conference committee would "welcome submissions for 20-minute papers (preferably) in English or French from numerous areas including Conflict and Peace Studies, Victims studies, Law and Human Rights, History, Politics, Comparative Analysis, Sociology, Psychology, Cultural Studies, Migration Studies, Literature, Media and Film Studies, Visual Arts, Performing Arts."
A selection of papers will be published in a special edition of the Re-imagining Ireland series edited by Dr. Eamon Maher (Director, National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, Dublin).
The deadline for submitting paper proposals (title and 300-word maximum abstract) is: February 28, 2010. Proposals are to be sent to Dr Lesley Lelourec, with cc to Dr. Grainne O'Keeffe-Vigneron, and should include your institutional address:

lesley.lelourec@univ-rennes2.fr
mailto:grainne.o-keeffe@univ-rennes2.fr

Call for Papers -- CSANA 2010

2009-11-16T07:45:00.001-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2010 Celtic Studies Association of North America Conference:

'CALL FOR PAPERS

Saints, Sinners, and Scribes in the Celtic World

2010 National Meeting, Celtic Studies Association of North America

University of Notre Dame

9-11 April 2010

The Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA) embraces all aspects of Celtic Studies and provides an academic and scholarly forum unavailable in any other discipline. The 2010 CSANA Annual Meeting convenes at the University of Notre Dame to discuss papers related to the conference theme: ‘Saints, Sinners and Scribes in the Celtic World.’ We invite proposals from faculty and graduate students in particular for individual 20 minute papers that address the conference theme or any aspect of the languages, literature, history, folklore, music, art and archaeology of ancient, medieval and modern Celtic cultures. Potential presenters should send a 200-250 word abstract suitable for reproduction, plus a brief biographical sketch (one-half page max., not a full CV) before 1 February 2010 to: csana2010[at]gmail.com

Keynote speakers:

Professor Catherine McKenna (Harvard University)

Professor Máirín Nic Eoin (St Patrick's College, Drumcondra)

Professor Edgar Slotkin (University of Cincinnati)

Professor Dan M. Wiley (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)

2010 Seminar Text: The Dream of the Emperor Macsen / Breudwyt Maxen Wledic
Seminar Leader: Joseph Nagy (UCLA)

Graduate Award: Graduate students are encouraged to present at the conference and the 2010 CSANA Graduate Prize will be awarded to the best graduate paper presented at the conference (membership required). For further information on joining the Celtic Studies Association of North America, see http://www.csub.edu/~cmacquarrie/csana/

Schedule and further details: http://www.nd.edu/~irishstu/CSANA.html

Registration fee: $35 (faculty), $20 (graduate students), Optional banquet $40You may register online at: http://cce.nd.edu/attend.shtml

Conference Organizer:

Brian Ó Conchubhair, Dept. of Irish Language & Literature, 412 Flanner Hall, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA Tel: 1-574-631-1721, Fax: 574-631-3620'

Call for Papers -- ACIS 2010

2009-11-13T14:13:00.000-08:00

Here is the call for papers for the 2010 ACIS conference:

'The 2010 national meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies will be held on 5 – 8 May 2010 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, PA. There will be an opening reception on Wednesday evening, May 5th, and concurrent panels will begin on Thursday morning, May 6th. The announced theme is intended to encourage a broad range of paper topics.

Papers are welcome on any Irish Studies topic, including traditional concerns of the discipline and evolving areas of interest in the visual, literary, and interdisciplinary areas. We welcome proposals for individual papers, which, if accepted, will be placed within a relevant panel. Proposals for panels are especially welcome, and panels have been proposed on Reassessing Diasporic Studies within Irish Studies and Reassessing Irish Historiography. Additional papers are welcome on such topics as evolving literary and visual arts movements, the culture and literature of Northern Ireland, and other related topics.

Plenary speakers confirmed to date are Dean John Harrington (Fordham University) and Dr. James Smith (Boston College). Moya Cannon will be reading from her poetry at a special session. U.S carriers offer frequent flights to State College, PA.

Further details will be posted as they become available. A conference website is also under development.

Due Date for Conference Paper Proposals: Tuesday, 24 November 2009. Please send your 250 word (or less) abstract to Dr. Tramble T. Turner at ttt3[at]psu.edu. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact me at 215 868.5848 (mobile), 215 881.7532 (office), or via e-mail at ttt3[at]psu.edu. Dr. Tramble T. Turner Associate Professor of English Penn State Abington 1600 Woodland Rd. Abington, PA 19001Contact: Tramble Turner ttt3[at]psu.edu.'

Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend 2010

2009-11-02T07:22:00.000-08:00

The dates for the next Bloomington Celtic Culture Weekend have been set for April 16-18, 2010. A number of activities are being planned, including classes on the Irish language. For more information, see the organization's website at http://www.indianaceltic.org.

Call for Papers -- Studia Celtica Fennica VII

2009-10-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

Here is the call for papers, via Joe Eska, for Studia Celtica Fennica VII 2010:

'CALL FOR PAPERS: STUDIA CELTICA FENNICA VII (2010)
Papers are invited for the forthcoming theme issue of Studia Celtica Fennica, the peer-reviewed annual publication of the Finnish Society for Celtic Studies SFKS ry. The theme of volume VII (2010) will be "Irish Texts and Their Transmission".

We welcome submissions of articles and book reviews written in all major European languages and Celtic languages as well as Finnish and Swedish. The deadline for articles is 31st May 2010.

For further information and submission guidelines please contact the editors

Katja Ritari & Alexandra Bergholm
Department of Comparative Religion
P.O.Box 5900014
University of Helsinki
Finland
e-mail: katja.ritari(at)helsinki.fi, alexandra.bergholm(at)helsinki.fi'

Societas Celtologica Europaea

2009-10-19T13:53:00.000-07:00

The Societas Celtologica Europaea was formed in Zurich in 2009. Membership, which is open to anyone with an interest in Celtic Studies, is 30 euro per year, a price that includes a subscription to Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie. For futher information on how to join, contact Dr. David Stifter, SCE secretary, at the Universität Wien.

Call for Papers -- UCLA Celtic Colloquium 2010

2009-10-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

Here is the call for papers, via Joe Eska, for the 2010 University of California Celtic Studies Conference:

'The 32nd Annual University of California Celtic Studies Conference, sponsored by the UCLA Celtic Colloquium, the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the UCLA Indo-European Studies Program will be held on the UCLA campus (Royce 314) March 4-7, 2010. Invited speakers from abroad include Kim McCone, Peter Schrijver, and Katharine Simms. Proposals for papers on Celtic topics are invited. Please send your proposal (no more than 250 words) to Professor Joseph Nagy at jfnagy[at]humnet.ucla.edu. The closing date is December 1, 2009, and those proposing papers will hear from us by January 8, 2010. For more information, please contact Professor Nagy or Dr. Karen Burgess, Program Coordinator of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, at <kburgess[at]ucla.edu>.'

A New Irish Textbook

2009-09-21T07:47:00.000-07:00

Oideas Gael has just published a new textbook for adult learners of Irish. Here is the official press release:

'Tá an leabhar seo dírithe ar an fhoghlaimeoir fásta. Tá sé foirsteanach do dhaoine ar mhaith leo Gaeilge a fhoghlaim ón tús ar fad nó dóibh siúd ar mhian leo snas a chur ar an Ghaeilge a d’fhoghlaim siad ar scoil. Tá béim leagtha ar an Ghaeilge chomhráiteach agus ar mhínithe soiléire ar an ghramadach. Thig na carachtair, Seán agus Gráinne, a leanstan sa stiallchartúin grinn agus ar an dlúthdhiosca fuaime, caibidil i ndiaidh caibidle, de réir mar a chuireann siad aithne ar a chéile. Thig Enjoy Irish a úsáid mar théacsleabhar sa seomra ranga nó mar ábhar féinstaidéir.

Oideas Gael are pleased to announce the publication of Enjoy Irish, A Course for Beginners. Specially designed for the adult learner, this book is ideal for those who want to learn Irish for the first time as well as those who would like to brush up on the Irish they learned at school. Follow the book's cartoon characters Seán and Gráinne as they get to know each other in an amusing chapter-by-chapter comic strip and on the accompanying audio CD. Enjoy Irish can be used both as a classroom text book and for self study. The emphasis is on real, conversational Irish with clear grammatical explanations included throughout the book.'

Copies may be ordered through Oideas Gael's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/l/afe53;www.enjoyirish.ie

Call for Papers -- University of Sydney

2009-09-15T09:11:00.000-07:00

Here is the second call for papers for the Sydney Celtic conference:

"Second Circular & Call for Papers
Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies
The University of Sydney
29 September–2 October 2010

The Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies will take place at the University of Sydney, from Wednesday 29 September to Saturday evening 2 October 2010. The programme will start with a welcoming reception on Wednesday evening 29 September and continue, with academic sessions, from Thursday morning 30 September to Saturday afternoon 2 October; there will be a conference dinner that same evening to round off proceedings.

Submissions are invited for scholarly papers (of twenty-five minutes’ duration) on any aspect of Celtic Studies. The final date for abstracts to be received will be Friday 7 May 2010.

Acceptances will be announced in the Third Circular, on Monday 31 May 2010; it will include a preliminary programme for the conference. E-mail submissions are preferred. Abstracts of 200–300 words should be sent to Anders Ahlqvist, at this address: aahlqvist[at]usyd.edu.au. He will also do what he can to answer queries that prospective delegates may have at any time before the conference.

Further information about the conference will also be made available, from time to time, on the Celtic Studies website of the University of Sydney: www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/celticstudies/.

The conference fee has been set at 250 Australian dollars for regular participants and 150 dollars for students and unwaged; information about how and when to pay will be given in the Third Circular."

Call for Papers from Young Celtic Scholars

2009-09-15T08:43:00.000-07:00

Professor Frederick Suppe is still accepting paper proposals for the "New Work by Young Celtic Scholars" panel at the upcoming International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo (May 13-16, 2010). The panel is sponsored by CSANA.

As Professor Suppe says, "This will be an excellent opportunity for scholars in the early stages of their academic careers (graduate students, scholars with temporary jobs, independent scholars, or scholars who have not yet earned tenure) to present their work in a congenial setting to a wide array of medieval studies scholars. The deadline for receipt of proposals is extended to the end of the day on Tuesday, September 22, 2009. Proposals should include: a title, short one-paragraph summary explanation, contact information (including e-mail address, phone number, and postal address), and a completed Participant Information Form. This form is available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/ . Please send this information to Professor Frederick Suppe at fsuppe[at]bsu.edu."

On a personal note, I can say that I had the pleasure of presenting a paper at Kalamazoo some years ago on a panel organized by Professor Suppe. It was a wonderful experience and one I highly recommend. Do consider submitting a proposal.

Irish Language Classes -- University of Montana

2009-08-31T14:16:00.000-07:00

The University of Montana is offering an introduction to Modern Irish class that is open to the community. The class will run for twelve weeks beginning 8 September 2009 and cost $150.00. For more information, contact the instructor, Ciara Wadden, at ciara_wadden[at]hotmail.com.

Review Editor for H-Albion

2009-08-04T12:14:00.000-07:00

From the journal H-Albion:

'H-Albion is accepting applications for the position of review editor in Irish Studies. The editor will assign and edit reviews of books on Irish History from the early modern period to the present. Please send an e-mail of interest and cv to Jason Kelly: mailto:jaskelly[at]iupui.edu.'

Another Celtic Panel at Kalamazoo 2010

2009-08-04T12:03:00.000-07:00

Kathleen M. Fisher of Assumption College is organizing a Celtic panel for the 2010 Kalamazoo conference under the title "Christianity and Christianization in Early Medieval Ireland”. Paper proposals (300 words) and the conference Participant Information Form, which can be found at www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress, are due to Professor Fisher by September 15, 2009 at kmfisher[at]assumption.edu.

Irish-Language Comic Books

2009-07-17T10:27:00.000-07:00

Great news for comic book fans: Coimicí Gael is publishing a new Irish-language comic entitled RíRá. For more information, check out the publisher's website: http://www.coimicigael.ie/.

Could this mean that Gaelic versions of popular manga will soon follow? Probably not, but it is nice to hope.

Celtic Panels at Kalamazoo 2010

2009-07-15T11:28:00.000-07:00

Frederick Suppe, the president of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, is organizing two Celtic panels for the 2010 Kalamazoo conference under the titles 'New Work by Young Celtic Studies Scholars' and 'Sex, Gender, and Marriage in Celtic Texts and Cultures'. Proposals must be emailed to Professor Suppe by September 15, 2009 at fsuppe[at]bsu.edu or fsuppe[at]gmail.com.

New Manx Programs

2009-06-15T08:56:00.000-07:00

The Centre for Manx Studies just sent out the following information about their new MA and PG diploma in Manx Studies:

'MA and PG Diploma in Manx Studies Based at the Centre for Manx Studies in the Isle of Man, the University of Liverpool offers an MA and PG Diploma in Manx Studies.

The MA and Diploma in Manx Studies are designed for graduates in any subject who are interested in exploring multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of the Isle of Man and its region.

The Centre for Manx Studies also offers Research Degrees in a wide variety of subjects relating to the Isle of Man.

Enquiries are currently sought for 2009 entry on a full-time and a part-time basis.

For more information, please visit our website at www.liv.ac.uk/manxstudies or contact:

Dr Catriona Mackie
Lecturer in Manx Studies
University of Liverpool
Centre for Manx Studies
6 Kingswood Grove
Douglas
Isle of Man
IM1 3LX

Tel: 01624 695 153
Email: c.mackie[at]liverpool.ac.uk'

Alexander MacLean Sinclair Symposium

2009-05-13T11:16:00.000-07:00

The Alexander MacLean Sinclair Symposium will be held at Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia on May 15-17, 2009. For more information on this event, including registration information, see the Clan MacLean Atlantic Canada website at http://www.clanmacleanatlantic.org/30-anniv.html.

Irish Immersion Week -- Butte, MT

2009-05-05T12:35:00.000-07:00

The Butte Irish Language Immersion Week is scheduled for July 11-18, 2009 at Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. The week-long course, ENTR 395 -- Introduction to Conversational Irish -- can be taken for credit ($395) or non-credit ($260). Accommodations are available at Montana Tech for $20 or $25 a night, depending on the room. For more information on this event, see the registration website at http://www.irishmontana.com.