ACIS National Conference
June 4-7, 2003
University of St.
Thomas (Minneapolis
Campus)
“Irish Environments”
The 41st annual meeting of the ACIS will be held June
4-7, 2003. The theme is “Irish Environments,” an intentionally
open-ended topic that encompasses the intellectual, historical, literary,
political, and cultural environment of Ireland
and the diaspora, as well as the actual physical realm.
The conference organizers invite proposals for papers
and panels from all disciplines within Irish Studies. We urge participants
to organize panels, and especially welcome panels of an interdisciplinary
nature. The organizers are eager to present perspectives infrequently heard
from in Irish Studies -- for instance, economics, folklore, environmental
studies, or the history of science. We would also welcome the opportunity
to present a panel in the Irish language.
Plenary speakers will include Síghle Bhreathnach-Lynch,
curator of Irish paintings at the National Gallery of Ireland, poet Eamonn
Grennan of VassarCollege
and Renvyle, and a banquet address by Joe Dowling, the former artistic
director of the Abbey Theatre, now at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
The opening reception and sessions on Thursday and
Friday will be held at Terrence Murphy Hall, the Minneapolis
campus of the University
of St. Thomas; this building
opened in 1992 and boasts one of the largest frescoes in the United
States under its arched ceiling. Transportation
will be provided to Saturday’s sessions on theSt. Paul campus, the site
of the 1988 national meeting and the home of the 9,000-volume Celtic Collection
in O’Shaughnessy-Frey Library.
The conference hotel is the Doubletree Hotel (612)
332-6800, literally across the street from Terrence Murphy Hall, and also
at the Holiday Inn a few blocks away (rates still in negotiation). Both
are very near the renowned Nicollet Mall, a lively strip of restaurants,
bars, shops and galleries in downtown Minneapolis.
Please submit abstracts of no more than one page by
October 31 to James Rogers and/or Thomas Dillon Redshaw, University of
St Thomas Center for Irish Studies, 2115
Summit Avenue # 5008, St. PaulMN55105-1096;
E-mail jrogers@stthomas.edu .
E-mail proposals are easier for everyone and strongly encouraged, but,
yes, we can still read paper. If sending by E-mail, please send the abstract
as an attachment and be certain that you include your name and affiliation
on the page.
A preliminary program will be posted on the Web before
the end of the year.
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