ACIS 2004
The next
ACIS annual conference will be hosted by the Institute of Irish Studies
at the University of Liverpool and its Director, Marianne Elliott.The
dates of the conference are July 12-16, 2004.The university is situated
in the center of a city with great historical links to Irish culture, and
the Institute, founded in 1988, is unique as the national center for the
study of Ireland in Britain. Liverpool has been nominated as a future European
City of culture, and many of its institutions, such as the MaritimeMuseum
and the Everyman Theatre, will be developing new programs and activitiesavailable
for our visit.A broad range of housing options from university accommodations
to nearby hotels will be available.The conference, opening with a reception
on Monday, July 12 and closing with a banquet on Friday, July 16, will
allow time for field trips of Irish interest in the city and the region.
In keeping
with the international setting, and at the invitation of the Institute,
ACIS
will meet jointly with the British Association for Irish Studies, the Canadian
Association for Irish Studies, and the European Federation of Associations
and Centres of Irish Studies. Membership in any one organization will
suffice for participation.A single program will be prepared for all participants,
and individual organizations will be able to schedule separate meetings
for organizational business.Registration fees will be collected by the
Institute of Irish Studies.
A draft program to be processed by
all participating organizations in accordance to their own governance will
be prepared by ACIS Vice President Eamonn Wall, Center for International
Studies, University of Missouri--St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121, USA (acis@umsl.edu).Given
the diversity of participants, no single theme has been selected for the
conference. Papers on all dimensions of Irish studies are solicited.However,
the setting will provide a unique opportunity to examine different conceptualizations
of Irish Studies, different institutional histories associated with Irish
Studies, and differing relations of Irish Studies and Internationalism.One-page
abstracts for twenty-minute papers and proposals for complete panels of
three to four papers must be submitted to Eamonn Wall at his conference
address by December 1, 2003.Further details about the conference will be
forthcoming.