Announcements, Calls for Papers, Conferences

updated 13 October 2003
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[ACIS Calls for Papers ] [Upcoming ACIS Conferences and Panels ]
[Other Calls for Papers and Upcoming Conferences ] [Announcements, Fellowships, Summer Schools ]
[Past Conferences ]

Members: contact the Secretary if you have announcements to be posted at this site.

ACIS Calls for Papers

Southern Regional. March 4-7, 2004. Proposals due October 7, 2003.
2004 ACIS National Meeting. Institute for Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. July 12-16, 2004. Proposals due December 1, 2003. Check this site for updates.

Upcoming ACIS Conferences and Panels

Western Regional. October 10-12, 2003.
Midwest Regional. October 16-18, 2003.
New England Regional. October 18, 2003.
Mid-Atlantic Regional. October 24-25, 2003

Other Conferences and Publications (Calls for Papers and Information)

Current Conference Calls for Papers:

Nua: Studies in Contemporary Irish Writing seeks submissions for a special issue on Ireland and Film.
Papers are Sought for ‘Unmarried Mothers’ in Twentieth-century Ireland: Cultural Reflections
Abstracts of 500 words or original papers of 25-35 pages are being solicited for Hungry Words, an anthology which will examine representations of hunger or famine in the works of canonical Irish authors
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER SCHOOL OF LAWCONFERENCE: CALL FOR PAPERS & CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers are sought for a panel, due to be held at the IASIL Annual Conference at the National University of Ireland, Galway 20-24 July 2004, addressing the need for historical readings of the works of Samuel Beckett.
The IASIL (International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures) website lists many Irish studies conference calls for papers: visit the IASIL Irish Studies Conferences page.
Grian Conference on Irish Studies. Glucksman Ireland House, NYU. February 27-February 29, 2004. Proposals due December 1, 2003.
Sex and the Body Politic: 13th annual Cultural Studies Conference. KSU, Manhattan, KS. March 4-6, 2004. Abstracts due October 20, 2003.
GBS by the Bay: An International Shaw Conference. USF, Sarasota, FL. March 17-21, 2004. Abstracts due December 1, 2003. (new deadline)
What Rough Beasts? Irish and Scottish Studies Conference. Univ. of Aberdeen, Scotland. March 26-28, 2004. Abstracts due January 12, 2004.
Ireland--space, text, time. Univ. of Ulster, Derry. March 26-28, 2004. Abstracts due December 5, 2003.
The Irish Hero: A Multidisciplinary Conference in Irish Studies. NUI Galway. April 2-3, 2004. Abstracts due December 8, 2003.
Society for the Study of 19th-c Ireland/Midwest Victorian Studies Assoc.: "Structures of Belief in Nineteenth-Century Ireland - in British and Irish Perspective." DePaul University, Chicago. April 16-18, 2004. Proposals due November 1, 2003.
The History of the Irish Book. Univ. of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne / Institute of Cultural, Textual & Documentary Studies of Troyes. May 6-7, 2004. Proposals due December 15, 2003.
Canadian Association for Irish Studies. Saint Mary's Univ., Halifax, Nova Scotia. May 26-29, 2004. Abstracts due January 15, 2004.
IASIL 2004. NUI Galway. July 20-24, 2003. Proposals due Nov. 1 (panels) or Dec. 15 (papers), 2003.
13th Irish-Australian Conference: "Irish Spaces: Homeland and Asylum, Empire and Diaspora." Melbourne.September 29-October 1, 2004.

Upcoming Conferences, Calls for Papers in Special Issues, etc.:

The(e)ories: Advanced Seminars for Queer Research . 2003/2004.
Political Studies Association of Ireland Annual Conference. October 17-19, 2003.
Celtic Representations Symposium. October 24, 2003.
Queeries: An Irish Journal of Queer Studies .
Irish Journal of Sociology.
Etudes Irlandaises.
E-Keltoi. E-journal call for papers.

See also the recent Newsletters for calls for papers and conference information.

Announcements/Fellowships

University of Limerick Summer Schools in Irish Studies.
Merriman Summer and Winter Schools.
Glucksman Ireland House at NYU's Event Announcement Listserve.
ACIS Postgraduate Scholarship in Irish Studies at the University of Limerick .
Irish Studies Seminar 2003/2004 at the Institute of English Studies
UCD Summer School, 2003.
Parnell Summer School, 2003.
Abbey Theatre summer Program, Boston College.
Yeats Summer School, 2003.
Notre Dame Keogh Institute for Irish Studies Summer Seminar (2003; updated yearly).
Troubled Images CD from the Linen Hall Library available; check their site for details .
Members old and new: The membership renewal form can be found online at http://www.acisweb.com/member.html.
From CIES: Consider a Fulbright!
MA in Drama and Theatre Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway .
See the Newsletter for announcements, including fellowships and scholarships, summer schools, and new series and journals.

Past ACIS Conferences

(archive not comprehensive)

ACIS National Meeting. June 4-7, 2003 Program now available.
ACIS at the American Historical Association . January 2003.
ACIS at the Modern Language Association . December 2002. Information about ACIS/IJJF party at MLA.
Midwest ACIS . October 24-26, 2002.
New England ACIS. October 25-26, 2002.
Mid-Atlantic ACIS . November 1-2, 2002.
ACIS-Western Region . October 11-13, 2002.
ACIS National Meeting. June 5-8, 2002. Preliminary Program now available. Registration Form now available.
Southern ACIS . Feb. 21-23, 2002.
ACIS Panel at AHA . 2001.
ACIS Panel at MLA: "Ireland and Empire: Recent Approaches to Irish Postcolonialism, in Theory and in Literature" and "The Poetics of Space and Modern Irish Literature."
Midwest ACIS Regional Meeting . Oct. 26-27, 2001.
Western ACIS Regional Meeting . Oct. 12-14, 2001.
New England ACIS Regional Meeting . Sept. 28-29, 2001. (Submissions due June 20, 2001.)
ACIS National Meeting, New York City . June 6-9, 2001.