26-28 March 2004
AHRB Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies
University of Aberdeen, Scotland
The key disciplines covered in this conference are Language and Literature,
History, Celtic Studies, Film and Media Studies and Cultural Geography
Suggested topics:
Migrations · The Tourist's Gaze · Forgotten/Hidden Narratives
· Memory and Commemoration · (Re)mapping the City ·
Representing the Troubles · The Future of Irish and/or Scottish
Studies · Language and Region · Minorities · Nation
and Text · NationalityYet Again · Screening Identities ·
The Politics and Poetics of Translation · Celticism
We would not only welcome submissions for individual 25-minute papers,
but also proposals for panels and round-table discussions. 250-word abstracts
are to be posted or e-mailed by 12 January 2004 to:
Shane Murphy, What Rough Beasts?, English Department, King's College,
University of Aberdeen, AB24 2UB
sam@abdn.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0) 1224-272630
A selection of papers will be published
This conference is sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Board