Please print out the following form, fill it out, and mail it with your dues to

1. Please answer the following questions if you are pursuing (or are retired from) an academic career.  Are you currently
        a student?        ____
        a faculty member? ____
        an administrator? ____
        a librarian?      ____
        unemployed?       ____
        retired?          ____
        other?            ____  (please specify) _____________
 

2. If you are currently affiliated with an academic or cultural institution, please name the institution and classify it
Name of institution: _____________________________
___ secondary school
___ two-year college
___ 4-year college without doctoral programs in the humanities and/or social sciences
___ 4-year college or university with doctoral programs in the humanities and/or social sciences
___ library, museum, research institute
___ other (please specify: ____________)

3. If you are a college or university faculty member, please state your academic rank:
American system:
___ professor
___ associate professor
___ assistant professor
___ instructor
___ lecturer or other non-tenure-track position

Irish/British system:
___ professor
___ reader
___ senior lecturer
___ lecturer
___ other or temporary post

4. What do you consider to be your primary academic discipline?
___ anthropology
___ the arts (art, music, dance, etc.)
___ Celtic studies
___ cinema
___ cultural studies
___ drama/theater
___ folklore
___ history
___ Irish language
___ linguistics
___ literature
___ political science
___ religion
___ sociology
___ women's studies
___ other (please specify: _____________)
 

5. Please give us a profile of your major professional interests in Irish studies by marking  not more than five of the following topics:
___ politics
___ religion
___ gender/sexuality
___ social class
___ agriculture/peasant studies
___ urban studies
___ education
___ popular culture
___ labor/business/industry
___ intellectual history
___ population
___ economic change
___ folklore
___ landscape
___ poetry
___ fiction
___ drama
___ particular literary figure(s)
     (please specify: __________, __________, __________)
___ architecture
___ visual arts
___ music
___ literature in the Irish language
___ Irish language (i.e. language acquisition and linguistics)
the Irish in
   ___ America
   ___ Britain
   ___ other (please specify _________)
a particular part of Ireland:
   ___ Northern Ireland
   ___ other (please specify _________)

6. Please indicate the periods (no more than three) in which you are most interested:
___ pre-Celtic Ireland
___ Celtic Ireland before 800 A.D.
___ c. 800-1169
___ 1169-1534
___ 1534-1690
___ 1690-1800
___ 1800-1870
___ 1870-1922
___ 1922-1969
___ 1969-present
 

7. Please list any courses in Irish studies regularly offered by your institution. Indicate which, if any, you yourself teach.
 
 
 

Thank you!