ACIS Midwest Constitution | ACIS Midwest Overview | ACIS Midwest Regional Conference, 2008 Midwest Region Next Meeting The thirty-first annual meeting of the Midwest ACIS will be held at the University of Missouri Kansas City, October 18-20, 2007. The conference web site is not yet posted; please direct early enquiries to Dr Joan Fitzpatrick Dean at deanj@umkc.edu Scope of the Region The areas served by the Midwest region of ACIS is the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, and Missouri. Members in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba are also mailed announcements of regional meetings. The regional meeting regularly attracts scholars and others from far outside its geographical reach, often including Ireland. Interested non-academics are always welcome to attend ACIS meetings. History The Midwest held the first regional meeting in 1976—the first such meeting anywhere in the ACIS--and has met every autumn since that time. Two of the early activists in the region, Drs. Emmett Larkin of the University of Chicago and Dr. Lawrence McCaffrey of Loyola University, Chicago, were among the original founders of the ACIS. From the beginning, the Irish Consulate in Chicago has been a supportive and active participant in the annual meetings; traditionally, the consul general hosts an opening reception at the regional meetings and welcomes the attendees. A list of past conference sites is below. Midwest Regional Conference sites:
2006 Northern Illinois University 2005 Loras College 2004 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 2003 McLean County Museum of History/ Illinois State University 2002 University of Missouri- St. Louis 2001 Creighton University 2000 Oakland University (Michigan) 1999 St Ambrose University 1998 University of St Thomas 1997 St Norbert College 1996 Marquette University 1995 Wabash College 1994 University of Detroit Mercy 1993 Irish-American Heritage Center, Chicago 1992 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 1991 University of Notre Dame 1990 Indiana University-Purdue Fort Wayne 1989 Illinois State University 1988 University of Missouri-St. Louis 1987 Marquette University 1986 Loyola University, Chicago 1985 University of Minnesota 1984 Northwestern University 1983 University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 1982 Loyola University, Chicago 1981 Valparaiso University 1980 University of Chicago 1979 University of Wisconsin (Madison) 1978 St. Mary's College (Indiana) 1977 Carroll College (Wisconsin) 1976 Loyola University, Chicago
The Lawrence McBride Memorial Lecture In 2005, the Midwest region established an annual named lecture to honor the late Lawrence W. McBride of Illinois State University, who had died in 2004. A longtime and energetic member of ACIS, Larry McBride made
extraordinary contributions to the Irish Studies community as both an historian
and a friend. He was a past regional representative and a regional conference host on two occasions. Members in the region and elsewhere donated more than $5,000 to create the Lawrence McBride Lecture fund. The fund provides $500 to support the appearance of a plenary speaker at the annual regional meeting Speakers are selected solely by the conference host and may represent any discipline. Current plans and funding will support the Lawrence McBride Memorial lecture at least through the 2016 meeting. The first McBride Lecture was "Reading Rory Gallagher's Blues" by Eamonn Wall; the second was "Irish by Birth, Munster by the Grace of God: Regionalism and Nationalism in the Irish Diaspora" by David Gleeson of the College of Charleston. Giving to the Lawrence McBride Memorial Lecture If you would like to contribute to the fund, please send your contribution, payable to Midwest ACIS, to Dr. Sandy Pearce (900607), English Department, Minnesota State University–Moorhead, 1104 7th Ave South, Moorhead MN 56560-9980. Please note "McBride Fund" in the subject line of your check to assure that your gift is 100% tax-deductible. Donors to the Lawrence McBride Memorial Lecture Fund as of May 1, 2006 Lauren Blough, Madison, WI Eileen Burke, Glenview, IL Francis M. Carroll, Winnipeg MB Karen Crotty, Chicago, IL Joan FitzPatrick Dean, Kansas City MO Ron Ebest, Webster Grove, MO Audrey Eyler, Tacoma, WA Charlie Fanning, Carbondale, IL Sean Farrell, DeKalb, IL Daniel Gahan, Evansville, IN Michael Patrick Gillespie, Milwaukee, WI Richard Gruber, Cincinnati, OH James Hurt, Champaign, IL Greg Koos, Bloomington IL Jose Lanters, Milwaukee, WI Emmet Larkin, Chicago, IL William Lowe, St. Paul, MN Tom Mahoney, Buffalo Grove, IL Larry McCaffrey, Evanston, IL Jim MacKillop, Syracuse, NY Tim McMahon, Wauwatosa, WI Eileen McNulty, Chicago IL Kerby Miller, Columbia, MO Maureen Murphy, Sea Cliff NY Mary O'Reilly, Rolling Meadows IL . Tim O'Neil, Mt Pleasant, MI Gary Owens, Ireland Sandy Pearce, Moorhead, MN Thomas Dillon Redshaw, St. Paul, MN Paul Rempe, Waukesha, WI Jim Rogers, St. Paul, MN Mary Ann Ryan, Chicago, IL Beverly Smith, Normal, IL Dan Tobin, Dorchester, MA Blanche Touhill, St. Louis, MO Paul Townend, Wilmington, NC Mary Trotter, Monona, WI Eamonn Wall, Webster Groves, MO Tim White, Cincinnati, OH William H. A. Williams, Cincinnati, OH Mary Beth Yarrow, New York, NY Officers and By-Laws
James Rogers, University of St. Thomas, president (term expires October 2007) jrogers@stthomas.edu Sandra M. Pearce, Minnesota State University--Moorhead, secretary-treasurer (term expires October 2007) pearces@mnstate.edu
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