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Conference | “New Community Perspectives on Northern Ireland : History, Culture and Politics” , mardi 4 avril 2017 à 18h00

Conférence | “New Community Perspectives on Northern Ireland : History, Culture and Politics” Intervenants : Helen Brooker (Pretani Associates), « Common Identity. » Dr Ian Adamson OBE, Former Lord Mayor of Belfast, « The Isles of the Pretani – The French Connection. » Robert Williamson (Chair of Dalaradia Historical Organisation), « Dalaradia, Kingdom of the Cruthin (Pretani). » Date : Mardi 4 avril … Continued

CFP | Women in the public space 1800-1939: Great Britain, Ireland, Empire and Commonwealth

  29 September 2017, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon Keynote Speaker: Florence Binard, Université Paris 7 – Paris Diderot   “The Angel in the House” is the image most commonly retained of British women in the nineteenth century. This reductive and repressive ideal, emerging from values propagated by the literary, religious and medical political discourses of … Continued

Conférence |  “Brexit: a new frontier? Enjeux pour le Royaume-Uni et l’Irlande”, Paris 2-Panthéon-Assas, 22 mars 2017

L’équipe interdisciplinaire Law and Humanities du CERSA (UMR 7106) organise le 22 mars 2017, à 18h au centre Assas (salle 214) de l’université Paris II – Panthéon-Assas (92 rue d’Assas, 75006 Paris), une rencontre entre trois invités sur des questions en rapport au Brexit :   * Emma McClarkin, Députée européenne britannique et membre du … Continued

CFP | The Global Irish Diaspora Congress, UCD, August 2017

The website for the Global Irish Diaspora Conference in August at University College Dublin is up: There is still time to submit a proposal. There is an early bird discount on registration through 30 April. This is the inaugural congress in a triennial series that examines the histories, cultures, heritages and identities of Irish communities … Continued

CFP | Studi irlandesi, A Journal of Irish Studies

Daredevils of History? Resilience in Armenia and Ireland Guest Editors: Dieter Reinisch (European University Institute) and Suzan Meryem Rosita (European University Institute) As scholars, we have often been reminded to be suspicious of origin stories, but in the cases of Armenia and Ireland, we find a shared source for resilience. Oral narratives and written accounts … Continued

Séminaire | 24 mars 2017, 11h “Irish Ecofeminism and the Contemplation of Bones” CRINI, Université de Nantes

24 mars 2017, 11H-13H Le séminaire est ouvert à tout public dans la limite des places disponibles. Campus Tertre, Faculté des Langues et Cultures Étrangères (FLCE) Amphi. 410 (rdc) Université de Nantes Chemin la Censive du Tertre BP 81227 44312 NANTES Cedex 3 Le CRINI organise un séminaire “Paysages” autour de l’écoféminisme avec Maureen O’Connor, … Continued

Tocane : An Irish Music Festival in France

 Tocane’s Irish music festival  (Dordogne, France) See also ; Tocane: An Irish Traditional Music Festival in France, 1991–2016 (Contact : see members’ list)

Congrès SOFEIR | “Réseaux et connexions”, U. Caen 17-18 mars 2017

Inscriptions en ligne ici Les règlements peuvent éventuellement être faits sur place ou par voie postale. http://www.unicaen.fr/recherche/mrsh/eribia/4221 Vendredi 17 mars 2017 9h – Accueil des participants (MRSH) 9h15 – Ouverture du Congrès (Amphi, MRSH) : Pierre Denise, Président de l’Université 9h30 : Table ronde – modératrice : Anne Goarzin (Amphi, MRSH) : « Mises en réseau et connexions : nouveaux paradigmes pour les … Continued

SAES | Atelier Irlande : “Reconstruction(s), 1-3 juin 2017, Université de Reims

Responsables Sylvie Mikowski (Université Reims Champagne-Ardenne) et Philippe Brillet (Université Toulouse 2, Jean Jaurès) Programme Vendredi 2 juin, 9h-11h 9h-9h20 Chloé Lacoste (Université Paris 4-Sorbonne), « (Re)construire la nation : rituels funéraires et construction d’une identité républicaine pour l’Irlande dans la deuxième moitié du XIXème siècle » 9h20-9h40 Charlotte Barcat (Université Picardie-Jules Verne), “The Bloody Sunday Inquiry: reconstructing … Continued

Call for contributions | The Circulation of Popular Culture between Ireland and the USA (18th-21st centuries)

COLLECTION OF ESSAYS TO BE PUBLISHED AT EPURE (PRESSES UNIVERSITAIRES DE REIMS) : “The Circulation of Popular Culture between Ireland and the USA (18th-21st centuries)” Proposals, no longer than 800 words, accompanied by a short biography, should be sent before June 15, 2017 to yann.philippe@univ-reims.fr and sylvie.mikowski@univ-reims.fr Full chapters are expected before September 30, 2017. … Continued

SOFEIR 2018 •  Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 15-16 March 2018

FROM IRISH LAND TO IRISH SOIL: MATERIALITY AND METAPHORS Much has been written on the Irish landscape seen from various vantage points whether it be that of nationalist ideology and identity construction or that of territory and conflicted terrains. But what about the materiality of the land, the soil, the various strata that make up … Continued

Publication |  Relocated Memories: The Great Famine in Irish and Diaspora Fiction, 1846-1870

Relocated Memories: The Great Famine in Irish and Diaspora Fiction, 1846-1870 Marguérite Corporaal Hardcover $65.00L    |    978-0-8156-3498-0 Paper $34.95s    |    978-0-8156-3513-0 ebook 978-0-8156-5398-1 “Corporaal’s focus on the surprisingly extensive literature produced in the two decades after the Famine shatters many settled assumptions about Irish cultural amnesia, while her study of the transformations of memory across … Continued

Publication | Marie Mianowski, “Post Celtic Tiger Landscapes in Irish Fiction”

Post Celtic Tiger Landscapes in Irish Fiction discusses the representations of place and landscape in Irish fiction since 2008. It includes novels and short stories by William Trevor, Dermot Bolger, Anne Enright, Donal Ryan, Claire Kilroy, Kevin Barry, Gerard Donovan, Danielle McLaughlin, Trisha McKinney, Billy O’Callaghan and Colum McCann. In the light of writings by … Continued

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