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Call for Papers
Tradition and Ireland: Revision, Performance, Representation
March 2 - 4, 2001
The 3rd annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Irish Studies organized by
GRIAN, an association of Irish Studies scholars
Glucksman Ireland House, New York University
"Terms of cultural engagement, whether antagonistic or affiliative, are
produced performatively" - Homi Bhabha
Bhabha's quote illustrates the broad applications of performance as a way of
framing cultural interaction. Irish tradition continually reinvents itself
through varied performances from the All Ireland matches to 13th century
reliquary processions to the writing of history (just to cite a few
examples).
This conference encourages graduate students as well as emerging and
established scholars of Irish studies to approach the subject of tradition
and performance in the context of Ireland and the Irish diaspora. All
historical periods will be considered. Possible topics include the use of
tropes, the Revivalists and the re-evaluation of their project, Irish
orature as performance, Irish language as performance of tradition, imaging
history, Irish and Irish diasporic popular culture i.e., the consumption of
Irish tradition as/of pop culture ("Riverdancification"), Irish performance
abroad (including sport, music, visual arts, dance, theatre), Irish film,
the performance of Nationalism and staging politics.
The weekend conference in New York provides the perfect opportunity to
attend a myriad of Irish performances going on in the city. Conference
events will therefore include a film screening, a traditional seisiun, and
more.
We anticipate providing a limited number of travel stipends; please indicate
whether you'd like to be considered for these monies. In addition, some
accommodation will be available from GRIAN members for graduate students on
limited budgets; please indicate in your application whether you will be
requiring accommodation.
One-page abstracts for twenty-minute papers should be submitted IN RICH TEXT
FORMAT by December 4, 2000 to the following address:
Jason Drake
1006 Palisade Avenue
Apt. #16
Union City, NJ 07087
email: jrd202@is5.nyu.edu
Please include name, affiliation, paper title, special requirements (audio,
visual, electronic) and contact information (mailing address, phone number,
e-mail). For more information, contact Jason Drake at the above addresses.
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Lahney Preston Matto, Ph.D.
Department of English
Montclair State University
Dickson Hall
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043
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