CFP: Liminal Borderlands: Ireland Past, Present, Future (Sweden) (12/15/03; 4/22/04-4/24/04)

LIMINAL BORDERLANDS: IRELAND PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Interdisciplinary Conference in Irish Studies (12/15/03; NISN, Sweden,
4/22/04-4/24/04)

The 4th Biannual Conference of NISN (Nordic Irish Studies Network) will be
held at University College Dalarna, SWEDEN, from 22-24 April, 2004

Plenary Speakers:
Bo Almqvist (Prof Emeritus, Dept of Irish Folklore, UCD)
Richard Kearney (Dept of Philosophy, Boston College)
Anthony Roche (Dept of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama, UCD)

Readings by: Medbh McGuckian and Eilís Ní Dhuibhne

The conference theme is Liminal Boundaries: Ireland Past, Present and
Future. The conference will be interdisciplinary and we welcome submissions
for panels and papers in literature, language, drama, film, art, music,
history, politics, philosophy, cultural studies, folklore, and other
relevant academic disciplines that can relate the conference theme to the
subject of Irish Studies. Possible topics include, but are not limited to

* exile; hybridity; nomadism

* local/global communities; nationalism/postnationalism

* postcolonial subjectivity; migration studies; cultural/linguistic identity

* translation; language politics

* liminal bodies/spaces; threshold experiences; memory

* transgressive identities; cyborgs

* gender; queer theory

Please submit 250-word abstracts/panel proposals, including a short CV, by
15 December, 2003. Papers should be limited to 20 minutes in length.
Presenters of papers are required to be members of NISN (Nordic Irish
Studies Network) by March 04. For information on membership see the NISN
website on www.hum.au.dk/engelsk/nisn.

Those who wish to co-ordinate special interest sessions are very welcome to
do so and should notify the conference organiser of the topic and names of
participants. Topic proposals for round-table discussions are also welcome.

Address all proposals and inquires to conference organiser:

Dr Irene Gilsenan Nordin
DUCIS (Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies)
Dept of Arts and Languages
University College Dalarna
Campus Lugnet
SE 791 88 Falun, SWEDEN

E-mail: ign_at_du.se; Phone: +46 23 77 8308; Fax +46 23 77 8080
http://www.du.se/ducis

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Dr Irene Gilsenan Nordin Director of DUCIS
Senior Lecturer in English Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies
Dept. of Arts and Languages Phone: +46 23 778308
University College Dalarna Fax: +46 23 778080
SE 791 88 Falun, SWEDEN DUCIS web page: http://www.du.se/ducis

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