CFP: Affecting Irishness (Ireland) (8/31/05; 1/13/06-1/14/06)

Affecting "Irishness":
Mutability, Nationality & Discourses of "Greening"

The aim of this interdisciplinary conference in the Humanities is to
interrogate notions of Irishness. This examination will question
Irishness as it is expressed within contemporary literary, cultural and
academic contexts. Those contexts will include national and
international discursive arenas, particularly the Irish and American
academies.

Recent postcolonial re-imaginings of Ireland have initiated the
consideration of images of Irish nationality that was formed beyond the
parameters of the island itself. In these discursive spaces,
representations of Irish identity are often discussed as being liminal,
hybrid and neutral. The focus of this conference is to interrogate and
question these representations, as well as the discourses that they
give rise to. As a means to do so, the conference will investigate
contemporary notions of Irishness, asking whether the indeterminacy
that currently surrounds Irish national and cultural identity is
limiting and/or limited. Affecting "Irishness" intends to re-imagine
the possibilities surrounding Irishness by re-appraising the many
attributions accorded to Irish distinctiveness, re-assessing
international conversations concerning Irish cultural presences, and by
re-asserting indigenous presence within the contemporary context.

We welcome papers that examine all aspects of identity, culture and
Diaspora as they inform the dialogue surrounding Irishness. The
following areas of study, or any related areas, shall be considered:

Ĝ Twenty-first century Irishness
Ĝ Irish-American Identities
Ĝ Pandemic Irishness
Ĝ Cultural constructions of race and nationality
Ĝ Images of the Diaspora
Ĝ Representations of Irishness: Past/Present/Future
Ĝ Irish notions of Place and Identity in a New World Order
Ĝ Post-colonial Theory and Irishness
Ĝ Irishness and the Body

Papers should be of 20 minutes duration. Abstracts should not be of
more than 200 words to reach us by August 31, 2005. Please include full
postal and email addresses.
Proposals should be addressed to:
Dr Padraig Kirwan
School of English
University College Dublin
Belfield
Dublin 4
Ireland

Electronic submissions are welcome and may be made to:
padraig.kirwan_at_ucd.ie

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