UPDATE: Ireland and Memory (7/1/05; 11/11/05-11/12/05)

Please note that the paper proposal deadline for this conference has been extended to July 1, 2005

“IRELAND AND MEMORY” Call for Papers

*MID-ATLANTIC REGIONAL AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOR IRISH STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING
November 11th and 12th, 2005*
*Caspersen** **School** of Graduate Studies*
*Drew** **University***
*Madison**, **New Jersey**
*

Scholars have been writing about Ireland and memory from perspectives as
diverse as those of Declan Kiberd and Roy Foster. The recent spate of
commemorations and the battles over the preservation of Ireland's
historical sites have heightened the attention paid to this most
critical of issues. Clearly, the way in which Ireland and its culture
are remembered both from within and without is contested space. This
conference seeks to explore the many and varied "memories of Ireland"
that constitute the current discourse about the past and future of
Ireland. The conference committee is interested in a broad selection of
submissions pertaining to all aspects of this question.

The conference committee seeks submissions that will explore the
diversity of memory and commemoration in Ireland past and present. The
“memories” to be considered might encompass:

** *Immigrant memory* *
Emigrant memory* *
Commemoration* *
Literary memory* *
Role of tradition* *
Historical preservation and presentation * *
High, middle, and popular cultural memory * *
Memory and Politics*

While traditional literary and historical approaches are welcome, we
hope as well to encourage papers and panels drawing on other academic
disciplines, whether cultural studies, anthropology, art history,
economics, sociology, political science, or linguistics.
Interdisciplinary and comparative work is especially sought.
*
*Please submit proposals of up to 500 words along with a short (2 page)
scholarly biography to the Conference Committee, care of Terrie McCoy.
Proposals should be faxed, mailed or emailed by July 1, 2005. Email
proposals should use only Microsoft Word attachments or include the
abstract and CV in the main body of the email text.

Terrie McCoy-Pieper
Director of Special Programs
Caspersen School of Graduate Studies
Drew University

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