Annual Geoffrey Keating lecture by Colm Tóibín

Annual Geoffrey Keating lecture by Colm Tóibín entitled "Flann O'Brien, Borges, Pessoa: Three Writers, Three Cities". Wednesday 2nd December at 7pm, Callan Hall, South Campus, NUI Maynooth. Reception to follow. RSVP by telephone +353 1 708 6173 or by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Postgraduate Scholarships IASIL 2010

Call for Postgraduate Papers IASIL 2010

The 2010 IASIL conference will include a series of postgraduate workshops, for which applications to participate are invited. Participants will be required to present a short paper (10 mins) and will be encouraged to contribute a poster presentation to the conference. The workshops will be organised by topic and will be chaired by leading scholars in the respective fields.

This call is intended for postgraduates at an early stage of their studies. Postgraduates at an advanced stage of their studies are welcome to submit a proposal under the general call for papers. If you wish to participate, please send the title and a 150 word description of your project to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it before 31 January 2010, clearly indicating that this is an application to participate in the postgraduate workshops. All conference participants must be members of IASIL.

A number of scholarships have been created to fund postgraduate students (from outside of Ireland) to attend the 2010 Maynooth conference. For more information on how to apply for an IASIL scholarship, see: http://www.iasil.org/maynooth/scholarships.html.

The British Association for Irish Studies has also generously contributed funding for a scholarship. Details and application notes can be downloaded here. For further information see http://www.bais.ac.uk/?page_id=10

IASIL 2010 - Call for Papers

Call for Papers

Irish Literatures and Culture: New and Old Knowledges

IASIL Conference, NUI Maynooth

26 July – 30 July 2010

Hosted by An Foras Feasa and the School of English, Media and Theatre Studies

Proposals for papers are invited for the 34th annual conference of the International Association of Irish Literatures (IASIL) to be held at NUI Maynooth, 26 – 30 July 2010. The conference theme is 'Irish Literatures and Culture: New and Old Knowledges'. Plenary speakers include Luke Gibbons (NUI Maynooth), Marjorie Howes (Boston College), Patrick Lonergan (NUI Galway), Bríona Nic Dhiarmada (University of Notre Dame) and Clair Wills (Queen Mary, University of London).

The aim of the conference is to address the emergence of new interpretations and understandings of Irish literature and culture and their relationship to older, established practices. Papers are invited that address the conference theme by means of specific case-studies and/or through theoretical, comparative approaches. Proposals for panels (to include a designated chairperson and three or four participants) are especially welcome on thematic subjects and/or comparative contexts.

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Holodomor in Ukraine and Great Famine in Ireland Histories, Representations and Memories

Holodomor in Ukraine and Great Famine in Ireland

Histories, Representations and Memories

Conference at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, 6-7 November 2009

The Department of History at the National University of Ireland Maynooth, An Foras Feasa: the Institute for Research in Irish Historical and Cultural Traditions, and the Centre for the Study of Wider Europe at NUI Maynooth invite interested scholars to a comparative conference on famines in Ukraine and Ireland. (Programme)

In 2008 Ukraine has declared a national remembrance day to commemorate the 'Holodomor', the devastating 1932-1933 famine in the wake of Stalin's collectivisation and grain requisitions. In Ireland, debates about how to commemorate the Great Famine appropriately are continuing. Until very recently, however, historical backgrounds, facts and processes have been discussed with limited attention to the memorial culture that emanates from secular events. The way in which the past is visualised or materialised, however, shapes the public perception of historical experiences in many and often contradictory ways.

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