ACIS/CAIS 2014, Call for Papers

The 2014 meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies and the Canadian Association of Irish Studies will be held at University College Dublin on 11-14 June 2014
The Conference theme is: Latitudes: Irish Studies in an international context. Banbha i gcéin

The 2014 joint ACIS/CAIS conference at UCD is an opportunity for scholars from both sides of the Atlantic with a common interest in Ireland’s history, heritage, culture and society to meet and establish new intellectual networks. The conference theme invites papers that set out to examine where Ireland fits into wider cultural, socio-economic and historical patterns.

Is Ireland unique – and if so, in what way?
Can Ireland be seen as pioneering cultural/historical trends, or as a laggard?
Some contributions may be explicitly comparative, but others may simply suggest similarities with or differences from other literary or historical movements.

We welcome papers on all aspects of Irish studies – history, social sciences, literature, language, culture, and the creative and performing arts. Individual papers and panel submissions are welcome. No contributor should take part in more than two panels. Fáilte roimh pháipéir in nGaeilge. We also wish to encourage presentations in non-traditional formats – posters, exhibits and performances.

Proposals for individual papers should be 250-300 words in length plus a brief 50 word bio.

Panel proposals should give a single statement – 500 words maximum – setting out the rationale for this panel, and identifying the contributions of each speaker, with a brief 50 word bio for each.

We promise a lively programme of papers, receptions, readings, film screenings and small-group workshops in Dublin’s libraries and archives which will showcase new print, manuscript and audio-visual collections.

The deadline for submissions is Monday 11 November. Please email proposals and any queries to aciscais@ucd.ie

The ACIS/CAIS 2014 Conference Committee:are Arts & Celtic Studies

Humanities Institute Ireland faculty:

Mary E. Daly,(mary.e.daly@ucd.ie) Marc Caball,(marc.caball@ucd.ie) Máire NÍ Annracháin,(maire.niannrachain@ucd.ie Anthony Roche (anthony.roche@ucd.ie)

information is also available at:http://www.acisweb.com

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Friday the 30th of September at 6.30pm for the launch ofAmit Mediratta‘s Exile and Other Poems, his thirteenth collection of writing. The collection will be launched by poet Michael Faherty, and will gather together work previously published at his exhibition openings in limited quantity, and will be the first definitive edition of his early poetry – beautifully presented on vellum paper and hand-signed in silver ink. The title will be produced by Amit Mediratta Publications, the imprint established by the artist last year. Check out the Galway Advertiser review, in this week’s issue, or here!

Exile Songs and other Poems opens with a series of writings originally addressed to a deceased friend and mentor as part of a number of correspondences following the latter’s death. They comprise nostalgic reflections on the poet’s adolescence, and a subsequent transition to adulthood that engages with a probing, experimental search for value and purpose. Written in a style that is simultaneously romantic, satirical and grotesque, Mediratta’s writings dissolve the moral constraints of language to produce works that document an autobiographical account of a wanderer through existence. The result is a timeless collection that echoes – and furthers – the preoccupations of writers such as Swift, Blake, Nietzsche and Hesse.

Born in Sligo in 1983 and of Indian origin, Mediratta has contributed to the arts in Galway through a prolific output of exhibitions and published collections. At present, he researches and teaches with the Philosophy Department at NUI Galway.

Exile Songs and other Poems will be launched at 6pm on Friday, August 30th, and will be available for purchase at Charlie Byrne’s and via all major online book retailers. The invited speaker will be poet Michael Faherty. For more information, see www.amit-mediratta.com.

Everyone is welcome to attend!

 

THE FIFTH ESTATE : Benedict Cumberbatch’s newest film

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A dramatic thriller based on real events, THE FIFTH ESTATE reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization.

Triggering our age of high-stakes secrecy, explosive news leaks and the trafficking of classified information, WikiLeaks forever changed the game. Now, in a dramatic thriller based on real events, THE FIFTH ESTATE reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century’s most fiercely debated organization. The story begins as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg (Daniel Brühl) team up to become underground watchdogs of the privileged and powerful. On a shoestring, they create a platform that allows whistleblowers to anonymously leak covert data, shining a light on the dark recesses of government secrets and corporate crimes. Soon, they are breaking more hard news than the world’s most legendary media organizations combined. But when Assange and Berg gain access to the biggest trove of confidential intelligence documents in U.S. history, they battle each other and a defining question of our time: what are the costs of keeping secrets in a free society—and what are the costs of exposing them?”

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Scottish Independence: What Exactly Are We Being Asked To Vote For?

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