Don’t Forget: Applications for Postgraduate Bursaries due Today

Just a brief reminder to all postgraduate students planning to attend and deliver papers at this year’s ECIS conference: applications for postgraduate bursaries to be used towards registration and accommodation costs are due TODAY. For those who have not already applied, please email your name, institutional affiliation, a short description of your research, and a brief statement of how attendance at this conference will further your research goals to the conference organizer (cmorin AT tcd DOT ie), using the subject line ‘ECIS Postgraduate Bursary’.

 

 

 

Registration for the 2012 ECIS conference now open

Registration is now open for this year’s Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society conference, with a slightly reduced rate available until 1 June 2012. The registration form includes information about accommodation in Dublin as well as bursaries available to postgraduate students presenting at the conference. One word of caution: this year’s conference coincides with a Westlife concert, so accommodation is already very scarce. Book as soon as possible to avoid disappointment! A provisional programme will be uploaded here in the next week or so.

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Alan Harrison Memorial Lecture Confirmed

This year’s Alan Harrison Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor Liam Mac Mathúna, head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics at UCD. Professor Mac Mathúna’s lecture is titled ‘Getting to Grips with Innovation and Genre Diversification in the Work of the Ó Neachtain Circle in Early Eighteenth-Century Dublin’.

Other preparations for the conference are progressing apace. Watch this space for registration details and a provisional programme!

Reminder: Paper Proposals Due 2 March

With all the disruption of Christmas, New Year, and a new term, I thought I might post a gentle reminder that paper proposals for this year’s Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference, to be held in Trinity College Dublin, 22-24 June, are due by 2 March. It’s shaping up to be a great couple of days, so be sure to get your proposals in to join in all the fun. Here’s the call for papers ….

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers and/or 3-4 person panels (in English or Irish) on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including its history, literature, language, and culture. There is no specific conference theme, but proposals for papers and panels addressing the following topics will be particularly welcome:

• Eighteenth-century Dublin

With the 2012 conference based in the heart of Dublin city centre, papers concerning any facet of Georgian Dublin, including, but not limited to, history, literature, architecture, and urban planning, are invited.

• The Irish Parliament

To mark the 230^th anniversary of Irish legislative independence, papers addressing any aspect of the Irish parliament, its members, its activities, and its effect on Irish social, political, and cultural life are especially encouraged.

• Dublin City of Science

In July 2012, Dublin will host Europe’s largest science conference, Euroscience Open Forum; in conjunction, science-related events and exhibitions are planned across Ireland in the months preceding the conference. To join in this celebration of Irish scientific endeavour, papers are invited on any aspect of the practice of scientific experimentation, enterprise and research in the long eighteenth century.

• The History of Jack Connor and Early Irish Fiction

As 2012 is the 260^th anniversary of the publication of William Chaigneau’s only novel, The History of Jack Connor (1752), papers are invited on any aspect of the text and its relationship to the development of Irish and British fiction. More widely, papers considering other examples of early Irish fiction, their contribution to the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century Britain, and their exploration (or lack thereof) of Irish life, are also welcome.

ECIS Plenary Lecture: Jim Chandler, ‘Maria Edgeworth, Edmund Burke and the First Irish Ulysses’

The Royal Irish Academy (RIA) have just posted the details of the plenary lecture to be delivered at the 2012 ECIS conference by Professor James Chandler (University of Chicago). The lecture is titled ‘Maria Edgeworth, Edmund Burke and the First Irish Ulysses’ and will be hosted by the RIA on Friday, 22 June 2012, at 6 pm. A wine reception will follow. The lecture (and reception!) will be open to the public, not just scholars attending the conference, so spread the word!

Admission to the discourse is free of charge but booking at www.ria.ie is essential for conference delegates and the general public.

Follow us on Twitter!

The 2012 Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference is taking full advantage of modern technologies and is now on Twitter. We’re still getting our head around it all, but you can follow us @ecisconference2 for updates, reminders, and other fascinating tidbits from now until the conference. And we’re considering the possibility of livestreaming at the conference itself…

Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Website Now Live

The sparkly new Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society website is now up and running, with information about the society, its committee, and its annual journal Eighteenth-Century Ireland. It also includes information about the upcoming Eighteenth-Century Ireland Society Conference in June… paper proposals are already rolling in, so be sure to send yours in before the 2 March 2012 deadline.

 

 

Call for Papers

Proposals are invited for twenty-minute papers and/or 3-4 person panels (in English or Irish) on any aspect of eighteenth-century Ireland, including its history, literature, language, and culture. There is no specific conference theme, but proposals for papers and panels addressing the following topics will be particularly welcome:

Eighteenth-century Dublin

With the 2012 conference based in the heart of Dublin city centre, papers concerning any facet of Georgian Dublin, including, but not limited to, history, literature, architecture, and urban planning, are invited.

The Irish Parliament

To mark the 230^th anniversary of Irish legislative independence, papers addressing any aspect of the Irish parliament, its members, its activities, and its effect on Irish social, political, and cultural life are especially encouraged.

Dublin City of Science

In July 2012, Dublin will host Europe’s largest science conference, Euroscience Open Forum; in conjunction, science-related events and exhibitions are planned across Ireland in the months preceding the conference. To join in this celebration of Irish scientific endeavour, papers are invited on any aspect of the practice of scientific experimentation, enterprise and research in the long eighteenth century.

The History of Jack Connor and Early Irish Fiction

As 2012 is the 260^th anniversary of the publication of William Chaigneau’s only novel, The History of Jack Connor (1752), papers are invited on any aspect of the text and its relationship to the development of Irish and British fiction. More widely, papers considering other examples of early Irish fiction, their contribution to the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century Britain, and their exploration (or lack thereof) of Irish life, are also welcome.

Welcome!

Welcome to the website for the 2012 Annual Eighteenth-Century Ireland Conference, which will be held in The Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin from 22-24 June. Information about the conference, including a call for papers and proposal submission procedure, will be posted here periodically, so check in regularly to keep up to date.

Looking forward to seeing you in June!