Irish Bodies and Irish Worlds
What:
Conference
When:
9:00 AM, Wednesday 29 May 2019
(3 days 8 hours)
Where:
J. W. McConnell Building
- 9th Floor Conference Centre
How:
Description:
The Canadian Association for Irish Studies 2019 Conference
Hosted by the School of Irish Studies
Concordia University
Bodies – the human body, textual bodies, bodies of knowledge, bodies of water – are central to the numerous disciplines that form Irish Studies. Knowledge about Irish identities has been embodied through physical performance, articulated through literary and cultural bodies of work, and imagined as watery avenues of migration, exile, and diaspora. In turn, these bodies operate in, are influenced by, and also influence in their own right the world around them. The built environment, the natural world, fictional literary worlds, the transatlantic diaspora – all become ways to deconstruct and add nuance to multiple meanings of Irishness in a globalized society.Confirmed keynote speakers for CAIS 2019 are Professor Joanna Bourke (Birkbeck, University of London), Professor Rónán McDonald (University of Melbourne), Professor Rhona Richman Kenneally (Concordia University), award-winning author Kevin Barry, and Olivia Smith, co-editor of Winter Papers. The conference programme features a guided walking tour of Irish Montreal, musical performances, public readings, and a gala banquet in Old Montreal.
Ticket types:
Full Conference: $200 ($229.95 charged, taxes included)
Full Conference Student Rate: $100 ($114.98 charged, taxes included)
To present at CAIS, your membership must be up to date. If it is not, we invite you to renew it here:
Regular CAIS Membership: $75 (taxes included)
Student CAIS Membership: $35 (taxes included)
Community Daily Rate: $30/day* ($34.49 charged, taxes included)
*$40/day if registering on-site.
Option: Graduate Student Master Class with Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith
(first come first served, for 20 spots)
Option: Banquet at L'Auberge - $65/person ($74.73 charged, taxes included)
Please include a “Vegetarian Option” box to tick/option to select.
The location: Concordia University, John Molson School of Business 9th Floor Conference Centre (1450 Guy St.)
Special events at De Seve Theatre, EV and Hall Buildings. Please see schedule, when available.
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