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This international Irish Studies conference welcomes papers relating to Ireland, to the Irish abroad and to the Irish in Australia, in areas such as, literature, language, critical theory, history, politics, religion, gender, migration, geography, economics and music. Topics that COULD be addressed include:
- New Emigrants from Ireland: Professionals and Backpackers
- New Immigrants to Ireland: Returning Emigrants and Asylum Seekers
- The Irish, Empire and Indigenous Peoples
- The Irish, the Scots and the Scots-Irish: Celtic Friends or Foes
- Irish Catholicism: its Rise and Fall?
- Celtic Spirituality
- The Celtic Tiger: Endangered Species?
- Northern Ireland: Whither the Peace Process?
- The Irish, War and Terrorism
- The Irish Language Abroad
- The Irish Contribution to Folk and Traditional Music
- ‘Irishmen and Irishwomen’: Gender in Ireland and/or the Diaspora
- The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing: an Appraisal
- Revising Patrick O’Farrell’s History of Irish Australia
- Irish Poetry and Drama in the Diaspora/Irish-Diaspora Poetry and Drama
- James Joyce in Australia and New Zealand
- Irish Studies: their Future in the 21st Century
The conference will be based at the University of Melbourne.
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