CFP: The 9th Annual Grian Conference
March 1-3, 2007
Glucksman Ireland House
New York University

Gender in Ireland has traditionally been discussed in terms of the personification of Ireland as woman and the role of women in a conservative, Catholic country. Recent scholarship on gender and Irish subjects, however, has expanded the discourse to include issues of masculinity, sexuality, queer identities, and the role gender plays in a rapidly changing society (in both the Republic and Northern Ireland). GRIAN invites papers from scholars in all fields that address gender from contemporary and historical perspectives, including, but not limited to, the following areas:

Gender, Sexuality, and Surveillance
Queer Identities
Gay Rights
Domestic Space
Domesticity
Domestic Violence
Incest
Church/Clergy
Marriage/Divorce/Separation
Abortion/Reproductive Rights
Fear and the Racialized (M)other
Cult of Mary
Ireland as Woman: Maps and Bodies
Political Rhetoric
Policy/Legislation/Law
Colonial/Feminized Bodies
Celts/Feminine vs. Saxon/Masculine
(Hyper)masculinities (IRA, GAA)
Mother/Land/Famine
Viagra (made in Ireland)

Please send abstracts for 20 minute papers to both Elizabeth Gilmartin, EGilmar100@aol.com and Kerri Anne Burke kab350@yahoo.com by December 1, 2006.