Call for Papers Irish women, migration, the diaspora and foreign relations Women’s History Association of Ireland University of Limerick 26-7 April 2013

The WHAI invites proposals for the 2012 annual conference that will address the themes of migration, diaspora and foreign relations. The conference will also have a dedicated postgraduate panel. Covering the period from the early modern to modern periods, several overarching themes are planned including the following:

Internal migrations Seasonal migration Migration as exile/punishment Social impact of migration on women Impact of migration on sending communities Impact on receiving communities ‘Communities’ of Irish women overseas Transnational cultural encounters Political power of the migrant Irish woman Recording the e/immigrant voice War and female migration/resettlement Advocacy/campaigning groups of Irish women abroad Immigration and foreign relations

Paper proposals should be 500 words and be sent by 24th March to Dr. Bernadette Whelan, Department of History, University of Limerick at .

Conference organising committee: Dr Bernadette Whelan, Dr Gavin Wilk, Dr Conor Reidy, Martin Walsh, Dr Úna Bromell (Mary Immaculate College)