5 January 2008

Call for Papers- Visual, material and print culture in Nineteenth-century Ireland

The Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland began its annual conferences in the early 1990s - firstly in Ireland, and then rotating between Ireland, Europe and North America.

The University of Limerick is running a two-day international conference exploring the nature and extent of Visual, material and print culture in Nineteenth-century Ireland. Taking a broad view of the nineteenth century, panels are being constituted from, but not limited to, the following areas: history; art history; English literature; geography; architecture; politics; folklore; urban and rural development; photographic images; film; Litríocht na Gaeilge; Gaeltacht; cultural nationalism; poetry; the Irish novel; diaries; letters; newspapers; demography; diaspora; gender; childhood; landscape; maps; settlement; education; work; religion; travel writing; the stage Irishman; music.

Confirmed Plenary speakers include
Prof. Liam Kennedy, QUB
Catherine Marshall, IMMA
Prof. Niamh O’ Sullivan, NCAD
Dr Neil Buttimer, UCC

For further details check out the following link:
http://www.ssnci.com/

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