Call for Papers, Life on the fringe? "Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922"
Published: Sun 14th December
Life on the fringe? Ireland and Europe between 1800 and 1922
Queen’s University Belfast, 3-4 April 2009
Second Call for Papers
Deadline for abstracts: 22 December 2008
Papers are invited for the above conference, jointly organised by Queen’s University Belfast and NUI Maynooth, and sponsored by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The conference aims at bringing young scholars together to discuss aspects of nineteenth-century Irish history in a European context, with the ultimate purpose of setting up a permanent network of researchers. Postgraduate students in particular are warmly encouraged to participate.
Presenters will be provided with free registration and accommodation for one night at Stranmillis College. Small travel grants may be additionally available for a limited number of Continental postgraduate students.
The keynote address will be delivered by Professor R. V. Comerford from the National University of Ireland at Maynooth. Additionally, a number of senior researchers have confirmed their attendance, including Dr Joost Augusteijn (Leiden University, the Netherlands), Professor Antonio Raúl de Toro Santos (University of La Coruña, Spain), and Dr Jérôme Aan de Wiel (University College, Cork).
Papers should not exceed 1,500-2,000 words in length (20 minutes’ delivery). A 250-word abstract, along with a short author profile, should be submitted by 22 December 2008 to europeconference@nuim.ie .
The working language of the conference will be English.
For comments and further enquiries, please contact the organisers at the above address.
Pierre Ranger (Queen’s University Belfast/Paris 12) Brian Heffernan (NUI Maynooth)
Zsuzsanna Zarka (NUI Maynooth) Marta Ramón, PhD (NUI Maynooth)
Degree Courses
A number of degree courses related to the study of wider Europe are available at NUI Maynooth, including:
