*CFP* "NATIONHOOD, IDENTITY, AND SPECULATIVE FICTION", BOOKS BEYOND BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE

Books Beyond Boundaries Conference: Nationhood, Identity, and Speculative Fiction

15th-16th January 2021,

Ulster University, Belfast Campus

 

'Culture is the context within which we need to situate the self, for it is only by virtue of the interpretations, orientations and values provided by culture that we can formulate our identities, say ‘who we are’, and ‘where we are coming from’ (Benhabib, 2000:18)

From C.S. Lewis to James Shaw, Northern Irish and Irish fiction is best known for its imagined histories, futures, and alternate realities. However, speculative fiction from writers of colour and ethnic minorities have been notably absent from the literary canon. While the island of Ireland has continued to grow more culturally diverse in the twenty-first century, there has been little engagement with how the cultural identity of Northern Ireland and Ireland has been transformed through immigration.

*CFP* CALL FOR POLICY AND REPORT REVIEWS, IRISH JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT AND CULTURAL POLICY

Policy and Report Reviews sought for Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy.

The editorial board of the Irish Journal of Arts Management & Cultural Policy is seeking Policy and Report Reviews for the 2020-2021 Issue, of recent reports and policy documents published in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

We are seeking reviews of the following reports/policy documents:

• As a single comparative piece: 
• Arts Council. A response to the Covid-19 crisis for the Arts in Ireland. Survive, Adapt, Renew. Report of the Expert Advisory Group June 2020 to the Arts Council. 
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Impact of the Coronavirus on the Northern Ireland Arts Sector – Findings of survey of artists and arts organisations

• Belfast City Council. Cultural Strategy 2020 – 2030

*CFP* CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS, IRISH SCREEN STUDIES 2020 SEMINAR

Irish Screen Studies 2020 Seminar  

6-7 de Mayo de 2020

Ulster University, Derry

Keynote speakers 

John Hill, Professor of Film Studies at Royal Holloway London 

Dr. Liz Greene, Reader in Film and Sonic Arts at Liverpool John Moores University.

The Irish Screen Studies Seminar provides a unique platform for the presentation of new work –research, practice, and research through practice– by scholars and filmmakers from third-level institutions in Ireland, as well as those working on Irish screen-related topics in other universities and colleges worldwide.

*CFP*”WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY IRISH FILM”, SYMPOSIUM, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK

Women in Contemporary Irish Film

University College Cork

5 September 2019

Under the broad thematic rubric of Women in Contemporary Irish Film, proposals are sought for 20-minute papers, along with the screening of short films/videos. 

Full Call for Proposals (and other information) can be found on the Symposium website here. 

This Symposium is organised by Dr Abigail Keating of the Department of Film and Screen Media at University College Cork, and is made possible by the very generous support of the Department of Film and Screen Media, the School of Film, Music and Theatre, and the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland.

*CFP* “ODD MAN OUT (CAROL REED, 1947): FILM, HISTORY, POLITICS”, NUI GALWAY

“Odd Man Out” (Carol Reed, 1947): Film, History, Politics

May 25 2019

Huston School of Film & Digital Media

NUI Galway, Ireland

Papers are invited for a one-day symposium on Carol Reed’s 1947 film starring James Mason as a wounded IRA man on the run, scuttling through the dark streets of Belfast in a bid to evade capture by the British authorities.

The symposium (and screening of the film) is organised by Breandán Mac Suibhne (The End of Outrage: Post-Famine Adjustment in Rural Ireland, Oxford 2018) and Tony Tracy (Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway) and seeks to develop upon existing scholarship across a variety of themes and approaches. 

*CFP* CALL FOR PROPOSALS 15TH ANNUAL IRISH SCREEN STUDIES SEMINAR

The Huston School of Film & Digital Media, NUI Galway is pleased to host the 15th Annual Irish Screen Studies Seminar, to be held on 9-10 May 2019.

The Irish Screen Studies Seminar provides a unique platform for the presentation of new work – research, practice, and research through practice – by scholars and filmmakers from third-level institutions in Ireland, as well as those working on Irish screen-related topics in other universities and colleges worldwide.

The seminar is aimed at academic researchers and practitioners in film and screen cultures in the broadest sense, touching on audio, film, television, digital media, transmedia, gaming and related interdisciplinary activity. The ISSS actively promotes the exchange of ideas and offers postgraduate and early career researchers and practitioners an ideal opportunity to present evolving screen-related research and practice in a constructive and encouraging forum.