Celtic Studies Conference,
Sydney September 25-27, 2023
The Tenth Australian Conference of Celtic Studies will be hosted by the Celtic Language Teaching and Research, School of Art, Communications and English, The University of Sydney in person and online.
Online sessions will take place in the early evening Sydney time, to facilitate international
participation, and will be projected in the conference room for those attending in person.
Conference Committee:
Dr Pamela O’Neill
Professor Daniel Anlezark
Murray-Luke Peard
Keynote speakers:
Dr Elizabeth Boyle, Maynooth University
Professor Mark Byron, The University of Sydney
It is intended that a subsequent publication in memory of Anders Ahlqvist, inaugural Sir
Warwick Fairfax Professor of Celtic Studies at the University of Sydney, will include a
number of papers from the conference.
October
National Monuments Service
6th Annual Archaeology Conference
The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland and Online
07 October 2023
Cost
In-person (€25 | €35) and on-line attendance (€10)
Bookings
https://archaeologyireland.ie or through Eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/imirce
Imirce—migration, the overall theme of this programme—looks at the evidence for
arrival in Ireland, alongside examples of Irish arrivals elsewhere, as a means of
exploring and revealing the multiplicity of identities that have contributed—and
continue to contribute—to Irish society through time. This evidence ranges from the
growing body of ancient DNA evidence that is beginning to answer some lingering
questions about Irish prehistoric populations to the legacy of new or introduced
artefact, burial or settlement types that give us some insight into the lives of these new
arrivals. Equally, such evidence has an important role in telling us about Ireland’s
connections with the wider world. During the ages of exploration, colonisation and
transplantations, ships crossed oceans to trade, raid or transport. Irish people were on
board. The emigrations of the nineteenth century following the devastation of the
Famine witnessed a population shift from Ireland to distant lands, where broader
connections were forged and where the Irish diaspora expressed their identities in
different contexts and emerging new communities.
South Australian Presenter
Regular contributor to Tinteán, Dr Susan Arthure from Adelaide, is presenting.
14.35 – 15.10
Under a southern sky: the Irish settlement of Baker’s Flat in colonial South Australia
Dr Susan Arthure, Flinders University, Australia
You can see the full programme on the website https://archaeologyireland.ie
October – November 2023
Lifting the Veil on the Irish Film Festival
Much more to come!
In cinemas and online. Save the Dates for Five Australian Cities!
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| We are delighted to announce our Opening Night Movie:LAKELANDS, Starring Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People) & Danielle Galligan (Kin, Shadow and Bone) BEST FILM Galway Film Fleadh Kerry International Film Festival AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE SCREENING! On the surface, Lakelands is a film about Gaelic football; at its core it is an exploration of what it means to be a man in a macho society that is evolving from ‘old’ Ireland into a modern society.Éanna Hardwicke (Normal People) plays Cian, a small town sports star whose life revolves around training, drinking, friends and farming. When a head injury takes football off the table, Cian sinks into depression, wondering who he is if he can’t be a star on the pitch. Reconnecting with old flame Grace (Danielle Galligan – The Great, Kin, Shadow and Bone), who has returned from London to care for her dying father, gives him the space to be vulnerable and together they navigate the meaning of ‘home’ in a place where you feel like a stranger.Lakelands has a small town heart, but Cian’s journey – the discovery that a person is not defined by what he does, but who you allow yourself to be – is universal. WATCH THE TRAILER This unique film is the feature debut for writers and directors Robert Higgins and Patrick McGivney, picking up the Best Film Award at both the 2022 Galway Film Fleadh and Kerry International Film Festival.Festival Director, Enda Murray is excited about the opening night screening selection. “I’m proud to present our opening night drama Lakelands, which will premiere at our biggest festival yet.The film is a fresh, coming-of-age film from modern small town Ireland that delicately deals with a past steeped in tradition and its impact on mental health. Stunningly shot and movingly told, it features a stellar rising star lead cast in Éanna and Danielle.Lakelands is one of many quality films selected to be part of this year’s cracking program, which we are looking forward to sharing soon to celebrate Irish stories on screen in Australia!”2023 FESTIVAL DATES / LOCATIONS 5- 8 OCT: SYDNEY Dendy Cinema, Newtown 13-15 OCT: BRISBANE Dendy Cinema, Corparoo 20-22 OCT: CANBERRA Dendy Cinema, Canberra 27-29 OCT: PERTH Luna Cinema, Leederville 2-5 NOV: MELBOURNE Cinema Nova, Carlton Online across Australia OCT 5 – 15FULL PROGRAM & TICKETS RELEASED SEPT 14 including tickets to a very special opening night event for theLakelands Premiere Screening in Sydney!WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR THE FESTIVAL? A huge thank you to all our funders and sponsors who’ve come on board so far – we couldn’t run this very special event celebrating Irish stories on screen in Australia without your support. We still have some sponsor spots open with excellent value packages available – or perhaps your business or organisation can support through in kind or contra – so reach out before you miss out! Simply respond to this email for details. Slán agus beannacht Enda Murray Director Irish Film Festival  |
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12-14 DECEMBER 2023
ISAANZ Irish Studies Conference:
Disruptions and Transitions
Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Melbourne & Zoom
ISAANZ conferences are interdisciplinary have a proud tradition of welcoming public participation as well as academics.
From the recent disruptions of the pandemic to those of emigration and diaspora, Irish history and literature include both large-scale and personal divergences from anticipated futures. These disruptions have initiated transitions to new cultural, political, social, and disciplinary terrains that are often connected to Australia and New Zealand.
The themes of disruption and transition might include:
- Crossing scales of reference, from local, national, regional, and global
- Emigration, immigration, and diaspora
- Transnationalism and Irish studies
- Trauma, memory, and affect
- Women’s histories and literatures
- Histories of modernism and the new modernist studies
- Commemoration and the present
- Indigeneity and Irish studies
- Relationships between postcolonialism and ecocriticism
- Borders, sovereignty, and citizenship
- Irish studies and the digital or medical humanities
- Oceans and islands
- Queer literatures and histories
- Interdisciplinarity in Irish studies
- Religious and secular worlds
- Imagined homelands and imagined futures
More information is available from the Conference Organisers: conference26@isaanz.org
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