CLAI - Comp Lit Association of Ireland

"TRANSLATION RIGHT OR WRONG", MARCH 2008

Trinity College is hosting a translation conference on Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March 2008. Speakers include Jo Balmer and Lawrence Venuti. Details <<HERE>>

CLAI FIRST POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM ANNOUNCED -- PROGRAMME NOW AVAILABLE: CLICK >>>>HERE<<<<

The Comparative Literature Association of Ireland (CLAI) holds its First Postgraduate Symposium at Dublin City University (School of Applied Language and Intercultural Studies) on Saturday, November 29 (following the national launch of CLAI at the Royal Irish Academy on Friday, November 28). There is a wide and varied programme of papers.

Through its First Postgraduate Symposium, CLAI aims to address the current state of Postgraduate Studies in Ireland. We have gathered new researchers in the field of Comparative Literature, offering them the opportunity to present their current research. The aim is to explore the latest theoretical and methodological practices , provide a supportive environment for those new to presenting conference papers and, last but not least, provide a lively and stimulating platform.

The conference is open not only to the broad community of postgraduate students in Comparative Literature, but also to all those who may be considering engaging in study or research in the field. A poster session allows third-level institutions and research centres to present their various programmes and projects. Presentations, in English, will last 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion. PowerPoint facilities will be available.

More than two dozen proposals were received by the deadline of Friday November 7, 2008. Papers will deal with many aspects of Comparative Literature. Abstracts in English are included in the final programme announcement, with title, abstract, institution, email address and keywords.

All correspondence should be sent to the organizing committee: brigitte.lejuez@dcu.ie, jean-philippe.imbert@dcu.ie and bevin.doyle25@mail.dcu.ie, Proceedings will be considered for an online publication on the CLAI website (www.complit.org ). N.B.: Details re travel, accommodation, etc. will be forwarded at a later date. >>>>VERSIONE ITALIANA DELL'INVITO ALLA PARTECIPAZIONE<<<<.

To contribute NEWS items, contact Mark Quinn

Mark Quinn is serving as Public Relations Officer of CLAI - Comparative Literature Association of Ireland. He will be compiling regular lists of news, events and issues, to be posted on this page and circulated by email to interested members. If you have a regular News and Events page within your own institution, or if you have individual events to publicize, please make contact with Mark by email: comparative.ireland (at) gmail.com - please click on the "Calendar of Events" below.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS <<CLICK HERE>>

Ireland has many cultural events of interest to comparatists. For a sample of current and recent events click <<HERE>>. Please submit new events to mark.quinn@ucd.ie

SAMPLE NEWS: Comp Lit Lectureship at Trinity

From October 2008 the MPhil degrees in Literary Translation and Compoarative Literature at TCD have a permanent lecturer providing core courses in theory, methodology and history. The job was filled in April 2008 and the new colleague is Dr Peter Arnds, formerly of Kansas State University.

SAMPLE NEWS: May 2008: AFIS Conference in Rennes (France)

AFIS - The Association for Franco-Irish Studies, in association with the Centre for Irish Studies , University of Rennes 2, France, is soliciting papers for a conference, which will run from 23-24 May 2008. The conference theme is "Secularism and Globalization in France and Ireland". This will be the 4th Conference of the National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies. The organizers are Dr. Eamon Maher, Director, National Centre for Franco-Irish Studies, ITT Dublin, Tallaght, Dublin 24 (E-mail: eamon.maher@ittdublin.ie - Phone: + 353 (0)1 4042871); and Dr Yann Bévant of the Université Rennes 2 (yann.bevant@uhb.fr).

The Calendar of Events - click <<HERE>>

Mark Quinn writes that the research seminars are often held which would be of interest to scholars working in other fields and institutions. For instance, the staff and postgraduate seminars held in the School of English, Drama and Film in UCD are open to visiting scholars from other universities, and on occasion they host distinctly comparative research seminars. Some of these talks are currently only advertised within the individual institutions, but if they were more widely advertised they would attract other scholars and researchers who share similar interests. The Calendar of Events will aim to advertise comparative lectures and talks which are open to interested members of the academic community at large, rather than talks which are strictly part of current taught programs. "Equally, any academic who is giving a paper which they consider to be comparative in nature will be in a position to inform people of their forthcoming talk through the website. Once someone has bookmarked the website, with the click of a button, they will be able to find out what is happening on a national level, providing whoever maintains the calendar is sent information regarding the events."

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