IASIL JAPAN Newsletter2014 No. 1
The Japan Branch of the International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
April 2014

1. IASIL JAPAN 2014 Conference
At the Executive Committee Meeting held on March 8, plans for the 31st Conference were confirmed.
We are happy to announce that the following distinguished guests have agreed to join us, and welcome
proposals to read papers related to this year's conference theme "Ireland: Altered Images" or otheraspects of Irish literature.
Dates: 11 & 12 October, 2014
Venue: Waseda University
Theme: "Ireland: Altered Images"
Guest Speakers: 1) Fintan O'Toole
Lecture topic to be decided2) Anne Fogarty (University College Dublin)
Lecture on contemporary Irish fiction
Symposium1: "Images of Irish Culture" (tentative)
Chair: Bev Curran (International Christian University)
Panelists: Toru Sato (Aoyama Gakuin University)
To be decided

Symposium 2: "James Joyce and World Literature"
Chair: Kazuhiro Doki (Aichi University of Education)
Panelists: Eishiro Ito (Iwate Prefectural University)	  	 Keiko Shimmyo (Miyazaki University)	  	 Eunkyung Chun (Soongsil University)

Call for Papers!
Applicants for a 20 minutes paper reading are requested to send a synopsis of 250–300 words as a Word
attachment to IASIL Japan office at <secretary@iasil.jp>. Besides the synopsis itself, please send details ofthe author’s affiliation, full postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers by 31st May.

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2. Waseda University Symposium
The IASIL Japan conference 2014 will be organized in coordination with Waseda University.
The following is the tentative program of the symposium scheduled on Friday, 10 October.
Theme: "The Age of Centenaries: a Century of Irish History and Literature"
Kazuo Oikawa: Chair
Shigeo Shimizu: Parnell's 19th Century
Anne Fogarty: Reading Joyce 1914 - 2014: the Reception of "Dubliners"
Fintan O'Toole: "Don't Mention the War": 'Irish Artistic Reactions to the First World War'?
Hiroko Mikami: "Looking back at 1916: the Easter Rising and Irish Drama"

3. Payment of annual fees
Please find enclosed the 2014 Membership Fee remittance sheet payable to Japan Post Bank.
Membership with JIS
Membership with JIS & IUR¥7,000¥10,000

Couple membership with JIS¥10,000
Couple membership with JIS & IUR ¥13,000

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You may choose to pay to the IASIL Japan account at the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi below.
Bank Name: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD.
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Branch Name: Kichijoji Branch (Branch No. 220)
Branch Address: 1-15-2 Kichijoji-Honcho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0004, Japan
Tel: +81- (0)422-22-3731
Beneficiary’s Name: IASIL Japan Treasurer Yoko Kubo
Benneficiary’s Account No.: 0248851

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4. IASIL Annual Conference, 14-18 July 2014
The IASIL conference will be held this year at Université Charles de Gaulle in Lille, France, with thetheme of "Embodying/Disembodying Ireland".

5. IASIL website and registered email address
As an IASIL member, you are entitled to access the IASIL website members' pages which offer
information and latest news on Irish Literature studies.

If you are not receiving emails titled "[IASILJapan]" or "[IASIL] Weekly Digest Email", your present email address may not be registered.

Pleaseinform the IASIL Japan office at <secretary@iasil.jp> of the change in your registered email address.

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IASIL Japan
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3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-3985-4229
E-mail: <secretary@iasil.jp>
Website: <http://iasil.jp/>4