IASIL Japan Newsletter2003 (2)International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
July 2003
1. Plan for the IASIL Japan Conference 2003
Please find the programme and other leaflets of the 2003 IASIL JAPAN
Conference. The 20th IASIL Japan Conference will be held at Toyama Campus(School of Literature), Waseda University, Sunday 12 October and Monday 13 October
2003.
・The Conference will be held atToyama Campus (School of Literature), Waseda University
1-24-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo169-8644
http://organization.web.waseda.ac.jp/eng/campus/toyama.html
・The Reception will be held atOkuma Garden House, Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda
1-6-1 Nishi-waseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8050
http://organization.web.waseda.ac.jp/eng/campus/nishiw.html
Map: http://organization.web.waseda.ac.jp/eng/campus/index.html
Guest speakers: We are honoured to have two guest speakers: Cathal Ó Searcaigh, an
Irish Poet from Donegal, and Professor Frances Devlin-Glass from Australia, Visiting
Megumikai Professor of English Literature, Kobe College. Mr. Ó Searcaigh will give a
poetry reading and a a special lecture and Prof. Devlin-Glass will give a special lecturein which she will talk about the implication of the Irish Literary Revival for an
endangered Aboriginal culture and language (Yanyuwa) in contemporary Australia.

Since this is the 20th Anniversary Year of IASIL JAPAN, our ex-President, Professor
Tetsuro Sano, Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, will give the keynote lecture,‘Twenty Years A-Growing: from IASAIL-Japan to IASIL Japan.’
During the Conference ten papers will be presented and two symposia will be organized.
One of the symposia will be on Frank O’Connor’s short stories to commemorate hisCentennial. The other will be on the short poem in Ireland.
To confirm your attendance, please send the enclosed postcard to the IASIL Japan
Office by September 25..
・Important Notice・On October 12 and 13 Waseda University will be officially closed,
1. Please show your conference programme to the security guard at the gate
whenever you go into and out of the campus.
2. Those who will give papers in paper reading sessions or symposia, please
prepare the necessary number of handouts and other material beforehand yourselfand bring them with you, because there will be no Xerox machine available oncampus during the Conference. We apologize for any inconvenience this maycause.
The Office would like to express sincere gratitude to Professor Nobuaki Tochigi
for his cooperation in planning our conference at Waseda University.
2. Journal of Irish Studies
Please find Letter from the Editor enclosed here.
We are happy to announce that we have received a grant of 800,000 yen for publishing
this year’s JIS by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science （日本学術振興会、科学研究費補助金—研究成果公開促進費）.
3. The 2003 Membership FeeA postal transfer sheet is enclosed. Please do not fail to send your 2003 membership
fee!
Regular membership: 8,000 yen
Married couples:12,000yen
Student membership: 5,000 yen. (Students who would like to receive IUR have to pay
8,000 yen.)
Institutional membership: 2,000 yen
To cover international postage expenses, annual subscriptions for members andinstitutions based overseas is 500 yen higher than for those living in Japan; 8,500 yen
for individuals, 12,500 for married couples and 5,500 for students, and 2,500 for
institutions.

For those who use the bank rather than the post office, please use the following bank.
Bank Account has been changed since of April, 2003.
Name of the Bank: UFJ Bank
Name of the Branch: Kyoto Ekimae
Branch no: 434
Account no: 4538506
Under the name of : IASIL-JAPAN Office Reiko Taniue
銀行名UFJ銀行

京都駅前支店

口座番号 4538506
名義

イアシル・ジャパン事務局

谷上れい子♧Please forgive us if our communication crossed on the way.♧
4. Election of our International Representatives
This is the year for the election of the international representatives. We received anomination form as usual and returned the form with our nominee’s name on it. But
since then we did not heard anything. It turned out the nomination sheets the ElectionOfficer sent the office did not reach Japan. Therefore, we missed the opportunity tovote. Here is a note from the Election Officer, Professor Jacqueline Hurtley:
I am writing to inform you that the AGM, held in Debrecen last Friday, 11th
July, did not oppose the solution which, I understand, was agreed between
Professors Murray and Toraiwa, i.e. that the nominations for Japan should berecognised as Japan's Vice-Chair and representatives for 2003-2006. They
were, of course, voted for by members in other parts of the world. I deeply
regret that Japanese members did not have the opportunity to vote on thisoccasion.
In another e-mail she has said, “Please apologise on my behalf to all members in Japan.”
The Office would like to apologize here too. We should have noticed and written to herearlier.
Our representatives during the period from 2003 to 06 will be:
Vice Chairperson: Masazumi Toraiwa
Representatives: Reiji Fujimoto, Mitsuko Ohno and Seishi Matsuda.

5. From IASIL-Japan to IASIL JapanAt the Committee Meeting it has been decided we will use a new way of presenting ourname IASIL Japan. The hyphen (-) between IASIL and Japan will be deleted. We
will continue to use ‘small caps’ font style for our name: IASIL Japan.
6. Change of Constitution
At the committee we have been discussion the change of Constitution. The new one
will be presented at the AGM in October and need the approval by the members.
7. Website
Please go into our Website. Ms Miyuki Kyotani and Professor Peter O’Connor havebeen working wonderfully for our site. http://www.musashino-wu.ac.jp/iasil-j/

Looking forward to seeing you at the Conference at WASEDA.
Have a Great Summer!
IASIL JAPAN OFFICEc/o Akiko Manabe
Shiga University, Faculty of Economics
1–1–1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522–8522
tel&fax: +81-(0)749–27–1111
e–mail:akiko–m@biwako.shiga–u.ac.jp
The Office will be closed between August 2 and 14. Sorry for the inconvenience.