IASIL–JAPAN Newsletter
2001–1
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

April 2001
1 Plans for IASIL–Japan 2001 Conference
At the committee meetings held on February 24, plans for the 18th IASIL–
Japan Conference were discussed.
a) Time: October 13 and 14, 2001b) Place: Shirayuri College (1-25 Midorigaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8525, tel:03-3326-5050, fax: 03-3326-5467)c)Conference Theme: Migration Irish Literaturesd)

Guest Speakers
(i)

Nuala

Ní

Dhomhnaill;

Daughter(1990),

Theapoet

Astrakhan

fromIreland,Cloak(1992),

Pharaoh’sThe

Water

Horse(1999).
(ii)

Dr . Stanley Gontarski; Florida State University, Editor of
Journal of Beckett Studies and of The Complete Short Prose
1929-89 (Grove Press)

In the last news letter Matthew Sweeney and Glenn Patterson wereannounced as our candidates.

Unluckily neither of them wereavailable, though both of them sincerely express their wish to join us.
From this conference on the office will make contact with guest
speakers.
e)Symposia(i) “Fool & Frenzy in Irish Literary Tradition”
Chair & Organizer: Prof. Tetsuro Sano

Speakers: Prof. Chizuko Inoue, Prof. Ken’ichi Matsumura, Prof.
Masazumi Toraiwa
The title is a tentative one and Prof. Sano will announce the final oneby June.
(ii) On Beckett (Specific title will be announced.)
Chair & Organizer: Prof. Minako Okamuro
Speakers: Prof. Gontarski and others (to be announced.).
Abstract (250-300 words) should be sent to the office by July 10.
・Some changes in Symposia
Prof. Toraiwa has kindly and humbly suggested that since we will havea Beckett scholar, we should have a symposium on Beckett with Dr.
Gontarski as one of the speakers, and that he will give up hissymposium on Dracula. Prof. Toraiwa will be one of the speakers of theother symposium, “Fool and Frenzy in Irish Literature..”f) Accommodation
Prof. Nobuaki Tochigi of Shirayuri College reports:
In order to go to Shirayuri College you should take the Keio Line atShinjuku Station and in Shinjuku area the averate rate of the hotel ismore than 11000 yen per night, while places like Ochanomizu andSuidobashi which are located between Tokyo Station and Shinjuku
Station there are hotels you can stay 8000 yen a night.
g)Call for Papers!
Applicants for the paper reading are requested to send the office a
synoposis by the end of May. The following items must be either
1.

saved in FD and sent with a hard copy typed on A4-sized sheetsor2.

sent by e-mail as an attached file or as written in the message.

Name, University or other Affiliation, Address, Title of the Paper andabout 250–300 Words Summary.

Papers read at the conference should be 3,000 words and given within
20 minutes.
3The Harp
Editorial board members (Prof. Peter McMillan, Prof. Taketoshi
Furomoto, Prof. Richard Kelly, Prof. Sano and Prof. Tochigi), President
Matsumura and Secretary Akiko Manabe held a meeting on January
13, 2001.
(a) What was discussed.
(i) Contributors
Contributors will be basically members of IASIL-JAPAN and guest
speakers (included those who were invited in the past). When there
are enough space left and a good reason, we will include contributors
other than stated above.
(ii) Referees
There will be referees for each paper. All the editorial members know
who the referees are but kept their names anonymous for those whoare not on the board.
(iii) Editorial Advice
If necessary and only if the writers express their needs, editorial advice
will be given by some native speaker of English.
(iv) Book Review
More book reviews will be included, for this is one of the good ways to
let the world know what kind of work on Irish Literature in Japaneseis published. Prof. Tochigi will be in charge.
Please give information to Prof. Tochigi about the publication you findworth reviewed.
(v) Bibliography of Irish Studies

Since putting the bibliography of Irish Studies in Japan is extremely
important to introduce Japanese current situation to the world,bibliography will be included. As Prof. Kazuhiro Doki will succeed theposition of making the bibliography for the main office, he will be incharge of this section in the Harp.
(vi) Obituaries
Prof. Matsumura will be in charge.
(vii) Notes on the contributors should be listed.
(b) Editorial Principles
Prof. McMillan explained the editorial principles. You will find hisletter enclosed here in which he expresses his opinion.
(c) International Distribution
Prof. Kelly talked about the international distribution.

He hassummarized what he has been and will be doing in a letter enclosed
here.
It is agreed that we will not cite the price on the back-cover
3. Request for Information of Your Publication
Below is a message from Prof. Kazuhiro Doki who has succeeded the positionin charge of making a list of publication reported to the main office. Herethe office would like to express gratitude for Prof. Hiroyuki Yamasaki who
has been doing the work for 10 years.
***********
I would like to announce you that the bibliographer for the IASIL-Japan has
been taken over from Professor Yamasaki to Kazuhiro Doki. Please fill in theenclosed form and mail it to the address below by May 14 :Kazuhiro Doki
Aichi University of Education
Hirosawa 1, Igaya, Kariya-cityAichi 448-0001
kdoki@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp
The list is for your books and articles published from January 1, 2000
through December 31, 2000. For the sake of convenience, it is preferable if
you would mail it to me by e-mail. Please be sure that your bibliography will
be in Oxford Style Sheet.
4. Information Leaflets
Please find the following information leaflets encloseda)W.B. Yeats: The 42nd Annual International Summer School(Sligo, Ireland,
July 28–August 10, 2001)b) The James Joyce Annual Summer School (University College Dublin, July8-20, 2001)c) The Island Has Many Voices: An International Summer School of Irish
CulturalHeritages,(MageeCollegeUniversityofUlster,L’Derry,

July22-August12, 2001)
5 Other Societiesa)James Joyce Society, Japan
Annual conference will be held at Hosei University on June 16. (Office: c/oProf. Hiroaki Natsume, Aoyama Gakuin University)b)Yeats Society, Japan,
Annual Conference will be held at Jissen Women’s University on September
23 and 24. (Office: c/o Prof. Fuyuji Tanigawa, Baika Women’s JuniorCollege.)c)Japan Ireland Society,
Annual Conference will be held at Rikkyo University on December 8 and9. (Office: c/o Prof. Setsuko Mori, 6-13-15-A108 Minami Karasuyama,Setagaya, Tokyo, 157-0062).
6 The 2001 Membership Fee

The postal transfer sheet is enclosed. Please do not fail to send the 2000
membership fee !
Regular membership–8,000 yen
Married couples––12,000yen
Student membership––6,000 yen. (Students who would like to receive IUR
have to pay 8,000 yen.)

IASIL–JAPAN OFFICE
c/o Prof. Akiko Manabe
Shiga University, Faculty of Economics
1–1–1 Banba, Hikone, Shiga 522–8522
tel&fax: 0749–27-–1111
e–mail:akiko–m@biwako.shiga–u.ac.jp