IASIL JAPAN Newsletter2009 No. 3
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
July 2009
1. The 26th International Conference at Shiga University
Dates: October 10 (Sat.) & October 11 (Sun.)
Venue: Shiga University, Hikone Campus
Conference Theme: Echo Chambers: Reverberations in Irish Writing
Guest Speakers:
Prof. Riana O’Dwyer, Prof. Ellen Carol Jones, and Prof. Morris Beja
*Please find the tentative program under No.3 below.
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3. Tentative Program of the Conference
SATURDAY

10 October

9:30-10:30 Registration
10:30-11:00: Opening Addresses
11:10-12:10: Guest Lecture by Professor Riana O’Dwyer
Insiders and Outsiders: A Study of the Plays of J. M. Synge and Tom Murphy(Introduction: Masami Nakao)
12:10-13:00: Lunch
13:00-14:30: Papers
1. Andrew Fitzsimons: ‘Ego Dominus Tuus’: Yeats and ‘the unpersuadable justice’
2. Duncan Chesney: Joyce between Dante and Beckett: Italian Susurrations andReverberations'(Chair: Joseph O’Leary)
3. Takashi Ishikawa: The Poetics of the Wind: Transient Harmony of the Harp
(Chair: Ken’ichi Matsumura)
14:50-17:00: Symposium: Contemporary Irish Theatre in Context
Mika Funahashi: Patricia Burke Brogan's Eclipsed (1988/1992) in Contexts Domesticand Overseas
NaokoYagi: Frank McGuinness's Innocence (1986) in a Meta-Theatrical Context
Hiroko Mikami: Frank McGuinness's Speaking Like Magpies (2005) in an Anglo-IrishContext
Prof. Riana O’Dwyer (Commentator)
18:00- : Reception: Opening Address by Akiko Manabe(Chair: Hiroko Mikami)

SUNDAY

11 October

9:30-10:00: Registration
10:00-11:00: Papers
Room 1
1.

Naoko Toraiwa: Interweaving with History: Sebastian Barry's Recent Novels

2.

Wei H. Kao: Exploring Black-Irish Relations in the New World:
Ned Harrigan’s “The Mulligan Guard Ball” and Sebastian Barry’s“White Woman Street”(Chair: Beverley Curran)Room 2
1.

Yu-chun Huang: An Epic of Ethics: Joyce’s Ethical Movements in Ulysses

2.

Rie Shimokawa (The title to be decided soon)(Chair: Masaya Shimokusu)

11:10-12:10: Special Lecture: Prof. Morris Beja

(Introduction: Kazuhiro Doki)

12:10-13:00: Lunch and Annual General Meeting (Chair: Ken’ichi Matsumura)
13:10-15:20: Symposium: Text and History: Joyce Revisited
Prof. Ellen Carol Jones: Ghosts through Absence
Kumiko Yamada: The Fukien Mission: Irish Missionaries and Nationalism
Wataru Takahashi: Text of Ulysses: Joyce’s (Re)writing of His(s)tory
Prof. Morris Beja (Commentator)(Chair: Shigeo Shimizu)

15:20: Closing Address by Kazuhiro Doki

4. Location and Hotels
Please find the enclosed map for details.
*Concerning the list of hotels, Hikone Prince Hotel is now called Hikone View Hotel(http://hikone.in/) and the prices have been much lowered now.
*Other recommendable hotels are: Comfort Hotel（http://www.choice-hotels.jp/cfhikone/index.php）,
and Route Inn Hotel（ http://www.route-inn.co.jp/search/hotel/index.php?hotel_id=570）*For the general information, please check the Hikone City website: http://www.hikoneshi.com

IASIL-Japan Officec/o Dr. Kazuhiro DokiSecretary of IASIL Japan
Department of Foreign LanguagesAichi University of Education
1 Hirosawa, Igaya-cho, Kariya-shi, Aichi
Japan 448-8542
Email: kdoki@auecc.aichi-edu.ac.jp