IASIL JAPAN Newsletter2003 (3)International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures
JAPANDecember 2003
1. The 20th Conference of IASIL-JAPANThe 20th Conference of IASIL-JAPAN was held at Waseda University on October. 12 &13. The Conference theme was “A Look Backward and a Step Forward.”
We were honoured by the presence of HE the Ambassador of Ireland, Mr. Pádraig
Murphy.
We had a fantastic two days with a guest speaker, Dr Frances Devlin-Glass from Deakin
University, Australia, who at the moment is at Kobe College as a Visiting
Professor. We are terribly sorry to say that Cathal Ó Searcaigh, a poet from Ireland,cancelled his visit to Japan at the last moment. We would like to express our sincere
gratitude to Dr Devlin-Glass who gave another lecture after we asked her to do so just afew days before the conference.
There was quite a change of the programme at the last moment, which you will findbelow.

*************Programme (Revised)*************
Sunday, 12 October, 2003
9:00–10:30

Registraion.

10:30–11:00

Opening Addresses (Room 382, Building 36, Toyama Campus)

President of IASIL JAPAN Ken’ichi Matsumura
Chair of the Department of English, Waseda University Kaoru Murata
Ambassador of Ireland Pádraig Murphy
Chair: Akiko Manabe
11:00–12:00

Special Lecture (Room 382)

‘Twenty Years A-Growing: from IASAIL-JAPAN to IASIL JAPAN’
Tetsuro Sano, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Introduction: Ken’ichi Matsumura
13:00-14:00 Papers
Room 382
1. Kimiyo Ogawa,‘Irish National Characters as Symptoms in Maria Edgeworth’s Ormond and Ennui ’
2. Yoko Fujisawa, ‘Maria Edgeworth’s Short Stories Set in Ireland’Chair: Hiroyuki Yamasaki
Room 581
1. Nora Kennedy,‘Stony Grey Soil: Patrick Kavanagh and his Legacy to Women Poets’
2. Naoko Toraiwa, ‘On Flight by Vona Groake’
Chair: Masami Nakao
14:10–15:00

Special Lecture (Room 382)

‘Who Reads Joyce for Pleasure? Bloomsdays and the Uncommon Reader’Frances Devlin-Glass,
Deakin University, Visiting Megumikai Professor of English Literature Kobe College
Introduction: Mitsuko Ohno
15:10–17:10

Symposium (Room 382)

Setting the Problem: Frank O’Connor and the Short Story in his Centenary Year’
A Symposium on O’Connor’s ‘First Confession’ and ‘Guests of the Nation’
Chair: George Hughes

Speakers: Mika Momoo, Peter O’Connor, Hidemitsu Tohgo
17:30–19:30

Reception (Okuma Garden House, Cafeteria)
Host: Nobuaki Tochigi

Monday, October 13, 2003
10:00–11:30 Papers
Room 382
1. Tatsuo Ohtsuka, ‘Analysis of Love Among the Artists with a view to clarify theshift of emphasis Shaw gave to marriage’
2. Eishiro Ito, ‘Nationalism in Ulysses and Kenji Miyazawa’s Works’
3. Andrew Fitzsimons, ‘Pity and Piety: Dante in Irish Writing’
Chair: Masazumi Toraiwa
Room 581
1. Youngmin Kim, ‘Future Anterior: Yeats’s Gyre Looking Forward to A Grid andContemporary Grid Looking Backward to Its Origin’
2. David Taylor, ‘Light Visions: Seamus Heaney's Recent Poetry’3. Eiri Saito, ‘Ａ historical context of Michael Longley’s “The Linen Industry” ’Chair: Tetsuro Sano
12:10–13:10 Lunch & Annual General Meeting (Room 382)
Chair: Seishi Matsuda
13:20–14:20 Special Lecture (Room 382)
‘Easy peasy: Cultural Revivals, Irish and Yanyuwa.’ Frances Devlin-Glass
Introduction: Taketoshi Furomoto
14:30–17:00 Symposium (Room 382)
“What a little thing”: The Short Poem in Ireland
Chair: David BurleighSpeakers: Andrew Fitzsimons, Mitsuko Ohno, Nobuaki Tochigi
17:10 Closing Address (Room 382)
Akiko Manabe★We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the staff of Waseda University,
especially Professors Nobuaki Tochigi, Hiroko Mikami, Kazuo Oikawa, Minako
Okamuro and their wonderful students.
Items covered at AGM:
1) Financial Report of the Fiscal Year 2002 by Treasurer, Prof. Reiko Taniue.
2) Budget for the Fiscal Year 2003 by Secretary Akiko Manabe.
IASIL JAPAN Constitution, Guidelines for the Journal of Irish Studies by Pesident
Ken’ichi Matsumura ?
3) Grant from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science by Prof. Manabe
4) Journal of Irish Studies by the Editor, Prof. Peter O’Connor.
5) The New Editor,. Andrew Fitzsimons, by Pesident Ken’ichi Matsumura
5) IASIL 2003 in Budapest, Hungary by Prof. Naoko Toraiwa6) IASIL 2004 in Galway, Ireland by. Prof. N Toraiwa7) IASIL JAPAN 2004 by. Prof. Manabe and Prof. Masaya Shimokusu
Host University will be Shizuoka University of Art and Culture（静岡文化芸術大学）
in Hamamatsu.. Prof. Shimokusu will work for the arrangement of the conference.
There will be a possibility that Takigi No may be held on campus at the time of ourConference.
2. Journal of Irish Studies
New Editor: Prof.. Andy Fitzsimons
New Editorial Board: Professors David Burleigh, Clair Hughes, Richard Kelly, MikaMomoo, Peter O’Connor, Kimiyo Ogawa, Mitsuko Ohno, John Oliphant, David Taylor,
Nobuaki Tochigi, and Hiroyuki Yamasaki.
The new Editor welcomes all submissions and that 2004 being the Bloomsday
centenary essays on Ulysses and Joyce would be particularly welcome.
IMPORTANT: The deadline for submissions to the 2004 issue of the Journal ofIrish Studies is April 25 2004.
For further information/inquiry, please contact Prof. Fitzsimons.

The Office would like to express sincere gratitude to the Editor, Prof. O’Connor andEditorial Board members, Professors Andrew Fitzsimons, Taketoshi Furomoto, ClairHughes, Richard Kelly, Mitsuko Ohno, John Oliphant, Nobuaki Tochigi, Hidemitsu
Tohgo and Hiroyuki Yamasaki for their hard and generous work to create our Journal.
The Office would appreciate it if those members who have published books would send
one review copy.
Books received:・Michiko Yakamatsu, 『劇作家シングのアイルランド--悲劇的美の世界--』（彩流社）
・Masahiko Yahata,『北アイルランド小説の可能性--融和と普遍性の模索--』（渓流社）
・Reading: Journal of the University of Tokyo English Literature Society
The Office feels grateful for the authors of the above books and the journal gratitude forthem.
3. Plans for the IASIL JAPAN 2004 Conference
At the committee meetings held in Kyoto on December 6, the committee began to planfor the 21st IASILJAPAN Conference.
a)Time: October 9 & 10, 2004.

b)

Place: Shizuoka University of Art and Culturec)Conference Theme: Crossways in Irish Literaturesd) Guest Speakers:i) Dr. Michelle P Brown at the British Library
Travel Grant from the British Council. Prof. Richard Kelly will get in touch with her.
ii) Mr. Timothy O’Grady, Novelist.
Travel Grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland. President Matsumura
and Prof. O’Connor will get in touch with him.
e)Symposiai) Homesickness (Chair & Organizer: Prof. Hiroyuki Yamasaki)ii) A Portrait of Contemporary Ireland (In Consideration)f) 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 (in .rtf / rich text file?) and sent with a hard copy typed on
A4-sized sheetsor2.

sent by e-mail as an attached file (in .rtf / rich text file?) or as written inthe message

Name, University or other Affiliation, Address, Title of the Paper and 250–300
Words Summary.
Papers read at the conference should be 3,000 words and should be given within
20 minutes.
4. IASIL 2004 Galway
Please find the information from the website of IASIL which can be connected from ourweb-site: http://www.musashino-wu.ac.jp/iasil-j/
5. The 2003 Membership Fee
The postal transfer sheet is enclosed for those who have not paid the membershipfee. Please forgive us if the correspondence is crossed on the way.
Regular membership	  8,000円
Married couples	  12,000円
Student membership	  5000円. (Students wishing to receive IUR should pay 8,000円.)
For those who use the bank rather than the post office, please use the following bank:
Name of the Bank: UFJ Bank, Branch: Kyotoekimae
Branch no: 434
Account no: 4538506
Under the name of : Reiko Taniue, IASIL JAPAN Office
口座番号	  5006757
登録者名	  イアシル・ジャパン	  事務局	  谷上れい子

店番	  434
銀行名	  UFJ	  銀行	  京都駅前支店.
7. Paul Durcan
There will be a poetry reading by Paul Durcan introduced by Prof Masazumi Toraiwa atWaseda University (Ono Hall小野講堂 at the Main Campus) at 5:00 p.m. on January
9th 2004. For further information, please be in touch with Professor Shigeo Shimizu.
Finally: please note that in April the url for the IASIL JAPAN website will change inApril from:http://www.musashino-wu.ac.jp/iasil-j/
tohttp://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/iasil-j/
A MERRY XMAS&A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

IASIL–JAPAN OFFICE
c/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