IASIL–JAPAN Newsletter
2001–2
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures

July 2001
1 The 18th Conference of IASIL–JAPANPlease find the programme and other leaflets of the 2001 IASIL–JAPAN
Conference. The 18th IASIL–Japan Conference will be held at Shirayuri
College on Saturday, 13 and 14 Sunday, October 2001.
We are honoured to have two guest peakers: Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill (poet,chair of Poetry of Ireland) and Dr. Stanley E. Gontarski (Florida State
University, Editor of the Journal of Beckett Studies).

During theConference nine papers will be presented, two symposia will be organized
and there will be a lecture by
The nearest station for Shirayuri College is “ Station” of . From the station
it takes minutes on foot and 3 minutes by bus. Address: 1-25 Midorigaoka,Chofu, Tokyo 182-8525東京都調布市緑ヶ丘1-25, Tel: 13-3326-5050, Fax:03-3326-5467.)
To conform your attendance, please send the enclosed postcard to the IASIL–
JAPAN Office by 30 September, 2001.
2 The Harp
A letter from Editor, Peter McMillan and one from President Ken’ichi
Matsumura are enclosed here, in which you will find the issues we discussed.
Our Editor would like to set the dead line of the submission of the paper forthe next year’s bulletin at the end of December 2001

3 Other Societiesa) Japan–Ireland Society
Annual Conference will be held at Rikkyo University, on 8 and 9December.

Information: Prof. Setsuko Mori, 6-13-15 A108 Minami

Karasuyama

Setagaya-ku,

Tokyo,

157-0062,

e-mail:mori-mcelwain@mtg.biglobe.ne.jpb) The Yeats Society of Japan,
Annual Conference will be held at Jissen Women’s University on 23 and 24
September. (Office: c/o Prof. Fuyuji Tanigawa, Baika Women’s JuniorCollege.)
4 The 2001 Membership Fee
The postal transfer sheet is enclosed here. Please do not fail to send the2001 membership fee!
Regular membership–8,000 yen
Married couples––12,000 yen
Student membership––5,000 yen. (Students who would like to receive IUR
have to pay 8,000 yen.)
Please forgive us if our communication crossed on the way.
You can also deposit your membership to our bank account. Please use
whichever is convenient for you.
Sanwa Bank, Shougoin Branch（三和銀行聖護院支店）
Branch No: 445
Accouunt No: 5006757
Swift Cord: Swift No. Sanw jpjt
23—1 Sanno-cho, Shougoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606
Under the name of IASIL Japan Office (Hiroko Ikeda)
5. Auditor

One of our Auditors, Prof. Totaro Shimamura quit the society and Prof.
Akiko Suzue has replaced his position.
6. Personal Names
Let the office know if you have any opinion about how your names istranscribed in Roman Letters. Which would you prefer, your last name firstor your first name first? (ex. Yamada Taro vs Taro Yamada.) Do you think it
would be better for us to follow the recent trend?
7. ObituaryJames Simmons who was our guest speaker in 1993 died on 20 June.
From The Irish Times (Saturday, 30 June, 2001)
The death on June 20th of poet, singer and songwriter James Simmonsbrought to an end one of the most successful literary careers to arise out of
Northern Ireland in the last 40 years. Born in Derry in 1933 and educatedat Campbell College, Belfast and the University of Leeds, where he took aBA in English in 1958, James Simmons became the voice of popular culturein the poetry boom in Northern Ireland during the 1960s and 70s. He
brought an anarchic humour and sexual frankness to the often austere
moods of Ulster verse. In 1969, he founded the magazine The Honest
Ulsterman, a publication which was a vehicle for his literary, cultural andpolitical enthusiasms but also provided a valuable platform for new writing
at a time when there was plenty to be had In 1990, he and his third wife, US
poet Janice Fitzpatrick, established a teaching college for creative writing inIslandmagee, Co Antrim. He was still active up to the time of his death on
the new Poets House, He received, among many prizes, both the Gregory andCholmondely awards for poetry and a Northern Ireland Arts Council bursary.
Poems 1956-1986 was a Poetry Ireland choice and a Poetry Society (London)
recommendation and won the Irish Publishers' Award in1986.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN TOKYO!

IASIL–JAPAN OFFICE
c/o 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