IASIL JAPAN Newsletter2013 No.2
International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures, JapanSeptember 2013

1. IASIL JAPAN 2013 Conference, Kyoto Notre Dame University
As has been announced IASIL Japan 2013 Conference will meet on Oct. 12 (Sat.) &Oct. 13(Sun) at Kyoto Notre Dame University. Please find enclosed the programme, thesynopses, as well as the postcard which we ask you to fill in and return to us. A posterof the conference designed by a member is available at the IASIL Japan website.

The reply postcard must reach the office no later than 25 September 2013.

2. New IASIL Executive Committee for 2013 to 2016
Rui Carvalho Homem, IASIL Returning Officer, reported in April that the nomination
process for the IASIL Executive was complete, and that the list of duly nominatedmembers for the period 2013-16 was as follows:
Margaret Kelleher – Chairperson
Dawn Duncan - Secretary
Tina O'Toole - Treasurer
Rui Carvalho Homem - Returning Officer
Yoko Sato - Vice-Chairperson for Japan
Andrew Fitzsimons - Representative for Japan
Naoko Toraiwa - Representative for Japan
Kumiko Yamada - Representative for JapanAll positions were filled and were uncontested. Under the applicable regulations, anelection was not necessary, and the nominations were validated at the AGM in Belfast.
3. Report on the IASIL Conference, Queens University, Belfast
The unusually sunny weather in Dublin was general all over Ireland. After lumbering
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my way from the train station to Queen’s University, the venue for the 2013 IASIL
conference, a friendly intern ushered me into the Great Hall. Soon I spotted the Japanesedelegates amid the luncheoning crowd, some slightly haggard from the long flight andjetlag, but no less delighted to meet colleagues from home and abroad.
Running from 22nd to 26th July, the Belfast conference showcased an
impressive array of plenary lectures and parallel panels assembled under the general
heading, ‘Urban Cultures’. This overwhelming diversity was mirrored by papers givenby the Japanese delegates. The Japanese Joyceans - Professors Martin Connolly, EishiroIto, and Sachiyo Yamada - all read papers that reflected their original views. To thisensemble, Professors Yoko Sato and Kenichi Kihara and Dr. Chiaki Sameshima
provided a nice Yeatsian counterbalance. The contemporary / North of Ireland
perspective was supplied by Professor Masami Nakao, who read a paper on Seamus
Heaney’s ‘The Tollund Man’. Other papers, which I regret missing due to clash inschedule, included Beckett, Sinéad Morrissey, and 19th century Irish fiction.
The intensity of the academic programme was matched by the excitement ofsocial events, which commenced with a poetry reading that included the Belfast poet
Ciarán Carson. This was followed on Wednesday by several bus tours around Belfast
and a civic reception at the historic City Hall where mirth and drink was never lacking.
Another reading was scheduled for Thursday for those who could not get enough ofNorth of Ireland poets / writers. Friday came the grand finale, the perennially lavish
IASIL conference dinner which my travel plans sadly prevented me from attending. Yet
this was no real grievance for the week had already given me plenty of food for thought.

Soichiro Onose
Ph.D. Candidate, University College Dublin

4. Payment of IASIL Japan annual membership fees (Reminder)
For the convenience of members who have not yet paid their 2013
membership fees, the following is information on the fees as well as thepresent IASIL Japan bank accounts. Please disregard this section if you
have already paid your 2013 membership fees.
Membership with JIS
Membership with JIS & IUR¥7,000¥10,000

Couple membership with JIS
Couple membership with¥13,0002JIS¥10,000& IUR

Bank Name: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD.
SWIFT CODE: BOTKJPJT
Branch Name: Kichijoji Branch (Branch No. 220)
Branch Address: 1-15-2 Kichijoji-Honcho, Musashino-shi, Tokyo 180-0004,
Japan
Tel: +81- (0)422-22-3731
Beneficiary’s Name: IASIL Japan Treasurer Yoko Kubo
Benneficiary’s Account No.: 0248851
三菱東京 UFJ 銀行（銀行番号：0005） 吉祥寺支店（店番：220）普通 0248851
イアシル・ジャパン 会計 久保陽子-------------------------------------------Bank Name: Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.
Account No.: 00940－4－143302
ゆうちょ銀行
振替口座 00940－4－143302（099 店（099） 当座 0143302）
To members outside Japan:
As the membership fee does not include the bank transfer charge, we ask you
to make sure that the exact amount will reach us. Please add the overseas
postal charge to mail the copies of Journal of Irish Studies and Irish
University Review to your registered mailing address, following the tablebelow.
International postal rates
Journal of Irish Studies& Irish University Review

JIS
JIS & IUR

forAsia

Oceania,
America,
America,
Middle East

¥ 750
¥ 1,500

3NorthCentralEurope,¥ 1,000¥ 2,000

SouthAmerica,Africa¥ 1,300¥ 2,600IASIL Japan
c/o Prof. Kumiko YamadaCollege of Intercultural Communication, Rikkyo University
3-34-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan
Tel: +81-(0)3-3985-4229
E-mail: <secretary@iasil.jp>

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