CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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Irish Studies is recognised as a discourse in a constant state of deconstruction and reconstruction. This symposium is based on the perceived need to assess the state of Irish Studies beyond the borders of Europe and investigate some of the many directions in which the discipline is developing drawing on views of new and established researchers both Irish and non-Irish. The symposium proposes a new Irish Studies meta-narrative that transcends national context by bringing the local, regional and the global into critical propinquity.
Abstracts 300 words for twenty-minute papers or sixty-minute workshops related to Irish Studies (see below symposium themes) with a 200 words bio should be submitted on the link below.
If you are available to Chair a session kindly send an email with subject line Chair Session Symposium Decentering the Irish World 7-8 May 2022 including your Bio 250 words and photo to symposium convener and RCIS Director: Associate Professor Rania M Rafik Khalil rania.khalil@bue.edu.eg
Publication of Papers
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Presenters who wish to publish their research after the symposium will have two options for publication.
Option 1: TBC soon (National Journal Approved by SCU)
Option 2:
Studi Irlandesi: Journal of Irish Studies
Presenters who wish to have their full papers considered for publication in this journal can email their full papers by the announced deadline 30 July 2022 to rcis@bue.edu.eg.RCIS will forward the papers to the Journal to be considered for peer review. Peer review outcomes and the acceptance or rejection of papers will be communicated directly to the paper authors by the Journal.
https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bsfm-sijis/about
TRAVEL INFORMATION
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Research Centre for Irish Studies (RCIS) is located inside the campus at The British University in Egypt in El Sherouk area in Cairo. We are 20 minutes away from Cairo International Airport and from the busy Heliopolis area.
Cairo International Airport provides services for transportation via shuttle buses by reservation in advance, and airport taxi (approx. 150 EGP from Airport to Heliopolis) which is available upon arrival. Uber is also available in Cairo.
4* and 5* hotels are recommended to ensure a pleasant stay in Cairo. Hotels that are near include Hilton Heliopolis (20 minutes drive to BUE campus. Kempenski hotel and JW Marriott hotel both are pproximately 30 minutes by car during rush hour 8am, 4pm.
REGISTRATION
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Registration
Early Bird Registration 50 Euro 6 April 2022 closed.
On-site Registration 80 Euro closes 10 April 2022
Virtual Registration 60 Euro closes 10 April 2022
Registration for Egyptian Nationals Resident in Egypt
Early Bird Registration 200 EGP 6 April 2022 closed.
Regular Registration 300 EGP closes 10 April 2022
Virtual Registration 140 EGP closes 10 April 2022
Attendance (Listener) 120 EGP closes 10 April 2022
Decentring the Irish World: Contemporary and New Directions in Global Irish Studies
The Research Centre for Irish Studies (RCIS) is holding its 1st interdisciplinary symposium titled Decentring the Irish World: Contemporary and New Directions in Global Irish Studies at The British University in Egypt campus in Cairo 7-8 May 2022.
Irish Studies is recognised as a discourse in a constant state of deconstruction and reconstruction. This symposium is based on the perceived need to assess the state of Irish Studies beyond the borders of Europe and investigate some of the many directions in which the discipline is developing drawing on views of new and established researchers both Irish and non-Irish. The symposium proposes a new Irish Studies meta-narrative that transcends national context by bringing the local, regional and the global into critical propinquity.
Abstracts 300 words for twenty-minute papers or sixty-minute workshops related to Irish Studies (see below symposium themes) with a 200 words bio should be submitted on the link below.
Abstract Submission
Attendance is in person. Should you wish for your paper /workshop to be virtual, kindly state so in your abstract and we will consider your request.
Important Dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 March 2022.
Notification of Acceptance: 4 April 2022.
Full Paper Submission: 30 July, 2022
Symposium Themes
- Historiography
- Diaspora / Hidden Diaspora
- Social and Discursive Space
- Pedagogy
- Digitisation
- Ancient Architecture Ireland & Egypt
- Reproductive Policies and Practices
- Sociology of Migration
- Climate Change representations
- Geography and Landscapes
- History and Memory
- Sports in Culture, History, and Politics
- Literary and Musical representations
- Multiculturalism /Diversity / Hybridisation
- Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship Ireland/Egypt/MENA
- Art and Nationalism
- National identity and global relations
- Linguistic Difference, Translation and Translatability
- Theatre and Performance new trends
- Representation of Ireland from outside
- Trauma and Narratives of Recovery
- Cognitive Functioning
- Medical Humanities
- Mental Health / disabilities / workplace / old age
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Department of Foreign Affairs and Global Ireland support the symposium through the Emigrant Support Program Grant for 2021-2022.
Symposium convener: Assoc. Prof. Rania M Rafik Khalil, Director of the Research Centre for Irish Studies (RCIS), Faculty of Arts and Humanities, The British University in Egypt.
Queries can be sent to rania.khalil@bue.edu.eg