Schedule

Shakespeare, Ireland, Scotland, Wales

A one-day international conference, held at Trinity College Dublin on 23rd June 2009.

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow)
Professor Andrew Murphy (University of St. Andrews)
Dr Ramona Wray (Queen’s University Belfast)

Conference Organisers: Crawford Gribben & Rory Loughnane

Contact Information: shakespeare.isw@gmail.com or
http://shakespeareisw.blogspot.com/

This conference is kindly supported by the Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies (CISCS), Trinity College Dublin.

Schedule of Speakers

June 23rd

10.20am Conference commencement

10.30am Panel One

Chair: Dr Andrew Power (Trinity College Dublin)

Dr Stephen O’Neill (NUI Maynooth)

Beyond Mackmorrice?: Rethinking Shakespeare's Irish Subtexts

Dr Vimala Pasupathi (Hofstra University)

The Quality of Mercenaries: Contextualizing Shakespeare’s Vile and Valiant Scots


11.40am Tea/Coffee reception

12pm Panel Two

Chair: Professor Dennis Kennedy (Trinity College Dublin)

"Unconfirmed"


12.45pm Lunch

2pm Panel Three

Chair: Rory Loughnane (Trinity College Dublin)

Carolyn Box (Shakespeare Institute)

Modern Dramatists and Shakespeare: Frank McGuinness’ Mutabilitie (1997) and John Cargill Thompson’s Macbeth Speaks (1991, revised 1997)

Dr Ramona Wray (Queen’s University Belfast)

Title TBC

3.10pm Tea/Coffee reception

3.30pm Panel Four

Chair: Professor Nicholas Grene (Trinity College Dublin)

Professor Andrew Murphy (University of St. Andrews)

The Poet and the Professor: Yeats, Dowden and the Meaning of Shakespeare

Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow)

‘Let a Welsh correction teach you a good English condition’: Shakespeare, Wales, and the Critics

4.30pm Roundtable Discussion

Shakespeare, Ireland, Scotland, Wales

A one-day conference will be held in Trinity College Dublin on June 23rd entitled 'Shakespeare, Ireland, Scotland, Wales'. Confirmed distinguished speakers include:

Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow)
Professor Andrew Murphy (University of St. Andrews)
Dr Ramona Wray (Queens University Belfast)

Call for Papers:

Papers are requested on any of the following themes:

This conference will investigate representations of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales in Shakespeare's writing. Papers will be welcomed on any of the following subjects: the construction of national and cultural identities – "non-Englishness"; politicized writing and satire; characterisation and stereotyping; the Essex crisis; the incumbency conflict and the Stuart line; colonial discourse; Ireland/Scotland/Wales and the New World; subjectivity in historical renderings; censorship; Shakespeare's sources and contemporary writing on Ireland/Scotland/Wales; and Irish, Scottish, or Welsh productions of Shakespeare.

If you are interested in presenting a 20-30 minute paper at this conference, please send a 250 word abstract on your proposed paper to shakespeare.isw@gmail.com or loughnrv@tcd.ie by Friday, 22nd May.

For more information regarding the conference please email us at shakespeare.isw@gmail.com

Best wishes,

Rory Loughnane
Crawford Gribben