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)
Professor Andrew Murphy (University of St. Andrews)
Dr Ramona Wray (Queen’s University Belfast)
Conference Organisers: Crawford Gribben & Rory Loughnane
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
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)
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