NISN Newsletter, September 2003

Dear members of NISN,
The new volume of Nordic Irish Studies is now ready for distribution. We were pleased see the favourable reception of our new journal in the recent issues of Études Irlandaises and Irish Studies Review. We are also rather proud of presenting the new collection - in new cover design by Simon Ågren - which has articles on:

• Longley
• Muldoon
• McGuckian
• Doyle
• Ní Dhomhnaill
• Poverty and Exclusion
• Identities in Northern Ireland
• Commemorations of the Great War
• - plus five review articles.

Before we send it out, however, we need to know if you want to remain members of NISN. Whereas all of our Swedish, Norwegian and most of our non-Nordic members have paid their dues for 2003, there are still a lot of our Danish members who haven't responded to our call for membership fee payment. Therefore, please let us know if you want to remain a member of NISN and to keep on receiving the annual "Nordic Irish Studies". The annual fee/subscription rate is 20 EUR (150 DKK), which includes a two-year membership of the European Federation of Associations and Centres of Irish Studies.

It is now possible to pay by postal giro in Denmark. Please let Michael Böss know if you want a giro form enclosed with your copy of the journal. Write to engmb@hum.au.dk.

On the noticeboard and activities pages you will now find the call for the NISN conference in Falun next April. The programme looks excellent, and, after the great success of the opening symposium on occasion of the opening of DUCIS (Dalarna University Centre for Irish Studies) last May, we are sure to be in for new great gathering.

You will also find an invitation to a one-day seminar on Friday 21 November 2001 at University of Aarhus on "The 1990s Revisited: Changes in Irish Culture, Literature, Society, and Politics". Speakers are Anne Haverty (prominent Irish writer), Eugene O'Brien (excellent literary critic from University of Limerick), Irene Gilsenan (University of Dalarna) and Michael Böss (University of Aarhus). On the following day (22 November) the exile group will convene for discussions, excursion and dinner).

Please note that you will have to be quick now if you want to attend the EFACIS conference in Braga in December. There will be a panel on exile where members from the NISN project group will present papers. The panel will be organised by Marie Arndt, so please contact her after you have registered with the organiser in Braga (you may access the conference website at www.geocities.com/efacis)

Below this text, you will find an announcement, which (STYLISTIC CHANGES) is circulated on behalf of French colleagues.

CALL FOR PAPERS:
The Department of English of the University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne and the Institute of Cultural, Textual and Documentary Studies of Troyes invite proposals for papers for an international conference on "The History of the Irish Book" to be held in Troyes (France) on May 6 7, 2004.

• Medieval manuscripts
• History of literacy
• The Dublin booktrade in the 18th century
• Orality and the printed word
• AngoIrish writers anfd their public
• History of reading
• Censorship
• History of modern Publishing
• Individual Publishing Histories
• Official Cultural Policies
• Text and image
• Reviews, Periodicals and Magazines
• The Marketing of the Irish Book Today
• Children¹s Books
• Religious Books
• History of Translation