SEPTEMBER

4 September 2005

"Oscar's Shadow, The Wilde Trials and Ireland"
Eibhear Walshe
University College Cork

23 September 2005

"Scottish Intellectuals and the Condition of Where?
Loyalty versus Contract from the Enlightenment to the Present"
Christopher Harvie
University of Tubingen

30 September 2005

WHY IRISH?
A one-day international colloquium that explores the position of Irish language and literature in the North American academy. Five outstanding scholars who incorporate Irish into their research projects will map future trends and directions for scholarly research. The speakers will present on the contributions of Irish to their research and examine the role of Irish in various disciplines – comparative literature, medieval studies, linguistics, contemporary literature, cultural studies and Indo-European poetics.

Speakers include: Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, Irish Government Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Prof. James McCloskey (UC Santa Cruz), Prof. Philip O’Leary (Boston College), Prof. Clare Carroll (CUNY), Prof. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh (Harvard University), Prof. Calvert Watkins (UCLA), and Prof. Breandán Ó Buachalla (Notre Dame).

WHY IRISH? is presented under the auspices of the Thomas J. and Kathleen O’Donnell Chair of Irish Language and Literature. The inaugural appointment is held by Professor Breandán Ó Buachalla.

Registration for the conference is free. For more information contact: Dept. of Irish Language and Literature, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, tel. 1-574-631-3555, e-mail: Irishlan@nd.edu or go to the WHY IRISH? web page.