IARCEES Current Events

Lectures and Seminars

1) IARCEES Annual conference 2011

The next annual conference will take place at TCD from 15-17 April 2011. The theme will be "The collapse of the Soviet Union: 20 years on". It is organised back-to-back with another conference entitled "Relocating cultures" held at the same location from 13-15 April 2011. Both conferences are organised by Sarah Smyth and the "Our languages" research team.

Call for paper for both conferences (Word document, 1.8 MB)

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 31 October 2011. Please send abstract offers to Sarah Smyth.

2) Meeting with Polish novelist Michał Witkowsky

24 August 2010, 6.45 pm, EU House, Dawson St (More details)

3) SSEES Conference, 18-19 Sept 2010, University College London

Diasporas and Cosmopolitanism in Central and Eastern Europe: From Theory to Practice

Call for papers (The deadline for this call has passed.)

4) Evening courses in Bulgarian, Czech, Polish and Russian language, various levels, TCD

Applications should be received by 24 September 2010. Courses start 5 October 2010. More information/course prospectus.

5) Conference 'The Role of Death, Burial and the Afterlife in Shaping Human Identity', 25-26 Sept 2010, UCD

For more information, visit the conference page and read the call for papers (the deadline for this call has passed).

6) New Evening course on Czech literature and film, UCD

Start: 30 September 2010. More information.

7) Teatr Polski strand at Dublin Theatre Festival

30 Sept - 17 Oct, various venues, including a series of events brought together under the heading of "Lost in translation", to celebrate contemporary Polish culture/investigating the cultural impact of migration.

More information about the Polish strand in general, and about "Lost in translation"

8) Conference "Myth, Memory, and Identity in Russia and Ireland'

Workshop on Irish and Russian Culture (Flyer/draft programme)

1-2 Oct 2010, Dugort, Achill Island

9) Exhibition "Ukraine through the Eyes of Irish Artists, Ireland through the Eyes of Ukranian Artists"

Embassy of the Ukraine in Ireland in cooperation with the European Commission Representation in Ireland

11-29 October 2010, 9 am - 5 pm Mon-Fri, EU House, Dawson St

10) Workshop "A Practical Guide to the Russian Archives", 12-13 November 2010

Organised by the Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Aimed at current postgraduate students in history, film, theatre, literature, language, cultural studies. Contact Andrew Willimott for more information.

11) Conference"Platonov revisited. Past and present views on the land of the philosophers"

26-27 May 2011, Ghent University, Belgium

Abstracts for 20 minute papers (500 words, Ru/En, peer-reviewed)/enquiries to Thomas Langerak or Ben Dhooge by 1 Nov 2010.

IARCEES

Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies

Cumann Slaiviseach na hEireann

Lectures and Seminars