This is a past event
Margaret Connell Szasz, editor
Conference Schedule, 29-30 October 2009
Authors for chapters on Scotland, Ireland and Wales
Research Institute for Irish and Scottish Studies Humanities Manse University of Aberdeen
29 October, afternoon 30 October, morning
Registration
to register for this event, please contact jon.cameron@abdn.ac.uk (places are limited)
General Procedure During each session presenters will have a maximum of forty-five minutes to describe their essays to the audience. For three-author panels, this means 15 minutes per person. The last fifteen minutes of each panel will be reserved for discussion. The final hour of the conference is reserved for general discussion.
All contributors who cannot attend the conference on Scotland, Ireland and Wales should send electronic copies of their essays or chapter sections as well as an abstract to other contributors. Also, if you will not be in Aberdeen, please arrange for your co-authors to present your major themes during your session. Strongly recommended that these materials be sent by 15 October.
Note: * by name confirms attendance
The Conference Schedule
29October 2009 – Thursday Afternoon
14:00-15:00
LITERATURE
Scotland/Ireland *Peter Mackay, Queens University, Belfast
Wales Ned Thomas, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
15:00-15:15
BREAK
15:15-16:15
DRAMA/MUSIC
Scotland, Drama Adrienne Scullion, University of Glasgow Wales, Music *Pwyll ap Sion, Bangor University All of Ireland, Drama *Carole-Anne Upton, University of Ulster, Derry
16:15-16:30
BREAK
16:30-17:40
ENVIRONMENT ISSUES
Wales *Cynog Dafis, Former Welsh Assembly Member
Scotland *Richard Oram, University of Stirling
All of Ireland *John Breen, University of Limerick
30 October 2009 – Friday Morning
9:00-10:00
SPORT Scotland Grant Jarvie, University of Stirling
Wales Martin Johnes, University of Wales, Swansea
Ireland Liam O’Callaghan, University College, Cork
10:00-10:15
BREAK
10:15-11:15
POLITICS/ECONOMICS
All of Ireland Caleb Richardson, University of New Mexico
Devolution for Scotland *Paddy Bort, University of Edinburgh
Devolution for Wales John Osmond, Institute of Welsh Affairs
11:15-12:15
GENERAL DISCUSSION
*Mark Trahant, author of chapter 11 , Native America: Red Power, Self-Determination, and Sovereignty, will also be participating in the conference
- Venue
- University of Aberdeen