XVII Simpósio de Estudos Irlandeses na América do Sul

The year of 2022 is an important one for Irish Studies in South America, as it commemorates the centenary of the Irish Free State, established in December 1922, after the three years, which lasted the Irish War of Independence. At the same time, the year of 2022 is one of changes as the world emerges from a lockdown facing the COVID-19 pandemic as a common threat. Similar to wars, in A Cruel Pedagogia Do Vírus /The Cruel Pedagogy of the Virus (2020), Boaventura Souza Santos explains that “the pandemic is an allegory. The literal meaning of the coronavirus pandemic is the widespread chaotic fear and the death without borders caused by an invisible enemy”. This collective contemporary trauma has also brought to light issues such as social inequality, gender relations, as well as issues concerning race and access to education and basic needs of the world population. However, in terms of the arts, 2022 is the year of the centenary of artistic and literary movements such as that of the Irish Revival as well as of European and Latin American modernisms.

The 2022 Academic Committee encourages delegates to present papers and/or posters about the
following topics:

- Construction of a nation through its narratives;
- Historical links between the Americas and Ireland;
- The Literature of revolutions and independence;
- Travel narratives, diaries, letters, photographs and other means/ways of narrating the nation/s;
- Political and cultural relations between Ireland and nineteenth-century Latin American countries;
- Irish and Latin American historical fiction;
- Folklore and ethno-music;
- Mass media in the contemporary world;
- Representation in theatre and other arts;
- Translation: cultural and literary translations;
- Irish migration studies;
- Gender, Race and ethnicity;
- Memory studies.

Keynote Speakers
Denis Rafter (Irish actor and director, Spain)
Aurora Piñeiro (UNAM, Mexico)
Maria Amor Barros (University of Burgos/AEDEI, Spain) (to be confirmed)
Charlie O ́Brien (Irish musician and film director, Ireland)

Guidelines for abstract submission

• Abstracts should include a title, and should not exceed 200 words followed by 3-5 keywords.
• Abstracts should be submitted as a Word Document, Times New Roman, 12 pts.
• Abstracts can be written in English, Spanish or Portuguese.
• Include a brief biographical note of up to 50 words, including academic title and affiliation.
• Abstracts should be sent via https://www.even3.com.br/symposium2022_abei_aeis_ceei/ or email to: [email protected].
• The deadline for submission is 31 July 2022.

Academic Committee
Rosalie Rahal Haddad, Munira H. Mutran, Laura Izarra, Maria Graciela Eliggi, Michelle Alvarenga, María Eugenia Cruset, Viviana Keegan, Justin Harman

Organizing Committee
Justin Harman, Mariana Bolfarine, Laura Patricia Zuntini de Izarra Maria Graciela Eliggi, Paula Ortiz, Veronica Repetti, Camila Franco Batista (treasurer).

Useful links
Official website
Call for papers