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Students awarded Irish Latin
American research grants The Society for Irish Latin American Studies is delighted to announce the 2008 grant recipients of the Irish Latin American Research Fund. The grants were announced today, Monday June 30, during the annual general meeting of the Society. Margaret Brehony of the National University of Ireland, Galway, will receive a grant of Euro 1000 to assist in the advancement of her research project "Irish Migration to Cuba, 1835-1844". Garret Maher, also of NUI Galway will receive Euro 800 to support his research on "Brazilians in Gort and Roscommon". Gabriela McEvoy of University of California, San Diego, Euro 800 for her project "Irish Utopia in Far Peru". Bertie Mandelblatt of Universite de Montreal, Euro 800, "Between Cork and Cap Français: Cork Production Histories of Le boeuf salé d'Irlande, 1650-1789". The recipients were chosen by a selection committee comprising of three prestigious scholars - Mary N. Harris of National University of Ireland, Galway, who chaired the committee, Jorge L. Chinea of Wayne State University, and Peter Hulme of University of Essex. The Committee assessed the various research proposals submitted, before choosing the best projects. The Selection Committee members were impressed by the high quality of applications, which "indicated the potential to provide significant new insights for the field of Irish Latin American Studies" (Mary N. Harris). "The general standard of applications was extremely high. The successful applications certainly offer original and exciting research projects" (Peter Hulme). These grants are possible thanks to the generosity of SILAS members and friends. |
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Call for Papers: "Heroes, victims or villains? Irish Presentations and Representations in Latin America and the Caribbean" - Second SILAS Conference, 15-18 July 2009, Morelia, Mexico The Society for Irish Latin American Studies is pleased to announce that the second SILAS conference will be held on 15-18 July 2009 at Morelia, Mexico. The conference will be organised by the Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo and Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla, and will be joined by researchers, students and independent scholars to share their work on different aspects of Irish-Latin American relations. Abstracts in English, Portuguese or Spanish (c.300 words) should be sent by email to the conference organisers, to arrive no later than 1 November 2008. Should you wish to attend the conference without presenting a paper, please register by sending your details to the organisers by 1 April 2009. Read the complete Call for Papers here. Contact: Organising Committee |
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Human Rights activist in Argentina conferred honorary degree at University College Cork
On 6 June 2008, during a ceremony in the grounds of UCC, Patrick Rice was bestowed with an honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by the National University of Ireland. Over the past forty years Patrick Rice contributed to the enforcement of Latin American and international human rights. When working as a religious missionary in the shanty towns of Buenos Aires, Rice was kidnapped and tortured between October and December 1976 during the military dictatorship in Argentina. His life was saved by Irish diplomatic representatives in Argentina and international support. After this experience Patrick Rice has become a highly respected human rights activist and helped to found FEDEFAM, a humanitarian organisation representing the families of the disappeared in Latin America and the Caribbean. He was also appointed a member of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances. |
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Professor Munira H. Mutran to be appointed Doctor honoris causa at NUI Maynooth In a ceremony to be held on Thursday, 12 June 2008, at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, an honorary doctorate will be conferred on Munira H. Mutran. Professor Mutran has made major contributions to the fields of Irish Studies and Irish Diaspora Studies in Brazil. Dr Mutran is Professor of Irish Literature in the Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo. Her work has had great influence on Irish Studies in Brazil. She is author of Album de Retratos. George Moore, Oscar Wilde e William Butler Yeats (São Paulo: Humanitas/FAPESP, 2002), co-editor of Kaleidoscopic Views of Ireland (São Paulo: Humanitas, 2003) and ABEI Journal - The Brazilian Journal of Irish Studies since 1999 and editor of Guirlanda: Uma Antologia do Conto Irlandês (São Paulo: Olavobrás/ABEI, 1996), Sean O’Faolain’s Letters to Brazil (São Paulo: Humanitas/CNPq, 2005) and O Mundo e Suas Criaturas: Uma Antologia do Conto Irlandês (São Paulo: Humanitas, 2006) among other publications that provide an invaluable resource for specialists, students and general readers alike. |
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Call for Papers: "Travelers and the River Plate: a Century´s Writing" - Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, University of Picardie, Amiens, France, 24-26 June 2009, Montevideo, Uruguay Our conference will focus on a specific geographical location, the River Plate area (today, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay), during a long century, one whose beginning and ending are signaled by two textual landmarks: the Notes On The Viceroyalty Of La Plata In South America, published in London in 1808 by a member of the British expeditionary force which had just attacked unsuccessfully Montevideo and Buenos Aires; and the Uruguayan José Enrique Rodó´s chronicles of his European travels in 1916 and 1917, published the following year, after his death, as El camino de Paros. Abstracts (15 lines before 28 February 28, 2009). Contact: viajeros09@gmail.com Conference Pages: www.fhuce.edu.uy/viajeros |
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Third Symposium of Irish Studies - "Widening Fields of Research" - 10-12 September 2008, Bahia, Brazil The Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI), in conjunction with The Federal University of Bahia (UFBa), Brazil, and the Society for Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS) announced the organisation of the Third Symposium of Irish Studies under the general title "Widening Fields of Research", which will be held in Bahia, Brazil.
Contact: Laura Izarra, Universidade de São
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