THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN
The Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI)
Embassy of
The University of São Paulo, the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI) and the Embassy of Ireland in Brasília, organised the first Symposium of Irish Studies in South America in order to start up a network by bringing together specialists from various associations such as IASIL, ACIS, CAIS, EFACIS, AEDEI, SILAS and BAIS.
The theme of the event, “Readings of Contemporary Irish Studies”, included four keynote lectures and four seminars on Drama, Fiction, and Diaspora Studies given by the well-known scholars Chris Morash (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) and Hedwig Schwall (Leuven University, Belgium) ); and a Round Table on narratives of dislocations with Maria Helena P.T.Machado (University of São Paulo), Laura Izarra (University of São Paulo) and William Mulligan (Murray State University, USA).
The Symposium discussed various trends of Irish Studies from the 1950s onwards. Papers were invited to engage with aspects of the above theme. They could address, by referring to the literary, critical and other kinds of cultural texts, the following questions: Resistance and violence, utopian thought, narratives of dislocations, comparative studies.
2006 PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, September 28
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Opening of the Symposium by Ambassador of |
Room 8 (Prédio de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais) |
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Chris Morash ( |
Room 8 |
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Coffee break |
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Hedwig Schwall ( |
Room 8 |
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Lunch |
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Seminar 1: “The Neurotic and the Psychotic Hero’s Narrative in Patrick McCabe’s The Butcher Boy and John Banville’s Mefisto” - Hedwig Schwall ( |
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Coffee break |
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Round Table 1: “ Chair: Beatriz K.X. Bastos Rosalie Rahal Haddad, “Performances and the String Quartet n.º 2 – Intimate Letters”. Zoraide Carrasco Mesquita (Univ. Ibirapuera), “The Supernatural, Religion and Politics in Marina Carr’s Ariel”. Peter James Harris (UNESP/SJ |
Room 8 |
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Panels |
Rooms 18, 103, 117 |
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Opening of the Exhibition: “Beckett – A Centenary Celebration” |
Biblioteca de Letras Florestan Fernandes |
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Inés Praga Terente ( |
Room 8 (Prédio de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais) |
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Coffee break |
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Seminar 2: “The Road to God knows where? Can Theatre Be National” Chris Morash ( |
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Lunch |
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Round Table 2: “Narratives of Dislocations” Chair: Laura Izarra (USP) Maria Helena T. Machado (USP), “ William Mulligan (Murray State University, KY), “What We Know about the Irish in the United States: Reflections on the Historical Literature of the Last Twenty Years”. |
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15:20 - 15:40 |
Coffee break |
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15:40 - 17:00 |
Round Table 3: “Travelling Drama: From Ireland to São Paulo” Chair: José Roberto O’Shea (UFSC) / Zoraide C. Mesquita (Universidade Ibirapuera) Beatriz Kopschitz Xavier Bastos (UFSC), “Women in Irish Theatre: Charabanc Theatre Company and Marie Jones”. Domingos Nunes, “Beyond the Accent Limitations: Staging Marie Jones’ Stones in His Pockets to a Brazilian Audience.” |
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17:10 - 18:20 |
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Rooms 18, 100, 120 |
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21:00 |
Theatre: “Stones in His Pockets” – Directed by Domingos Nunes |
Crowne Plaza |
SATURDAY, September 30
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9:10 - 10:30 |
Seminar 3: “Contemporary Irish Fiction” - Inés Praga Terente (Burgos University, Spain) |
Room 122 (Prédio de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais) |
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10:30 - 10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50 - 11:20 |
Juan José Delaney “Irish-Argentine Literature: a personal account as a writer”. |
Room 122 |
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11:20 - 12:20 |
Evaluation and Final Remarks Chair: Munira H. Mutran (USP) |
Room 122 |
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12:30 |
Farewell Lunch |
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PANELS
Thursday 28
17:20 - 18:20
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Contemporary Irish Drama | |
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Alexandre Sampaio (postgraduate-UNESP/SJ Rio Preto) |
Postcolonialism and Cultural Identity in Brian Friel’s Translations |
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Roberto F. da Rocha (UFRJ) |
Conor McPherson: Drama, Narrative, Performance |
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Anna Stegh Camati (Uniandrade) |
Beyond Drama: Reflections upon Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman |
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Irish Poetry | |
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Cláudio Quintino |
Celtic Spirituality Today – Ancient Remains or Creative Poetry? |
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Viviane Carvalho da Annunciação (postgraduate- USP) |
Seamus Heaney: The Music of What Might Happen |
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Nigel Hunter (Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana) |
The Poet in Van Morrison |
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PANEL 3 – Room 117 | |
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Irish Fiction | |
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Maria Conceição Monteiro (UERJ) |
Fragmented Identities in Circles of Fears and Desires |
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Heleno Godói de Sousa (Universidade Federal de Goiás / Universidade Católica de Goiás) |
The Dalkey Archive or James Joyce, the Character |
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Elizabeth Flandoli |
The Way The Various Spheres of Intolerance Regarding Religious and Domestic Violence are Portrayed in O’Connor’s Short Stories |
Friday 29
17:10 - 18:20
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Contemporary Irish Fiction | |
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Brunilda T. Reichmann (Uni-andrade) & Gabriela Herrera (postgraduate-Uniandrade) |
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt: a Particular View of a Particular Time in Limerick, Ireland |
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Tatiana Monica de Campos (postgraduate - USP) |
Time and Space of Memory |
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Cielo Griselda Festino (Unip) |
The Master by Another Master |
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PANEL 5 – Room 18 | |
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Irish Drama | |
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Joanna de Vasconcelos (postgraduate -UFRJ) |
O Mal-Estar em Endgame de Beckett |
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Maria Rita Drumond Viana (postgraduate -UFMG) |
No Oscar Ruled the Table: Yeats’s Role in the Rehabilitation of Wilde’s Reputation |
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PANEL 6 – Room 100 | |
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Documents of the Self | |
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Magda Velloso F. de Tolentino (UFSJ) |
Going Home: Memory in Chris Arthur |
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Noélia Borges (UFBA) |
The Intersection of Cultures in Kate O’Brian’s Teresa of Avila |
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PANEL 7 – Room 120 | |
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"On the move" | |
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Patrícia Lane Gonçalves da Cruz (postgraduate UFMG) |
Illusions of the New World |
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Gilmar de Paiva dos Santos Pozo (postgraduate USP) |
Irish Immigration to Brazil in the First Half of the XIX Century: The Mercenaries Rebellion in 1928 |
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Gisele Wolkoff (UNISA and postgraduate USP) |
Faraway and Here: Exile in the Poetry of Eavan Boland |