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UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO
Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas
Departamento de Letras Modernas
Área de Estudos Lingüísticos e Literários em Inglês |
PROGRAMME OF IRISH STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
Professor Munira H. Mutran since 1980
Dr. Laura P.Z. Izarra since 1996
Academic achievements:
Professorship: 2
Phd theses: 15
MA dissertations:14
At present: Three lines of research:
- Rewriting in contemporary Irish Drama (2 PhDs; 3 MAs)
Supervisor: Prof. Munira H. Mutran
- Contemporary Irish Fiction and Poetry (2 PhD, 1 Mas, 2 undergraduate researchers)
Supervisor: Dr. Laura P.Z. Izarra
- Irish diaspora in South America (3 undergraduate researchers)
Supervisor: Dr. Laura P.Z. Izarra.
PUBLICATIONS
a) Dissertations and Theses in Book Form:
Haddad, Rosalie Rahal. Bernard Shaw’s Novels. His Drama of Ideas in Embryo. Trier: WVT, 2004.
Harris, Peter James. Sean O’Casey’s Letters and Autobiographies: Reflections of a Radical Ambivalence. Trier: WVT, 2004.
Mutran, Munira H. Album de Retratos. São Paulo: FAPESP/Humanitas, 2002.
Izarra, Laura. Mirrors and Holographic Labyrinths: The process of a 'new' aesthetic synthesis in the novels of John Banville. San Francisco, London & Bethesda: International Scholars Publications, 1999. 181 pp.
Sepa, Fernanda Mendonça O Teatro de William Butler Yeats:Teoria e Prática. São Paulo : Olavobrás/ ABEI,1999. 136 pp.
Haddad, Rosalie Rahal. George Bernard Shaw e a renovação do teatro inglês. São Paulo: Editora Olavobrás/ABEI, 1997. 135 pp.
b) Books
Mutran, Munira H. (ed.) A Guirlanda de Histórias. Uma Antologia do Conto Irlandês, organizada por Munira H. Mutran (São Paulo: Editora Olavobrás/ABEI, 1996.
Munira Mutran e Marcelo Tapia (eds) Joyce no Brasil. São Paulo: Olavobrás/ ABEI, 1997.
Mutran, Munira (ed.) Sean O’Faolain’s Letters to Brazil. São Paulo: Humanitas, 2005.
Mutran, Munira & Laura Izarra (eds.) Kaleidoscopic Views of Ireland. São Paulo: Humanitas, 2003.
Mutran, Munira & Laura Izarra (eds.) Irish Studies in Brazil. São Paulo: Humanitas, 2003.
Izarra, Laura & Beatriz K.X. Bastos (eds.) A New Ireland in Brazil. Festschrift in Honour of Munira Hamud Mutran. São Paulo: Humanitas, 2008.
c) Others:
ABEI Newsletter; Issues 1 to 13 (1986-1998)
ABEI Journal; Issues 1 to 10 (1999-2008).
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES
- DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO
1986 – Prof. Maurice Harmon (University College Dublin). “Irish Poetry in the twentieth century”.
1988 – Prof. Terence Brown (Trinity College Dublin). “A Social and Cultural History of Ireland: 1922-1979”.
1993 - Prof. Nicholas Grene (Trinity College Dublin). "Irish Drama in the Twentieth Century".
1994 – Prof. Declan Kiberd (University College Dublin). “The Irish Novel in the Light of Postcolonial Theory”.
1994 – Prof. Terence Dolan (University College Dublin). “Why and How the Irish Speak English?”.
1995 – Dr. Patrick Sheeran (University College Galway). “Modern Irish Short Stories”.
1995 – Irish Poet Paul Durcan. “Paul Durcan reads from his poems”.
Greetings to Our Friends in Brazil published in 1999.
1997 – Prof. David Norris (Trinity College Dublin). “James Joyce and His World”.
1998 – Prof. Margaret Kelleher (National University of Ireland). “Modern Irish Fiction:
1890-1939”.
2002 – John Banville, Billy Roche, Fintan O’Toole, John Brannigan (UCD), Christopher
Murray (UCD), Maurice Harmon (UCD). Nicholas Grene (TCD). IASIL 2002: “Interrelations: Irish Literatures and Other Forms of Knowledge”.
2006 – Chris Morash (NUI/Maynooth)
2008 – Colin Graham (NUI/Maynooth)
- Other Academic Exchanges
1983 – Prof. David Harkness (Queen’s University Belfast). “A Contemporary History
of Ireland”.
1984 – Prof. Ronald Buchanan. (Queen’s University Belfast). “The North of Ireland: Its Geography and Politics”.
1984 – Prof. John Hendry (Queen’s University Belfast). “Belfast: A Divided City”.
1986 – Prof. John Cronin. (Queen’s University Belfast). “Modern Irish Fiction”.
1990 – Prof. Richard A. Cave (Royal Holloway, England). “Contemporary Irish Drama”.
1991 – Prof. Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University, NY). “Yeats and the Tradition of Irish Folklore”
1992 - Prof. Ann Varty (Royal Holloway). "British and Anglo-Irish Drama: 1890 - 1950".
1994 - Prof. Richard A. Cave (Royal Holloway College). "Modern Irish Drama and Post-colonial Sensibility".
1997 – Prof. James Doan (Nova Southeastern University, USA). “The Roots of Celtic Myth and Folklore”.
1997 – Prof. Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University, New York). “Joyce’s Cyclops – An Irish Reading”.
2000 – Prof. Heinz Kosok (Wuppertal University). “Sean O’Casey and the Abbey Theatre”.
2002 – Prof. Terence Brown (Trinity College Dublin) and Dr. Margaret Kelleher (National University of Ireland); Prof. Edna Longley (QUB), poet Michael Longley, Ann Saddlemyer (Toronto University), Maria Tymoczko (Massachussets University). IASIL 2002.
2003 – Dawn Duncan (Concordia College, USA). “Relocating Postcolonialism” (Postgraduate course).
2004 – Prof. Joe Lee (Cork university)
2005 & 2006 – Prof. Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University, New York)
2007 – Margaret Kelleher (NUI/Maynooth)
2008 – Lawrence Taylor (NUI/Maynooth)
STATE VISITS TO USP
1995 – Dr. Mary Robinson, President of Ireland.
2001 – Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
2004 – Dr. Mary McAleese, President of Ireland.
BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF IRISH STUDIES
Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses (ABEI)
It was founded in 1989.
Members: from different Brazilian Universities.
The aim of the Association is to publish ABEI Journal annually and promote academic exchange. The Association has also organised since 1988 the annual cultural event Bloomsday where the general public gets in contact with James Joyce and other Irish writers.
CONFERENCES AT USP
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE – IASIL 2002
Theme: INTERRELATIONS: Irish Literatures and other forms of knowledge
IASIL 2002 Conference – Interrelations: Irish Literature and Other Forms of Knowledge, held for the first time in Latin America, took place at the University of São Paulo, Brazil from 28 July to 1 August 2002. There were 179 participants representing 21 countries.
Guest Speakers for lectures and seminars:
Terence Brown (TCD), Edna Longley (QUB), Ann Saddlemyer (Univ. of Toronto), Nicholas Grene (TCD), Fintan O´Toole (Irish Times), John Brannigan (UCD), Christopher Murray (UCD), Maurice Harmon (UCD), Maria Tymozcho (Mass.U, USA), Margaret Kelleher (NUI)
Writers invited: John Banville and Billy Roche.
Publications:
- Book: Kaleidoscopic Views of Ireland . São Paulo: Humanitas, 2003.
- Proceedings: Special Issue of ABEI Journal No. 5.
- THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA – 2006
Theme: Readings of Contemporary Irish Studies
It took place at the University of São Paulo from 28th till 30th September 2006 and received financial support from the Embassy of Ireland in Brasília and the University of São Paulo.
Guest speakers: Professor Chris Morash (NUI-Maynooth); Dr. Hedwig Schwall (Leuven University, Belgium); Dr. Bill Mulligan (Murray State University, USA).
Writer invited: Irish Argentine writer Juan José Delaney (Universidad del Salvador, Argentina).
Publications: ABEI Journal No.9- Special Issue. São Paulo: Humanitas, 2007. (forthcoming)
- The Second Symposium of Irish studies in South America - 2007
Theme: Ireland and Latin America: Towards New Perspectives
Venue: Manzana de las Luces - Buenos Aires
Period: 5th to 7th September 2007.
This event is being organized by a group of institutions led by the Society of Irish Latin American Studies (SILAS) and the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies (ABEI). It counts with the support of Culture Ireland and the Embassy of Ireland in Buenos Aires. The National University of La Pampa, The National University of San Martin – IDEAS (Institute of Advanced Research Studies), Academia de Historia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Ministerio “Puertas del Bicentenario,” and the newspaper The Southern Cross, are in the Local Committee.
Guest Speakers: Professor Joe Lee (Cork University), Professor Kerby Miller (University of Missouri, USA), Professor Michael Kenneally (Concordia University, Canada), Professor Inés Praga Terente (University of Burgos, Spain), Professor Margaret Kelleher (NUI-Maynooth), Professor Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University, NY).
- THE THIRD SYMPOSIUM OF IRISH STUDIES IN SOUTH AMERICA – 2008, with the support of The Embassy of Ireland in Brasília, the Brazilian Association of Irish Studies and the Federal University of Bahia.
Theme: Widening Fields of Research
Guest Speakers: Colin Graham (NUI/Maynooth); Margaret Kelleher (NUI/Maynooth); Lawrence Taylor (NUI/Maynooth); Maureen Murphy (Hofstra University/New York); Edward Larrissy (Queen's University Belfast); Rosa González (University of Barcelona)..
Writer Invited: Vincent Woods
Publication: Selection of papers published in ABEI Journal 2008.
RECENT ACADEMIC EXCHANGES
2003-2004 - Domingos Pereira Nunes. PhD research at NUI-Maynooth funded by
Brazilian agency CAPES.
Supervisor: Professor Munira H. Mutran and co-supervisor: Dr. Chris Morash.
2004 – Dr. Laura Izarra. Postdoctoral Research funded by Brazilian agency FAPESP at the
Department of English, Trinity College Dublin.
2006 – Dr. Beatriz Kopschitz Xavier Bastos. Postdoctoral Research (no official fund) at the
Department of English, Trinity College Dublin.
Network - THEMATIC PROJECT
From Ireland to Brazil: Critical Texts
Funding: FAPESP
Period: Nov. 2006 – Oct. 2008
The project entitled “From Ireland to Brazil: Critical Texts” is an integrated research to be developed by professors and scholars from five Brazilian universities: Munira H. Mutran e Laura Izarra – University of São Paulo (USP); Noélia Borges de Araújo – Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Peter James Harris – State University of São Paulo (UNESP/SJ Rio Preto), Luci Collin Lavalle – Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and Heleno Godói – Federal University of Goiás (UFGO); one Master and three Doctors graduated at the Postgraduate Programme of Estudos Lingüísticos e Literários em Inglês at USP, three postgraduate students and two academic technicians. This Project focuses on two moments of the Irish Literary Renaissance in the turn of the nineteenth century and the twentieth century. Its aim is to examine different critical trends in fiction, drama and poetry developed by important Irish writers and critics and those trends present in the cultural diaspora in order to select the aesthetic elements that could renew the literary critical debate in Brazil. The relevant material will be translated and published as an anthology and thematic books and a website will be developed to offer to the general public access to digital material on Irish culture.
This Project will offer a national Symposium every year to promote interdisciplinary academic activities on Irish Studies in Brazil. |