Call for Papers Extended

The call for papers has been extended to 16 September 2011 for the University of Ottawa's conference on the Irish language over the next two decades ('The Next 20 Years: Research and Teaching of the Irish Language in North America'), which will be held 27-28 October 2011. For submissions information, visit the conference website.

Online Irish Book Club

Clubleabhar.com is an 'online book club [that] aims to encourage people in Ireland and abroad to read Irish language books'. Registration for groups and individuals is free and can be completed on the Clubleabhar website.  After a brief hiatus during the summer, the book club resumes this month with Nicholas Williams' translation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Eachtraí Eilíse i dTír na nIontas) to be followed by Aodán Mac Póilín and Róise Ní Bhaoill's collection of short stories Bás in Éirinn in October, Eoghan Ó Tuairisc's novel L'Attaque in November, and Breandán Ó hEithir’s novel Lig Sinn i gCathú in December.  For more information on the book club, visit the Clubleabhar website.

Progress in Medieval Irish Lexicography

The program for the symposium on Progress in Medieval Irish Lexicography, which will be held on the campus of Queen's University Belfast, 16 September 2011, has just been posted online. It can be viewed here.

Workshop on Irish Manuscripts

On 12-13 September 2011, University College Cork will be hosting a seminar on Irish manuscripts under the title 'Palaeography and Manuscript-based Research: Intensive Postgraduate Workshop'. Participants will explore a wide range of topics, including paleography, codicology, insular script, and the challenges of editing Irish texts. To get more information about this workshop, contact Dr Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh of UCC.

CSANA Panels at Kalamazoo 2012

Professor Frederick Suppe is organizing two Celtic Studies panels for the 2012 International Medieval Studies Congress at Kalamazoo.  The themes for this year's panels are 'Concepts of History, Time, and the Past in Celtic Cultures and Texts' and 'New Work by Young Celtic Studies Scholars'.  Proposals should include a provisional title, a one-paragraph summary of the topic, and the speaker's contact information.  They are due to Professor Suppe by 15 September 2011.  However, prospective speakers are urged to send in their proposals as soon as possible because priority will be given to early submissions.

Classic Irish Grammars Online

In their newsletter for July/ August 2011, Gaelchultúr notes that the Irish language resource page of the European Commission has posted .pdf versions of two classic Irish reference grammars, specifically Graiméar Gaeilge na mBráithre Críostaí and Gramadach na Gaeilge agus Litriú na Gaeilge: An Caighdeán Oifigiúil.  Both of these etexts are word searchable using the CTRL + F functionality of your browser or the FIND function in your native .pdf reader.

Irish in North America Conference -- Call for Papers

The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) at the University of Ottawa will be hosting an international conference 27-28 October 2011 under the title 'An Fiche Bliain atá Romhainn: Taighde agus Teagasc na Gaeilge i Meiriceá Thuaidh'. 'The primary aim of this conference', according to the press release, 'is to explore a long-term vision for the Irish language in North America, one that aligns with and supports the 20-Year Strategy [for promoting the Irish language] approved by the Irish government last year.' Short papers, limited to 15 minutes, are invited on any aspect of this topic. Proposals are due to conference organizers by 31 July 2011.