Irish Conference of Medievalists -- Program 2011

The final program for the Irish Conference of Medievalists, which will be held 24-26 June 2011 at the National University of Ireland, Galway, has just been posted on the ICM website.  Registration information is also available online.

NAACLT Conference Registration Changed

The registration deadline for the North American Association for Celtic Language Teachers Conference, which will be held 11-14 May 2011 on the Isle of Man, has been moved up to 15 April 2011, two weeks earlier than the original deadline.  For more information on the conference, visit the NAACLT website.

Online Irish Book Club -- Selections for April and May

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. The selections for the month of April are a group of four CDs entitled Niall Tóibín ag léamh Gearrscéalta le Seán Mac Mathúna and the book Úlla, which is a print version of all of Mac Mathúna's short stories.  The selection for the month of May is Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird's murder mystery Rún an Bhonnáin.

Manx Conference Deadline Extended

The organizers of the conference on 'The Isle of Man -- Centre of the Celtic World', which will be held 11-14 May 2011 at Manx National Heritage Centre in Douglas, have extended the deadline for paper submissions to 15 April 2011.  Abstracts of 200-300 words should be emailed to Kevin Rottet before that date.

Midlands Viking Symposium 2011

The Midlands Viking Symposium 2011: Viking Age Ireland and its Wider Connections, which is hosted by the Universities of Nottingham, Birmingham, and Leicester, will be held 30 April 2011 in Dublin, Ireland.  The symposium program includes talks by Seán Duffy, Donnchadh Ó Corráin, Patrick Wallace, Eamon Kelly, Catherine Swift, and others.  An opening lecture by John Sheehan and Christina Lee will take place at 6:00 pm the night before at the National Museum of Ireland.  Registration, which includes lunch, is 40 euro.

Call for Papers -- MLA 2011

The call for papers has just gone out for the 2011 MLA panel on 'Language, Literature, and Learning: New Research in Celtic Studies', which is being hosted by The Celtic Languages and Literatures Discussion Group.  Abstracts are due to Richard Murphy by 12 March 2011.

Online Irish Book Club -- Selection for March 2011

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. The book for the month of March is Anna Heusaff's detective novel Buille Marfach.  The first chapter of the book as well as a comprehensive glossary of the entire novel are available on the Clubleabhar site.