Second Call for Papers
We are delighted to announce: Professor Gay McAuley will deliver a keynote address: “Haunted by History: Place in an Ecology of Memory.” The conference will host an interdisciplinary performance exploring the borderlands, and will host a round-table reporting on ‘The View from Here’ – Irish theatre overseas.

• Dynamics of Space and Place
• Space, Place and Memory
• The utopian North: the pure North of the imagination
• Performance of Exile, Emigration, Migration, Immigration
• Northern Connections: Ulster/Northern Ireland, Canada, Newfoundland, Scotland, New England in performance
• Performances of identity (Apprentice Boys; Orange Order; Easter parades; performance of paramilitarism and of peace; murals; public memorials) in Northern Ireland and in diaspora
• Intercultural and Multicultural performance in Northern Ireland
• Borders, Borderlands and No-Man’s-Lands

Explorations of digital possibilities – such as the recent projections of messages from the Diaspora which formed part of the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Dublin – are also very welcome.

‘Performance’ includes theatre, dance, spectacle, and all aspects of the performing arts, as well as extra-theatrical activity – such as parades and community gatherings – that foreground ‘the North’.

Publication of Papers: The Irish Theatrical Diaspora Project has a history of success in publishing research emerging from conference proceedings, and the organizers aim to publish a selection of the papers presented.

Deadline for proposals (max. 250 words) along with a brief bio and contact details:
Friday, 30th March, 2012 to:
Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick
l.fitzpatrick@ulster.ac.uk
http://irishtheatricaldiaspora.net/derry2012/

Steering Committee: Prof. Nicky Grene, Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick, Dr. Natalie Harrower, Dr. Patrick Lonergan

The conference organizers welcome applications from scholars at any stage of their career, and particularly encourage graduate students to submit proposals.