Hosted by

The Department of English
April 20th - 21st

St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Dublin

This will be the ninth conference in the prestigious New Voices in Irish Criticism series. The conference at St. Patrick’s College Drumcondra will continue in the tradition of former New Voices conferences in encouraging debate and discussion among emerging and established voices. There will be sixteen panel sessions at which more than sixty papers on current research will be presented by postgraduate students from many universities and institutes of learning worldwide.

Plenary Lecture                                         Saturday 21st at  6.30pm
                                                                  
"In a Landlord's Garden : Synge and Parnell."

Dr. PJ Mathews (UCD)

Chair: Professor Declan Kiberd (UCD)

Guest Panel Discussion                                           Friday 20th at 6.30pm

“The Creative Voice in Today’s Society: More Compliant than Defiant?”

Participants

Professor Terence Brown (TCD)

Professor Anne Fogarty    (UCD)

Nuala NíDhomhnaill

Micheal O’Siadhail

Chair: Dr. Mary Shine Thompson (SPD)

Followed by Reception

Conference Dinner: 7.45pm Saturday

(25 euro, pre-book)