Imagi/Nation: Canada Past and Future
Imagi/Nation: Le Canada, son passé et son avenir
18th Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in Ireland
Maynooth University, May 13-14, 2016
Organising Committee: Professor Michael Brophy (ACSI President), Professor Jane Koustas (ACSI and UCD Craig Dobbin Chair of Canadian Studies), Dr Julie Rodgers (ACSI Secretary)
As Ireland prepares to celebrate the centenary of the historic events of 1916, it is timely to recall that the ensuing Constitution of the Irish Free State owes much to the Canadian Constitution, referencing that nation as a model in a number of its articles.
This conference will explore the multiple facets − political, economic, historical, geographical, linguistic, literary and artistic – of Canada as a nation defined not only by its past, but by a future conceived through diverse and ever-evolving representations of that past. Possible topics might include:
• Nation and commemoration
• Nation-building and legislation
• Mapping the nation
• National identity/ies
• Trans-national relations
• The eco-nation
• The future of nationhood
• (Re)imagining the nation
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words, along with a short CV, to this email address.
Submissions in French or English are welcome.
The deadline for proposals is Friday 15 January 2016
For further details, please visit the Association’s website.