Families in Ireland conference details

1997. Dec. 10., Sze, 11:26:25 CET

CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES,
THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST=20

IN ASSOCIATION WITH=20

THE IRISH JOURNAL OF FEMINIST STUDIES

'FAMILIES IN IRELAND'

A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

8TH AND 9TH JAN 1998,

THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, BELFAST

ALL CONFERENCE ENQUIRIES AND COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT TO:-
Dr Myrtle Hill,=20
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES,=20
8 College Park East
THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, =20
Belfast BT7 1NN,=20
EMAIL: M.Hill at qub.ac.uk
TEL:  01232-335358
FAX: 01232-325651

This multi-disciplinary one and a half day conference consists of two=20
plenary sessions, one on each day, and 20 papers presented in two=20
parallel streams.  Two papers will be presented at each parallel session=20
lasting one and a quarter hours.  A booklet containing abstracts of=20
parallel session papers will be available at registration. =20

Those wishing to attend the conference must register by 12 December 1997=20
(PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE REGISTRATION FORM WHICH FOLLOWS THE=20
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME BELOW).

Families in Ireland; 8-9th January 1998

CONFERENCE TIMETABLE

Thursday 8th January 1998
10.00-11.00am=09Arrivals & Registration; coffee=20
=09=09Centre for Women Studies, 8 College Park East
11.00-12.15pm=09Plenary 1: Mary E. Daly, University College =09=09=09=09
Dublin, 'The Irish Family since the Famine; continuity and change'
12.15-1.30pm=09Parallel sessions A & B=20

  1.30-2.45pm=09Lunch

  2.45-4.00pm=09Parallel sessions C&D
  4.00-4.30pm=09Tea
  4.30-5.45pm=09Parallel sessions E&F
  6.30-7.00pm=09Reception

  7.00-8.00pm=09Dinner

  8.00-8.45pm=09After-dinner lecture
=09=09Marie-Therese Davies 'The family and female visual=20
artists in Northern Ireland'
  8.45-11.00pm=09Art installations and social

Friday 9th January 1998
  9.15-10.30am=09Parallel sessions G&H=20
10.30-11.00am=09Coffee
11.00-12.15pm=09Plenary 2: Pauline Conroy, Ralaheen Research & Design,=20
'Till Death - Or Other Social Factors - Do Us Part:  Problems Of The Family
In The Irish Nation State'
12.15-1.30pm=09Parallel sessions I&J

  1.30-2.30pm=09Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS PROGRAMME:=20

STREAM 1

Session A=09=09=09Thursday 8th, 12.15-1.30pm=09
Patricia Horton, Queen's University of Belfast  ''Absent from Home':=20
family, community and nationhood in Patrick McCabe's The Butcher Boy'
Andrea O'Reilly, York University Toronto, 'In Black and White:=20
feminist reinterpretations of the patricarchal mother-son narrative'.

Session C=09=09=09Thursday 8th, 2.45-4.00pm
Helle Andersen, Copenhagen University, 'Female qualities:=20
social historical basis and changeability through time'
Hansa Jethwa, University of Derby, 'Families and Economic change'

Session E=09=09=09Thursday 8th, 4.30-5.45pm=09
Ruth Barton, University College Dublin, 'Family Narratives and Irish cinema=
'
Fidelma Farley, 'Family and Nation in Irish Cinema'

Session G=09=09=09Friday 9th, 9.15-10.30am=09
Patricia Hughes, University of New Brunswick, 'The Mixed
Blessing of Sexuality and Privacy'
Andrea O'Reilly, York University Toronto, 'Mothers and Daughters=20
at the New Millennium'

Session I=09=09=09Friday 9th, 12.15-1.30pm
Maria O'Kane and Wendy Saunderson, University of Ulster, 'Coping with=20
'The female illness''
Pat Dolan, Western Health Board, 'The role of family, friends and=20
professionals in the preceived social networks of parents of=20
adolescents experiencing adversity: findings from recent Irish research'

STREAM 2
Session B=09=09=09Thursday 8th, 12.15-1.30pm=09
Eileen Drew, Trinity College Dublin, 'Reconceptualising Families in Ireland=
'
Liam Kennedy and Paul Gray, The Queen's University of Belfast,=20
'Illicit Sexuality in 19th Century Ireland: Bastardy and the Great Famine'

Session D=09=09=09Thursday 8th, 2.45-4.00pm
Claire Archibold and Ciaran White, Queen's University of Belfast and the=20
University of Ulster, 'Different Strokes - family breakdown and the law=20
in Northern Ireland.'
Gill Gillespie, University of Hull, ''Absent Fathers' and 'Caring Mothers':=
=20
conciliatory or conflicting roles?'

Session F=09=09=09Thursday. 8th, 4.30-5.45pm=09
Moira Maguire, American Univeristy, Washington, 'Motherhood, morality and=
=20
identity in post-colonial Ireland: Ann Lovett, the Kerry Babies and the=20
1983 Abortion Referendum'
Valerie Bresnihan, University College Dublin, 'The politics of=20
nitro-glycerine containment'

Session H=09=09=09Friday 9th, 9.15-10.30am=09
M.K. Davies, London School of Economics and University College Dublin,=20
'Welfare States and images of lone motherhood in Ireland in comparision=20
to Germany and the UK';
Nicola Yeates and Eithne McLaughlin, The Queen's University of Belfast,=20
'Gender and Sexuality in Ireland, North and South: the case of social secur=
ity'

Session J=09=09=09Friday 9th, 12.15-1.30pm=09
Kathleen Barry, Pennsylvania State University, 'Irish women and=20
Intergenerational Family change: public violence and daily life';=20
Eileen Connolly, Dublin City University, 'Gender and the Control of Propert=
y:=20
the Succession Act (1965) in the Republic of Ireland'

CONFERENCE ARRANGMENTS
Special registration rates are available for the unwaged (this includes=20
undergraduate and postgraduate students); and those attending may choose=20
from a range of accommodation types, priced from =A37 a night (hostel) to=
=20
=A390 (top price hotel) with plenty in between - a list of accomodation is=
=20
available from the conference organisers, please request this when returnin=
g
your registration form.  Those attending may also choose whether to book me=
als through the conference or make their own=20
arrangements.  Registration and meal booking forms follow below.

Travel
The Queen's University of Belfast is easily accessed by plane, boat, train=
=20
and road.  The closest airport is the Belfast City Airport (approx. a =A35=
=20
taxi ride from the University), which specialises in Irish and British=20
flights.  The Belfast International Airport is about 20 miles from the=20
university and there is an airport-city centre bus service every half-hour=
=20
costing around =A33.  It is also possible to fly to Dublin airport, travel=20
into Dublin city centre and from there, take the Dublin-Belfast train. =20
Ferries from both Scotland (Stranraer) and England (Liverpool) run=20
frequently and provide affordable foot passenger rates.  Ferry terminals=20
are close to the city centre, about 2 miles from the University.  The=20
Central Railway Station is approx. 1.5 miles from the University.=20

REGISTRATION FORM

Name
Postal Address
EMail Address
Telephone Number
Fax
Institution/Organisation

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: (Please tick relevant category below)

UNWAGED (INCLUDING STUDENTS)=09=093.00 pounds=09=09
WAGED, PAPER GIVERS=09=09=0915.00 pounds=09=09
WAGED, NOT GIVING A PAPER=09=0930.00 pounds=09=09

MEAL BOOKING FORM
You may choose to make your own arrangements while attending the conference=
,=20
or to have meals provided for you through the conference.  For those who=20
wish to make their own arrangements, a list of cafes etc in the vicinity=20
of the University will be available at registration. For those taking meals=
=20
provided through the conference, we have tried to keep costs to a minimum=
=20
by arranging for light lunches (soup, sandwiches and sweet) and an evening=
=20
buffet.

Please tick which of the following you will require:

Thursday 8th January 1998Lunch=09=09=093.50 pounds=20
Dinner (Buffet)=09=096.50 pounds

Friday 9th January 1998
Lunch=09=09=093.50 pounds

I enclose a cheque made out to the Queen's University of Belfast=20
to the amount of (registration fee + any meals selected) ______________. =
=20

Please return this form and your cheque by 12 December 1997 to:=20
Dr Myrtle Hill,=20
CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES,=20
THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST, =20
Belfast BT7 1NN,=20
Northern Ireland
EMAIL: M.Hill at qub.ac.uk
TEL:  01232-335358
FAX: 01232-325651

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Eithne McLaughlin
e.mclaughlin at qub.ac.uk