A conference to mark the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Modern Languages at Trinity College Dublin in 1776.
Conference Programme
All papers are 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for Q&A.
9.00–9.30 am: Opening
Organisers Michael Cronin, Jürgen Barkhoff, Faculty Dean AHSS Carmel O’Sullivan, Head of School SSLCS Murat Şiviloğlu
9.30–11.00 am, Section I: Policies
Paul Gillespie (UCD/Irish Times)
Languages and Politics in Ireland. Lost Decades, Missed Opportunities – Fresh Start?
Phyllis Gaffney (UCD)
Appointments and disappointments. Five professorial scandals
Gillian Martin (TCD)
Languages for Business: The First 50 Years
11.00–11.30am: Break
Refreshments
11.30-13.00 | Section II: Society
Mervyn O’Driscoll (UCC):
Neglected and Underappreciated: Europe’s Contributions to Ireland’s Economic Transformation
Imelda Maher and Stephanie FitzPatrick (UCD):
Modern Languages and the Irish Courts
Anne O’Connor (UG):
Modern Languages and Catholicism in Ireland (ca. 1600–ca. 1900)
13.00–14.00: Lunch
14.00–16.00 |
Section III: Art and Literature
Catherine Marshall (formerly IMMA)
Irish Artists and Continental Europe, 1970–2020
Máirín Nic Eoin (DCU)
From “Polyglot Paper” to “Multilingual Mermaid”.
Multilingualism and modern Irish-Language Literature
John McCourt (UNiversity of Macerata)
The Continental Weave. Europe in Irish English-Language Literature
Michael Cronin (TCD)
The Open Island. Ireland in Translation
16.00–16.30 | Break
Refreshments
16.30-18.30 |
Section IV: Music, Food, Medicine and Science
Axel Klein (Frankfurt)
Music as a ‘universal language’. The case for Ireland
Regina Sexton (UCC)
Edible Connections. Some case study illustrations of the historical Ireland-Europe food relationship
Luke Drury (DIAS)
European Influences on the Development of Science in Ireland
Desmond O’Neill (TCD)
Synergies Between Irish and European Medicine
Followed by reception.