Andrew Fitzsimons has received an honourable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize (MLA 2024)

IASIL Japan is excited to announce that its President, Andrew Fitzsimons, has received an honourable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize (MLA 2024) for a Translation of a Literary Work for Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō, published by the University of California Press: https://www.mla.org/content/download/191346/file/SCW-2023-Scaglione-Prize-Translation-Literary-Work-Press-Release.pdf

Many congratulations, Andy!

Andy’s comment:

“I am delighted that the MLA has recognized Bashō: The Complete Haiku of Matsuo Bashō with an honorable mention in the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work. The eminence of previous recipients of this recognition makes this a humbling experience, and I am very grateful.”

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CONFERENCE 2024: Abstract Proposal Form

Aftermaths
Gakushuin University, Tokyo – August 5-9, 2024

Abstract Proposal Form

The organisers invite proposals of 250 words for twenty-minute papers, or 500 words for three-paper panels or discussion roundtables. Online presentations will be facilitated (see below). All submissions should include a brief bio of 50 words.
N.B. If you wish to include video clips or sound in your presentation, please make sure they are incorporated in your slides or in a format that can be output from a computer.

Abstract Proposals should be submitted on the following link: Click Here
(Digital file of Abstract Proposal Form is available on request.)
Queries can be sent to: conference2024@iasil.jp

The deadline for proposals is March 15, 2024 (JST).
Prospective speakers will be notified of a decision by April 15, 2024.

Proposals and papers may be presented in either the Irish or English language. / Cuirtear fáilte roimh pháipéir i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla.

Online Presentations

IASIL 2024 Conference’s online session will take the form of pre-recorded presentations and real-time Q&A sessions. The Q&A sessions will be scheduled early morning and/or late afternoon on Tuesday 6 August and Thursday 8 August (JST).

Presenters should submit their recorded presentation as mp4 files by Wednesday 10 July (JST). The videos will be posted on IASIL Japan’s Google Drive and the link will be sent to the delegates along with the Q&A session Zoom links on Friday 2 August.

Links

IASIL or IASIL Japan Membership is required in order to present at the conference.

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CONFERENCE 2024: Gakushuin University, Tokyo – August 5-9, 2024

Aftermaths

The annual IASIL Conference will be held at Gakushuin University in Tokyo from the 5-9 August 2024, organized by IASIL Japan. The conference theme will be ‘Aftermaths’.

CFP information:
https://www.iasil.org/2023/10/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/

Accommodation/Travel information:
https://www.iasil.org/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/iasil-2024-accommodation-travel-and-local-information/

IASIL PG scholarship:
https://www.iasil.org/conference-2024-gakushuin-university-tokyo-august-5-9-2024/iasil-pg-conference-travel-scholarship-2024/

IASIL Japan Scholarship

With regards to the IASIL 2024 Conference at Gakushuin University Tokyo, IASIL Japan is offering its member students one 50,000-yen scholarship and 2-3 places where the registration fee is waived.
For details go to: http://iasil.jp/scholarship.html

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Professor Masazumi Toraiwa (1932-2023), Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University

It is with great sadness that we mark the passing of Masazumi Toraiwa, a much-loved member of IASIL Japan. The loss of such a figure, on 27 October, the day the Executive Committee met for our first face-to-face conference since 2019, will bring back so many memories to long-standing members, for Professor Toraiwa was central to the foundation of IASIL Japan, as an academic society devoted to what was, at the time of its founding in 1984, an underappreciated field within Japan: the literature of Ireland. But IASIL Japan’s convivial spirit, too, owes much to Toraiwa-sensei’s own unique warmth and charm, and his fierce pursuit of, and championing of, human connections. It is well known how much he meant to Seamus Heaney, who dedicated the poem ‘Fiddleheads’ to him, a poem the mischievous lines of which seem to have been provoked by the serious mischief of Toraiwa himself. He was a one-off, utterly himself, and true to something deeper than ‘mere’ culture, if culture means something applied to, or aligned with, any one nation. He was a true humanist. Our sincere condolences go to his family, to his sons and to his daughters, and in particular to our dear colleague, Naoko. He will be missed. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Andrew Fitzsimons
IASIL Japan President

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The 39th IASIL Japan Conference

The details about the 39th IASIL Japan Conference (online) have been released!
We are very much looking forward to hosting Anne Haverty’s reading, Claire Connolly’s online lecture, symposia and paper-readings by our members. For further details, please visit the conference webpage.


Please register for the conference by 30th September, using the online registration form.

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Andrew Fitzsimons’s Book Launch in Dublin

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IASIL Japan 2023 Conference (28 & 29 October 2023, Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus)

Draft Programme (Subject to Change)

Dates: 28 & 29 October 2023

Venue: Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus

Theme: Evolutions/Dissolutions

Reading and Q&As: Anne Haverty

Online Lecture: Prof Claire Connolly (University College Cork), “A Watery History of Irish Literature: Crossing the Irish Sea with John Keats”

Symposium 1: “Evolutions/Dissolutions: Changes in Irish Writing and Performance”

Chair: Beverley Curran (ICU) Panelists: Naoko Toraiwa (Meiji University), Rina Kikuchi (Shiga University), Mika Yoshimoto Murtagh (Nagoya University of Foreign Studies) & Beverley Curran (ICU)

Symposium 2: “How Were They Cuttin’?: Joyce, Beckett, O’Flaherty,

and Corkery and Post-Independence Ireland.”

Chair: Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University) Panelists: Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University), Fuyuji Tanigawa (Konan Women’s University), Yuta Imazeki (Edogawa University) & Kiminori Fukaya (Hosei University)

Panel Sessions with presentations by Tomoya Arai, Hawk Chang, Chih-hsien Hsieh, Shan-Yun Huang, Nao Igarashi, Iain Twiddy & Akemi Yoshida

All welcome!

Further details and an online registration form will be released in early September 2023 at http://iasil.jp/conference.html.

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Submission Deadline for the Journal of Irish Studies, Vol. 38 (25 February 2024)

The deadline for submissions to the Journal of Irish Studies (JIS), Vol. 38, is
25 February 2024. This is earlier than normal in order to be ready for the main
IASIL conference in August 2024, which is being held in Japan. After this,
the submission deadline will revert to 25 April as normal.

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CFP deadline extended: The 39th IASIL Japan Conference (New deadline 30th June 2023)

Extended Call for Papers!

The CFP deadline for the 39th IASIL Japan Conference (28th & 29th October 2023), has been extended to 30th June:

Applicants for a 20-minute paper reading are requested to send a synopsis of 250–300 words as a Word attachment to the IASIL Japan office at <secretary[@]iasil.jp>. Besides the synopsis itself, please send details of affiliation, full postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers by 30th June.

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CFP: The 39th IASIL Japan Conference (Deadline 31st May 2023)

Dates: 28th & 29th October, 2023
Venue: Ritsumeikan University, Kinugasa Campus

Theme: Evolutions / Dissolutions

Guests: Anne Haverty (in-person) and Claire Connolly (online)

Call for Papers!

Applicants for a 20-minute paper reading are requested to send a synopsis of 250–300 words as a Word attachment to the IASIL Japan office. Besides the synopsis itself, please send details of affiliation, full postal and e-mail addresses, and telephone and fax numbers by 31 May 2023.

For further details, please check the April 2023 Newsletter.

Members will be requested to fill in an online registration form. Further details will be given in September 2023 at the following website:http://iasil.jp/conference.html.

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