Symposium 2012
April 20th, Université de Lausanne
at Ferme de Dorigny, UNIL Dorigny
10.30 Opening in La Ferme, UNIL Dorigny
10.45: Anouk Busset (UNIL) Patronage and Propaganda in Early Medieval Ireland and Scotland: the Stone Monuments
11.15: Kim McCone (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) The construction and deconstruction of a Celtic identity
12.00: Shane Walshe (UZH) Ticking the Boxes: A Hollywood View of Ireland and the Irish
12.30 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00: Fritz Senn (James Joyce Foundation) How Joyce Keeps Translating Himself
14.45: Steve Colman (NUI Maynooth) Speech genres and language contact in the Irish Gaeltacht
15.30 Coffee break
16.00: Doris Edel (Prof. Erem. University of Utrecht) Medb of Crúachain and the Empress Matilda: literature and politics in 12th century Leinster
16.45: Sarah Erni (UZH) Of tall tales, sundry signs and one belittled boy: Investigating forms of contact between Cú Chulainn and the Connacht Army