22-26 June 2008
University College Cork, Ireland
Notification of acceptance of paper proposals will be given by December 10th 2007
The Societé Internationale d´Ethnologie et de Folklore (SIEF) Ritual Year Working Group announces a call for papers for ‚The Ritual Year and Gender Conference‘ to be held in Cork, Ireland, 22nd – 26th June 2008. This will be the fourth international conference in the series on the theme of the ritual year and organized by the Folklore and Ethnology Department, University College Cork.
We are pleased to announce that featured keynote speakers will include: Gearóid Ó Crualaoich (Professor Emeritus of Folklore and Ethnology, University College Cork, Ireland) and Henry Glassie (Professor of Folklore, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA).
The intention of this conference is to examine aspects of the ritual year that relate to gender in either a social or symbolic sense and thus empirical and theoretical contributions to the scholarly understanding of the interplay between calendar year events and gender are welcomed. Members of the Ritual Year Working Group and non-members alike are cordially invited to submit papers. Folklorists, ethnologists and scholars from diverse disciplines are encouraged to submit papers that would address the interconnections and complexities in issues of gender roles in rituals related to the annual cycle. Consideration will also be given to papers on related topics and those that address current discourses on ritual studies and gender.
There will be a special session on ‚The Celtic Year‘ and on ‚May Day (Bealtaine)‘.
Those who would like to offer a paper are invited to submit abstracts of up to 200 words both to and to before the deadline of Friday 16th November 2007. When sending your abstract, please include your full name, highest academic degree, and Institutional/professional affiliation.
Unfortunately, no scholarship will be available for participants. Each participant, including speakers, will be expected both to pay his or her travel and accommodation expenses (though it should be noted that a special reduced rate of accommodation for conference delegates has been arranged at the conference venue: The Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig, Cork). Speakers must register before being included in the final programme.
Speakers will be allocated 20 minutes for their talks, with 10 minutes for questions. Plans are in place for the publication of selected papers as part of a collection of conference proceedings. For further information, please email: ritualyear08[at]gmail.com and butler.Jennifer[at]gmail.com
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