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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121018
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121021
DTSTAMP:20120710T194813Z
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DESCRIPTION:Organized around the theme of "Emancipation: Ireland and the Wo
 rld\," the conference hopes to encourage us to think about the concepts of 
 freedom and citizenship as expressed by the Irish at home and around the wo
 rld.\n\nWith its clear links to the long struggle for Catholic rights that 
 culminated in 1829\, emancipation raises questions about the part played by
  the Irish and Irish-Americans in the abolitionist and pro-slavery camps in
  the USA\, as well as in the fight for women's rights and for the freedom o
 f colonized peoples in all parts of the British Empire.\n\nIt could also fo
 cus on the struggles between economic\, cultural\, and political interconne
 ctedness on the one hand and national sovereignty on the other\, which are 
 at the heart of contemporary debate. Lastly\, emancipation spotlights the r
 ole of creative Irish men and women in stretching academic inquiry and arti
 stic expression beyond the constraints of their society and disciplines.
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LOCATION:Raynor Library\, Beaumier Suites
SEQUENCE:0
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:American Conference for Irish Studies Midwest Regional Conference
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