Transforming the Canon

Keynote: Anjali Nerlekar, Professor, Rutgers University 

Chair: Derek Hand

Panel I: Literature and Dissent 

1. Nidhi Zak Aria Eipe, Skein Press, ‘(En)countering the Narrative’.  

2. Dr Sandrine Ndahiro, University of Limerick ‘Re-working fixed Irish identities through a postcolonial lens’  

3. Dr Catherine Gander, Maynooth University, ‘What kind of a book is this?" Breaking barriers, breaking taboos, and learning from Muriel Rukeyser in Ireland’ 

Chair: Professor Eugene McNulty, Dublin City University

Panel II: Alternate Perspectives in Literary Studies 

1. Professor Danielle Clarke, University College Dublin, ‘Is the Canon Dead? Renaissance Literature, Identity and Value’ 

2. Professor Porscha Fermanis, University College Dublin, ‘Reading for Indigenous Presence: The Practice and Politics of Ethnographic Refusal’ 

3. Dr Tim Groenland, University College Dublin ‘Small Presses, Literary Infrastructures, and Publishing in Translation’ 

Chair: Dr Jivanta Schottli, Dublin City University 

Panel III: Beyond Borders 

1. Dr Anne Mulhall, University College Dublin, ‘Writing About Borders’ 

2. Dr Karl O’ Hanlon, Maynooth University, ‘Ferdinand Levy: A Harlem Renaissance Dubliner’ 

3. Dr Nita Mishra, University of Limerick, ‘Can poetic encounters bring transformations?’ 

Chair: Dr Ge Tang, University College Dublin 

Poetry Performance by Dr. Kit Fryatt and Chandrika Narayanan Mohan 

MC: Eoin McCarney, The National Library of Ireland