RÉ: LÁ NA GAEILGE AG ACIS 4/19/2007 RE: IRISH LANGUAGE DAY AT ACIS 4/19/2007 A chairde, Tá áthas ar Chumann Carad na Gaeilge fógraí a scaipeadh faoi ranganna agus imeachtaí na Gaeilge mar seo thíos. Le bhur dtoil, insigí dúinn faoi bhur n-eachtraí ionas gur féidir linn poiblíocht shaor in aisce a dhéanamh daoibh. Tá an teachtaireacht seo á seoladh chuig eagraíochtaí cultúrtha Éireannacha i Meiriceá Thuaidh agus chuig breis agus 160 múinteoir, scoil, agus eagraíocht na Gaeilge i Meiriceá Thuaidh amháin. / The Philo-Celtic Society is pleased to spread the word about Irish language classes and events like this one below. Please tell us about your activities so that we can do free publicity for you. This announcement is going out to Irish cultural organizations in North America and to more than 160 Irish language teachers, schools, and organizations in North America alone. Le gach dea-ghuí, Gearóid Ó Ceallaigh / Jerry Kelly Rúnaí Fógraíochta / Publicity Secretary Cumann Carad na Gaeilge / The Philo-Celtic Society <http://www.philo-celtic.com> www.philo-celtic.com FÓGRA / ANNOUNCEMENT Irish Language Day at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies hosted by the CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Institute for Irish-American Studies Location: CUNY GRADUATE CENTER, 365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street (across from the Empire State Building) THURSDAY: APRIL 19, 2007 One Day Registration $75 (e-mail <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] or phone 718-960-6722 to reserve a spot as soon as possible) 8:00-9:00 AM BREAKFAST - Concourse Lobby 10:30 AM-5:00 PM BOOK EXHIBITS- Concourse Lobby [Including Irish language publisher Cló Iar-Chonnachta] 9.00-10.30 AM SESSION PANEL Painéal 2.4 Gaeilge I: Máirtín Ó Cadhain - Mórscríbhneoir na Gaeilge Chair: Tara MacLeod, University of Notre Dame Brian Ó Broin, William Paterson University "Máirtín Ó Cadhain agus an Siombalachas in Idir Shúgradh agus Dáiríre" Mícheál Ó Conghaile, Cló Iar-Chonnachta "Fuil Bheo sa gCré - Ag Tabhairt a Ghuth Féin do Chré na Cille" Brian Ó Conchubhair, University of Notre Dame "Athnuachan : Ag Tabhairt a Cheart Féin d’Athnuachan" 10:30-11:00 AM COFFEE BREAK - Concourse Lobby 11.00-12.30 PM SESSION PANEL Panel 3.3 Irish Language II: People & Culture [Papers read in Irish with English translation] Chair: Brian Ó Conchubhair, University of Notre Dame Séamus Blake, WFUV.ORG Radio, Fordham University "Seán Ó Tuama (1926-2006), File, Scoláire, Fealsamh Cultúrtha" "Sean O Tuama (1926-2006): poet, scholar, and cultural philosopher" David Barnwell, NUI Maynooth "Mathias O’Conway 1766-1842: Céad Foclóirí na Gaeilge sa Domhan Úr" "Mathias O’Conway 1766-1842: America's First Lexicographern of the Irish Language" Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew, University of Pennsylvania "Nuair a "Bhuail" Traidisiún Gaelach an Vinil: Ceirnín Stairiúil (1958) 33-rpm de Chuid Ghael-Linn agus a Ról (B'fhéidir) i mBailiúchán Pearsantacht Raidió Ghael-Mheiriceánach" "When Irish Tradition Hit The Vinyl: Gael-Linn's Historic (1958) 33-rpm Recording and Its Possible Role in the Collection of an Irish-American Radio Personality" 12.30-1.30 PM LUNCH. On Your Own. 1.30-3.00 PM SESSION PANEL Panel 4.3 Irish Language III: Roundtable - The Future of Irish (language) Studies [Presentations in English] Chair: Tara MacLeod, University of Notre Dame Séamus Blake, WFUV.ORG Radio, Fordham University Roslyn Blyn-LaDrew, University of Pennsylvania Hugh Fogarty, University of Notre Dame Brendan Kane, University of Connecticut Ríona McGonagle, University College Dublin Elaine Ní Bhraonáin, Lehman College, CUNY Joe Nugent, Boston College Brian Ó Conchubhair, University of Notre Dame Mary O'Donoghue, Babson College Diarmuid Ó Giolláin, University College Cork Cóilín Owens, George Mason University 3:30-5:00 PM SESSION PANEL Panel 5.1 Irish Language IV: Past and Present [Papers read in English] Chair: David Barnwell, NUI Maynooth Cóilín Owens, George Mason University "Facilitating the 'Advanced' Reader: Meitheal Léitheóireachta na Gaeilge/Washington, DC." Aisling Cormack Aboud, University of California, Irvine "From Colonialism to Globalization: Can Irish Language Survive American Idol?" Hugh Fogarty, University of Notre Dame "Cultivation of Obscurity in Medieval Irish Literature" 6:15-7:15 PM WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION - Concourse Lobby 7:30 -9:30 PM CONCERT - Elebash Recital Hall Sponsored by the Ethnomusicology Ph.D. Program, The Graduate Center, CUNY Passing it On: Teachers and Students of Irish Traditional Music Followed by a reception in the Elebash Recital Hall Lobby sponsored by the Ethnomusicology Ph.D. Program and the CUNY Institute for Irish-American Studies. Cumann Carad na Gaeilge Ag obair d'athbheochan domhanda na Gaeilge! And celebrating 135 years since our first class in 1872!