Celtic Studies Association of North America
Call for Papers
Annual Conference 2013
The CSANA Annual Conference will be held at the University of Toronto from 18
to 21 April 2013, under the co-sponsorship of the Centre for Medieval Studies and
the Program in Celtic Studies, St. Michael’s College.
Twenty-minute papers are invited on all aspects of Celtic Studies; abstracts should
be sent by 1 January 2013 to:
Prof. David N. Klausner,
Centre for Medieval Studies,
125 Queen’s Park,
Toronto ON M5S 2C7,
Canada
or by email to <david.klausner@utoronto.ca>
Please cite “CSANA 2013” on the envelope or in the subject heading
Call for Papers: Special Sessions in Honour of Ann Dooley and David Klausner
Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Meeting
April 18-21, 2013
University of Toronto, jointly hosted by the Centre for Medieval Studies, St. Michael's College and Trinity College
In honour of the distinguished and influential careers of Toronto Celticists Ann Dooley and David Klausner, we are inviting abstracts for two special sessions at CSANA 2013. In consideration of the broad-ranging nature of their work, specific themes have not been assigned for the sessions; however, the intention is that the themes of the papers should intersect in some way with the research of either Ann Dooley or David Klausner. Papers that connect the honourees’ work – such as Ann Dooley’s translation of the Acallam na Senórach or David Klausner’s research on drama and performance in medieval Wales – to current trends and developments in the field of Celtic Studies are particularly welcome. Although it is by no means a requirement, former students of Ann Dooley and David Klausner are especially encouraged to apply. Abstracts that are not selected will be forwarded to the general CSANA Call for Papers.
Please submit a 200-300 word abstract via email by 15 December 2012 to:
Giselle Gos
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of English
Harvard University
and
Kristen Mills
Ph.D. Candidate
Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
Call for Paper: California Celtic Conference 2013
(click here for more information)
Annual Meetings
CSANA sponsors a a three- to four-day conference each spring. Venues have included the University of Chicago, UCLA, Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley, St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, the University of Washington, the University of Ottawa, the University of Georgia, the City University of New York, Virginia Polytechnic University, the University of Notre Dame, McGill University, the University of Toronto, the University of Cincinnati, and Colgate University.
The annual meetings afford CSANA members, university faculty, graduate students, and independent scholars alike the opportunity to present papers on any topic in the field of Celtic Studies to an interested audience of Celticists; here we can refine ideas, enhance research, and make meaningful connections. Every effort is made to avoid concurrent sessions, so that all participants in the conference can hear every paper.
In addition to the papers submitted by members, CSANA meetings often feature invited lectures by distinguished Celtic scholars from North America and abroad. These lectures give CSANA members the opportunity to meet and discuss their work with world-renowned Celticists.
Another feature of the annual meeting is the seminar on a text selected at the previous year's conference. This is an informal discussion by all conference participants, and its aim is to enhance each reader's understanding of the text and to share ideas for presenting it in the classroom.
Finally, the meetings are a rare and delightful chance for Celticists from all over North America and the world to mingle and chat informally about our work. Most of us find that conference coffee hours, receptions, and dinners are among the most valuable experiences of the meeting.
Next Annual Meeting
The 2013 meeting of CSANA will be at the University of Toronto, hosted jointly by the Centre for Medieval Studies, Trinity College, and St Michael's College, from Thursday April 18th through Sunday April 21st, 2013. Further details to follow.
Future Annual Meetings
- 2014: Roanoke, Virginia, hosted by Charlene Eska and Joseph F. Eska,
- 2015: UC Berkeley, hosted by Daniel F. Melia, in conjunction with the UC Celtic Studies Conference.
Past Meetings
CSANA 2012 Annual Meeting
The University of California Celtic Studies Conference/Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America, March 8-11, 2012, was sponsored jointly by the UCLA Celtic Colloquium, the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the UCLA Department of English, the UCLA Indo-European Studies Program, the UCLA Dean of Humanities, and California State University, Bakersfield, along with the Celtic Studies Association of North America.
Invited speakers included Thomas Clancy (Univ. Glasgow); Fiona Edmonds (Cambridge); Sìm Innes (Harvard); Tara MacLeod (Notre Dame); Torsten Meissner (Cambridge); Daniel Melia (UC Berkeley); Brian Ó Conchubhair (Notre Dame); Nollaig Ó Muraile (NUI Galway); Paul Russell (Cambridge); David Stifter (Maynooth); and Karin Stüber (Univ. Zürich).
A special session on texts pertaining to the “heroic biography” of Conchobar mac Nessa was organized by Chantal Kobel (Trinity College Dublin) and Anna Pagé (UCLA).
Click here for the meeting itinerary.
CSANA 2011 Annual Meeting
Michael Meckler hosted the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. The meeting ran May 19-22.
CSANA 2010 Annual Meeting
Brian Ó Conchubhair hosted the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, April 9-11.
Photographs from the 2010 CSANA Annual Meeting at the University of Notre DameCSANA 2004 Annual Meeting
David Klausner hosted the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America at the University of Toronto, April 15-18, under the co-sponsorship of the Centre for Medieval Studies and the Program in Celtic Studies at St. Michael's College.
CSANA 2002 Annual Meeting
Aideen O'Leary hosted the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, May 9 - 12.
CSANA 2001 Annual Meeting
Joseph Eska hosted the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Celtic Studies Association of North America at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia, March 29 - April 1.