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The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451 by a papal bull of Pope Nicholas V, at the suggestion of King James II, giving Bishop William Turnbull permission to add the university to the city's cathedral. It is the second-oldest university in Scotland, and the fourth-oldest in the English-speaking world.* Teaching at the University began in the chapterhouse of Glasgow Cathedral, subsequently moving to nearby Rottenrow, in a building known as the "Auld Pedagogy." The University was given 13 acres (53,000 sq m) of land belonging to the Black Friars (Dominicans) on High Street by Mary, Queen of Scots in 1563. By the late 17th century, the University building centered on two courtyards surrounded by walled gardens, with a clock tower, which was one of the notable features of Glasgow's skyline, and a chapel adapted from the church of the former Dominican (Blackfriars) friary. This complex was one of the finest Renaissance buildings in Scotland, and its demolition, following the transference of the University to its present site in 1871 (in less "rough" surroundings) was one of the worst acts of cultural vandalism in 19th century Scotland. Remnants of this Scottish Renaissance building, mainly parts of the main facade, were transferred to the Gilmorehill campus and renamed as the "Pearce Lodge." The Lion and Unicorn staircase was also transferred from the old college site and is now attached to the Main Building.
The Universities of St Andrews, Glasgow and Aberdeen are ecclesiastical foundations, while Edinburgh was a civic foundation. The University is one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the world. Glasgow U is currently the only university in Scotland with a full range of professional departments in Law, Medicine, Veterinary Medicine and Dentistry. The number of staff is 5,807 and the number of students is 23,590 (Undergraduates: 18,810; Postgraduates: 4,785) (2005/2006). It is now independently ranked as amongst the top ten universities in the UK for teaching quality. Glasgow is regarded as a centre for educational excellence, ranking as a top 20 university in various tables, and rated third in the UK for student experience. In addition to this, it was also the Sunday Times "Scottish University of the Year" in 2007. Glasgow is a current member of the Russell Group, as well as of Universitas 21.
The University's main campus is located on Gilmorehill, in the West End of Glasgow. The University also has a number of buildings elsewhere in the city; a facility at Loch Lomond; the University Marine Biological Station Millport and the Crichton Campus in Dumfries, which is jointly operated alongside a number of other institutions.
*The University of Glasgow is the fourth oldest university of United Kingdom as one of the Seven Ancient Universities of the British Isles: University of Oxford (founded before 1167), University of Cambridge (f.1209), University of St Andrews (f.1413), University of Glasgow (f.1451), University of Aberdeen (as King's College, Aberdeen, f.1495), University of Edinburgh (f.1583) and University of Dublin (now Trinity College Dublin, f.1592). So Glasgow U is the second oldest university in Scotland after University of St Andrews. (Referred to the site of "Wikipedia")
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Conference Opening and Welcome
Opening Plenary Lecture: Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (Trinity College Dublin)
Welcome Reception (kindly sponsored by the Irish Consulate General to Scotland)
Poetry reading - Alan Gillis: Maurice Harmon
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Professor Murray Pittock,
Bradley Professor of English Literature,
Dean-elect of Arts, University of Glasgow
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Professor Murray Pittock,
Bradley Professor of English Literature,
Dean-elect of Arts, University of Glasgow
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Eilean Ni Chuilleanain (Trinity College Dublin):
“Translation and Ireland"
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ROOM D: International Perspectives on Oscar Wilde
Chair: Marie Arndt (Thames Valley University, UK) (from behind)
Linda Wong (Baptist University, Hong Kong) (standing):
"Contemporary Chinese Rereadings of Wilde’s The Happy Prince"
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ROOM B: Beckett Panel II
Chair: P.J. Murphy (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
Mary M.F. Massoud (Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt):
"Beckett's Godot: A New Reading"
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ROOM B: Beckett Panel II
Chair: P.J. Murphy (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
James McNaughton (University of Alabama, US):
"States of Exception in Beckett: Undermining Irish Neutrality and Literary Autonomy"
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ROOM B: Beckett Panel II
Chair: P.J. Murphy (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
Emilie Morin (University of York):
"Translation as principle of composition: Beckett and the Irish Revival"
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ROOM B: Beckett Panel II
Chair: P.J. Murphy (Thompson Rivers University, Canada) (right)
Emilie Morin (University of York) (middle)
James McNaughton (University of Alabama, US) (left)
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ROOM D: Internationalising Irish literature
Chair: Tina Morin (University College Cork, Ireland) (left 1)
Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University, Japan) (left 2):
""Selkies" in Mineko Matsumura's Translation of Fiona Macleod: Connecting Ireland, Scotland and Japan"
Youngmin Kim (Dongguk University Seoul, Korea) (right 2):
"Transnationalism and Cultural Translation: Yeats and Other Writers"
Konstantina Georganta (University of Glasgow, UK) (right 1):
"The Hybrid Late Masks of W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) and Kostes Palamas (1859-1943): A Comparative Approach"
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Plenary Lecture (University Concert Hall)
Wai Chee Dimock (Yale University, USA)
"Who’s Irish? - Henry James, Colm Tobin, James Joyce, Gish Jen"
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ROOM D: Irish Culture: International Reception
Chair: Werner Huber (University of Vienna, Austria) (left)
Tomomi Yamada (Tsuda College, Japan) (right):
"Irish Literature for Kikuchi Kan"
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ROOM D: Irish Culture: International Reception
Chair: Werner Huber (University of Vienna, Austria)
Tomomi Yamada (Tsuda College, Japan) (standing):
"Irish Literature for Kikuchi Kan"
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ROOM E: Nineteenth Century Irish Literature
Chair: Alberto Lazaro (Universidad de Alcala, Spain) (left 1)
Raphael Ingelbien (University of Leuven, Belgium) (left 2):
"The critique of Hamletism in The Wild Irish Girl and Corinne"
Tina Morin (University College Cork, Ireland) (right 2):
"Speak not of me ever’: Two Dramatic Adaptations of Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer"
Yuri Yoshino (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) (right 1):
"Irish Orientalism and Maria Edgeworth's national tale"
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ROOM E: Nineteenth Century Irish Literature
Chair: Alberto Lazaro (Universidad de Alcala, Spain)
Raphael Ingelbien (University of Leuven, Belgium) (left):
"The critique of Hamletism in The Wild Irish Girl and Corinne"
Tina Morin (University College Cork, Ireland) (middle):
"Speak not of me ever’: Two Dramatic Adaptations of Maturin’s Melmoth the Wanderer"
Yuri Yoshino (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) (right):
"Irish Orientalism and Maria Edgeworth's national tale"
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ROOM E: Internationalising Irish Literature
Chair: Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Ken'ichi Matsumura (Chuo University, Japan) (speaking):
"The Bird as Otherworld Messenger in Ireland and Japan"
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ROOM E: Internationalising Irish Literature
Chair: Joachim Fischer (University of Limerick, Ireland)
Ken'ichi Matsumura (Chuo University, Japan) (speaking):
"The Bird as Otherworld Messenger in Ireland and Japan"
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ROOM B: John Banville
Chair: Matthew Hayward (Durham University, UK)
Mark O'Connell (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) (left):
"In the depths of Mirrors:Mise en Abyme in the Fiction of John Banville"
Noriko Ito (Tezukayama University, Japan) (middle, standing):
"Raggedness - a paradox"
Nadia Khallaf (Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt) (right):
"A study of ‘the enduring core of self’ in John Banville's The Shroud"
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ROOM C: Medbh McGuckian
Chair: Martin McKinsey (University of New Hampshire, USA) (right 1)
Maria Jesus Lorenzo Modia (Universidade da Coruna, Spain) (right 2):
"'Medbh McGuckian and Spain'"
Katharina Walter (NUI Galway, Ireland) (left 2):
"Towards a Poetics of Change: Medbh McGuckian’s Maternity Poems"
Naoko Toraiwa (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan) (left 1):
"Asymmetry Deepens Communication: Text and Reader in Medbh McGuckian’s Poetry"
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ROOM C: Medbh McGuckian
Chair: Martin McKinsey (University of New Hampshire, USA)
Naoko Toraiwa (Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan) (speaking):
"Asymmetry Deepens Communication: Text and Reader in Medbh McGuckian’s Poetry"
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ROOM D: James Joyce
Chair: Gerry Smyth (John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)
Eishiro Ito (Iwate Prefectural University, Japan) (speaking):
"Depicting Dublin with Israelite and Islamic Elements: James Joyce's Transnational Modernity"
Photo by Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University, Japan)
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ROOM D: James Joyce
Chair: Gerry Smyth (John Moores University, Liverpool, UK)
Eishiro Ito (Iwate Prefectural University, Japan) (speaking):
"Depicting Dublin with Israelite and Islamic Elements: James Joyce's Transnational Modernity"
Photo by Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University, Japan)
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ROOM D: James Joyce
Chair: Gerry Smyth (John Moores University, Liverpool, UK) (middle)
Marie Arndt (Thames Valley University, UK) (left):
"What’s it about? A pedagogical strategy for approaching Dubliners in a multicultural context."
Eishiro Ito (Iwate Prefectural University, Japan) (right):
"Depicting Dublin with Israelite and Islamic Elements: James Joyce's Transnational Modernity"
Photo by Masaya Shimokusu (Doshisha University, Japan)
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ROOM E: Re-reading the early Twentieth Century
Chair: Emilie Morin (University of York, UK)
Gerry Smyth (John Moores University, Liverpool, UK) (speaking):
"Gabriel Looking at Gretta Listening: Musical Meaning in Joyce’s ‘The Dead’"
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ROOM C: Translation II
Chair:Sarah Heinz (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Irena Grubica (University of Rijeka, Croatia) (speaking):
"Narrative Devices in The Dialogue of the Ancients of Ireland, a new translation by Maurice Harmon of Accalam na Senorach"
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ROOM A: Northern Irish Poetry II
Chairman (left 2)
Rui Carvalho Homem (Universidade do Porto, Portugal) (left 1):
"‘Journeywork’: Translation and Paul Muldoon’s narrative of poetic inception"
John Redmond (University of Liverpool, UK) (right 2):
"‘The Shape of the Table’: uses of the dinner-party in the poetry of Paul Muldoon"
Pascale Amiot-Jouenne (Universite de Perpignan, France) (right 1, standing):
"Between Here and There: Lyricism and Zen in Sinead Morrissey's Japanese poems"
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ROOM A: Northern Irish Poetry II
Chair:
Pascale Amiot-Jouenne (Universite de Perpignan, France) (speaking):
"Between Here and There: Lyricism and Zen in Sinead Morrissey's Japanese poems"
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Introduced by Paddy Lyons (University of Glasgow, UK) (speaking)
MALGORZATA SEMIL (Warsaw University, Poland)
"Irish drama - World stages"
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MALGORZATA SEMIL (Warsaw University, Poland) (speaking)
"Irish drama - World stages"
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Photo by Kazuhiro Doki (Aichi University of Education, Japan).
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