CfP: George Moore – Back in Dublin Again
George Moore: Back in Dublin Again
At TU Dublin, Aungier Street
21 March 2025
NCFIS and the George Moore Association will hold this one-day event on 21st March 2025 to examine the writings, life, connections and interests of a trail-blazing Irish author.
George Moore (1852-1933) was a prolific, talented, often-controversial writer who lived in Mayo, Dublin, Paris and London. Deeply influenced by his French experiences, and captivated by the notions of a new Ireland, he mixed and interacted with all the significant figures of the Irish Revival in Dublin at the fin-de siècle.
This call for papers invites proposals for 10-15 minute papers on any topic that connect to George Moore. Proposals from students are particularly welcome.
Some suggestions are:
- George Moore – providing a template for Joyce’s Dubliners
- Food for GM and food in Dublin
- Cycling to Newgrange with AE in search of druidic spirits
- Attempting to spread the message of Conradh na Gaeilge
- Hosting a Douglas Hyde play (in Irish) in his Ely Place garden
- Working with Yeats and Edward Martyn on plays
- A significant figure for later writers like Padraic Colum, Austin Clarke, John McGahern
- A discreet love life between Ely Place and Tallaght
- Clashing with neighbours, secretaries, cooks
- Supporting composers like Elgar, Holst, Esposito
- Promoting modern art in Dublin
- Dublin, Mayo and Irish society as portrayed in The Untilled Field
- His religious beliefs
- Championing women
Please send proposals (max. 200 words) by January 24th 2025 to: kathryn.laing@mic.ul.ie and piersemary@gmail.com.
This post has been re-published by permission from the
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