Session Details

Friday, 29 December

413. Into the West Redux: Old and New Stories of the Celtic Diaspora

10:15–11:30 a.m., Congress A, Loews

Program arranged by the Discussion Group on Celtic Languages and Literatures

Presiding: Jacqueline M. Fulmer, Univ. of California, Berkeley

1. “The World Here on This Island Was Inverted: The Irish Presence in the Caribbean,” Abigail Palko, Univ. of Notre Dame

2. “Irish American Travelers: Some Cultural Observations of a Hidden Diaspora,” Micheal O’hAodha, Univ. of Limerick

3. “‘Women Who Left’: Giving Voice to Silent People, an Artist’s Response,” Melanie O’Reilly, Univ. of California, Berkeley

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