Screening Irish America: April 13-15, 2007

The O'Kane School of Film at the School of Languages, Literatures and Film, UCD, with the Clinton Institute, UCD and the Irish Studies Program, Boston College, in collaboration with the Huston School of Film and Digital Media, NUI Galway, and the School of Film and Television Studies at the University of East Anglia have initiated a new research project entitled Screening Irish-America. This project brings together academics working in the field of film, television and electronic images of Irish-America to facilitate the exchange of ideas and the publication of research. Screening Irish-America is hosted by UCD Dublin with membership open to all individuals and institutions working in this area. It covers all aspects of images of Irish-America on screen, including historical, archival, theoretical, practical and contemporary research.