The 2004 Celtic Representations Symposium, titled "The Rebellion of the Celts: From Goddess to Government," will be held at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Oct. 8 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the British Studies room at Norlin Library.
The event is free and open to the public, and no registration is necessary. Seating is limited to 100 in the British Studies room, on Norlin's fifth floor.
"The first symposium was held last year and we were delighted by the response we received from international scholars," said Monica Emerich, a doctoral student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and organizer of the symposium. "This type of multi-disciplinary, transnational approach to Celtic studies is something that other people saw a need for as well. This year, we have focused on bringing in three key scholars in the area of Celtic culture."
Gary Tregidga, director of the Cornish Audio Visual Archive unit at the Institute of Cornish Studies in Truro, Cornwall, U.K., will discuss kinship and the cultural memory of the Cornish at 2:30 p.m. His presentation is derived directly from recorded memories of individuals over many generations.
David O'Hara, associate professor of history at CU-Boulder will explore how the British and Irish Civil Wars of the mid-17th century prompted sections of the English news market to use "barbarism" to defame the Irish image. He speaks at 3:45 p.m.
Marion Bowman of the Open University, which has 13 regional centers in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Europe, will deliver the keynote address at 5 p.m. An ethnologist of religion, Bowman will speak on the village of Glastonbury, England, a renowned site of Celtic spirituality.
The conference is sponsored by the Center for British and Irish Studies and the Institute for Cornish Studies in Truro. For more details, see the Web site: .