Call for papers, creative contributions, panels or roundtables

By University of Otago | Posted: Thursday Mar 20, 2025

Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference, November 2025 - rolling deadline until 31 July 2025

Irish Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference

HEALTH, WELLNESS and CARE
20-22 November 2025
University of Otago / Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Aotearoa / New Zealand

As the emergency measures of the pandemic fade into memory, but the virus transitions into an endemic part of our medical landscape, we invite scholars and community members to use the vantage point of this new ecosystem – viral, social, political, economic, environmental – to consider what health, wellness and care mean for Ireland and Irish communities worldwide. What understandings of the well-being or disorders of Irish peoples can we gain through the interdisciplinary framework of Irish Studies? From the impact of medical metaphors over time to the movement of medical practitioners over seas, from the slow construction of hospitals to the rapid rise of patients in corridors, from the responsibilities of domestic carers to the glamour of wellness influencers, how can our varied disciplines come together to take the temperature of Irish societies and Irish studies?

For those whose research does not touch on areas of health, wellness or care, we also welcome papers on any aspect of Ireland, Irish Australia, Irish New Zealand, Irish Pacific or the Irish diaspora generally. We hope that conference participants will join us in beautiful Dunedin, but there is also the option to present papers online.

Proposals for papers, creative contributions, panels or roundtables should be emailed to maebh.long@otago.ac.nz. We have now moved to a rolling deadline for submissions. Please submit your abstract when ready and we will respond every fortnight. The rolling deadline will remain until 31 July 2025.

Find out more: CFP: ISAANZ 27 | Health, Wellness and Care