Conference again

OK, I've done the round table.

Still to do:

Concert.
There's a problem with getting the chamber organ delivered and tuned in time for rehearsal; same issue w/ the harpsichord. I need to think about this some more.

Honan - too many weddings
ORH - not nice enough acoustic
St Vincent's Church poss alternative

I still don't have a script & am running out of time for this.

My Conf Paper.
I'll work on this from 3-5 today.

Keynote speaker's travel and accomm.
Need to contact the travel office again and remind them that I need quote urgently. Can't really make accomm reservation until the travel date is fixed.

Poster is done & ready to circulate.
Registration almost ready. Need quote for buffet lunch. Will go ahead with organising that anyway since I can do this even before venue is absolutely finalized.

Need to decide how many people we can take.

Think that's it for now.

my conference contributions

Conference to dos are rather longer than I made out.

I need to write & circulate the questions for the round table.

I need to write my own paper.

I need to write blurb to go with Deborah's concert.


So, let's start with the round table. I have Guido Ruggiero (history), Laura Macy (music), and Julia Hairston (literature). Only three. Art history isn't represented, but I guess it's too late now.

Kinds of questions I'm interested in:

1. Discussion over validity of the concept of sexuality/ies for this period. Obviously if same sex preferences and practices are historically contingent then different sex preferences and practices are also historically contingent. The term sexualities implies stable sexual identity but that might be inappropriate for the period. (What's that word, something about time/chronology??)

2. How do literature, art, & music contribute to these historically contingent sexual practices? (Regardless of whether they are sexualities?) We've heard (I hope) a fair bit about how they relate to practices of the time; do they have any regulatory function? How do they complement or undermine or otherwise relate to law?

3. What can the different disciplines learn from eachother? Is there an aspect of sexual practices that is (un)covered by examining literature/art/music, that isn't available any other way?

April

1. My own conference to organize
i Suzanne Cusick's travel and hotel--waiting for reply from travel agent; hotel yet to be reserved
ii Coffee/tea - ask Carmel
iii Venue problems for concert - perhaps switch to music dept for Fri or whole event? (Would mean organising lunch(es).)
iv Press release (talk to UCC PR folk?)
v Registration / concert tickets
2. Body/music seminar
i. Email colleagues
ii. Arrange time/place
iii. First topic???
3. Encyclopedia article on gender in Irish pop - negotiate new deadline
4. Holiday. We need a holiday.
5. Write Med & Ren paper
6. Journal article on sprezzatura to submit by June/July (before well-deserved holiday)
7. Book chapter for eros & euterpe will be due in August.
8. Book review for JSMI now due end of June
9. Marking marking marking
10. Admin admin admin
11. Think about proposals for AMS 2008!