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Imbas:
The National University of Ireland, Galway, Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Medieval Conference
Welcome to the home page of Imbas: The NUIG Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Medieval Conference. This conference was established in November 2008 to help provide students of medieval studies with an exciting opportunity to gather for an extensive three day event. We offer delegates the opportunity to publish their papers as podcasts and as articles in Imbas: The Journal of the National University of Ireland, Galway Postgraduate Medieval Studies Conference, our open-access journal. Postgraduate students at all stages of their research are invited to attend and participate at the conference.
The Old Irish word 'imbas' is a compositional form, *imb-fuiss, meaning 'great knowledge'. Its actual meaning is obscure and is frequently referred to in the literature of early Medieval Ireland as relating to foreknowledge that has been obtained by magical or occult means. We use the term imbas to refer to the scholarly process, similar to the learned art referred to by Feidelm, poetess of Connacht in the great Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge (TBC1:41-44).
The sponsors of Imbas 2009 are: the MA in Medieval Studies, the Quality Office, the Registrar's Office, the Department of History and the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies. The committee are grateful for the ongoing support from these offices at NUIG.
The recipients of the 2009 travel bursaries are: James R. Gregory (UGA at Oxford program, University of Georgia, Athens), Els Schröder (Centre for Medieval Studies,York), Kristi DiClemente (University of Iowa) and, Patrick Glesson (University College Cork).
From this homepage you will find links to previous and current conferences as well as registration procedures, information about travel bursaries and our conference publication guidelines. For additional information, please contact the conference committee at imbasnuig@gmail.com. Updates and further information are available on the Imbas conference Facebook page.