Cur síos ar an téama agus ar an ócáid

Lá Idirnáisiúnta um Dhíothú an Fhoréigin in aghaidh na mBan is ea an 25 Samhain 2025.  Déanfar comóradh ar mhná a maraíodh go foréigneach go hidirnáisiúnta ar an dáta sin chuile bhliain.  Tá an feachtas úd eagraithe agus aitheanta ag Comhthionól Ginearálta na Náisiún Aontaithe agus beidh imeachtaí éagsúla ar bun fud fad na tíre bunaithe air.  Bíodh sin ar atá, is léir go bhfuil scéal sainiúil dorcha i gceist le comhthéacs na hÉireann agus na scéalta céanna le cloisteáil agus le feiceáil i léirithe éagsúla i litríocht na Gaeilge. 

Is éard atá i gceist leis an siompóisiam lae seo Foréigean na hInscne i Léann na Gaeilge ná deis a thabhairt do scoláirí agus do scríbhneoirí na scéalta seo a mheas agus a chíoradh i spás sábháilte tacúil ina mbeidh an foréigean inscne (foréigean ar mhná, ar fhir, agus ar inscní eile) idir lámha.  Cé go bhfuil borradh faoi chardáil an téama seo sa litríocht, agus, ar ndóigh, faoin taighde a dhéantar ar an gcineál seo téama, is í bunaidhm an tsiompóisiam seo na téada éagsúla a bhaineann leis an téama íogair seo a chloisteáil, a chíoradh agus a phlé go hoscailte neamhbhalbh.  

Event information

The United Nations General Assembly has designated 25 November 2025 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.  This campaign aims to raise awareness about all forms of violence against women and various events will be held around the world in honour of the victims of such violence.

It is clear that the Irish context has a specific dark story to tell.  In the last five years alone, 62 women have lost their lives to violence, 37 in the Republic and 25 in Northern Ireland.  The legacies of gendered violence are deeply rooted in our history and emerge as a central, if underexplored, theme in literature in Irish.

The aim of this one-day Symposium on Gender Violence in Irish-Language Studies is to provide scholars and writers with an opportunity to explore gender violence (violence against women, men, and other genders) in a safe and supportive space.

Given the increase in discussion of this theme in literature, the primary aim of this Symposium is to unpack the multifaceted dimensions of this sensitive theme (including ethical, aesthetical, political, intergenerational, digital, legal and medical aspects) and how literature in minoritised languages – with Irish as a key case study – reveals interconnections between linguistic oppression and gendered violence.

Dréacht den Clár / Draft Programme

9.00am - 9.30am     Clárú / Registration

9.30am – 9.40am     Fáilte / Welcome from conference organisers: Dr Síobhra Aiken (Queen’s University Belfast) and Dr Seán Mac Risteaird (Dublin City University)

9.40am – 11.00am  Painéal 1

Speakers:

• An tOllamh Máire Ní Annracháin (Emeritus Professor, University College Dublin) - Oscailt
• An Dr Caitríona Ní Chléirchín (Dublin City University) 'Maslaí, buillí agus focail bhrúidiúla, an foréigean inscne i bhFilíocht Chomhaimseartha na mBan
• An Dr Peter Weakliam (Trinity College Dublin), An foréigean sa bhficsean: impleachtaí eiticiúla
• An Dr Sorcha de Brún & an Dr Helene Haak (University of Limerick), ‘Tá Bean in Éirinn:’ Foréigean i gcoinne Bhanchainteoirí Dúchais na Gaeilge agus na Cúirteanna i mblianta luatha an tSaorstáit

11.00am - 11.30am Tae

11.30am - 12.15pm Fuath Ban Project

Discussion with Áine Ní Bhreisleáin, Órfhlaith Ní Chearnaigh, Deaglán Ó Mocháin (Dearcán Media)

(Fuath Ban Project is an online resource collecting personal experience of sexism and misogyny)

12.15pm - 1.30pm   Painéal 2

Speakers:

• An tOllamh Rióna Ní Fhrighil (Professor of Irish, University of Galway), Foréigean in Aghaidh na mBan: Fianaise na Filíochta
• An Dr Caitlín Nic Íomhair (Maynooth University): Dán na mban san úrscéal comhaimseartha cogaidh
• An Dr Aingeal Ní Chualáin (University of Galway): Spléachadh ar an léiriú a dhéantar ar an bhforéigean inscneach i saothar Phádhraic Óig Uí Chonaire agus Mháirtín Uí Chadhain

1.30pm - 2.30pm     Lón / Lunch

2.30pm - 3.15pm     Seoladh leabhair / Book Launch

Seoladh leabhair/ Launch of Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha's much anticipated second poetry collection, Mainistir na Feola  (Barzaz), including discussion with translator Ellen Corbett.

3.15pm - 3.30pm     Clabhsúr / Closure

This event is co-ordinated by Dr Síobhra Aiken, Mitchell Institute Sabbatical Fellow 2024-25 and Senior Lecturer, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast and is hosted in partnership with Cultúrlann Mc Adam Ó Fiaich and Fhoras na Gaeilge.