Starting with volume 7, I will be taking over from Joe Nagy as the editor of the Celtic Studies Association of North America yearbook. The theme of volume 7 will be Law, literature, and society. Contributions for this volume will be gratefully received from now until 1 June 2007 for an expected date of publication in late Spring 2008. Submitted articles will be evaluated by two independent referees in consultation with myself. Contributions from younger scholars are particularly welcome, as are papers which were originally presented at the annual CSANA meeting. I would be grateful to receive submissions in electronic format, preferably as a .pdf file in the first instance. If you think that you may submit a paper, please contact me and I will send you a copy of the style sheet to aid you in the preparation of your manuscript. Individuals are also invited to send me suggestions for themes for future volumes.
Law, Literature, and Society. CSANA Yearbook 7, ed. Joseph F. Eska, will appear shortly from Four Courts! Unfortunately, prices have been raised by the Press, in response to increasing publishing counts and the dollar/euro discrepancy, but a discount is still available to CSANA members in good standing: $60.00 (including postage). Please send your check, made out to "CSANA," to CSANA Secretary-Treasurer Elissa Henken, Department of English, Park Hall, University of Georgia, Athens GA 30602, or order on our website, using Paypal
http://www.csub.edu/~cmacquarrie/csana/).
Contributors include:
Timothy P. Bridgman, "Naming and naming conventions concerning Celtic peoples in some early ancient Greek authors"
Michael Meckler, "The assassination of Diarmait mac Cerbaill"
Karen Eileen Overbey, "Female trouble: ambivalence and anxiety at the Nuns’ Church"
Lahney Preston-Matto, "Derbforgaill’s literary heritage: can you blame her?"
Sara Elin Roberts, "Emerging from the bushes: the Welsh law of women in the legal triads"
Paul Russell, "Poets, power and possessions in medieval Ireland: some stories from Sanas Cormaic"
Purchasing the Yearbook is a vital way you can contribute to keeping this journal going strong, not to mention taking advantage of your membership and receiving a discount. Also, be sure to ask your library to order Yearbook 7 and back issues via the Four Courts Press website at http://www.fourcourtspress.ie/. Back issues are also available to members at the discounted price of $50 (including postage; special double volume 3-4 is $90); for more information, including the titles and contents of CSANAY 1-6, see the CSANA website under "The Yearbook," or contact the former CSANAY editor, Joseph Nagy, at jfnagy@humnet.ucla.edu.
All good wishes,
Joe Eska
eska@vt.edu