Discovering, Preserving, and Documenting Savannah’s Irish History: A Case Study in Municipal Archives
Click here to enter the online session Luciana Spracher illuminates the use by researchers of local government archives. To do so, she presents an illustrated introduction to some historical documents pertaining to Savannah’s Irish community. These include: alien declarations; naturalization records; tax digests; voter registration logs; business-permit and building-permit applications; property improvement books; Health Department […]
Revealing Public and Private Narratives
Click here to enter the online session Mary Cregan Barnard College Mary Cregan is a lecturer in English literature at Barnard College. She is the author of The Scar: A Personal History of Depression and Recovery (W. W. Norton & Lilliput Press 2019), and has written for publications including The New York Times, The Irish […]
Women in the World: Seen and Not Seen
Click here to enter the online session Samantha Haddad New York University Samantha Haddad graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2019 with a degree in History and Art History. She is currently pursuing her master’s at New York University in Irish and Irish American Studies where she researches the relationship between feminism, LGTBQ activism, and […]
Gender and Class in Irish Writing
Click here to enter the online session This Round Table will discuss the way that gender and class intersect in Irish writing. Dr O’Malley will bring in his research on how gender and class work in the texts and life of Lady Gregory; Dr. Redwine will reflect on how gender and class influence the issues […]
An Introduction to the Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy
Click here to enter the online session Developed by Mid Ulster District Council, Seamus Heaney HomePlace is a purpose-built arts and literary centre, situated in the village of Bellaghy, in the heart of the area were Seamus Heaney was born, lived and is now buried. HomePlace celebrates the life and work of the late poet […]
Graduate Students Read Joyce on the Eve of the Ulysses Centenary
Click here to enter the online session Carl Olson Bridgewater State University Carl Olson is in the first year of his Master’s in English at Bridgewater State University. His field of interest includes queer studies, writing center studies, film, and rhetoric and composition. Currently, he works as a professional writing tutor and a manager in […]
Contemplating the Sublime: Poetry and Philosophy
Click here to enter the online session Thomas O’Grady University of Massachusetts, Boston Thomas O’Grady is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he was Director of Irish Studies from 1984 to 2019. His articles, essays and reviews on Irish literary and cultural matters have been published in a wide variety of scholarly […]
Ireland Offshore: Recent Literature and Criticism
Click here to enter the online session A conversation among three scholars who work on water, literature, history, race, and gender. The participants seek some common points of contact and departure for study. In addition, they contemplate connections between offshore dimensions of Irish and other literatures. Christin Mulligan Christin M. Mulligan is a feminist scholar […]
Listen Now Again: A Tour of the Seamus Heaney Exhibition from the National Library of Ireland
Click here to enter the online session Geraldine Higgins offers a virtual tour of Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again, the landmark exhibition that she developed and curates. Located in the Cultural and Heritage Centre at the Bank of Ireland, College Green, Dublin, the exhibition was opened in July 2018 by Michael D. Higgins, President of […]
Transcending Traditional Borders
Click here to enter the online session Lisa LeBlond Stony Brook University Lisa LeBlond is a 3rd year PhD student at Stony Brook University. Her research interests include American and Irish literature and film, oppression, place and space theory, and philosophy. She won the 2020 David Erdman Award for Best Essay by a Doctoral Student […]