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Glucksman Ireland House Events Calendar Fall 2000

Fall 2000

14 September  Angela Bourke discusses “Writing the Burning of Bridget Cleary.”

18 September  John M. Regan launches his new book, Revolution and Counter-Revolution, 1921--1936.

26 September  Colm Tóibín reads from his latest novel, The Blackwater Lightship.

4 October        Helen Calthrope presents “Waiting for Mr. Yeats: Maud Gonne in Exile,” a one-act play portraying Maude Gonne.

12 October      Arthur and Barbara Gelb present a lecture entitled “Eugene O’Neill: An Irish Soul on American Soil,” and discuss their revised biography, O’Neill: Life with Monte Cristo.

19 October      Kevin Kenny lectures on “The American Irish” to coincide with the publication of his book, The American Irish: A History.

25 October      Jacqueline R. Hill discusses “Irish Identities Before and After the Act of Union.”

26 October      Sandra Reid presents “Celtic songs from the Six Nations,” an evening of song in Irish, Scots Gaelic, Manx, Breton, Welsh and Cornish.

27 October      Film screening: States of Fear, an RTE documentary series on damage done to children in Church-run institutions in Ireland.

31 October      Patrick Ireland discusses his art and his Irish influences.

1 November    Airneál na Samhna: an evening of traditional Irish music, song, poetry and dance with Pádraig Ó Cearúill to celebrate the Celtic New Year.

10 November  Christina Cahill opens an exhibit of her photography, “In Their Own World: The Children of Belfast andDerry.”

16 November  Professor Dale T. Knobel, President of Dennison College, presents the second annual Ernie O’Malley series lecture, “Celtic Exodus: The Famine Irish, Ethnic Stereotypes, and the Cultivation of American Racial Nationalism,” with a response by Professor Kevin Kenny.

30 November  Professor J. J. Lee presents a lecture entitled “Eamon de Valera: A Millennium Perspective.”

6 December     An evening of carols, conversation and warm holiday cheer.

7 December     Aireneál na Samhna: an evening of traditional Irish music and carols with Pádraig Ó Cearúill.

8 December     Film screening: Paul Largan presents an evening of documentary and short films fromNorthern Ireland.

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