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Glucksman Ireland House Events Calendar Fall 1998

Fall 1998

10 September  Professor Denis Donoghue talks on The Practice of Reading, his new book of essays.

14 September  Sebastian Barry reads from his new novel, The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty.

16 September  Dr. Richard English launches his new biography, “Ernie O’Malley: IRA Intellectual,” with introductory words by Roy Foster.

24 September  Paul Muldoon reads from his latest collection of poetry, HAY.

26 September  Irish film screening: Words Upon the Window Pane, directed by Mary McGuickian.

1 October        Emma Donoghue reads from two works in progress, with an introduction by Professor Denis Donoghue.

4 October        “The Gothic, the National, the Subversive,” a symposium on the Irish Gothics, with Seamus Deane, Marjorie Howes, Luke Gibbons, Eileen Reilly, Patricia Coughlan, and William J. McCormack.

8 October        Kevin Kenny speaks on the 19th century Irish labor movement, a talk based on his recent study, Making Sense of the Molly Maguires.

15 October      Jay McInerney reads from his latest novel, Model Behavior.

22 October      Mick Moloney gives a combined talk and performance on “Internationalism, Nationalism, and Orangeism: Irish Political Song 1798--1998.”           

28 October      Ciraran Carson reads from his memoir, The Star Factory and two new works of poetry, The Alexandria Plan and The Twelfth of Never.

29 October      Airneál na Samhna: an evening of Irish traditional song and conversation to celebrate the Celtic NewYear, with Pádraig Ó Cearúill.

2 November    Senator George J. Mitchell presents “Towards Peace in Northern Ireland,” a lecture celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Glucksman Ireland House.

5 November    Sandra F. Siegel, Professor of English atCornellUniversity, speaks on “Oscar Wilde inAmerica: The Question of Character.”

16 November  Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill and Gabriel Rosenstock read from their recent poems and translations.

1 December     Dr. Mary Hickman presents a lecture entitled “The Northern Ireland Agreement: Implications for British-Irish Relations.”

10 December   Aireál na Nollag: an evening of traditional music and holiday carols with Pádraig Ó Cearúill.

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