Glucksman Ireland House Events Calendar Fall 1999Fall 1999
12 September “A Prayer for My Daughter,” a photographic exhibition honoring the accomplishments of Irish and Irish-American women.
15 September Jack Holland, author and a contributing editor at The Irish Echo, talks about his new work, Hope Against History: The Course of Conflict in Northern Ireland.
23 September Dr. Christine Finn gives an illustrated talk on “Marbles, Mosaics and the Muse from the Bog: Archaeology and Irish Poetry.”
7 October Medbh McGuckian and Eiléan Ní Chuillenáin read from The Wake Forest Book of Irish Women’s Poetry, 1967--2000.
21 October Ciaran Carson reads new poems and also selections from Fishing for Amber, his latest book of prose.
28 October Airneál na Samhna: an evening of traditional music, song, poetry and dance with Pádraig Ó Cearúill.
4 November Professor Irene Whelan speaks on “The Legacy of Letterfrack.”
9 November Frank McCourt reads from ‘Tis: A Memoir.
18 November Nuala O’Faolain reads from fiction in progress.
2 December The Inaugural lecture in the Ernie O’Malley Lecture Series. Professor J. J. Lee presents “Locating Irish America at the Millennium: From Somewhere to Nowhere--or Everywhere?” with respondents Kerby Miller and Peter Quinn.
9 December An evening of carols, conversation and warm holiday cheer. |