Lecture by Diarmaid Ferriter
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesDiarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History at University College Dublin, lectures on the Irish Civil War.
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Lecture & Reading by Barry McCrea
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning writer Barry McCrea will give a brief talk on “Language and the Irish Novel” followed by a reading from his novel-in-progress Miracle at Thorn Island. Introduced by Visiting Leonard L. Milberg ’52 Professor in Irish Letters Fintan O’Toole.
Lecture & Reading by Louise Kennedy
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning writer Louise Kennedy presents “Trespasses: Fact, Fiction and Memory,” a lecture based on her bestselling novel Trespasses, which won the British Book Awards Debut Novel of the Year, the An Post Irish Book Awards Novel of the Year, and the McKitterick Prize. Kennedy will read from the book and examine her use of news reports, family lore and her own childhood memories in creating a fictional account of ordinary lives blighted by sectarian and class conflict.
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Lecture by Fintan O’Toole: “Dracula and Home Rule: History, Horror and A Dream of Reconciliation”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesFintan O’Toole delivers the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture entitled, “Dracula and Home Rule: History, Horror and a Dream of Reconciliation.” Bram Stoker’s Dracula may not be the greatest of Irish novels but it is certainly the one that has had the most influence on global popular culture. The novel is set in Transylvania and in England. … Continue reading "Lecture by Fintan O’Toole: “Dracula and Home Rule: History, Horror and A Dream of Reconciliation”"
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Lecture by Robert Spoo on “James Joyce’s Ulysses in New York”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesRobert Spoo, Princeton’s Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters and co-chair of the Fund for Irish Studies, lectures on “James Joyce’s Ulysses in New York: A Counterfactual View from Fifth Avenue."
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“A History of Ireland in 10 Poems” by Paul Muldoon
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesPulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Creative Writing, offers a brief survey of Irish history from earliest times to the present day through the prism of his own poems. Free with no tickets required.
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Lecture on “Unmasking Conspiracy: Philip Graves and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion” by Fintan O’Toole
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesFintan O’Toole notes that we live in an age of conspiracy theory and fake news, but emphasizes these are not new phenomena. He contends the most toxic forgery of all time is The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which falsely purports to be the record of secret meetings of Jewish leaders plotting to take … Continue reading "Lecture on “Unmasking Conspiracy: Philip Graves and the Protocols of the Elders of Zion” by Fintan O’Toole"
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2026 Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture: “For and Against a United Ireland”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCo-authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride debate the points in their recent book, For and Against a United Ireland, as the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture.
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Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAfter Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal by Merlin Holland Biographer and editor Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, gives a lecture entitled “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es.” Holland is author of the recently published book After Oscar: the Legacy of a Scandal in which he shares more details regarding Wilde’s relationships, reputation and … Continue reading "Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”"
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John Banville Lectures on “Fiction and the Dream”
McCosh 50Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville delivers the keynote address, “Fiction and the Dream,” of the (De)Destabilizing Nabokov international conference on writer Vladimir Nabokov being held at Princeton University, organized by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Banville’s address will be presented via Zoom. Free registration for the conference is required to receive the Zoom link. The … Continue reading "John Banville Lectures on “Fiction and the Dream”"