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November 2020
Lecture by Patrick Radden Keefe
Bestselling author and staff writer at The New Yorker Patrick Radden Keefe delivers a lecture on “Say Nothing: A true Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” as part of Princeton University’s 2020-21 Fund for Irish Studies series
Find out more »December 2020
Reading by Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin
Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Professor emeritus in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin and winner of the 2020 Irish Times/Poetry Now Award, reads her poetry as part of Princeton University’s 2020-21 Fund for Irish Studies series.
Find out more »February 2021
Lecture by Laurence Cox
Laurence Cox (Maynooth University) on “Irish Hobo, Buddhist Monk, Anticolonial Celebrity: The Strange Story of U Dhammaloka/Laurence Carroll."
Find out more »Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture by Fintan O’Toole
Scholar and critic Fintan O’Toole delivers the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture on “1921 and 2021: The Partition of Ireland, Then and Now."
Find out more »March 2021
Screening of Filmed Version of Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days (“One of the most unforgettable plays in the modern canon.” –The New York Times) is the ultimate emblem of perseverance. Now, in a rare exception allowed only during the country’s theatre prohibition, this modernist masterpiece will be recorded and broadcast online, delicately translated to the screen for its 60th anniversary by artists on the cutting edge of digital theatre. FREE; tickets required.
Find out more »Lecture by Tara Guissin-Stubbs
Scholar Tara Guissin-Stubbs, Associate Professor in English Literature and Director of Studies in English Literature and Creative Writing at Oxford University, lectures on “Symbols from Within, and Symbols from Without: The Celtic Revival and the Harlem Renaissance” as part of Princeton University’s 2020-21 Fund for Irish Studies series.
Find out more »April 2021
CANCELED — Lecture by Alan Hayden
Alan Hayden (University College, Dublin) lectures on “Irish Archaeology Now” as part of Princeton University's 2020-21 Fund for Irish Studies series.
Find out more »September 2021
Conversation with Roddy Doyle and Fintan O’Toole
Irish novelist, dramatist, and screenwriter Roddy Doyle joins in conversation with scholar and critic Fintan O’Toole. Professor Paul Muldoon opens the virtual event with an introduction. FREE and open to public; register and join via Zoom webinar.
Find out more »October 2021
“History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words” with Máire ní Mhaonaigh and Sharon Arbuthnot
Authors Máire ní Mhaonaigh and Sharon Arbuthnot present on “A History of Ireland in 100 (and More) Words,” with an introduction by Professor Paul Muldoon, as part of the 2021-22 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. FREE and open to public; register and join via Zoom Webinar.
Find out more »Lecture by Nicholas Allen
Scholar and author Nicholas Allen lectures on “Seamus Heaney’s Late Poems" as part of the 2021-22 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series. FREE and open to the public. Register and join via Zoom Webinar. Live closed captions available.
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