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Screening of Song of Granite by Pat Collins

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Friday, April 6, 2018 1:00 p.m. Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St., Princeton FREE and open to the public Acclaimed filmmaker Pat Collins will screen and discuss his feature film, Song of Granite, a portrayal of the life of sean nós singer Joe Heaney and his music, on Friday, April 6 at 1:00 p.m. at the Princeton Garden … Continue reading "Screening of Song of Granite by Pat Collins"

Lecture by Alvin Jackson

East Pyne 010 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States

Friday, April 27, 2018 4:30 p.m. East Pyne 010 FREE and open to the public Acclaimed Irish historian and scholar Alvin Jackson will conclude the spring 2018 Fund for Irish Studies lecture series by giving a lecture, entitled “John Redmond and Edward Carson: Bloodshed, Borders and the Union State,” on Friday, April 27 at 4:30 … Continue reading "Lecture by Alvin Jackson"

Escaping from History: The Dreamworld of Brexit

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Noted Irish writer and theater critic Fintan O’Toole presents the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture on “Escaping from History: The Dreamworld of Brexit”

The Myth of Paternity: James Joyce and his father

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Bestselling author Colm Tóibín lectures on “The Myth of Paternity: James Joyce and his father” as part of the spring 2019 Fund for Irish Studies event series. Tóibín’s latest book, Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know: The Fathers of Wilde, Yeats, and Joyce, was published in 2018. In the James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. FREE and … Continue reading "The Myth of Paternity: James Joyce and his father"

Irish Emigrant Girls in New York

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Irish scholar Maureen Murphy lectures on "Irish Emigrant Girls in New York" as part of the Fund for Irish Studies series.

A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot

Princeton Garden Theatre 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Filmmaker Sinead O'Shea presents a screening of her documentary film, A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot, at the Princeton Garden Theatre. Screening followed by discussion with writer/director O'Shea and Irish scholar and critic Fintan O’Toole. At the Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. FREE and open to the public. Presented as … Continue reading "A Mother Brings Her Son to be Shot"

Anne Enright: A Reading

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Award-winning writer Anne Enright reads from her work as part of the spring 2019 Fund for Irish Studies event series. In the James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. FREE and open to the public.   Photo by Hugh Chaloner Anne Enright Anne Enright was born in Dublin in 1962, and she lives … Continue reading "Anne Enright: A Reading"

“The Making of The Hunger”

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Donnacha M. Dennehy (composer) and Iarla Ó Lionáird (singer) discuss the creation of their new music-theater piece on the Famine in Ireland. Introduced by Lecturer in Theater  Michael Cadden, the event is cosponsored by Princeton University's Department of Music. The Hunger premiered in 2016 starring O’Lionáird at BAM Next Wave Festival. It is based on diaries … Continue reading "“The Making of The Hunger”"

Free

Reading and conversation with novelist John Banville

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Photo by by Douglas Banville Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville reads from his work followed by a conversation with Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark '21 University Professor in the Humanities Paul Muldoon on Friday, September 20. The event will take place at the James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street on the Princeton University Campus … Continue reading "Reading and conversation with novelist John Banville"

Free

“Dronehenge”: An Illustrated Talk by Anthony Murphy

James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Paul Muldoon introduces an illustrated talk by author and photographer Anthony Murphy. In his lecture, tentatively titled “Dronehenge,” Murphy will discuss his 2018 discovery that has radically changed our view of the Neolithic landscape of Brú na Bóinne.

Free