Irish theater critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole will present the 2014 Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture, entitled “Mr. Bloom and the Buddha,” on Friday, February 28 at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart '32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The lecture is part of a series presented by Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.
Writer and historian Erskine Childers, the great-grandson of the Irish revolutionary of the same name, presents a lecture entitled "The Riddle of Erskine Childers."
This legendary Irish rock band has left a lasting legacy and they intend going out with a bang. Their final CD, Last Call, will be released in January.
Fiddler Martin Hayes and guitarist Dennis Cahill will perform Irish traditional music on Friday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. The performance is the final event in the 2013-14 series presented by Princeton University's Fund for Irish Studies. The concert is free and open to the public.
Art historian Emily Mark-Fitzgerald will open the 2014-15 Fund for Irish Studies series at Princeton University with a lecture entitled, “Commemorating the Irish Famine,” on Friday, September 12 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public. … Continue reading "Emily Mark-Fitzgerald: “Commemorating the Irish Famine”"
Former Irish Ambassador to the United Kingdom Daithi O’Ceallaigh will present a lecture entitled, “From the Belfast Bunker: Behind the Scenes in the Peace Process,” on Friday, October 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Part of the 2014-15 Fund for Irish Studies … Continue reading "Daithi O’Ceallaigh: “From the Belfast Bunker: Behind the Scenes in the Peace Process”"
Professor Emeritus of English and History at Southern Illinois University Charles Fanning will give a lecture in the 2014-15 Fund for Irish Studies series at Princeton University entitled, “Banish the Bushwah! Why We Ought to Read James T. Farrell,” on Friday, November 14 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. … Continue reading "Charles Fanning: “Banish the Bushwah! Why We Ought to Read James T. Farrell”"
Historian and broadcaster Tristram Hunt will present a lecture entitled, “The Socialism of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: Robert Noonan and the Modern Labour Party,” on Friday, December 5 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Part of the 2014-15 Fund for Irish Studies series … Continue reading "Tristram Hunt: “The Socialism of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists: Robert Noonan and the Modern Labour Party”"
Theatre critic and scholar Fintan O’Toole will present the Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture entitled, “Unspeakable Horror: How Ireland Fought the Great War,” on Friday, February 13 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Part of the 2014-15 Fund for Irish Studies series at Princeton … Continue reading "Fintan O’Toole: “Unspeakable Horror: How Ireland Fought the Great War”"
Irish novelist Glenn Patterson will read from his work on March 27 at 4:30 p.m. in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Part of the Fund for Irish Studies series at Princeton University, the event is free and open to the public. Glenn Patterson was born in Belfast in Northern Ireland … Continue reading "Glenn Patterson reads from his work"
