Eve Patten on “A Feverish Place”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Eve Patten is Associate Professor and Head of the School of English at Trinity College, Dublin, where she lectures on modern British and Irish writing. Her previous publications include Samuel Ferguson and the Culture of Nineteenth-Century Ireland (2004), That Island Never Found (2007) and Literatures of War (2008), and her monograph Imperial Refugee: The Wartime Fiction of Olivia Manning was published in spring 2012 by Cork University Press. She is a Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin and Vice Chair of the Royal Irish Academy Committee for Literature.

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Pete Shirlow on “The End of Ulster Loyalism?”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Irish scholar Pete Shirlow will present a lecture posing the question: “The End of Ulster Loyalism?” on Friday, October 5 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 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.

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Fiona Barber on “Art in Ireland Since 1910”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Fionna Barber is Principal Lecturer for Contextual Studies at the Manchester School of Art, England. Originally from Portadown, Co. Armagh, she also taught in the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast, before moving to Manchester in 1993.

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Moya Brennan – The Voice of Clannad – with Family & Friends

Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall Princeton, NJ, United States

Moya Brennan, a Grammy-Award winning musician, singer, and songwriter, will give a concert at the Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall at Princeton University on November 5 at 5:00 p.m.  Brennan is the lead vocalist for the Grammy Award-winning Irish band Clannad, known around the world for its blend of musical styles with traditional Irish music. “Moya … Continue reading "Moya Brennan – The Voice of Clannad – with Family & Friends"

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Judith Hill on “Lady Gregory’s Encounter with America”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

(Princeton, NJ) Irish historian and biographer Judith Hill will present a lecture entitled, “Brickbats and Love: Lady Gregory’s Encounter with America on the Abbey Theatre Tour of 1911-12” on Friday, November 9 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 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.

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Donnacha Dennehy on “Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy will present a lecture entitled, “Grá Agus Bás: Love and Death” on Friday, December 7 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater, 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.

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R.F. Foster on “Making a Revolutionary Generation in Ireland”

James M. Stewart '32 Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United States

Bestselling scholar of Irish history R.F. Foster will present a lecture on “Making a Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1916,” on Friday, April 19 at 4:30 p.m. at the Lewis Center for the Arts’ James M. Stewart ’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Foster’s lecture will cap a year-long series of events presented by Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies. The event is free and open to the public.

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