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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Reading by Caoilinn Hughes
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning writer Caoilinn Hughes (The Wild Laughter) reads from her work, including an excerpt from her forthcoming novel, The Alternatives. No tickets required.
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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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