Reading by Anne Enright
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning writer Anne Enright reads from her latest novel, The Wren, The Wren, to kick off the 2025-26 Fund for Irish Studies Series.
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Reading by Sinéad Gleeson
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesBestselling writer and editor Sinéad Gleeson (Hagstone, Constellations) reads from her work as part of the 2025-26 Fund for Irish Studies Series. Books will be available to purchase and have signed at the event, which is cosponsored by Labyrinth Books.
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Aoife Kelleher screens Mrs. Robinson
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAward-winning filmmaker, writer, and lecturer Aoife Kelleher will screen her feature documentary Mrs. Robinson. Unfolding a story about female leadership, human rights activism and climate action, Mrs. Robinson tells the inspirational life story of change-maker Mary Robinson: Ireland’s first female President, a pioneering U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the successor of Nelson Mandela as Chair of The Elders. The film was nominated for the George Morrison Feature Documentary Award at the 2025 Irish Film & Television Awards. A Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening.
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A Conversation with Olwen Fouéré
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesOlwen Fouéré, an award-winning Irish actor, writer and director of theater, film, music, and visual arts, and frequent collaborator with Ireland’s Abbey Theatre, will perform two monologues and be in conversation with Jane Cox, Director of Princeton’s Program in Theater and Music Theater.
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2026 Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture: “For and Against a United Ireland”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesCo-authors Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride debate the points in their recent book, For and Against a United Ireland, as the annual Robert Fagles Memorial Lecture.
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Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”
James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ, United StatesAfter Oscar: The Legacy of a Scandal by Merlin Holland Biographer and editor Merlin Holland, the only grandson of Oscar Wilde, gives a lecture entitled “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es.” Holland is author of the recently published book After Oscar: the Legacy of a Scandal in which he shares more details regarding Wilde’s relationships, reputation and … Continue reading "Merlin Holland Lectures on “After Oscar: Wilde between the li(n)es”"
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John Banville Lectures on “Fiction and the Dream”
McCosh 50Award-winning Irish novelist John Banville delivers the keynote address, “Fiction and the Dream,” of the (De)Destabilizing Nabokov international conference on writer Vladimir Nabokov being held at Princeton University, organized by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Banville’s address will be presented via Zoom. Free registration for the conference is required to receive the Zoom link. The … Continue reading "John Banville Lectures on “Fiction and the Dream”"