The IRISH Seminar 2021
Faculty Lead: Barry McCrea Format: Webinar* Please note that all times are listed in EST.
Tuesday 8 June 9am Welcome & Introductions by Patrick Griffin & Barry McCrea
9.30am-10.30am Opening Roundtable: The State of Irish History
Break Panel: Carole Holohan (Trinity College Dublin) 11.00am – 12.00pm Anne Dolan (Trinity College Dublin) Enda Delaney (University of Edinburgh) Ian McBride (Hertford College, Oxford)
Moderator: Patrick Griffin (Notre Dame)
2-3pm Poetry Reading: Doireann Ní Gríofa Moderator: Brian Ó Conchubhair
Wednesday 9 June Irish Studies from austerity to pandemic
Editors of the Routledge International Handbook of Irish Studies (2021) in conversation with selected contributors.
9.00-9.15am Introduction with Renée Fox (University of California, Santa Cruz), Mike Cronin (Boston College) and Brian Ó Conchubhair (Notre Dame)
9.15-10.00am Eric Falci (University of California, Berkeley): Aesthetics of Irish poetry Sarah Townsend (University of New Mexico): Race in Ireland & Irish America.
10.00-10.15am Break
10.15-11.00am Claire Bracken (Union College): Gender and Irish Studies Nessa Cronin (NUI Galway): Environmentalities & the Anthropocene Maggie O'Neill (NUI Galway): The Ageing body in Irish Literature
11.00-11.15am Break
11.15-12.00pm Discussion and Q&A with panellists and participants Thursday 10 June Digital Humanities & Irish Studies
9.00-9.25 Beyond 2022 project overview.
9.25-10.00 Case Study 1: Medieval Ireland by Lynn Kigallon (Trinity College Dublin)
10.00-10.30 Break
10.30-11.00 Case Study 2: Eighteenth Century Ireland by Tim Murtagh (Trinity College Dublin)
11.00-11.15 Break
11.15-12.00 Discussion
Friday 11 June Black Ireland Please note times for this seminar are subject to change**
9am Introduction by Chante Mouton Kinyon (Notre Dame)
9.15am Korey Garibaldi (Notre Dame) with Colm Toibin (Columbia): Culture and Racial Cosmopolitanism
10.15am Comfort break
10.45-11.45 Chante Mouton Kinyon with Colm Tóibín: Stranger in the Village
12:00-12.30 Discussion.
Saturday 12 June Cultural Enrichment TBC (South Bend based participants)
Sunday 13 June Reading Day
Monday 14 June Roundtable: Irish Theatre & the Pandemic Moderator: Susan Harris (Notre Dame)
Panel: Louise Lowe (ANU productions) Catriona McLaughlin (Abbey Theatre) TBC Annie Ryan (Corn Exchange)
Tuesday 15 June Reading Day Wednesday 16 June Life Writing
9.00am Introduction by Barry McCrea (Notre Dame)
9.15am Caitríona Ní Dhúill (University College Cork): Metabiography
10.15am Comfort break
10.45-11.45 Barry McCrea & Caitriona Ní Dhúill in conversation with Emilie Pine (University College Dublin)
2pm Public Bloomsday Event: Nuala O’Connor, author of Nora, in conversation with Barry McCrea.
Thursday 17 June Virtual tour of the Irish Studies Collections at Hesburgh Library with Irish Studies Librarian Aedín Clements (Notre Dame)
Friday 18 June Children’s Literature in Ireland
9.00am Introduction by Declan Kiberd (Notre Dame)
9.20am Jarlath Killeen (Trinity College Dublin): Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales 10.00am Comfort break 10.30am Discussion on Children’s Literature in Ireland with Declan Kiberd & Jarlath Killeen 11.15am Finish
*ND participants will be offered the opportunity to join the seminar from Jenkins Nanovic Halls in line with Covid19 regulations on campus.