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Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies
Lectures, Seminars and Readings
Fall 2006 Convenor: Brian Ó Conchubair

September

Thursday, September 7th

The Pathologial Sublime:Pleasure and Pain in the Colonial Context
David Lloyd, University of Southern California
4:00 PM, 424 Flanner Hall

September 14th and 15th, 2006

The Department of Irish Language and Literature will host the annual conference, Why Irish? on 14th & 15th, September 2006. Each year, Why Irish? brings international speakers to Notre Dame to examine the role of the Irish Language in various disciplines. This year's event focuses on communication and song. Full details can be found here.

Thursday September 14th

Cathal Goan, Director General, Raidió Telefís Éireann (RTÉ)
TG4 – 10 Years A’Growing
4:00 PM, 422 Flanner Hall

Friday September 15th

Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill, Traditional Artist
Neilí Ní Dhomhnaill and the West Donegal Song Tradition
3:00 PM, Hesburgh Center Auditorium.
Introduced by Cathal Goan.

Friday September 15th

Tommy Makem and Kennedy's Kitchen
8:30 PM, Leighton Concert Hall,
Irish traditional music legend performs with local favorites

Friday September 22nd

Other Catholics of Reasonable Substance:The Sweetman Family and its Legacy
Sophie Sweetman McConnell New York University
3:00 PM, 422 Flanner Hall

Friday September 29th

The Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism hosts the Hibernian Lecture:
Michael Davitt, the Catholic Church and Irish America
Joe Lee, New York University
4:00 PM, Hesburgh Center Auditorium.

November

Thursday November 2nd

Poetry Reading
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Naughton Fellow and Distinguished Visiting Professor of Irish Poetry,
University of Notre Dame
4:00 PM, Hesburgh Library Auditorium.

Friday November 10th

Traditional Music in the Irish Cultural Revival of the 1890's:
The Gaelic League and the Feis Ceoil Assoiation

Martin Dowling, University College Dublin
3:00 PM, 422 Flanner Hall.

Thursday November 13th

Some Mother's Son
Irish film in the Nanovic Institute's series Terrorism:Perspetives from European Cinema
Introduced by Sean T. O'Brien, University of Notre Dame
7:00 PM, Browning Cinema

Friday November 17th

Red Star Rising:Sean O'Casey and the British Left Theatre 1934-1940
Susan Harris, University of Notre Dame
3:00 PM, 422 Flanner Hall.

December

Friday December 1st

Alternative Geographies:Uncovering the New Woman in Irish Fin de Siécle Literature
Heather Edwards, University of Notre Dame
3:00 PM, 422 Flanner Hall.


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