SEAMUS HEANEY LECTURE SERIES 2008/09
Cultúr agus féiniúlacht in Éirinn an lae inniu
Culture and identity in contemporary Ireland

The 2008/2009 Seamus Heaney Lecture Series explored questions of culture and identity in contemporary Ireland.

The series concluded on March 23rd with a lecture by Ms Chrissie Poulter on Theatre of the Oppressed.

Series poster (pdf, 865kb)

 

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Lecture Series

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20 October 2008 : Cross cutting identities
Rosaleen McDonagh, Amel Yacef, Cathleen O’Neill and Dr Livingstone Thompson

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17 November 2008: Multiculturalism and multilingualism in Irish schools
Professor Jim Cummins

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1 December 2008: Irish Migrant Experiences and Diasporic Identities
Professor Mary Hickman and Dr Abel Ugba.
Read Irish Time article

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2 February 2009: 'Cultúr na Gaeilge nó Pobal na Gaeilge? Irish Language and Identity from Douglas Hyde to Des Bishop'.
Dr Máirín Nic Eoin

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23 February 2009: Globalisation and Identity: Reflections from the Irish Experience
Professor Peadar Kirby
Press Release (pdf)

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2 March 2009: 'Poetics of the Stranger: Hospitality and Imagination'
Professor Richard Kearney
Press Release

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23 March 2009: Theatre of the Oppressed
Chrissie Poulter
Press Release

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Committee
The Organising Committee for the 2008/2009 Series was Pádraig Ó Duibhir (Cathaoirleach), Máirín Nic Eoin, Máire Ní Bhaoill, Pat Burke, Rory McDaid, Maeve O’Brien, Karl Kitching, Mary Shine Thompson and Brian Ruane.

Last Updated: Tuesday December 14 2010