Events
Department of English Seminar Series | Moyra Haslett (QUB)
Moyra Haslett (Queen’s University Belfast) ‘The Stories Songs Tell: Song in Eighteenth-century Ireland’
When: Monday, 10 December 2018
Illuminations Exhibition | Sam Keogh: Videos
For his show at Illuminations Gallery, Sam Keogh presents a selection of videos which have come out of his performances and installations to date.
When: Thursday, 29 November 2018
Writer-in-Residence | Mia Gallagher & Alan McMonagle in discussion with Paul Lynch
Award-winning author Mia Gallagher is the author of HellFire, Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland, and Shift. Her work has been widely anthologized. Alan McMonagle’s first novel, Ithaca, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize. He has published two volumes of short stories, and his work has appeared in many journals.
When: Tuesday, 20 November 2018
Irish Renaissance Seminar
The 20th Meeting of the Irish Renaissance Seminar hosted at Maynooth University Department of English Theme: Earth Songs: Eco-Criticism and Early Modern Studies
When: Saturday, 10 November 2018
Illuminations Exhibition | Redemption: The Architecture of Robin Walker
To coincide with the launch of Maynooth University’s new Strategic Plan, Illuminations revisits Robin Walker’s iconic Arts Building (1970-1977). Built on the North Campus as an educational hub, housing several academic departments, a library and a social area, the Art Building was a visionary building – contemporary, light, and conceived via a modernist aesthetic that was both sparse and beautiful.
When: Wednesday, 17 October 2018
'Mammal: Motherhood and the Arts and Humanities' - Lecture and launch of MU's Sexualities and Gender Research Network
Come and listen to Dr Moynagh Sullivan of the Department of English give this fascinating keynote address for the launch of MU SexGen, a new interdisciplinary research network for scholarship and research on gender and sexualities.
When: Tuesday, 09 October 2018
Research Week
Maynooth researchers are taking on some of the most pressing challenges facing society today. From 8-12 October 2018, the University invites the public in – to hear about and engage with the rich body of multi-disciplinary research being undertaken right here in Maynooth, and the impact those discoveries are having across the globe.
When: Monday, 08 October 2018
Place, Space, Obligation
The decision to live and work in Ireland, as writers, artists, and cultural producers, is one which we have made consciously or unconsciously – or perhaps we never made it. Perhaps things just turned out that way.
When: Saturday, 15 September 2018
Departmental Consultation Day
Department of English academic staff will be available for examination result consultation on Wednesday 27 June from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.
When: Wednesday, 27 June 2018
Inter-department conference | The (re)Birth of Marx(ism): haunting the future
May 5, 2018 will be Marx’s 200th anniversary – one among many anniversaries which remind us of Marx and Engels’ long-lasting impact on the modern world. As we send this out, we are sandwiched between the 150th anniversary of Capital and the 100th of what Gramsci called a “Revolution against Capital” in Russia. Our conference includes the May Day bank holiday, celebrated by the traditional labour movement – but it also marks the 50th anniversary of the start of “May 1968” in Paris, while “Ireland’s 1968” is sometimes dated to the violent suppression of a civil rights demonstration in Derry, five months later.
When: Friday, 04 May 2018