Events
Department of English Seminar Series | Dr Heather Laird (UCC)
'Commemoration Against the Grain’
When: Monday, 11 February 2019
Illuminations Exhibition | Form Ever Follows Function
Form Ever Follows Function runs from February 4 to March 8, with a launch event at 6 pm on February 6 at the Illuminations gallery, Iontas Building, Maynooth University. gorse and The Pickled Body will launch the exhibition with a reception and discussion featuring artists and curators. Curated by Patrick Chapman, Christodoulos Makris and Dimitra Xidous
When: Monday, 04 February 2019
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