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Did Ireland have a Renaissance? - Enter MACMORRIS
This lecture explores how we might recapture the full complexity of Renaissance Ireland. It introduces the MACMORRIS project, a four-year project funded by the Irish Research Council, which will map all the cultural players, working across cultures and languages, in the years when Ireland made its convulsive entry into modernity.
When: Thursday, 09 May 2019
Department of English Seminar Series | Dr Thomas Connolly (Maynooth)
‘Frankenstein's Monster? Images of disability in science fiction of the 1930s’
When: Monday, 29 April 2019
Department of English Event | Poetry in Times of Crisis
A special reading by two award-winning American poets, Erika Meitner and Wayne Miller, in discussion with Dr Catherine Gander.
When: Friday, 26 April 2019
Department of English Seminar Series | Professor Stefan Collini (Cambridge)
‘Quality control: academic disciplines and the future of universities’
When: Monday, 08 April 2019
Writer-in-Residence Event | Readings by Kevin Breathnach and Arnold Fanning
Readings by Kevin Breathnach and Arnold Fanning, introduced by Writer-in-Residence Christodoulos Makris
When: Wednesday, 06 March 2019
Department of English Seminar Series | Dr Porscha Fermanis (UCD)
‘Sexual Politics, Bad Conscience, and Psychological Trauma in Percy Shelley’s The Cenci and Robert Browning’s The Ring and the Book’
When: Monday, 04 March 2019
Postgraduate Open Evening
The Postgraduate Open Evening at Maynooth University will take place on the 26th February 2019, from 4-8pm in the Maynooth University Library
When: Tuesday, 26 February 2019
Writer-in-Residence Event | 'Wretched Strangers' hosted by Writer-in-Residence Christodoulos Makris
Wretched Strangers, edited by JT Welsch and Ágnes Lehóczky, responded to political paranoia about borders in the UK, by gathering non-UK-born poets to celebrate diversity in ‘British’ writing. Readings and discussion by Katherine Ebury, Áilbhe Hines, and Aodán McCardle, with editors JT Welsch and Ágnes Lehóczky.
When: Monday, 18 February 2019
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