Ethical Conversations: Aifreann na Marbh (2019)
An interdisciplinary discussion of Aifreann na Marbh [Mass of the Dead] written by Eoghan Ó Tuairisc. Invited Speakers: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin, Mícheál Mac Craith, Adam Hannah, Paula Kehoe, Natasha Remoundou, Chris Agee, Eilis Ward, Raymond Murphy. NUI Galway (13/12/2019)
‘ROC: Human Rights and Modern Irish Poetry’ (2019)
Rióna Ní Fhrighil (Seimineár taighde/ Research Seminar) Irish Centre for Human Rights, NUI Galway. (26/11/2019) Poems discussed included “Terezín” by Michael Longley, “Recently Illiteracy” by Justin Quinn, “Extra Life” by Nick Laird and “An Mhurúch san Ospidéal” / “The Mermaid in the Hospital” by Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, translation by Paul Muldoon.
‘Irish-language literature in Europe’ (2019)
Rióna Ní Fhrighil: (Cur i láthair ar cuireadh / Invited Presentation) Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. (8/11/2019) Summary: This event will address the European dimension of Irish literary production and the cultural and political context of contemporary literary translation, broadening the debate about the Irish language by focussing on cultural communication in a multilingual European context.
‘”Eanáir 1991″ and Human Rights’ (2019)
Anne Karhio, John Ó Fearraigh & Clémence Legrande (Léamh filíochta / Poetry Reading) Bibliothèque Universitaire Rennes 2, France. (8/10/2019) Summary: FILÍOCHT / POETRY / POESIE – and Human Rights, in Irish / English / French The talk will focus on the Irish language poet Biddy Jenkinson’s poem Eanáir 1991 (January 1991 / Janvier 1991), written in response to the outbreak […]
‘Chernobyl an Chroí Chéasta’ (2019)
‘Chernobyl an Chroí Chéasta: An Taibhse Adamhach agus filíocht chomhaimseartha na Gaeilge’ le Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha, Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh. (05/10/2019) (Páipéar comhdhála / Conference Paper) Achoimre: I réamhrá an leabhair Atomic Ghost: Poets Respond to the Nuclear Age, déanann eagarthóir an chnuasaigh, John Bradley, cur síos […]
Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge (2019)
‘Comhdháil ar Litríocht agus ar Chultúr na Gaeilge’ á heagrú ag Rióna Ní Fhrighil & Jeannine Woods (Conference Convenors), Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh (4-5/10/2019) Clár / programme Gairm na Comhdhála: Tá leathchéad bliain ann i mbliana ó bunaíodh Gluaiseacht Chearta Sibhialta naGaeltachta. Ag comhdháil na bliana seo, tugtar cuireadh do scoláirí machnamh adhéanamh faoi cheisteanna […]
‘The challenge of the posthuman’ (2019)
Anne Karhio: ‘Irish poetry and human rights in the 21st century: the challenge of the posthuman’, Université Rennes 2, France. (26/09/2019) (Léacht ar cuireadh / Invited lecture)
‘Irish-language Poetry & Human Rights’ (2019)
Rióna Ní Fhrighil: ‘Modern Irish-language poetry through a human rights lens’, International Association for the Study of Irish Literatures Conference, Trinity College Dublin. (26/07/2019) (Páipéar Comhdhála / Conference Paper) Abstract: Drawing on Seamus Heaney’s espousal of the “writer as righter” (2010), this paper will discuss the role of the poet in an interconnected world. Literary […]
‘Gender, Disability, and Infanticide’ (2019)
Laoighseach Ní Choistealbha: ‘Gender, Disability, and Infanticide: Changelings in Irish Storytelling and Contemporary Poetry in Irish’, 16th International Celtic Conference, Bangor, Wales. (24/07/2019) (Páipéar Comhdhála / Conference Paper) Abstract: Changelings have haunted the folklore of many of the Celtic languages, but to this day, despite admirable work by researchers such as Susan Schoon Eberly, much uncertainty […]
‘Media technology and human rights’ (2019)
Anne Karhio: ‘Remediating crisis: media technology and human rights in contemporary Irish poetry’, Nordic Association for English Studies Conference, University of Aarhus, Denmark. (10/05/2019) (Páipéar comhdhála / Conference Paper) Nordic Association for English Studies Conference, Univer