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You can find the Zoom link here or in the course folder on OLAT.
From early medieval monks to nineteenth-century emigrants, Irish history has been marked by – voluntary and enforced – encounters with Britain, Europe, and the wider world. Recently, moreover, the fallout of the economic boom and bust of the 1990s and 2000s, together with the challenge of Brexit, have forced a redefinition of the country’s global position.
This lecture series will re-examine Ireland’s long and fascinating history from a range of disciplinary perspectives (e.g. linguistic, literary, and sociological). The talks will be open to students from all Swiss universities, as well as to the general public, as a forum for reflection and debate organized by the Swiss Centre of Irish Studies @ the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.
A detailed program is available below and will soon be made available in PDF format as well.
Please download the PDF program for more information.
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22/09 |
Introduction to the Lecture Series |
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29/09 |
Cornel Dora (Stiftsbibliothek St. Gallen): "Saint Gall: An Irish Treasure on the Continent" |
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06/10 |
Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin): "Ireland, Empire and the Early Modern World" |
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13/10 |
Anne-Claire Michoux (University of Zurich): "Ripples and Waves in the Literary Marketplace: Irish Women Writers at Sea in the Long Eighteenth Century" |
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20/10 |
Martin Mühlheim (University of Zurich): "Oscar Wilde and Roger Casement: Two Gay Irish Saints?" |
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27/10 |
Niall Whelehan (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow): "Visions of Land, Colonialism and Radical Change in the Nineteenth-Century Irish World" |
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03/11 |
John Francis McCourt (University of Macerata): "'Worth Half-a-Dozen Legations': The Role of Joyce in Putting Ireland on the Cultural Map of the World" |
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10/11 |
Carolina Amador Moreno (University of Bergen): "Irish English Travels Far" |
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17/11 |
Fergal Lenehan (University of Jena): "Depicting Ireland in British, German and French Cinema" |
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24/11 |
Shane Walshe (University of Zurich): "Portrayal of the Irish Emigrant in US Popular Culture" |
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01/12 |
Clare O’Dea (Independent journalist and author): "Conquering the World, One Irish Pub at a Time" |
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08/12 |
CANCELLED – Rachel Falconer (University of Lausanne): "Translation and Poetics: A Sounding of Heaney’s Palinarus" |
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15/12 |
Ambassador Eamon Hickey (Embassy of Ireland, Berne): "Ireland’s Role in Europe Post-Brexit" |
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22/12 |
Exam Session (no lecture) |
