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Athbhl iain faoi mhaise duit!Athbhl iain faoi mhaise duit! Happy 2020! Happy 2020!
We proudly welcome our new Heimbold Chair anddocumentary filmmaker, Maurice F itzpatr ick Maurice F itzpatr ick andhis family to Villanova this semester. Maurice will beteaching two film classes, and give a public talk atVillanova on March 12. His acclaimed film, In TheName of Peace: John Hume in America will be shownon February 25th, at the Museum of the AmericanRevolution, where Maurice will lead a post-screeningdiscussion.
We are proud to announce an expansion of ourdigitization efforts with Falvey Library, thanks to twogenerous grants from the Gladys Brooks Foundationand the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.We are also fortunate to co-sponsor of an academicsymposium this semester for sixteen leading Irish literature scholars, "The Referent ofIreland in the Nineteenth Century." The symposium is organized by our very talentedscholar, Dr. Mary Mullen, whose book, Novel Institutions, was just published last Augustby Edinburgh University Press.
Please see the calendar of events below for more information on our semester.
Study Abroad Scholarship & Application DeadlinesSummer Learning Communities Abroad Internship in DublinThe Learning Communities Abroad Program (LCA) provides students the uniqueopportunity to explore and challenge their career assumptions through an intensiveinternational experience in Dublin, Ireland. Deadline: January 24, 2020
Summer Studio in Irish TheaterFrom the studio to the stage, graduate students will study the workings and history ofIreland's world-class national theatre while developing their own theatre skills,knowledge, and practice. Student work will culminate in a showing of final work at the Lir,Ireland's National Academy of Dramatic Art and guided by Abbey Theatre professionals.CLAS Scholarship deadline: January 15, 2020; Application deadline: MarchCLAS Scholarship deadline: January 15, 2020; Application deadline: March1, 20201, 2020
Summer Irish Studies in GalwayThe Villanova Irish Studies Summer Program will introduce students to Ireland's history,literature, society and archaeology through a 10-day Orientation in Dublin, and the AranIslands, and one month of coursework at the National University of Ireland, GalwaySummer School in Irish Studies. Deadline: March 15, 2020Deadline: March 15, 2020
Paid Internship at the Jackie Clarke Museum and Library in Ballina, Co. Mayo
The internships provide opportunities for professional development in Irish Studies whileliving and working abroad. Interns serve as Archives Assistants at the museum, which
houses a unique and important collection of manuscripts, printed materials and artifiacts.Deadline: March 15, 2020
Irish Studies in Galway (Fall 2020)Spend a semester studying in Ireland's “Cultural Heart" at the National University ofIreland (NUI), Galway. Located in the west of Ireland, with deep and rich connections toIrish culture, NUI Galway offers a diverse curriculum which can accommodatemost Villanova majors including Sciences and Engineering. Deadline: April 15, 2020
Tuesday, January 28: Irish Knitting Group Returns
Join Professor Susan Kelly vonMedicus to learn the historyand practice of Irish knitting. Beginners and experiencedknitters are welcome! Meeting dates: 2/25, 3/24 & 4/21
St. Augustine Center 300, 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.* (alldates)
*Beginners start at 2:30pm*Experienced knitters start at 3:00pm
Registration required (space islimited): [email protected]; Let us know if you area beginner or experienced knitter, please.
Questions: [email protected] credit: Kristen McDonnell
Tuesday, February 4: James Joyce Birthday Celebration
Come celebrate our annual evening of Music, Readings &Dance, honoring the life and works of James Joyce--as wellas St. Brigid's Day and the traditional holiday of Imbolc!
Featuring local readers, musicians and the Villanova IrishDancers.
Jack McShea's in Ardmore, at 7:30 p.m.
Photo credit: Helena Perez Garc ia
Monday, February 17: Tin Whistle Workshop with Fulbright LanguageInstructor, Alene O'Malley
Tin whistle teacher Mary Kay Mann will lead an introductoryworkshop where participants will gain a basic knowledge ofthe tin whistle.
Dougherty Hall, East Lounge, at 6:00 PM
Friday, February 21: The Referent of Ireland in the Nineteenth-CenturySymposium
This symposium will feature 10-minutepresentations by experts in nineteenth-
century literature in response to a set ofshared readings about referentiality, thatis how literature refers to the world beyondtext. It builds on exciting new work onreferentiality in nineteenth-centuryliterature studies. The symposium hopesto re-evaluate the importance ofnineteenth-century Irish literature--oftenseen as too addressed to Britishaudiences to be taught as authentically"Irish" and as too technically weak or toohistorically-rooted be taught as "Romantic"or "Victorian" literature.
Co-supported by Villanova's CLAS FacultyResearch and Development Grant program,English department, Teaching and LearningCenter, Office of the Provost, and P19.
Garey Hall, Room 10A, at 9:30 a.m.
Lecture Date TBD: "Immigration into Ireland" by Robert Troy T.D.
Deputy Robert Troy will give a lecture titled, "Immigrationinto Ireland: Inclusion and Diversity."
Deputy Robert Troy is Fianna Fáil's FrontbenchSpokesperson on Business, Enterprise and Innovation.He has served as a public representative for the peopleof Westmeath at Local level since 2004. He previouslyserved as the Party's Frontbench Spokesperson onTransport, Tourism and Sport, at which time he was astrong advocate for regional development. Deputy Troy isnow responsible for the party's policy for Business,Enterprise and Innovation. Deputy Troy grew up in theIrish Midlands and comes from a family with a strongtradition in Community Service and Volunteerism.
Location and time: TBD
March 12: Irish Dance Team Showcase
The Villanova Irish Dance Team will performtheir annual genre-busting Annual Showcase.
Connolly Center Cinema, time: TBD
Irish Dance Team Website
Thursday, March 12: Maurice Fitzpatrick, Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Chair ofIrish Studies, Reading
Join us for our annual reading and talkfrom the Charles A. Heimbold Jr. Chair forIrish Studies. Maurice Fitzpatrick is the
chair for 2020, and is our first filmmaker toserve as the Heimbold Chair.
He will read from his 2019 book, JohnHume in America: From Derry to DC (IrishAcademic Press 2017/Notre Dame 2019)and discuss new film projects.
Co-sponsored by Writing and Rhetoric
Reception - 6:00 p.m.Reading - 7:00 p.m.Presidents' Lounge, Connelly Center
Friday, March 13: Beyond the Words: Portraits of Irish Writers
Photographic exhibit in the Villanova University Art Gallery.
Title: Beyond the Words: Portraits of Irish WritersArtist: Robin Hiteshew
Opening Reception: March 13, 2020 - 5:00 p.m. - 7:00p.m.
Opening: March 16, 2020Closing: April 14, 2020
Villanova University Art Gallery, Connelly Center
Monday, March 16: Mary Madec, "The Egret Lands with News From OtherParts" Poetry Reading
Mary Madec, PhD, was born and raised in Mayo, Ireland.She is currently Director of the Villanova Study AbroadProgram in Galway. In 2003 she started submitting poetryfor publication and since that time she has published twovolumes of poetry In Other Words (2010) and DemeterDoes Not Remember (2014) both from Salmon Poetry. InSpring 2007 she was chosen for the Poetry IrelandIntroductions Series and for the WINDOWS ShowcaseReadings and Anthology. In 2008 she also won theprestigious Hennessy XO Award for Emerging Poetry.
St. Rita's Chapel, at 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 17: Study Abroad Reunion
Come catch up with your Irishconnections! If you are a currentVillanova student who has studiedabroad in Ireland, or you are a
current Villanova student registeredto study abroad in Ireland thissummer, you're invited to our IrishStudy Abroad Reunion!
Co-sponsored by the Office of EducationAbroad
Gullifty's in Bryn Mawr, at 6:00p.m.
Monday, March 23: "The Complexities of Learning a "Dying" Language:Irish Language in the United States" Panel Discussion
Fulbright FLTA Alene O' Malley chairs a discussion on thecurrent state of the Irish language in Ireland andinternationally. Panel guests will discuss the challengesfacing non-native learners and the merits of learning aperceived dying language.
East Lounge, Dougherty Hall, at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 31: Friel Sisters Trad Music Performance
Co-sponsored with the Philadelphia CeiliGroup, we welcome an evening with the FrielSisters.
We welcome Anna, Sheila and Clare Friel,traditional musicians born in Glasgow with theirfamily roots firmly entrenched in the DonegalGaeltacht (Derrynamansher). As siblings, theyhave achieve a remarkable unity of sound onfiddle, flute and uilleann pipes and they will playand sing songs together, many from theirfamily and local repertoire.Connelly Center Cinema, at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 6: "The Politics of the Irish Harp Symbol from Henry VIII toBrexit" Lecture with Mary Louise O'Donnell
Mary Louise O’Donnell Ph.D. is aharpist, musicologist and Fulbright scholar2019/20. Her first book Ireland's Harp: theShaping of Irish Identity c.1770 to1880 was published by UCD Press in 2014and she has also published widely ontopics relating to Irish cultural history,semiotics, and performance studies. MaryLouise and her sister Teresa have just
completed the recording of an album whichincludes compositions for pedal harp,portable Irish harp, and voice to harpaccompaniment by the nineteenth-centuryIrish composer Charles Egan.
Speaker's Corner, Falvey Library, 4:00p.m.
Wednesday, April 15: Film Screening & Conversation with HeimboldChair, Maurice Fitzpatrick
The Irish Studies Heimbold Chair, MauriceFitzpatrick will lead a screening of his 2013BBC documentary, Transitions Revisited,followed by a conversation about the film.
Dougherty Hall, East Lounge, at 6:00 p.m.
Monday, April 20: Student Gaelic Athletic Association Exhibition
Philadelphia GAA will facilitate a GAA workshop where participants can learn andpractice the skills of hurling and Gaelic football. Location: TBD, at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, April 23: Shirley Wong, PhD, “Contemporary Irish Poetry andthe Creative Economy” Lecture
Dr. Shirley Wong will deliver a talk drawn fromher book on globalization and contemporaryIrish poetry, specifically occasional poetry, whichmemorializes a specific event. Wong argues thatIrish poets exploit the occasional poem’s historicties in order to critique Ireland's creativeeconomy schemes (e.g. UNESCO City ofLiterature; Per Cent for Art Scheme; WorldCities Culture Forum). Focusing on PaulaMeehan's work, she argues that occasionalpoetry dramatizes the capitalist crisis ofcontemporary Irish literature, which has beentransformed by Ireland’s rapid financialization
since the 1980s.
Garey Hall, Room 10A, at 6:00 p.m.
Dates at a Glance
January 28 Irish Knitting Kickoff
St. Augustine Center, Room 300, 2:30 PM
February 4 James Joyce Birthday Celebration
Jack McShea's in Ardmore, at 7:30 PM
February 17 Monday, February 17: Tin Whistle Workshop withFulbright Language Instructor, Alene O'Malley
Dougherty Hall, East Lounge, at 6:00 PM
February 21 The Referent of Ireland in the Nineteenth-CenturySymposium
Garey Hall, Room 10A, at 9:30 AM
February 25 Irish Knitting
St. Augustine Center, Room 300, 2:30 PM
TBD Minister Robert Troy Lecture
TBD
March 12 Maurice Fitzpatrick, Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. Chairof Irish Studies, Reading
Reception - 6:00 PMReading - 7:00 PMPresidents' Lounge, Connolly Center
March 12 Irish Dance Showcase
Connelly Cinema, TBA
March 13 Beyond the Words: Portraits of Irish Writers
Opening Reception - 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMVillanova University Art Gallery, Connelly Center
March 16 Mary Madec Poetry Reading
St. Rita's Community Room, at 4:30 PM
March 17 Study Abroad Reunion
Gullifty's in Bryn Mawr, at 6:00 PM
March 23 "The Complexities of Learning a "Dying"Language: Irish Language in the United States"
Panel Discussion
East Lounge, Dougherty Hall, at 6:00 PM
March 24 Irish Knitting
St. Augustine Center, Room 300, 2:30 PM
March 31 Friel Sisters Trad Music Performance
Connelly Center Cinema, at 6:00 PM
April 6 "The Politics of the Irish Harp Symbol from HenryVIII to Brexit" Lecture with Mary O'Donnell
Falvey Library, Speaker's Corner, at 4:00 PM
April 15 Film Screening & Conversation with HeimboldChair, Maurice Fitzpatrick
Dougherty Hall, East Lounge, at 6:00 PM
April 20 Student Gaelic Athletic Association Exhibition
Location TBD, at 6:00 PM
April 21 Irish Knitting
St. Augustine Center, Room 300, 2:30 PM
April 23 Shirley Wong, PhD, “Contemporary Irish Poetryand the Creative Economy”
Garey Hall, Room 10A, at 6:00 PM
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