Glucksman Ireland House Events Calendar Fall 2007*Free admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card.
For non-members: $10 donation at the door for regular event series;
$15 donation at the door for Blarney Star Concert Series.
*Two events below are ticketed events not included with membership, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture and the National Heritage Masters concert.
In order to ensure a seat for Thursday night events, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email ireland.house@nyu.edu (the Blarney Star Concert Series does not accept reservations).
All events are held at Glucksman Ireland House unless otherwise noted.
All events are supported by members of Glucksman Ireland House and the New York Times Foundation. To join Glucksman Ireland House as a member, please see http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/enroll.html.
Please click on hyperlinks in event titles for more further information regarding each listing.
Saint of 9/11: The Life of Fr. Mychal Judge, Chaplain, FDNY (2006 Equality Forum) presents the remarkable journey of Father Mychal Judge. Compassionate champion of the needy and forgotten and a beloved Fire Department Chaplain, Father Judge was a priest who struggled with his own imperfections while touching others in powerful ways. Introduction and discussion with director Glenn Holsten and co-producer Brendan Fay.
Chris Finan, President of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, speaks about the rise of the three great Irish-American civil libertarians on the Supreme Court: Frank Murphy, William J. Brennan, Jr., and Anthony Kennedy, based on his recent book From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America (Beacon Press, 2007). Introduction by Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU and Professor of Law, New York Law School.
West Kerry Native Brendan Begley is one of Ireland's most renowned button accordionists, melodeon players and singers. For this concert, he has joined forces with one of the most impressive young fiddlers in Ireland, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, who drew raves for his precocious debut solo CD, Turas go Tir na nÓg.
Novelist, essayist, journalist and Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU, Pete Hamill reads from his new novel North River (Little, Brown and Co., 2007), a love story set against the backdrop of the Great Depression in New York. Publishers Weekly writes of North River, "Hamill has crafted a beautiful novel, rich in New York City detail and ambience, that showcases the power of human goodness and how love, in its many forms, can prevail in an unfair world."
Peter Behrens reads from The Law of Dreams (Steelforth Press, 2006) the story of a young man's Homeric passage from innocence to experience during the Irish Famine. Winner of the 2006 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction (Canada), the novel has been described by the New York Times Book Review as 'absorbing, unsparing and beautifully written.'
Weaving up-tempo dance tunes, slow airs and vocals into gorgeous sonic tapestries, bohola is a Chicago-based duo named for a musical town in Co. Mayo. The 'bohola' sound combines the piano accordion artistry of any-time All-Ireland champion Jimmy Keane with the hearty vocals and brilliant bouzouki backing of Dubliner Pat Broaders.
Clair Wills teaches Irish Literature at Queen Mary’s College, University of London. She is the author of the critically acclaimed That Neutral Island: A Cultural History of Ireland During the Second World War (Harvard University Press, 2007). Wills presents a ‘vivid picture of a little country that tried to stay out of the war, never quite succeeded, and suffered ignominy in the process’. Presented in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame.
Leopold Bloom, like his creator James Joyce, knew his Dublin well. Still, he is a fallible guide to the city's small Jewish community of a century or so ago. Cormac Ó Gráda's talk, building on his recent Jewish Ireland in the Age of Joyce (Princeton, 2006), pits Joyce's fictional character against a rather different historical reality. Co-sponsored with The Center for Jewish History, New York.
Daniel Tobin is chair and professor of writing, literature, and publishing at Emerson College. The author of three books of poetry and a critical study of Heaney, he is the editor of The Book of Irish American Poetry: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present (Notre Dame Press, 2007), the first major anthology of Irish American poetry. He will be joined by poets Jean Valentine, Terence Winch, Joseph Lennon, and Greg Delanty.
Brendan Mulvihill is one of the world’s great Irish fiddlers. His rich tone and technical command of his instrument rivals that of a trained classical violinist while his knowledge of Irish traditional style and repertoire is second to none. Currently based in Maryland, Brendan is only occasionally seen in New York so don’t miss this rare solo performance.
Funding to endow this permanent lecture series has been generously granted by the Irish Institute of New York, a philanthropic group that marked its fiftieth anniversary in 2000. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Diarmuid Martin, who will speak on "New Ireland, New Church?"
NYU's Division of Libraries and Glucksman Ireland House mark the twentieth anniversary of the Irish Immigration Reform Movement (IIRM), as well as the accession of its papers by the Archives of Irish America, with an exhibit and panel discussion entitled, “Perspectives on Immigration to America and Ireland, 1987-2007," moderated by Prof. Linda Dowling Almeida and featuring IIRM members Sean Minihane, Mae O’Driscoll, and Sean Benson.
Cosponsored with NYU's Tamiment Library.
A spectacular pairing of two redhot Irish music talents. Oisín is best known as the leader of Téada, a great band with a sound built on his own unique fiddle style. Louise, from the famed musical Mucahy family, is the leading female uilleann piper in Ireland and a fabulous flute and whistle player besides.
Global financier, writer, and philanthropist George Soros in conversation with New York Times columnist Frank Rich. This lecture series is named in honor of the late Senator and is intended to commemorate his intellectual contributions in a global sense.
Cosponsored with the NYU Stern School of Business.
Click here for more information, including ticketing. Admission to this event is not included with membership.
Tuesday, November 6th at 7:30pm:
How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads — A reading and performance by Daniel Cassidy
Venue: The Donaghy Theatre at the Irish Arts Center, 553 West 51st Street
In a fast-paced spiel (speal, cutting, sharp speech) of monologues, stories, and songs, Daniel Cassidy slices through the current Anglo-academic baloney (beal onna, foolish blather) which claims that the Irish have had no influence on the American language. Special guests include Peter Quinn and Pete Hamill.
Cosponsored with the Irish Arts Center, the Irish American Cultural Institute, and the CUNY Institute for Irish American Studies.
Advanced registration required. For members of Glucksman Ireland House: $10 tickets available (while tickets last) by emailing Ireland House at ireland.house@nyu.edu for your discount code. For members of the general public: tickets are available for $15 via SmartTix.com.
Mary Gordon reads from her memoir Circling My Mother (Pantheon Books, 2007) and The Stories of Mary Gordon (Pantheon Books, 2006), for which she won the Story Prize. The author of six novels, two short-story collections and a memoir about her father, Gordon teaches at New York's Barnard College. She is also the recipient of a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Academy Award for Literature from the Academy of Arts and Letters.
Writer Colum McCann interviews Joe O’Connor, author of the magnificent and bestselling Star of the Sea, about his critically lauded new novel Redemption Falls, a tale set in Civil War America that weaves multiple strands of narrative, a novel that McCann has described as ‘a glorious book, enormous, virtuoso and brave’. O’Connor completed much of the research and writing of this novel while a Fellow at the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, during which time he read from Redemption Falls as a work-in-progress at Glucksman Ireland House NYU. Co-sponsored with The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.
Advanced registration required. For current Ireland House members: free tickets available (while tickets last) by emailing Ireland House at ireland.house@nyu.edu for your discount code. For members of the general public: tickets are available for $15 via Smarttix.com.
Eamon Grennan introduces Irish poet Catherine Phil McCarthy who will read from her third collection of poems, Suntrap (Blackstaff Press, 2006). McCarthy has received numerous prizes including the National Women’s Poetry Competition in 1991 and has been a writer in residence for the City of Dublin and University College, Dublin. Poet Eamon Grennan teaches at Vassar College where he is the Dexter M. Ferry Jr. Professor of English.
Professor Thomas M. Truxes, Trinity College, Hartford, gives the ninth annual lecture in this series endowed by Cormac K. H. O'Malley in honor of his father. Professor Truxes is the author of Irish American Trade 1660-1783 (Cambridge University Press, 1988) and Letterbook of Greg & Cunningham, 1756-57: Mercants of New York and Belfast (Oxford University Press for The British Academy, 2001), correspondence from the most successful Irish-American trading firm of the colonial period. His talk will be based on his current book project entitled New York at War: Trading with the Enemy and the Roots of the American Revolution which will be published by Yale University Press in 2008.
This program of dynamic jigs and reels, introspective airs, traditional and contemporary songs, and virtuoso step dancing features folklorist/singer/multi-instrumentalist Mick Moloney, an influential figure in Irish music in the US for three decades; fiddle master Liz Carroll, one of traditional music’s most sought after performers; Joe Derrane, an electrifying button accordionist whose music and influence have spanned six decades; and World Champion step dancer Donny Golden, one of the most innovative and successful artists in the world of Irish dance, with his ensemble.
Admission to this event is not included with membership. Tickets are available via www.skirballcenter.nyu.edu. Please see the World Music Institute for more information.
Sadlier was one of several publishing houses owned by Irish Americans that began to sell books to immigrants and their children during the 19th century. Who were these publishers and who were their readers? Dr. Eileen Sullivan, who teaches political science at Rutgers University, discusses the publishers’ lists, customers, distribution systems, and profits as well as their role in forging an Irish American community in this formative period.
Cork singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Crowley has been at the forefront of the Irish traditional scene for four decades now, performing over the years with many Irish music luminaries, but is at his best as a solo performer accompanying himself on bouzouki, mandolin and harmonica. He is a fantastic musical storyteller with a sharp accent, sly sense of humor and a deep knowledge of Irish language, history and folklore.
An evening of traditional music and song with NYU students and local musicians, hosted by Irish Language Lecturer, Pádraig Ó Cearúill. Bí Linn!
Free* admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card.
For non-members: $10 donation at the door for regular event series;
$15 donation at the door for Blarney Star Concert Series.
Two events above are ticketed events not included with membership, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Lecture and the National Heritage Masters concert.
In order to ensure a seat for Thursday night events, please RSVP to 212-998-3950 (option 3) or email ireland.house@nyu.edu (the Blarney Star Concert Series does not accept reservations).
All events are held at Glucksman Ireland House unless otherwise noted.
All events are supported by members of Glucksman Ireland House and the New York Times Foundation. To join Glucksman Ireland House as a member, please see http://irelandhouse.fas.nyu.edu/page/enroll.html.
Please click on hyperlinks in event titles for more further information regarding each listing.
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