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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Concert: David Surette presents Celtic guitar, bouzouki, and mandolin, with singer and guitarist Susie Burke.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30 pm
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Irish Dance and Céilí: directed by Meghan Allen, T.C.R.G.
Live dance music by accordionist Bobby Gardiner and pianist Barbara MacDonald Magone.
Gasson Hall Irish Room, 6:30-8:45 pm
Lecture: The early years of the NSPCC in Ireland
Maria Luddy, University of Warwick
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Concert: Kimberley Fraser. Traditional Scottish fiddle music from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Concert: "Piperlink"-- music, multimedia presentation, and demonstration of the Irish uilleann pipes, presented by Na Píobairí Uilleann from Dublin, Ireland.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30 pm
Thursday October 16, 2008
Lecture: The public child and the reluctant state?
Robbie Gilligan, Trinity College Dublin
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Multimedia Presentation: "The McNulty Family," by Ted McGraw. Lecture, music, and historical photographs of legendary Irish-American stage entertainers Annie "Ma" McNulty, Peter McNulty, and Eileen McNulty Grogan, 1920s-1950s.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Multimedia Presentation: "Come Listen a While," by Séamus Connolly. Lecture, music, and photographs of Irish music in Boston, from the 1970s to early 1980s.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30 pm
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Irish Dance and Céilí, directed by Meghan Allen, T.C.R.G.
Live dance music by Sullivan Artist-in-Residence Séamus Connolly and friends.
Gasson Hall Irish Room, 6:30-8:45 pm
Monday November 17, 2008
Lecture: Lessons for life: child-adult relations in twentieth-century autobiographical writing in Irish
Máirín Nic Eoin, St. Patrick's College
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Concert: "The Irish Experience in America." Singer, guitarist, and songwriter Robbie O'Connell presents songs, history, and stories of the Irish in America.
Connolly House, 6:30-8:30 pm
Monday January 26, 2009
Lecture: Age as a category of analysis in the history of childhood
Harry Hendrick, University of Southern Denmark
Connolly House 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Monday February 23, 2009
Lecture: 'What
are you doing after the insurrection, young fella?': The campaign to
Save the Kiddies, the 1990s clergy scandals and A Star Called Henry
Margot Gayle Backus, University of Houston
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Monday April 6, 2009
Lecture: Coming of Age in the 1990s: Mary Robinson and the Irish Literary Childhood
Jane Elizabeth Dougherty, Southern Illinois University
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Part of the Childhood and Ireland Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work
Unless otherwise noted, all Irish Studies events are free and open to the BC Community and the public. Please note that events are subject to change. We will update this page with any changes.