Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Week 1

June 21

Introduction & Program Orientation
Chown, Negra, Self

Tour: Book of Kells & Trinity Long Room

Lecture: "Irish Political History"
Chown

Films: Death on the Rock
Poitin

 

Lecture: "Sexuality and Marginality in Contemporary Irish Culture"
Ailbhe Smyth (UCD)

OUTART Exhibit, RHA Gallery

Day Trip:

The Boyne Valley
Loughcrew excavations
Mellifont Abbey
Royal Hill of Tara
Monasterboice Chapel

10:00 Irish Film Centre, archive screenings

December Bride

Week 2

June 28

Lecture: "The 1798 Rebellion and Modern Irish Culture"
Luke Gibbons

Literary Pub Crawl: Duke Pub, Duke St.

11:00 DCU Lecture: "Forces and Themes in Contemporary Irish Literature"
Gerald Dawe (Trinity)

Lecture: "Adapting National Narratives: The Dead"
Bob Self

Film: The Family 1 & 2

Day Trip:

Wicklow Mountains:
Glendalough Monastery
Powerscourt Estate

Abbey Theatre
St. Joan (G. Bernard Shaw)

10:00 Irish Film Centre, archive screenings

I Went Down

Lecture: "Irishness, Whiteness and Heritage"
Diane Negra

10:00 Irish Film Centre, archive screenings

The Cake
After '68
He Shoots, He Scores
Thirty-five a Side
Shooting to Stardom

Week 3

July 5

Lecture: "Irish Prison Writing"
Patricia Sharkey, documentary filmmaker

Films: Ballroom of Romance

Poetry Reading: Michael Longley

 

Kilmainham Gaol, Gallery of Modern Art, National History Museum

Lecture: "The International Cast of Irish Cinema: The Case of Michael Collins"
Marcia Landy (University of Pittsburgh)

Howth Harbor & Ireland's Eye

Trip: Into the West

Galway Film Festival

Trip: Aran Islands

Inish Mor
Cliffs of Moher

Week 4

July 12

Lecture:"Lost Leaders & Rational Violence in Irish Culture"
Luke Gibbons

Films: The Family 3 & 4
Love Lies Bleeding

Gate Theatre
The Weir (Conor McPherson)

Orla Walsh, Independent Filmmaker

Films: The Visit
Bent Out of Shape
Araby

Regent Hall, Trinity
Fintan Vallely

Lectures: "Contemporary Irish Cinema"
Hugh Linehan, Irish Times

Liam Wiley, Documentary Filmmaker

Films: Korea
Harvest Emergency

6:00 Dinner:
Washerwoman Hill Cafe

10:00 Irish Film Centre

Lecture: "Representations of Violence in Irish Film"
Jennifer Cornell (Oregon State)

Film: Hush-a-Bye Baby

National Culture & Identity: Ireland & America

Farewell


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