Irish Studies - Program of Events
WINTER AND SUMMER 2008Thursday 24 January 2008 - 12:30-1:45 PM
Lecture: The St. Patrick’s Battalion Reimagined
Kristine Byron, Cultural Historian, Michigan State University
Room 331, Social Sciences and Business Building
Thursday 7 February 2008 – 12:30-1:45 PM
Concert Performance: Irish Fiddle and Accordion Music
Dale Russ Ensemble, Seattle, Washington
Room 205, Music Building
Thursday 14 February 2008 – 12:30-1:45 PM
Book Launch and Reading: Too Smart to Be Sentimental:
Contemporary Irish American Women Writers University of Notre Dame Press
Sally Ebest, UM-St. Louis & Érin McGraw, Ohio State University
Room 331, Social Sciences and Business Building
Thursday 21 February 2008 - 12:30-1:45 PM
Lecture: Making the Irish American: An Historical and Cultural Reappraisal
J. Joseph Lee, Director, Gllucksman Ireland House, New York University
Room 331, Social Sciences and Business Building
Saturday 23 February 2008 – 8:00 PM
Concert Performance: International Performing Arts Series 2007-2008
The Brock McGuire Band - Irish Traditional Music Ensemble
Lee Theater, Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
Thursday 3 April 2008 - 12:30-1:45 PM
Reading: Contemporary Irish American Poetry
Knute Skinner & Ray McManus, Irish American Poets
Room 331, Social Sciences and Business Buidling
Thursday 10 April 2008 - 12:30-1:45 PM
Lecture & Recital: The Vernacular Ballads of Cork
Jimmy Crowley, Folklorist & Songwriter, Cork, Ireland
Room 205, Music Building
24 June - 24 July 2008 (Five weeks)
UM-St. Louis Irish Summer School Program
National University of Ireland-Galway, Ireland
Contact: Carol Cradock, 314-516-6983 <ccradock@umsl.edu>
