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Fall 2008 Public Events

Colloquial Irish Launch

(Location to be Announced)

Monday, 10/27/08, Noon to 1PM

See www.colloquialirish.com for more information.

Tuesday Irish-American Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series

Noon to 1PM at Lehman College (rooms to be announced)

9/16/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh

9/23/08 TBA

9/30/08 No Classes - No Meeting

10/7/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh

10/14/08 College on Monday Schedule - No Meeting

10/21/08 Lecture - Prof. Thomas Conroy will speak on the topic of "These Irish eyes are smilin', I'm buckwildin': Issues of working class masculinity and race/ethnicity for Irish-Americans in punk and hip-hop"

10/28/08 CUNY-IIAS Advisory Board Meeting (starts at 11:30am, location TBA)

11/4/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh

11/11/08 Lecture - Prof. Michael Shannon will speak on the topic of "Transference in Celtic Art: Ancient to Modern."

11/18/08 Lecture - Fulbright FLTA Ms. Eimear Ní Cheallaigh (Topic TBA)

11/25/08 TBA

12/2/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh

12/9/08 Institute Open House - 188 Carman Hall

12/16/08 Last Day of Classes - No Meeting

Traditional Irish American Music Performances

Noon to 1PM, Thursdays, at Lehman College

9/18/08 Bernie Fee (fiddle and dancing)

10/16/08 Ivan Goff (pipes and flute)

12/4/08 Donie Ryan (banjo)

Ongoing Irish Film Series

7PM to 9PM, TBA, at Baruch College (room to be announced)

TBA, Irish Film (tentatively - "Song for a Raggy Boy," a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh and starring Aidan Quinn)

TBA, Irish Film (tentatively - "Lamb," a 1985 film directed by Colin Gregg and starring Liam Neeson

Irish-American Book Club

7PM to 9PM, Wednesdays, at CUNY Graduate Center

10/15/08 Book Club Discussion - "How the Irish Invented Slang" - Room 9206

12/3/08 Book Club Discussion - "While mem'ry brings us back again" - Room C197 (Book will be on sale at the 10/15 meeting).

LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, hosts ACIS MidAtlantic Region Conference

10/10/08 - 10/11/08 CIS Mid-Atlantic Regional conference Enabling/Disabling Ireland: Law, Literature, Politics, and Historical Change.

Queens College, CUNY, hosts Irish Theatre Festival

10/16/08 - 10/19/08 - "Playboy of the Western World" will open at 7 PM on October 16, followed by a live interview with Irish actor Stephen Rea, at the Goldstein Theater at Queens College. The production is the culmination of months of work on the play which included four weeks in Ireland this summer at NUI Galway where Queens Irish Studies and drama students studied Irish history, literature, and drama with Clare Carroll, Nessa Cronin, and director Susan Einhorn. Stephen Rea will be artist-in-residence at Queens College from October 6-16, during which time he will coach the students and appear in courses in Irish Studies, English, History ,and Drama. There will also be a Sunday afternoon symposium on October 19, that will include the artistic director of the Irish Rep in New York Charlotte Moore, and young Irish Studies scholar Nessa Cronin.

IIAS Faculty Council Meeting

9/17/08, Wednesday, faculty throughout CUNY with interests in Irish-American Studies are welcome to gather for the IIAS Faculty Council Meeting. More information at cunyiias@lehman.cuny.edu .

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FALL IIAS AT A GLANCE Tues., 9/16/08, noon Conversation Circle @ LC Wed., 9/17/08 IIAS Faculty Council @ GC Thurs., 9/18/08, noon Music @ LC Tues., 9/23/08, noon TBA @ LC Tues., 9/30/08 No Classes - No Meeting Tues., 10/7/08, noon Conversation Circle @ LC Fri. - Sat., 10/10-11/08 Conference @ LAGCC Tues., 10/14/08 Monday Schedule - No Meeting Wed., 10/15/08 Book Club @ GC Thurs., 10/16/08 Music @ LC Thurs. - Sun., 10/16-19/08 Theatre @ QC Tues., 10/21/08, noon Lecture - Prof. Conroy @ LC Tues., 10/28/08, 11:30 CUNY-IIAS Advisory Board Tues., 11/4/08, noon Conversation Circle @ LC Tues., 11/11/08, noon Lecture - Prof. Shannon @ LC Tues., 11/18/08, noon Lecture - Ms. Ní Cheallaigh @ LC Tues., 11/25/08, noon TBA @ LC Tues., 12/2/08, noon Conversation Circle @ LC Wed., 12/3/08 Book Club @ GC Thurs., 12/4/08, noon Music @ LC Tues., 12/9/08, noon Institute Open House @ LC Tues., 12/16/08 Last Day of Classes	Support Irish-American Studies at CUNY. Join the Friends of CUNY-IIAS. Click here for more information. Fall 2008 Public Events Colloquial Irish Launch (Location to be Announced) Monday, 10/27/08, Noon to 1PM *See www.colloquialirish.com for more information.* Tuesday Irish-American Studies Brown Bag Lunch Series Noon to 1PM at Lehman College (rooms to be announced) 9/16/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh 9/23/08 TBA 9/30/08 No Classes - No Meeting 10/7/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh 10/14/08 College on Monday Schedule - No Meeting 10/21/08 Lecture - Prof. Thomas Conroy will speak on the topic of "These Irish eyes are smilin', I'm buckwildin': Issues of working class masculinity and race/ethnicity for Irish-Americans in punk and hip-hop" 10/28/08 CUNY-IIAS Advisory Board Meeting (starts at 11:30am, location TBA) 11/4/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh 11/11/08 Lecture - Prof. Michael Shannon will speak on the topic of "Transference in Celtic Art: Ancient to Modern." 11/18/08 Lecture - Fulbright FLTA Ms. Eimear Ní Cheallaigh (Topic TBA) 11/25/08 TBA 12/2/08 Irish Language Conversation Circle with Eimear Ní Cheallaigh 12/9/08 Institute Open House - 188 Carman Hall 12/16/08 Last Day of Classes - No Meeting Traditional Irish American Music Performances Noon to 1PM, Thursdays, at Lehman College 9/18/08 Bernie Fee (fiddle and dancing) 10/16/08 Ivan Goff (pipes and flute) 12/4/08 Donie Ryan (banjo) Ongoing Irish Film Series 7PM to 9PM, TBA, at Baruch College (room to be announced) TBA, Irish Film (tentatively - "Song for a Raggy Boy," a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh and starring Aidan Quinn) TBA, Irish Film (tentatively - "Lamb," a 1985 film directed by Colin Gregg and starring Liam Neeson Irish-American Book Club 7PM to 9PM, Wednesdays, at CUNY Graduate Center 10/15/08 Book Club Discussion - "How the Irish Invented Slang" - Room 9206 12/3/08 Book Club Discussion - "While mem'ry brings us back again" - Room C197 (Book will be on sale at the 10/15 meeting). LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, hosts ACIS MidAtlantic Region Conference 10/10/08 - 10/11/08 CIS Mid-Atlantic Regional conference Enabling/Disabling Ireland: Law, Literature, Politics, and Historical Change. Queens College, CUNY, hosts Irish Theatre Festival 10/16/08 - 10/19/08 - "Playboy of the Western World" will open at 7 PM on October 16, followed by a live interview with Irish actor Stephen Rea, at the Goldstein Theater at Queens College. The production is the culmination of months of work on the play which included four weeks in Ireland this summer at NUI Galway where Queens Irish Studies and drama students studied Irish history, literature, and drama with Clare Carroll, Nessa Cronin, and director Susan Einhorn. Stephen Rea will be artist-in-residence at Queens College from October 6-16, during which time he will coach the students and appear in courses in Irish Studies, English, History ,and Drama. There will also be a Sunday afternoon symposium on October 19, that will include the artistic director of the Irish Rep in New York Charlotte Moore, and young Irish Studies scholar Nessa Cronin. IIAS Faculty Council Meeting 9/17/08, Wednesday, faculty throughout CUNY with interests in Irish-American Studies are welcome to gather for the IIAS Faculty Council Meeting. More information at cunyiias@lehman.cuny.edu .

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