Thursday, September 10, 2009, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Study Abroad Fair
Union Concourse, UW-Milwaukee Campus
Stop by our table to learn about the programs being offered in Ireland and other Celtic regions next spring.
Friday September 11 at 7:00 and 9:00pm
Saturday, September 12 at 3:00, 5:00, 7:00 and 9pm
Sunday, September 13 at 3:00, 5:00 and 7:00pm
Milwaukee Premiere of Hunger
The Union Theater, UW-Milwaukee Campus
Hunger is the winner of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival Camera d'Or award. It follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland, with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.
Free and open to the public.
Monday, September 14, 2009, 6:00pm
Leabhor Mór na nGenealach "LMG" (Mac Fhirbisigh's Great Book of Irish Genealogies) and The Irish Fiants of the Tudor Sovereigns
Thomas Gildea Cannon
The Irish Cultural and Heritage Center
2133 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 7:00-10:00pm
Celtic Studies Kick-Off-the-Semester Party
Greene Hall, 3347 N. Downer Avenue
Enjoy Celtic music and dance. Meet the faculty of the Center for Celtic Studies and learn about our on-campus and study-abroad programs. Meet other students interested in Celtic topics. Find out about our Certificate in Celtic Studies.
Thursday, October 29, 3:30pm
William C. Calin, Graduate Research Professor of French, University of Florida
The French Tradition and Earlier Scots Literature: Problems of Mediocrity and Misogyny.
Curtin Hall, Room 939
An internationally-known medieval scholar, Professor William Calin has authored eleven books and over a hundred articles and chapters in books. His areas of expertise include medieval literature (epic, romance, allegory); French poetry (Renaissance to the present); Occitan (Provençal), Anglo-Norman, and modern Breton literature; and Franco-British literary relations in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. His book, The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval England received the American Library Association Outstanding Academic Book of the Year award in 1995. His most recent volumes include Minority Literatures and Modernism: Scots, Breton, and Occitan, 1920-1990 and The Twentieth-Century Humanist Critics: From Spitzer to Frye. His current project is The French Tradition and the Literature of Medieval and Renaissance Scotland.
This lecture is sponsored by the Center for Celtic Studies, the Department of French, Italian, and Comparative Literature, and the Translation Program.
Saturday, October 31, 2009, 6:00-9:00pm
Celtic New Year, Samhain
The Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive.
Enjoy live Celtic music and dance, let us introduce to Ceilí (Celtic community dancing), meet new friends and enjoy the company of students who are already immersed in the Celtic community. Complimentary Refreshments available.
You will learn about upcoming classes, our Certificate in Celtic Studies, and study abroad opportunities. You will also be able to meet the faculty of the Center and others interested in Celtic-related topics. This event is free and open to all UWM students and to the general public.
Saturday, February 20, 2010, 9:00am-6:00pm
Irish Language Day
The Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive. Concert in Greene Hall.
Learn to speak a bit of Gaelic or polish your language skills. Learn how to sing a song in Irish. Attend our lunch and the Annual Douglas Hyde Lecture on topics in the Irish language. Evening Sean Nos concert. Check our website after November 1 for more details on this event and for registration, or call our office to receive information in the mail.
Watch our website at www4.uwm.edu/celtic or e-mail us at celtic@uwm.edu or phone (414) 229-6520.
For more information call the Center for Celtic Studies at 414.229.6520 or e-mail gleeson@uwm.edu
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