March 2021
Embassy of Ireland Lecture: WORLD INTO WORD – THE FARM VISION OF SEAMUS HEANEY
EMBASSY OF IRELAND LECTURE 2021 Date: 11 March, 18h00 Venue: Online - https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/85681516570 Organisation: CETAPS – Centre for English, Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies & ULICES – University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies Sponsor: Embassy of Ireland in Portugal ULICES Research Group 4 – Other English-speaking Literatures and Cultures invites you to attend the Embassy of Ireland Lecture 2021. Guest writer: Professor Nicholas Grene (Trinity College Dublin) Title: World into Word: The Farm Vision of Seamus Heaney Bio note Professor…
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Culture and Anarchy. Reading Matthew Arnold Today II
Confirmed keynote speakers: Professor Laurel Brake (Professor Emerita, Birkbeck College, University of London) | Professor Murray Pittock (University of Glasgow) It has been 150 years since Matthew Arnold published his groundbreaking work, Culture and Anarchy. His essays in book form are not only a powerful critique of Victorian society and values but also of modern ones. Contemporary political, economic and cultural issues provide an opportunity to revisit Arnold’s thought critically, to assess his enduring legacy, and to appraise the modern predicament in…
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