Limericker Literaturgespräche
8 October 2019 Gabrielle Alioth & Fred Kurer
Room: ERB007, Time: 11am
Swiss-Irish writer Gabrielle Alioth will return again on 8th October and read together with Fred Kurer from her book The Poet's Coat / Der Mantel der Dichterin (Frauenfeld: Waldgut 2019). In contrast to the novels written in German by Gabrielle Alioth, the original language of her poems is English. For this bilingual edition, the texts have been translated into German by Swiss Anglist, author and poet Fred Kurer and we are happy to welcome both to UL. All are welcome, please notify gisela.holfter@ul.ie if you want to join us!
Guest lecture
9 October 2019 Dr. Sam McIntosh
Room: C1079 (Kate O'Brien room) Time: 4pm
We are happy to announce that Dr. Sam McIntosh will give a lecture about "The outsourcing and off-shoring of border control: state responsibility and a legal obligation to investigate deaths beyond borders" in cooperation with the Centre for British Studies and the Humboldt Universität Berlin.
Roundtable and Exhibition
10 October 2019 Operation Shamrock
Room: Glucksman Library, Appellate Court room, Time: 4-6pm
Opening of the Operation Shamrock exhibition by H.E. Deike Potzel and discussion with two participants of Operation Shamrock, Klaus Armstrong-Braun and Friedhelm Krüll as well as the curator of the exhibition, Monica Brandis. For more info, click here.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/operation-shamrock-exhibition-and-discussion-tickets-73424959029
90th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations – 1929-2019 (Part 2: International Colloquium: On the Role of Bilateral Diplomatic Relations)
14 November 2019, Room: Glucksman Library, Appellate Court room
The Colloqium starts at 2.30pm. See here for full program.
Please register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/90th-anniversary-of-the-establishment-of-irish-german-diplomatic-relations-tickets-73429400313
Guest lecture
Date: Autumn 2019 Dr Derek Scally
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Guest lecture
Date: Autumn 2019 Dr Deirdre Byrnes (NUIG) - "Seán O'Casey and his reception in the GDR"
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Limericker Literaturgespräche
Early March 2020 Renate Ahrens (Hamburg)
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Guest lecture
March/April 2020 – Liam Ryan, CEO of SAP Ireland (Galway)
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Guest lecture
March/April 2020 – Ralf Lissek, Head of the Irish-German Chamber of Commerce (Dublin)
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Limericker Literaturgespräche
April 2020 Sten Nadolny (Berlin)
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Guest lecture
Spring 2020 Dr Claire O'Reilly (UCC) - "Irish German Encounters"
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Guest lecture
Late April 2020 Sonya Permiakova (Centre for British Studies, HU Berlin) - "War poerty by British and Irish women"
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