Irish-American Studies Events

Mon 10/24 @ 7pm Hunter College - Tina Santi Flaherty Irish Voices Literary Series presents: Barbara Leaming, the author of two New York Times bestselling biographies and three New York Times "Notable Books of the Year," recently wrote a biography of Winston Churchill Location: Faculty Dining Room, Hunter West Building, 8th Floor RSVP:212-772-4007 or spevents@hunter.cuny.edu

10/27-10/29 Ireland, America, and the Worlds of Mathew Carey. Conference cosponsored by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, The Program in Early American Economy and Society, The Library Company of Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

This first part of a trans-Atlantic conference will feature presentations and discussion about printer and editor of influential periodicals, Mathew Carey (1760-1839). By the mid-1790s, Carey had transformed himself from printer to publisher, from artisan to manufacturer, and into one of the early republic's foremost political
economists. Carey's identity as an Irish-American and a 24option uk Catholic, and his contributions to the economy and politics are inseparable from the trans-Atlantic print culture of the early national era. This conference is free and open to everyone interested in its themes. To review the program and read pre-circulated papers for this conference, which will be posted in late September, please register electronically at: http://www.librarycompany.org/careyconference/ .The second part of this trans-Atlantic conference will be held at Trinity College Dublin, on November 17-19, 2011. It will be hosted by the Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies and Trinity College Dublin, and the Trinity Long Room Hub in association with the National Library of Ireland, University College Dublin, and the University of Aberdeen. For further information please contact Johanna Archbold at: johanna.archbold@tcd.ie

10/31 @ 12:15pm Lecture by Catherine McKenna on St. Brigit at Queens College, President's Conference Room #2.

Mon 11/14 @ 5pm Ceart Nó Mícheart? Iriseoireacht Sheáin Uí Ruadháin. Lecture in Irish by Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair, Fullbright FLTA. Lehman College, Carman Hall, Room 252. For more information please contact the Irish Language Program at Lehman College at eolas@lehmangaeilge.org .

Tues 11/15 @ 7pm Hunter College Tina Santi Flaherty Irish Voices Literary Series presents: Dan Barry. He has been writing the "About New York" column for The New York Times since 2003 and was a major contributor to the newspapers award-winning coverage of the World Trade Center disaster and its aftermath.

Wed 11/16 @ 7pm-9pm Janet Munch Book Club Meeting at the CUNY Graduate Center in Room 8301. Please contact Janet Munch @ janet.munch@lehman.cuny.edu or the IIAS office at 718-960-6722 to RSVP by Nov 9, 2011.

Thurs 11/17 @ 12:30pm-1:45pm The Brothers McCourt: A unique pre-Thanksgiving experience held in cooperation with the Institute for Irish-American Studies. Location: Lehman College, Carman Hall B04

Mon 12/5 @ 7pm Hunter College Tina Santi Flaherty Irish Voices Literary Series presents: Iris Loves, Iris Cornelia Love is a field archeologist, photographer, and art critic. Location: Faculty Dining Room, Hunter West Building, 8th Floor. RSVP: 212-772-4007 or spevents@hunter.cuny.edu