Sponsored and c0-sponsored events
Over the years, the Celtic Studies Program at UW–Madison has sponsored or co-sponsored numerous events, often in conjunction with other campus units or the Celtic Cultural Center of Madison. A more comprehensive list of current Celtic events in the Madison area can be found on the CCC events calendar at www.celticmadison.org.
2009 – 2010
Fall 2009:
- Public lecture by Dr. Marjorie Howes, Boston College, at 4 p.m. on October 1, 2009, 7191 H.C. White Hall, on "Slavery and the Irish in the Atlantic World, 1840-1880." Sponsored by the Celtic Studies Program, the Department of English, the Department of Theatre and Drama, the “Middle Modernity” Study Group, and the European Studies Alliance. Funding Courtesy of the Kemper K Knapp Bequest Fund.
2008 – 2009
Spring 2009:
1. Celtic Film Festival, February 14 – 15, 2009, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State Street. This two-day event, running from 11 am to 7 pm each day, offers the Madison community eight feature films and three shorts that will appeal to both film buffs and Celtic culture fans.
This year’s festival features English language and Celtic language films by Irish, Scottish, Cornish, and Welsh filmmakers. Highlights this year include Dambe – The Mali Project, Small Engine Repair (winner of the Galway Film Festival in 2006), Boy from Mercury (the 1997 winner of the Celtic Festival), and Seachd (nominated for 3 Scottish BAFTAs, including Best Film). For a full schedule, visit the Festival website: http://www.celticmadison.org/events/film-festival.htm .
2. The Annual Celtic Studies Dinner will take place on Wednesday, March 4 at Brocach Irish Pub, 7 W. Main Street (upstairs). Social Hour 5:30 pm. Dinner 6:30 pm.
Join us for our annual no-host dinner at Madison’s premier downtown Irish gathering place! The dinner program includes a short performance of scenes from Irish dramas by students of the Department of Theatre and Drama. After dinner, stay around to enjoy the weekly traditional Irish music session beginning at 8:00 pm. Reservation information will be made available soon..
Special guests from the UW-Madison Theater Department under the direction of Dr. Mary Trotter will present readings from Irish theater pieces. Guests are encouraged to remain for socializing following the dinner during the weekly Irish traditional music session starting around 8:30 pm.
3. Lecture (date TBA), to be presented by Gillian O’Brien, Lecturer in History, St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University
Fall 2008:
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Symposium on Modern Irish History
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Room 226
Co-sponsored by the History Department
Presentations:
The Politics of Religion in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
- Sean Farrell (Northern Illinois University), "The Challenge of Writing Sectarianism"
- David W. Miller (Carnegie Mellon University), “National Education and Nationalism:
A Study of Henry Cooke and John MacHale”
Reconsidering Faith and Nation in Modern Ireland
- Nicholas Wolf (George Mason University), “Pilgrims, Apparitions, and the Resurgence of the Laity in Irish Historiography”
- Timothy G. McMahon (Marquette University), “‘The Land for the People’: Reconsidering the Revolution of Rising Expectations”
Asserting Authority in Modern Ireland and Britain
- Eric Zuelow (University of New England), “Owning the Tourist Landscape in Twentieth-Century Ireland”
- Peter Thorsheim (University of North Carolina-Charlotte), “Ploughshares into Swords: Recycling in Britain, 1939-45”
Crime and Terrorism in Modern Britain and Abroad
- William Meier (University of Wisconsin-Madison), “The Delinquent Donnellys: Or, Sketches of the Evolution of Crime in Modern Britain”
Reflections and Conclusions
- Michael de Nie (University of West Georgia), “Reflecting on Jim Donnelly’s Scholarly Work”
Reception and Dinner
6:30 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street
Alumni Lounge
Friday, September 26, 2008
Lecture: “Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century”
4:00 p.m.; Ebling Symposium Center; Microbial Sciences Building; UW-Madison campus; 1550 Linden Drive; reception follows the lecture at the same venue.
Co-sponsored by the UW-Madison Center for European Studies and the Human Rights Initiative
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland (1990-97) and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002), who earned her law degree at Harvard University, delivers the eighth annual Mildred-Fish Harnack Human Rights and Democracy Lecture.
2007 – 2008
Friday, November 2, 2007
Lecture: “The Catholic Church and Revolutionary Violence in Ireland”
4:00-5:30 pm; 7191 Helen C. White Hall
Co-sponsored by the History Department
Fr. Oliver Plunkett Rafferty, Visiting Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
Social Hour 5:30 pm/Dinner 6:30 pm
Kennedy Manor Dining Room, 1 Langdon Street
Guest Artists: Navan – Celtic vocal ensemble
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lecture: “Mother Ireland becomes King:
Women, Power and Sovereignty in Medieval Ireland”
5:00-6:30 pm; 126 Memorial Library; UW-Madison campus
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Program in Medieval Studies.
Dr. Amy Eichhorn-Mulligan, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Memphis.
2006 – 2007
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Nolwenn Monjarret, Breton Folklorist and Performer
Lectures:
“Words and Music: The Transmission of the Tradition in Brittany” (presented in English)
Co-sponsored by the Folklore Program
“Chants et contes, la tradition bretonne” (presented in French)
Co-sponsored by the Dept. of French and Italian and the Professional French Masters Program
Concert:
“Traditions of Brittany in Story, Song, and Dance”
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Music Association of Madison
October 20-22, 2006
Irish Language and Culture Weekend
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Cultural Center of Madison and the Center for European Studies
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Lecture: “Forgetting and Remembering 1798: Folk Memory and Social Amnesia in Irish History”
Guy Beiner, Faculty of Modern History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Co-sponsored with University Lectures Committee, Folklore Program, Dept. of History, and the University of Wisconsin Press
Friday, February 9, 2007
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
5:30 pm Social, 6:30 pm Dinner, 8:00 Concert (see below).
Guest speaker is Prof. Thomas Archdeacon, who will address “Scottish Migrations.”
Nova Scotia Traditions Concert
Traditional music and dance by guest artists from Nova Scotia
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Music Association of Madison
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Nova Scotia Traditions Workshops
Co-sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies
Cape Breton Step Dance, with guest artist Kimberley Fraser
Piano and Guitar Accompaniment, with guest artist Troy MacGillivray
Cape Breton Fiddle Techniques, with guest artist Andrea Beaton
February 24 - 25, 2007
Welsh Language and Culture Weekend
For more information, see the Web site www.wildwelshweekend.com.
Co-sponsored by the Cambrian Heritage Society of Madison and the Celtic Cultural Center
March 23, 2007
Concert: Lunasa with Karan Casey
Co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Celtic Music Association of Madison
2005 – 2006
Lecture: “The Irish and Indians in the American West”
Presented by Professor David Emmons, University of Montana
November 14, 2005
Co-sponsored by Dean of Letters & Science, History Department, Harvey Goldberg Center, and the Folklore Program
Film with Commentary:
“The Irish in Butte, Montana: Labor and Capital in the American Mining Industry”
Presented by Professor David Emmons, University of Montana
November 15, 2005
Co-sponsored by Dean of Letters & Science, History Department, Harvey Goldberg Center, and the Folklore Program
Welsh Language and Culture Weekend
January 21-22, 2006
Co-sponsored by the Welsh Society of Madison
Lecture and Discussion with Irish Consul General Charles Sheehan (Chicago)
February 2, 2006
Co-Sponsored by the Center for European Studies
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
February 2, 2006
Guest Speaker: Irish Consul General Charles Sheehan
Guest Artists: West Wind
Lecture : “'Each nation shou'd support a Theatre': National Theatre in Ireland in the 17th & 18th Centuries.”
Christopher Wheatley, Professor of English and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at the Catholic University of America.
February 17, 2006
Co-Sponsored by the University Lectures Committee, the Department of Theatre & Drama, the Department of English, and the Center for the Humanities
2004 – 2005
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
December 7, 2004
Guest Artists: Navan
Symposium: “Scotland and America: History and Folklore”
April 5, 2005
Co- sponsored by the Departments of History and English, and the Division of Continuing Studies
Lectures:
"Scotland and America: The 20th Century Connection"
Presented by Richard Finlay, Professor of History at the University of Strathclyde,
"Scottish Folklore in America"
Presented by Lizanne Henderson, Head of the History Department at the University of Glasgow in Dumfries
"Two Declarations: Scotland 1320, America 1776"
Presented by Ted Cowan, Professor of Scottish History at the University of Glasgow in Dumfries
Celtic Film Festival
February 6, 2005
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Cultural Center and the History Department
Featured Films:
“Owd Bob” (Isle of Man, 1997, directed by Rodney Gibbons)
“Come West Along the Road” (Ireland, 1994, Music Archive of RTE, Produced by Tony Mac Mahon)
“James Joyce: The Trials of Ulysses” (Ireland, 2000, directed by Ian Graham)
“Bloom” (Ireland, 2003, Directed by Sean Walsh)
“Very Annie Mary” (Wales, 2004, directed by Sara Sugarman)
“Margaret’s Museum” (Cape Breton/Scotland, 1995, directed by Mort Ransen)
2003 – 2004
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
December 9, 2003
Guest Artists: Navan
Celtic Film Festival
February 15, 2004
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Cultural Center and the History Department
Featured Films:
“When the Whales Came” (Cornwall, 1989)
“If These Walls Could Speak: Mural Painting in Belfast” (Northern Ireland, 2001)
“Hard Road to Klondike” (Ireland, 1999)
“Everlasting Piece” (Northern Ireland, 2001)
“Sex in a Cold Climate” (Ireland, 1998)
“My Name Is Joe” (Scotland, 1999)
“Mr. Hulot's Holiday” (Brittany, 1953)
Lecture: “The Role of Radio in Preserving and Promoting Minority Languages and Cultures: The Case of Ireland's Raidió na Gaeltacht"Presented by Meaití Jó Shéamuis Ó Fátharta, Irish Broadcaster
February 19, 2004
Co-sponsored by the UW-Madison University Lectures Committee, Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts, Folklore Program, Department of Linguistics, and Department of Communication Arts, and the Celtic Cultural Center
Concert: Informal Seisiún of Irish Traditional Music and Sean-Nós Singing
Meaití Jó Shéamuis Ó Fátharta, Singer and Uilleann Piper,
with Madison Traditional Irish Musicians
(Recorded live for airing on Ireland's Raidió na Gaeltachta)
February 19, 2004
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Music Association of Madison
Lecture: "Landlordism, Agrarianism, and Deference in Late Nineteenth-Century Ireland"
Presented by Dr. Laurence Geary, National University of Ireland-Cork
April 15, 2004
Co-sponsored by the History Department
2002 – 2003
Lecture: "Reflections on IRISH ON THE INSIDE"
Presented by Tom Hayden, author, social and political activist, and politician
October 4, 2002
Lecture: "The Enduring Power of the Word: Welsh Poetry from the Sixth to the Sixteenth Century"
Presented by Patrick K. Ford, Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University
October 21, 2002
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Seminar: "Aspects of Performance in Medieval Welsh Poetry"
Presented by Patrick K. Ford, Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University, with responses by A.N. Doane (English), Tom Dubois (Scandinavian Studies), and Kirin Narayan (Anthropology / Languages and Cultures of Asia).
October 22, 2002
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Lecture: "The Celtic Tiger: The Fastest Road from Potatoes to Chips."
Presented by James S. Donnelly, Jr., Professor of History, UW-Madison
December 4, 2002
Celtic Studies Dinner
Tuesday, December 10
Guest Artists: Keltori
Guest Speaker: Robert Newton
Lecture: "Gestures of Praise and Satire in Medieval Irish Tradition."
Presented by Joseph Nagy, Professor of English and Folklore/Mythology, UCLA, with a response by Harold Scheub (African Languages and Literatures) on gesture in African oral performance; followed by discussion.
February 13, 2003
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Seminar: "What IS a Fenian (or Ossianic)Ballad?"
Presented by Joseph Nagy, Professor of English and Folklore/Mythology, UCLA
Febrary 14, 2003
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Reading and Dialogue
St. Patrick's Day Reading
Presented by Cathal Ó Searcaigh, Irish poet, with a conversation with Ó Searcaigh concerning the Irish language and Irish poets
March 17, 2003
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Film and Discussion: “The Last Storyteller”
By Irish/Scottish filmmaker Desmond Bell, with a conversation with Bell concerning his
documentary films
April 9, 2003
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies
Lecture and Discussion: “Representations of the Irish Travelling People”
Presented by Josepha Lanters, Professor of English and Director of the Center for Celtic Studies, UW – Milwaukee, with a response by John Niles (English) on representations of the Scottish travelers; followed by discussion.
April 28, 2003
Sponsored by the Mellon Workshop Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities
on New Directions in Celtic Studies