Sponsored and cO-sponsored events
Over the years, the Celtic Studies Program at UW–Madison has sponsored and 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.
2011 – 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Class Performance and Discussion - Public Invited
Len Graham, traditional Irish singer, song collector, and author
Brían Ó Hairt, multi-instrumentalist and
sean-nós singer and dancer
11:00 am - 5231 Social Science Building
Free and open to the public
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Public Lecture: "Here I Am Amongst You: Songs and Folk Traditions of an Ulsterman"
Len Graham, traditional Irish singer, song collector, and author
5:30 pm - Memorial Library, Room 126
Free and open to the public
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Class Lecture - Public Invited:
"Irish Folk Music and Song on the Aran Islands"
Presented by
Deirdre Ní Chonghaile
11:00 am - 5321 Social Science Building
Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored with the the UW Press.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Public Lecture: "Fairies, Wraiths, and Ghosts on the Irish Border"
Presented by Ray Cashman, Associate Professor
Director of Center for Folklore Studies, Ohio State University
5:00 pm - 104 Van Hise Hall
Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored with the Folklore Program and the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, with support from the Anonymous Fund.
November 19 and 20, 2011
Celtic Film Festival
Union South
Marquee Theater
Films include:
- BLAZING THE TRAIL: The O’Kalems in Ireland (2011) Director: Peter Flynn
- KINGS (2007) Irish Language DIRECTOR: Tom Collins
- THE RUNWAY (2010) DIRECTOR: Ian Power
- PARKED (2010) DIRECTOR: Darragh Byrne
- JIG (2011) DIRECTOR: Sue Bourne
- IRISH SHORTS Irish Film Institute
Bye Bye Now, Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, Frankie, Boris, Cáca Milis
- Y FARGEN (2005) Welsh Language Short DIRECTOR: Rhodri ap Dyfrig
- TYSKENNOW KERNOW II (2010) Cornish Language Shorts
Presented by the Celtic Cultural Center of Madison in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and the UW-Madison Celtic Studies Program.
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2010 – 2011
Public Lecture: "Law and the Imagination in Medieval Wales"
by Professor Robin Stacey, University of Washington-Seattle
September 21, 2010
4:00 pm - 6191 Helen C. White Hall
Co-sponsored with the Folklore Program, the Medieval Studies Program, and the Department of Scandinavian Studies.
International Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies
March 31 – April 2, 2011
The 2011 American Conference on Irish Studies invites you to join us on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This year’s four-day meeting, focusing on Global Networks and Local Ties, features papers, roundtables, lectures, exhibits, readings and performances on all topics and aspects of Irish studies, including history, literature, language, culture, and arts. Keynote presenters are Kerby Miller, Julia Wright, Christopher Morash, and Liz Carroll.
http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/irishstudiesconference/
Co-sponsored by the UW-Madison Celtic Studies Program, the Division of Continuing Studies, the Arts Institute, the Center for the Humanities, the Center for European Studies, the Center for Visual Cultures, and the Departments of English, History, Scandinavian Studies, and Theatre and Drama.
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2009 – 2010
Public lecture: "Slavery and the Irish in the Atlantic World,
1840-1880."
by Dr. Marjorie Howes, Boston College
October 2, 2009
4 pm, 7191 H.C. White Hall
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.
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
April 27, 2010
The Brittingham House
Hosted by Kevin and Kate Reilly
Traditional Irish music performed by Bob Newton, Alan Ng, and Bryan Whiting
Program:
"Field Recordings of Welsh and Scots Gaelic Folksongs
from the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946"
Dr. James Leary, Professor of Folklore and Scandinavian Studies
Co-founder of the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures.
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2008 – 2009
Public Lecture: “Human Rights Challenges in the 21st Century”
by Mary Robinson
September 26, 2008
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.
Symposium on Modern Irish History
November 8, 2008
9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Room 226
Co-sponsored by the History Department
Celtic Film Festival
February 14-15, 2009
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, 227 State Street.Eight feature films and three shorts featuring 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).
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
March 4, 2009
Social Hour 5:30 pm/Dinner 6:30 pm
Brocach Irish Pub, 7 W. Main Street
Program: Special guests from the UW-Madison Theater Department under the direction of Dr. Mary Trotter presenting readings from Irish theater pieces. Followed by the weekly Irish traditional music session.
Public Lecture: "Crime of the Century" – The Murder of Dr Cronin
April 9, 2009
Humanities 1131 – 4 pm
Dr. Gillian O’Brien, Lecturer in History, St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University
Co- sponsored with the University Lectures Committee, the Department of History, and the Department of English.
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2007 – 2008
Lecture: “The Catholic Church and Revolutionary Violence in Ireland”
by Fr. Oliver Plunkett Rafferty, Visiting Professor of History at Loyola University of Chicago.
November 2, 2007
Co-sponsored by the History Department
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
February 19, 2008
Social Hour 5:30 pm/Dinner 6:30 pm
Kennedy Manor Dining Room, 1 Langdon Street
Guest Artists: Navan – Celtic vocal ensemble
Lecture: “Mother Ireland becomes King: Women, Power and Sovereignty in Medieval Ireland”
by Dr. Amy Eichhorn-Mulligan, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Memphis.
April 17, 2008
Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Program in Medieval Studies.
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2006 – 2007
Nolwenn Monjarret, Breton Folklorist and Performer
October 17, 2006
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
Irish Language and Culture Weekend
October 20-22, 2006
Co-sponsored by the Celtic Cultural Center of Madison and the Center for European Studies
Public Lecture: “Forgetting and Remembering 1798: Folk Memory and Social Amnesia in Irish History”
by Guy Beiner, Faculty of Modern History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
February 6, 2007
Co-sponsored with University Lectures Committee, Folklore Program, Dept. of History, and the University of Wisconsin Press
Annual Celtic Studies Dinner
February 9, 2007
Guest speaker: 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
Nova Scotia Traditions Workshops
February 10, 2007
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
Welsh Language and Culture Weekend
February 24-25, 2007
For more information, see the Web site www.wildwelshweekend.com.
Co-sponsored by the Cambrian Heritage Society of Madison and the Celtic Cultural Center
Concert: Lunasa with Karan Casey
March 23, 2007
Co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Union Theater and the Celtic Music Association of Madison
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2005 – 2006
Public Lecture: “The Irish and Indians in the American West”
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”
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
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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)
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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
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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