This minor offers students the opportunity to concentrate on the literature of Ireland while gaining an understanding of its historical, cultural, and literary contexts. The program offers a variety of courses that give students an understanding of some of the trends and leading figures of Irish literature. Courses on Ireland’s Literary Revival, Contemporary Literature and Politics, and on major figures like William Butler Yeats explore key moments in Irish literary history, as well as the ways in which Irish literature impacted national identity and wider literary trends.
CURRENT EVENTS:
October 29 2009: Samhain Celebration, Behind the Student Center: 5:00pm
Join us as, with the Medieval Club, the Gaelic Society and Irish minor program hold a traditional Samhain celebration, recognizing the end of harvest and remembrance of the dead. Bonfires, traditional fare, and readings from the Ulster Cycle will be featured.
March 22-26, 2010: Irish Culture Week at Le Moyne
Once again, the Irish Literature Program will host a series of events celebrating the culture and literature of Ireland. To be featured: Causeway Giants; traditional Irish music session; dramatic reading of Seamus Heaney's work; & on MARch 26, a reading by award-winning contemporary novelist Colm Toibin! Toibin is considered one of the best living Irish writers. Grewen auditorium, 6:00pm--free and open to the public.
PAST EVENTS:
2009-2010: Syracuse Irish festival. A talk on Angela's AShes by Franck McCourt.
2008-2009:
March 16-20, Irish Culture Week
The Causeway Giants--concert
"Women of Faith and the Business of Health Care", Dr. Margaret H. Preston, Associate professor of history, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.D
Traditional Irish Music session with An Ceol
2007-2008
Irish Lecture Series
A series of lectures by well-known scholars in the field of Irish Studies, including:
Rob Doggett, SUNY-Geneseo: "Nationhood and William Butler Yeats's The Tower."
Michael De Nie, University of West Georgia: “This Mongrel Race: The British Press and Irish-America, 1860-1886.”
Eamonn Wall, University of Missouri—St. Louis. Poetry Reading
2006-2007
April Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Paul Muldoon, Reading