Irish and Irish American Studies
at the College of Charleston Jan/Feb 2015
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Book Signing & Lecture: Stephen White's biography of Bishop Patrick Lynch
The University of South Carolina Press has just released a biography of Bishop Patrick Lynch, third bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Charleston and Confederate representative to the Vatican, by our own Stephen White and the late David C. R. Heisser. The book is available at Amazon.com.
When?
Wednesday, Feb 11, 2015, 07:00 PM
Where?
Addlestone Library, Room 227
Minor almost ready to go
The Minor in Irish and Irish American Studies at the College of Charleston has been approved by the Provost's Office. Now it goes to the faculty's Curriculum Committee and then to the Senate. We hope to have all approvals in place by March, which means we'll launch the minor in Fall 2015. You can see the draft curriculum at our website.
Summer Study Abroad
Joe Kelly and Trish Ward are taking students to Ireland for three weeks this summer to study ancient Irish Mythology and the Celtic Revival. See our upcoming classes at the Program website. Above are Summer 2013 students at Connolly Station in Dublin.
Pilgrimage to the Heart of the Sacred
CofC anthropologist Moore Quinn is co-directing a conference over the 4th of July weekend, at Mansfield College, Oxford, UK. This is the 2nd global meeting of the Sacred Journeys: Pilgrimages and Beyond Project. 300-word presentation proposals will be accepted until 13 March. Last year, Dr. Quinn reported on the resacralization of the graves of unbaptised children in Ireland. (She took the picture above at such a site, called a cillín.) This year, Dr. Quinn will discuss her work on the commemoration of the "famine walks," such as the one that takes place every year from Louisbourgh to Delphi Lodge in County Mayo in remembrance of those who died during he time of the Great Famine.
Mark Long on Shepard Fairey
Mark Long, CofC political scientist, Cork native, and member of our planning committee, just published an article in the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies: "Geographies of street art: Shepard Fairey and the trans- scalar imagination." You've seen Fairey's work: the famous "Hope" Obama poster, the "Obey" Andre the Giant poster, and the giant mural on College Lodge, Calhoun St., which is pictured below.
Click on "Charleston's Irish Calendar" above to get to our Google Calendar, then click on the GoogleCalendar icon at the bottom of the page if you want to add the Irish Calendar to your personal Google Calendars. If you have an event you'd like us to promote, contact Joe Kelly (kellyj@cofc.edu).
Glen Hansard at the Charleston Music Hall
8 February, 8pm, the man who starred in the Irish films, Once, now a Broadway hit, and The Commitments, half of the duo, The Swell Season, will headline a show also featuring another Irish duo, The Lost Brothers. Tickets available from The Charleston Music Hall.
Brian Friel's "Translations"
South of Broadway Theater in North Charleston offers its production of the most famous play by Ireland's most famous living playwright. The show opens on 12 March and runs for several weekends. Buy tickets here.
Castle Crossing
Castle Crossing, a local band that plays a lot of Celtic and American folk music, will play at Seanachai on 13 February, 8pm, and at My Father's Moustache on 14 March.
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Na Fidléirí and Seomra TFC
- Charleston's beloved Celtic fiddling ensemble and the Taylor Festival Choir's new 8-voice vocal ensemble Seomra TFC perform lively gigs and reels, as well as plaintive airs and ballads in TMG's annual celebration of this important Irish Holiday. Tickets available from the Taylor Music Group's website.
When?
Sunday, Mar 15, 2015, 04:00 PM
Where?
Circular Congregational Church, Meeting Street, Charleston, SC, United States
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St. Patrick's Day Parade
CofC's Irish and Irish American Studies program has been invited to march in Charleston's 18th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. The Parade is organized through the efforts of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, the Irish Historical Society, and the Knights of Columbus. The parade begins at St. Patrick's Catholic Church on Radcliffe St., 10am on 17 March, and ends at the Cathedral of John the Baptist. Catholic Mass at St. Patrick's at 8am before the parade. Come on out to King St. and cheer us on!
When?
Tuesday, Mar 17, 2015, 10:00 AM
Where?
St Patrick Catholic Church, Saint Philip Street, Charleston, SC, United States
Exploratory Committee
Cara Delay, History
Joe Kelly, English
Mark Long, Political Science
Moore Quinn, Anthropology
Trish Ward, English
Stephen White, Charleston Historical Society
Email: kellyj@cofc.edu
Location: College of Charleston, George Street, Charleston, SC, United States
Phone: 843-953-4815
Background picture
Flowers greet CofC students to Doolin Pier, July 2013.