posted Oct 26, 2011 11:38 AM by Leslie Murdock
The Irish Literary & Historical Society
is pleased to present a lecture titled:
"John Ford: Irish American
Filmmaker"
by acclaimed film scholar Joseph McBride
on Sunday, November 20 at 4:00 PM at the United Irish Cultural Center. McBride
will lecture on the life and work of John Ford, one of the greatest
film directors of all time, presenting a complex and fascinating
portrait of a troubled and conflicted artist and man. Born John Feeney
of Galway-immigrant parents, he was an Irish outsider in Yankee New England.
He began working in the film industry in 1914 as a studio ditch digger,
but was soon acting in films and, a few years later, directing them. By
the early 1930s, he had achieved considerable artistic and commercial
fame with "The Informer", and went to create the iconic Western films
for which he is best known. McBride will present clips from some of
Ford's greatest films. Joseph
McBride is an internationally renowned film historian and biographer
who has published fourteen books on film. McBride’s books include the
acclaimed biography "Searching for John Ford", hailed as the definitive
biography of the great American director by both the New York Times and
the Irish Times. The French edition of the Ford biography, A la
recherche de John Ford, won the “Best Foreign Film Book of the Year”
award from the French film critics' organization, le Syndicat Français
de la Critique de Cinéma, in 2008.
McBride is an associate professor in the Cinema Department at San Francisco State University, where he has been teaching screenwriting and film history since 2002.
The lecture is free to ILHS members. A $5 donation is asked of non-members.
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posted Oct 9, 2011 7:12 PM by Leslie Murdock
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Why the 19th Century Irish Novel in English, isn’t
Matthew Jockers Ph.D.
Stanford University Lecturer
Sunday, October 30th, 4pm
United Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th
Avenue, San Francisco
The Irish Literary &
Historical Society is pleased to present as guest speaker Stanford University
scholar Matthew Jockers Ph.D. at our meeting on Sunday October 30th, at
4:00PM. Dr. Jockers will talk about his
work text-mining 4500 Irish, British, and American novels from the 19th century. In his research he utilizes text mining
techniques to extract thematic and stylistic data and uses this information to
explore, explain, and detail the ways in which the 19th century Irish novel (in
English) is distinct from the British and American novel of the same period.
Dr. Jockers is a Lecturer and
Academic Technology Specialist with the Department of English at Stanford
University. He splits his time between
Humanities Computing and Irish Studies.
Much of his current work involves what he calls
"macroanalysis," a sort of computer based text analysis designed for
exploring large collections of literature. In Irish Studies, Jockers focuses on
Irish-American fiction and is interested in the largely forgotten stories of
Irish-Americans in the West. Recent publications include an essay profiling
Kansas-Irish author Charles Driscoll and a survey of Irish-American literature
in the San Francisco Bay Area. This event is free for ILHS members, $5 suggested
donation for visitors.
Tony Bucher
President
Visit the Patrick
J. Dowling Library, ground floor of the UICC, 3-4pm October, 30th.
For more information
contact Valerie McGrew vtmcgrew@comcast.net 415-672-0375.
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posted Jul 18, 2011 3:05 PM by Leslie Murdock
Sunday, September 18, 4pm at the
United Irish Cultural Center Our speaker will be the ever
popular and entertaining
Irish Broadcaster and author Myles Dungan.
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posted May 11, 2011 9:24 PM by Leslie Murdock
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The Irish Diaspora:
Irish Visitors, Irish Émigrés, and Irish-Americans
William
M. Chace
Professor Emeritus,
Stanford University
Sunday,
May 22nd, 4pm
United Irish
Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco
The
Irish Literary & Historical Society is pleased to present as guest speaker William M. Chace, Emeritus
Professor of English at Stanford University, at
our meeting on Sunday May 22, at 4:00PM.
While everyone
knows about the massive migration, over the years, of the Irish people to America,
and while everyone knows about the ways in which the demographic realities of
this continent have been shaped by that migration, questions abound:
- The
Irish come, but few return. Why?
- More
Irish women than men have immigrated. Why?
- Today,
as in the past, Irish writers have strongly given shape and definition to
“English literature” but many of those writers, as well as other Irish artists,
have chosen to live abroad and not in their native land. Why?
- If
language defines the culture of a country, what is the fate of Irish as a
language in Ireland? And has that language been involved as part of the
Irish Diaspora?
In
addition to serving as Emeritus
Professor of English at Stanford University, Dr. Chace is also the former
president of Wesleyan University and Emory University. He is a James
Joyce scholar and teaches courses on Joyce, W. B. Yeats and other Irish
writers. This
event is free for ILHS members, $5 suggested donation for visitors.
Tony Bucher
President
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The Irish
Literary & Historical Society of the SF Bay Area is a 501(c)(3 non-profit Tax ID 26-2921516
Keening
and the Merry Wake:
Irish Rituals of lament
Mary
McLaughlin,
Musican and scholar
Sunday,
May 1st, 4pm (New date)
United
Irish Cultural Center, 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco
The Irish Literary and Historical
Society welcomes scholar and musician Mary McLaughlin on Sunday May 1st, at
4:00PM. Ms. McLaughlin will focus on a
topic with deep roots in ancient Ireland: the rituals of lament, and
specifically keening. Keening has been in practice from the very early times of
the Irish people, is descended from sacred songs of the distant past, and has
evolved in sometimes uneasy co-existence with Christian rituals through the
years. To McLaughlin, the rosary and keening represent the perfect
synthesis of Christian and pagan culture.
Actual records of early Irish rituals and song are non-existent, so
historians like McLaughlin have had to make deductions from the first accounts
available, such as those penned by English visitors to the Irish countryside in
the 18th Century, and much later by the Irish Folklore Commission of the
1930s.
McLaughlin is a singer-songwriter
who is steeped in the Gaelic song tradition of Ireland. She records,
performs and teaches workshops in singing skills, performance technique and
Gaelic song and culture. Today she directs the Cor Aingli, a Gaelic language
Community Choir in Santa Cruz. During
the latter years of her education she pursued the academic study of music and
ritual, and focused her Master’s thesis on Irish ritual chants and song. This event
is free for ILHS members, $5 suggested donation for visitors, also the UICC
restaurant is open Sunday evening for dinner, reservations recommended.
Tony Bucher
President
Save
the Date: Sunday May 22nd, 4pm,
Guest Speaker Bill Chace Ph.D., Stanford University; The Irish Diaspora: Irish Visitors, Irish Emigres, and the Irish-Americans
February 25, 2011 THE IRISH IN THE 1930s: BUILDING THE NATION Dr. Emilie Pine Lecturer in Drama, University College Dublin Friday, February 25, 2011, 7:30 p.m. United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco
The
Irish Literary & Historical Society is pleased to welcome Dr.
Emilie Pine, Lecturer in Drama, University College Dublin, and Visiting
Irish Fulbright Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr.
Pine will speak on the subject of her current research, The Irish in
the 1930s, a decade when the new State was busy building itself both
ideologically and physically. Through considering the built environment
alongside the social and political culture, she believes, we can
understand Ireland—and the Irish—in this period more clearly and deeply
than before.
Dr. Pine has published widely on Irish theatre and
film, regularly reviews for Irish Theatre Magazine, and has contributed
essays to various collections, including Irish Cultural Memory (2009)
and Ireland in Focus: Film, Photography and Popular Culture (2009). Her
book The Politics of Irish Memory: Performing Remembrance in
Contemporary Irish Culture was published in November 2010 by Palgrave
Macmillan. She is Assistant Editor of the Irish University Review.
Please
join us in welcoming Dr. Pine as guest speaker on February 25th. Her
presentation will be followed by a Q&A and a social with coffee,
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posted Apr 13, 2011 10:12 AM by Leslie Murdock
posted Feb 1, 2011 10:45 PM by Leslie Murdock
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Annual St. Patrick’s Banquet
Marines’ Memorial Club 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Sunday, March 13, 2011 6 p.m Cocktails, 7 p.m. Dinner
Guest Speaker: Dermot Keogh, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of History University College Cork
“TAOISEACH JACK LYNCH, IRISH POLITICS AND THE WAY FORWARD”
The Irish Literary & Historical Society is honored to welcome Professor Dermot Keogh as guest speaker at the annual St. Patrick’s Banquet on Sunday, March 13, 2011.
Professor Keogh, a member of the Royal Irish Academy, is Emeritus Professor of History, University College Cork and Visiting Professor, University of Montana at Missoula. A distinguished and renowned international scholar and lecturer, he is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles---and also a past ILHS speaker and a contributor to the ILHS publication, The Irish in the San Francisco Bay Area: Essays on Good Fortune.
His biography of Jack Lynch, who was Taoiseach between 1966-1973 and 1977-1979, was published in 2008. He will speak to us about how Lynch handled a grave political crisis in 1969 and discuss his relevance for the contemporary electoral debate in Ireland.
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posted Dec 1, 2010 2:50 PM by Leslie Murdock
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The Bard of Erin:
The Life of Thomas Moore
Ronan Kelly, scholar
and author
Friday,
January 28, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
United Irish
Cultural Center
2700 45th
Avenue, San Francisco
The Irish Literary and Historical Society is pleased to
welcome Dr. Ronan Kelly, Dublin scholar and author, as guest speaker at our
January meeting. He will talk about the
extraordinary life of Thomas Moore, subject of his recent, highly acclaimed
book, discussing not only the famous Irish Melodies, but also some of the lesser-known
aspects of Moore’s life, including his travels in the U.S., his scandalous
early verses, and the strange episode of a duel with a critic over a bad
review.
Dr. Kelly holds a doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin and
is a former Fulbright Scholar and past recipient of a Pforzheimer Award from
the Keats-Shelley Association of America.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kelly as guest speaker on
January 28th. His
presentation will be followed by a Q&A, our annual business meeting, and a
social with coffee, tea, and traditional Irish breads.
Kathleen Cogan Kovach
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posted Sep 25, 2010 9:25 AM by Leslie Murdock
“In His Own Words:
Who and When was St. Patrick?”
Daniel Melia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Celtic Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Friday, October 29, 2010, 7:30 p.m. United Irish Cultural Center 2700 45th Avenue, San Francisco
The Irish Literary & Historical Society is pleased to welcome Daniel Melia, Professor of Rhetoric and Celtic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, as  guest speaker at our meeting on October 29, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. In his presentation, he will talk about the historical St. Patrick—who he really was and when he lived—through a close examination of Patrick’s own writings. Daniel Melia received his B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has been teaching at UC Berkeley since 1972 and has lectured and published extensively both in the United States and abroad.
Please join us in welcoming Professor Melia as guest speaker on October 29th. His presentation will be followed by a Q&A and a social with coffee, tea and traditional Irish breads.
Admission is free to members and a suggested donation of $5 is requested for non-members.
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