We welcome all to our free lectures at CUNY Graduate Center and Lehman College, CUNY. Our lecture series is underwritten by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
and the Irish National Lottery supported by the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange (Fulbright Commission).

ZOOM LECTURES

The Irish Language Program at Lehman College paused the lecture series as a result of the pandemic. We encourage our past participants to attend on-line lectures at other local and international universities and organizations. Click on On-line Events above for a list of events in the Irish language.

PAST LECTURES

Thursday, 10 October 2019 @ 2:00pm: Talk and reading by Tomás Ó hÍde of his recently published monograph, Seáinín Tom Sheáin: From Árainn to the Silver Screen. Room 313, Music Building, Lehman College, Bronx, NY. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu .

Monday, 1 April 2019 @ 7:30pm: “Focal ar fhocal: Tráchtann an t-úrscéalaí Anna Heussaff ar a saol scríbhneoireachta”. Lecture by Irish Author Anna Heussaff (Talk will be given in the Irish language; no translation services will be available.) Room 4419, CUNY Graduate Center. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 2pm: Irish Author Anna Heussaff will speak in English at Lehman College, CUNY, (Music Building, Room MUS 313) on the following topic, “Writing and thriving in Irish: novelist Anna Heussaff’s guide to contemporary Irish language writing.” This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu .

Friday, 12 April 2019 @ 7:30pm: “Corpas Litríochta na Gaeilge sa Naoú hAois Déag: Amharc Domhanda”. Lecture by Dr. Nicholas Wolf, New York University (Talk will be given in the Irish language; no translation services will be available.) Room 3212, CUNY Graduate Center. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Friday, November 16, 2018 @ 7:30pm: Irish-American Book Club—Book of the semester: 1014: Brian Boru & the Battle for Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn (2014) – Discussion in English lead by Prof. Janet Butler Munch. Room 9207, CUNY Graduate Center. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Friday, October 19, 2018 @ 7:30pm: Prof. Brendan Kane of the University of Connecticut will give a lecture on the topic of “Teaching, learning, and researching Early Modern Irish (c. 1200-1650) in a digital age” in Room 9207, CUNY Graduate Center. This lecture will take place in the English language. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Friday, September 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm: Prof. Natasha Sumner of Harvard University will give a lecture on the topic of “Fionn and the Storytellers: The Fenian Cycle in Gaelic Folklore” in Room 9207, CUNY Graduate Center. This lecture will take place in the English language. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 @ 7:00pm: Diarmuid de Faoite will discuss his career as actor and author with focus on writer Pádraic Ó Conaire in Room 9207, CUNY Graduate Center. This lecture will take place in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 11:00am: Dr. Art Hughes will speak in English at Lehman College, CUNY, (Room 306, Music Building) on the following topic, “Douglas Hyde’s lecture: On the necessity of de-anglicising Ireland: text and subtext”.

Tuesday, November 1, 2016 @ 4:15pm: Prof. Tomás Ó h-Íde (Ihde) will present a lecture entitled, “The Gramophone Recordings of Seainin Tom Sheain”. The presentation in the English language will take place in Room CA-301, Carman Hall, Lehman College, CUNY. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu .

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 @ 7:00pm: Prof. Alan Titley and Micheál Ó Conghaile will read from their most recent Irish language books and a discussion will follow in Room C202, CUNY Graduate Center. The reading will take place in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Monday, April 20, 2015 @ 7:00pm: Dr. Deirdre Ní Chonghaile from the Aran Islands, Co. Galway, will speak at the CUNY Graduate Center (Room 3309) on the following topic, “Amhráin in Pennsylvania, 1884-1935: Bailiúcháin an Athar Domhnall Ó Morchadha.” The lecture will be given in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Tuesday, April 21, 2015 @ 11am: Dr. Deirdre Ní Chonghaile from the Aran Islands, Co. Galway, will speak in English at Lehman College, CUNY, (Room 313. Music Building) on the following topic, “Sean-nós song in Pennsylvania, 1884-1935: the Rev. Daniel J. Murphy Collection.” This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Refreshments will be provided.

Monday, February 9, 2015 @ 7:00pm: Prof. Ríonach Uí Ógáin from University College Dublin, will speak at the CUNY Graduate Center (Room 3309) on the following topic, “Cró na Snáthaide: léargas ar thaighde agus ar chartlann Bhéaloideas Éireann.” The lecture will be given in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 @ 11am: Prof. Ríonach Uí Ógáin from University College Dublin, will speak in English at Lehman College, CUNY, (Room 313. Music Building) on the following topic, “The Eye of the Needle – an overview of recent research and the archival process in Irish folkloristics.” This is a free event. Please RSVP to irish.studies@lehman.cuny.edu . Refreshments will be provided.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 @ 6:30PM—Maura Mulligan (Author—Call of the Lark) Graduate Center-CUNY. The lecture will be given in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to tomas@lehmangaeilge.org . Photo ID required for entry into the CUNY Graduate Center at 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. We will be meeting in Room 8301.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013 @ 6:30pm: Dr. Louis de Paor, Director of the Centre for Irish Studies at the National University of Ireland, Galway and Fulbright Scholar at NYU will give a lecture at the CUNY Graduate Center on his research concerning the writings of Irish language poet Liam Seosamh Gógan. The lecture will be given in the Irish language and there will be no translation services available. This is a free event. Please RSVP to tomas@lehmangaeilge.org .

Monday, April 8, 2013 @ 6:30pm: Dr. Ríona Nic Congáil from St. Patrick’s College, Dublin City University, will speak at CUNY Graduate Center in Irish on the following topic, “Codladh Céad Bliain: Éabhlóid Litríocht Ghaeilge na nÓg.”

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 @ 6pm: Dr. Conchúr Ó Giollagáin from the National University of Ireland, Galway, will speak in English at Lehman College, CUNY, (Room 306 Music Building – Recital Hall) on the following topic, “Reality and aspiration in language identity in Ireland: Cultural transformations since independence.”

Monday, March 11, 2013 @ 6:30pm: Dr. Conchúr Ó Giollagáin from the National University of Ireland, Galway, will speak in Irish at the CUNY Graduate Center (Room 8106) on the following topic, “An dóchas agus an dúshlán i bhféiniúlacht teanga na hÉireann: Claochluithe cultúrtha sa ré iarchoilíneach.”

Tuesday, December 4, 2012: Máire Ní Neachtain from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, spoke at Lehman College, CUNY, in English to an audience of over 40 attendees on the topic of “The Road Ahead: An Ghaeltacht as a bedrock for Irish-speaking communities of the future?”. We heard much excellent feedback from participants and refreshments were enjoyed by all afterwards in the Music Building.

Monday, December 3, 2012: Máire Ní Neachtain from Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, spoke at CUNY Graduate Center in Irish to an audience of about 20 attendees on the topic of “An Ród seo Romhainn: An Ghaeltacht mar fhoinse do phobail Ghaeilge amach anseo?” It was great to have so many fluent Irish speakers together in one room and refreshments and conversation were enjoyed afterwards at Brendan’s Pub around the corner.

Monday, November 12. 2012: Rhona Ní Chearbhaill our 2012-2013 Visiting Lecturer spoke at CUNY Graduate Center in Irish to an audience of about 15 attendees on the topic of “‘Fill Arís’: Léargas liteartha agus eitneagrafaíochta ar an aisimirce go ceantar Gaeltachta Chonamara”. She spoke of her current research in the area of return immigration to the Gaeltacht areas and the lecture was well received by those in attendance.