Friday May 9, 2008 
Center for Celtic Studies Graduation Ceremony
"The 'Quiet Man' and the Subversion of Sentimentality"
Michael Gillespie, Louise Edna Goeden Professor of English, Marquette University
Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business, Room N130, 3202 N. Maryland Ave., UWM Campus, 4:30-6:30pm
Professor Gillespie is a specialist in James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and modern British literature and criticism and is the author of numerous books, including Ulysses and the American Reader (2004); The Importance of Being Earnest: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Criticism (2006); and The Picture of Dorian Gray: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Criticism (2006).
Massive Movie Mondays, County Clare, 1234 N. Astor, 8:30pm
January 28, Quackser Fortune has a Cousin in the Bronx
February 11, Rob Roy
February 25, Goldfish Memory
March 10, Small Faces
March 24, When Harry Met Trudy
County Clare, 1234 N. Astor, 8:30pm
February 15-17, 2008
Sean Nós Weekend
Our annual weekend of workshops in Sean Nós song and dance, immersion classes in Irish language at all levels, concerts and sessions with our renowned conviviality, companionship and craíc! The Hyde commerative lecture will be presented by best-selling author Danny Cassidy on the Irish language origins of American slang. Reserve your accommodations NOW! We have taken over Milwaukee's famous Irish inn, County Clare for the weekend with a special rate! Book now! 414-229-6520 or email gleeson@uwm.edu. Full program schedule to follow shortly.
Friday, March 7, 2008
José Lanters, Department of English, UW-Milwaukee
Tinkers, Priests, and Fairies: Protestant Nationalist Anxiety in
Three Plays of the Irish Literary Revival1
3:30 - 5:00pm
Curtin Hall 368, 3243 N. Downer Ave., UWM Campus
Friday, March 7, 2008
Professor Mary Waller,
The Princess and the Tower
6:00pm
ICHC, 2133 West Wisconsin Ave.
Before he tried (and failed) to do it to Scotland, "Longshanks" did it to Wales. Edward the First, having engineered the murder of Prince Llywelyn, the last native Prince of Wales, nabbed his beautiful daughter and incarcerated her in a nasty non-Welsh nunnery. Princess Gwen was forced to live out her days in grim isolation from all she loved and yearned for. Nobody relates this historic account of romance, intrigue and fortitude better than Welsh cultural expert Mary Waller. There is a donation of $7.00 suggested and tea and Welsh goodies will be served. Don't miss it !
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Sheila Stewart
Scottish Traveller, bringing songs and stories from the oral tradition of the Travelling People of Scotland.
5:30pm - Reception
6:00pm - UWM Prof. Jose Lanters on the Travelers in Irish Literature
6:30 - 8:00pm - Sheila Stewart with Maureen Jelks, Songs and Stories of the Scottish Traveling People
Green Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave., UWM Campus
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Cross Border Orchestra Ireland
Milwaukee Theatre, 500 W. Kilbourne Ave, Downtown Milwaukee
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Samhain ("Halloween") Party
5:30pm - Reception. Celtic Folk Customs related to Samhain, presented by Celtic Crossings students. Costumes encouraged.
6:30pm - UWM Prof. Bettina Arnold: Murder & Mayhem - Celtic Style: Bog Bodies, Trophy Heads & Wicker Men
7:15pm - Film: The Wicker Man
Hefter Center, 3271 N. Lake Drive, UWM Campus
Monday, November 5, 2007
Film: Whiskey Galore
During World War II, the small Scottish island of Todday is suffering from the most terrible thing they believe could've happened; a wartime shortage of whiskey! Fortunately for the islanders, a ship carrying the precious liquid is wrecked on a reef, and it's up to some enterprising locals to rescue the shipment before British revenue officials confiscate the cargo! Inspired by the S.S. Politician, which sank outside Scotland in 1941, carrying 250,000 bottles of whiskey.
8:30p.m. at the County Clare, 1234 N. Astor.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Joyce and Traditional Irish Song
Fran O'Rourke, National University of Ireland-Dublin
A Traditional Dublin Parlor Entertainment with Fran O'Rourke. The noted Joycian from the National University of Ireland Dublin will preform lead a sing along of the Irish songs, droll and drinking, melodious and melancholic, found scattered throughout the great works of James Joyce.
Reception: 6:30p.m.
Presentation: 7:00p.m.
Location: Hefter Center, 2471 N. Lake Drive
November 19-20, 2007
Film: The Rocky Road to Dublin
7:00pm
Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., UWM Campus. Free admission
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Flight of The Earls Commemoration (Cancelled)
A commemorative evening featuring music, talk and reading from Brian Friel's play Making History.
Green Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave., 6:00pm
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Behind the scenes at the Northern Ireland Peace Process
Johnathan Philips, Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office
11:00 - 12:00
Greene Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave., UWM Campus
The role of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is to support the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in securing a lasting peace, based on the Good Friday Agreement (for more info see http://www.nio.gov.uk/agreement.pdf) in which the rights and identities of all traditions are fully respected and safeguarded and in which a safe, stable, just, open and tolerant society can thrive and prosper.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Irish Revolutionary Women
Bernie Dwyer
7:00 - 8:00pm
Greene Hall, 3347 N. Downer Ave., UWM Campus
September 23-24, 2007
Irish Film The Wind That Shakes the Barley
7:00pm
Union Cinema, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., UWM Campus. Free admission
October 4-6, 2007
Conference of Celtic Women
Irish Cultural and Heritage Center, 2133 W. Wisconsin Avenue
For program and registration information, website: www.conferenceofcelticwomen.org; email: conference@conferenceofcelticwomen.org; phone: (414) 257-3770 (days)
For more information call the Center for Celtic Studies at 414.229.6520 or e-mail gleeson@uwm.edu
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