2021 Events

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December 1st 2021: Bridging the Atlantic III. (In-person and online). The third annual symposium on Ireland, Europe, and the Transatlantic relationship. More Info. Video here.

Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places, and artist Katie Holten

November 14, 2021: Is it About a Bicycle?: Writers in Conversation IV. Online Event). Featuring Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin Places, and artist Katie Holten. More Info. Video Here.

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November 8, 2021: Northern Ireland: Pasts, Presents, and Futures (virtual event). Politicians, historians, and youth leaders come together 100 years after the Government of Ireland Act went into force to discuss the claims of history, the challenges of the present, and the shape of the future in Northern Ireland. More Info. Video here.

Cover of Nicholas Allen's Book

October 26, 2021: Seatangled: A Conversation on Irish Literature, Modernism, and the Sea (Online Webinar): A conversation inspired by the publication of Nicholas Allen’s book considering the implications for Irish literature of reading from the standpoint of the sea, the ocean, and the coast. More Info. Video Here.

Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Wild Laughter, in photo montage with Mona Awad

October 1, 2021: Irish Voices (Online Event): Caoilinn Hughes, author of The Wild Laughter, in conversation with Mona Awad. In association with Politics & Prose Bookstore, Solas Nua, and the Embassy of Ireland. More Info. Video here.

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September 8, 2021: Irish Voices (Online Event): Prize-winning author Colm Tóibín discussing his new novel, The Magician. In association with Politics & Prose Bookstore, Solas Nua, and the Embassy of Ireland. More Info. Video here.

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July 19, 2021: Irish Voices (Online Event): Author in conversation: Nuala O’Connor and Alice Miller. Presented in association with Politics and Prose Bookstore, Solas Nua, and the Embassy of Ireland. More info. Video here.

Christine Dwyer Hickey in conversation with curator Leo

June 20, 2021: Is it About a Bicycle?: Writers in Conversation III (Online Event): Christine Dwyer Hickey in conversation with curator Leo Mazow. More info. Video Here.

April 22, 2021: Voices of Change: paradigm shifts in the arts (Online Event): Part Two: Art & Activism (Virtual Event). More Info. Video Here

Image of Nelson Mandel Displayed in Kilmainham Gaol

April 7, 2021: Roundtable on South Africa, Ireland, and Postcolonial Comparison (Online Event). More info. Video Here.

Image of Pat Collins and Sara Baume

March 28, 2021: Is it About a Bicycle?: Writers in Conversation II (Online Event): Writer Sara Baume in conversation with filmmaker Pat Collins. More Info. Video Here.

February 11, 2021: Voices of Change: Paradigm Shifts in the Arts (Online Event): Part One: Feminist Interventions. More Info. Video Here.

January 28, 2021: Republic of Shame: Ireland’s Culture of Secrecy (Online Event): a conversation with authors Caelainn Hogan and Caitriona Palmer. More Info. Video Here.

January 24, 2021: Irish Voices (Online Event): Kevin Barry, author of That Old Country Music in conversation with Mark O’Connell. Presented in association with Politics and Prose Bookstore, Solas Nua, and the Embassy of Ireland. More Info. Video Here.

January 19, 2021: Yeats Now: why we still need W.B. Yeats’s poetry (Online Event): A celebration of Joseph Hassett’s new book, featuring Lisa Dwan, Paula Meehan, Teri Cross Davis, Ambassador Daniel Mulhall, and more. More Info. Video Here.

January 19, 2021: Irish Voices (Online Event): a conversation Gabriel Byrne, author of Walking with Ghosts. Presented in association with Politics and Prose Bookstore, Solas Nua, and the Embassy of Ireland. More Info. Video Here

January 17, 2020: Is it About a Bicycle? Writers in Conversation I (Online Event): Adrian Duncan in conversation with Artist and Curator Michele Horrigan. More Info. Video Here.