16 May 2012 |
Senate House Library Friends
Carlos Galvis (Institute of Historical Research): 'Following the traces of the London and Paris railways: the Transport holdings of the Goldsmiths' Library' To historians and contemporaries alike the transformation that London and Paris experienced during the nineteenth century as a result of the building of railways was unprecedented. But what other histories can we trace when we enter the world of the Goldsmiths' Library? The talk will attempt to give a provisional answer by expanding the horizon of London and Paris to remote geographies, longer histories and other means of transport. Attendance free, all welcome. If you would like to attend please contact Library Office, Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; tel. 020 7862 8411.
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17 May 2012 |
John Coffin Memorial Irish Studies Lecture
'Samuel Beckett - Mystic' by Professor Declan Kiberd (University of Notre Dame) A lecture exploring the problem of pain, authorship and godhead in Beckett's Murphy, Waiting for Godot, and The Unnameable. Declan Kiberd is the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies, at the English Department and Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame. Previously, he was chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin (UCD). In 1979 Declan Kiberd joined UCD as lecturer in Anglo-Irish literature, having taught English previously in the University of Kent at Canterbury (1976-7), and Irish in Trinity College Dublin (1977-9). He was appointed Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at UCD in 1997. He has also been Director of the Yeats International Summer School (1985-7), Patron of the Dublin Shaw Society (1995-2000), a columnist with the Irish Times (1985-7) and the Irish Press (1987-93), the presenter of the RTE Arts programme, Exhibit A (1984-6), and a regular essayist and reviewer in the Irish Times, TLS, London Review of Books and the New York Times. Free and open to the public, and followed by a wine reception. If you would like to attend please contact Jon Millington, Institute of English Studies: jon.millington@sas.ac.uk ; tel +44 (0)207 664 4859.
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17 May 2012 |
John Coffin Memorial Irish Studies Lecture
'Samuel Beckett - Mystic' by Professor Declan Kiberd (University of Notre Dame) A lecture exploring the problem of pain, authorship and godhead in Beckett's Murphy, Waiting for Godot, and The Unnameable. Declan Kiberd is the Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies, at the English Department and Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies, University of Notre Dame. Previously, he was chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at University College Dublin (UCD). In 1979 Declan Kiberd joined UCD as lecturer in Anglo-Irish literature, having taught English previously in the University of Kent at Canterbury (1976-7), and Irish in Trinity College Dublin (1977-9). He was appointed Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama at UCD in 1997. He has also been Director of the Yeats International Summer School (1985-7), Patron of the Dublin Shaw Society (1995-2000), a columnist with the Irish Times (1985-7) and the Irish Press (1987-93), the presenter of the RTE Arts programme, Exhibit A (1984-6), and a regular essayist and reviewer in the Irish Times, TLS, London Review of Books and the New York Times. Free and open to the public, and followed by a wine reception. If you would like to attend please contact Jon Millington, Institute of English Studies: jon.millington@sas.ac.uk ; tel +44 (0)207 664 4859.
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23 May 2012 |
Senate House Library Friends Book Talk
cancelled
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06 June 2012 |
Senate House Library Friends Book Talk
Two stories by Arthur Conan Doyle (‘The Adventure of the Empty House’ and ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’), led by Dr. Emelyne Godfrey, freelance writer, author of Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature (Palgrave, 2010). In these stories, Conan Doyle’s great detective grapples with some slippery enemies, not least because the criminals he faces have the outward appearance of being gentlemen. This reading group discussion will explore the role of the nemesis as a hook in bestselling fiction and will consider some of the fears that Conan Doyle’s genteel villains represent, such as the threat of foreign violence and the disintegration of the self. In the process, we will be investigating related themes, including the use of physiognomy to portray character and the ideal of manliness. One major topic will be physical culture at the turn of the century: indeed Holmes’s greatest weapon against his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, is arguably his knowledge of a martial art, ‘bar[t]itsu’, which is attracting growing academic interest. Attendance free, all welcome. If you would like to attend please contact Library Office, Senate House Library, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU; tel. 020 7862 8411.
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12 June 2012 |
Senate House Library Friends Book Talk
The Thirty Nine Steps, by John Buchan, led by Dr Kate Macdonald
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