Welcome (back) September 2013
A warm welcome from the School of English to all our new students, Freshman, Visiting and Postgraduate. We’re delighted to have you with us. Please remember that our doors are open, so if you have questions or concerns in the first few weeks, come in and talk. And welcome back to all our continuing students – we hope you had a great summer and managed to read a few good books along the way. There’s a lively semester ahead so do keep an eye on the School of English website and on Facebook for news and events. And finally, best wishes to the wonderful School of English staff -- here’s to a happy and successful academic year.
News & Announcements
- Brave New Worlds? From Shakespeare's Globe to Global Shakespeare
Professor Alexander Huang will be giving a talk entitled "Brave New Worlds? From Shakespeare's Globe to Global Shakespeare" on October 10th from 6pm in the Emmett Theatre in the Arts Building. All are welcome to attend. Alexander Huang is Professor of English, Theatre, and International Affairs, Department of English, George Washington University, Washington D.C. (U.S.A.) and Research Affiliate in Literature at MIT, Cambridge, MA (U.S.A.). The talk will discuss how and why Shakespeare's plays have become a subject of global reach and importance. Prof. Huang is the author of the award-winning "Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange" (Columbia University Press) as well as many journal articles and book chapters on the topics of Shakespeare, intercultural performance, and globalization. He is also the Editor of Palgrave Macmillan's "Global Shakespeares" series , a General Editor of the Shakespearean International Yearbook; Performance Editor of the Internet Shakespeare Editions; and co-founder and co-director of Global Shakespeares digital archive.
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The School of English and Trinity Long Room Hub are running twelve lectures on the Beatles albums and their cultural significance-- speakers include Ryan Tubridy on Revolver, Paul Howard (author of the Ross O'Carroll Kelly books) on Sergeant Pepper, and 60s rock icon Donovan on the White Album. The talks are each Monday at 7pm in the Long Room Hub, beginning Monday 23rd September with Trinity’s Professor of Education Mike Grenfell on the Beatles' first album, Please Please Me. Free and open to all: for details contact Darryl Jones drjones@tcd.ie or Daragh Downes downesda@tcd.ie, and see http://thebeatlesin12movements.blogspot.ie/
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Seamus Heaney, 1939-2013
I know that all the students and staff of the School of English, both past and present, will join me in grief over the loss of Seamus Heaney. We are grateful for his extraordinary kindness to us over the years, and for the inspiration he leaves with us. Our deepest sympathy to his family and friends.
Dr Eve Patten, Head of School.
‘In a cold where things might crystallize or founder
His story quickened us, a wild white goose
Heard after dark above the drifted house.’
(Glanmore Sonnets vi, from Field Work, 1979)
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