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Judging Shaw at Columbia University, New York

When

Monday, April 16, 2018, 16:00 - 19:30

Where

Columbia University, New York - The Heyman Centre - Butler Library, Rooms 522/523

Tickets

Free but ticketed

Join us for a roundtable, a keynote lecture by Fintan O'Toole, and an exhibition of Judging Shaw

Judging Shaw is the title of both an exhibition produced by the Royal Irish Academy and the National University of Ireland at Galway and a new biography by the renowned journalist and literary scholar Fintan O’Toole. To mark both book and exhibition, Irish and US scholars will discuss the life, work, politics, celebrity, and legacy of George Bernard Shaw.  

4.00-5.30 p.m. Roundtable: 'Shaw, our contemporary?' Participants include Catriona Crowe (chair), Ruth Hegarty, Barry Houlihan, Lucy McDiarmid, Adrian Paterson, and Keri Walsh.  

6.15-7.30 p.m. Keynote Lecture: 'GBS Versus Ireland: Bernard Shaw and Irish Nationalism' by Fintan O’Toole.

Both events are free but booking is essential. For more information and to book your tickets, visit The Heyman Centre.

The touring exhibition based on Judging Shaw by Fintan O'Toole will be on display at the Heyman Centre in April. 

 

Also by Fintan O'Toole (ed.)
Modern Ireland in 100 Artworks
A History of Ireland in 100 Objects

PublicationsJudging ShawPublic LectureExhibition

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