James Joyce event, Ireland House, NYU, Feb. 23rd, 8:00

James Joyce & John Millington Synge Lecture

(it's also your opportunity if you're interested in Joyce to meet members of and join the James Joyce Society of NYC)

For your information please note Professor Anne Fogarty -- the president of the International James Joyce Foundation -- will be speaking at Ireland House on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.

Those of you who have heard her speak on Joyce know no other comments are necessary. If you haven't then permit me to share my viewpoint: Professor Fogarty -- professor of James Joyce studies at University College Dublin and director of the James Joyce Research Center -- is part of a rare breed: a common sense communicator who holds penetrating ideas about Joyce and delights in sharing her intense research in an easy-to-follow style. A list of her publications is shown below.

This presentation focuses on reviewing the words of Joyce and John Millington Synge, the Irish playwright, poet and prose stylist. It is entitled: "Contesting the Literary Revival: James Joyce and John Millington Synge." If you identify yourself as a member of the James Joyce Society there is no charge.

Space at Ireland House, as many of you know, is limited. Call or send an e-mail to reserve a seat at this major Joycean event. Ireland House is a part of NYU and is located in Manhattan at
1 Washington Mews (a few doors from the corner of 8th Street and Fifth Avenue). Their e-mail address is: ireland.house@nyu.edu A phone call to 212 998 3950 also insures a seat at the session.

Professor Fogarty was editor of the Irish University Review (2002-2009), co-editor with Timothy Martin of Joyce on the Threshold (2005), co-editor with Morris Beja of Bloomsday 100: Essays on Ulysses (2009). She is currently writing a study of the historical and political dimensions of Ulysses, entitled James Joyce and Cultural Memory: Reading History in Ulysses.