NEW BOOK: Theatre and Politics in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

Applied Theatre, Social Change, and Political Advocacy By Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill University of Exeter Press Theatre has played an important role in post-conflict northern Ireland, where it has been used by artists, communities, and organisations as a tool for political advocacy. This book provides an up-to-date assessment of the state of theatre in northern Ireland since the end of the conflict,

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EVENT: Theatre, politics, and community advocacy in northern Ireland after the conflict

Dr Dónall Mac Cathmhaoill  Open University (UK) Wednesday, 19 March 2025 | 14:00 (Nicosia) | 12:00 (Dublin) Department of English Studies University of Cyprus Register for Zoom attendance here. Throughout the recent conflict in Ireland (1968-1998), the thorny and often conflicting issues of rights, identity and aspiration between the main traditions in the north of Ireland were explored in works

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NEW BOOK: From the ‘Troubles’ to Trumpism – Ireland and America, 1960–2023

By Stephen Watt | Anthem Press | September 2024 Delves into the past to illuminate the present, using literature and historical insights to understand the complex relationship between Ireland and the United States and its implications for modern politics. In Shakespeare Our Contemporary (1964), Polish critic Jan Kott defines one purpose of scholarship in the humanities that summarises the chief

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CONFERENCE: All Borders Blur

Registration now open for the All Borders Blur Conference – November 11 & 12, London & Virtual All Borders Blur: Mapping Intersections and Genre Crossings in UK Spoken-Word Poetries Since 1965 is a two-day academic conference co-organised by the FWF/ERC-funded project Poetry Off the Page together with Queen Mary University of London and the University of Vienna. The conference investigates

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