Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations

All are welcome to an evening you won't forget! All Changed, Changed Utterly: A Decade in Words and Music Tickets, Thu 26 Oct 2023 at 19:30

The Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations Committee and the Maynooth University Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies and Philosophy present, in collaboration with the Maynooth University Research Week 2023, “All Changed, Changed Utterly: A Decade in Words and Music”, a two-hour gala concert celebrating the literature and music that inspired, accompanied, chronicled, and reflected upon the transformative world events that took place between 1912 and 1923. Obscure artistic achievements will be rediscovered, iconic artistic achievements will be reappraised, and the audience will be invited to ruminate on the vital role of the Arts in shaping both the historical events themselves and, one hundred years later, our modern perspective on those events.
Chapters from the decade of commemorations that will feature throughout the concert include the sinking of RMS Titanic, World War One and its immediate aftermath, the arrival of the Roaring Twenties, the achievement of women’s suffrage, the Gaelic Revival and the rise of cultural nationalism, the Irish revolutionary period encompassing the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War and the publication of James Joyce’s Ulysses.
The event will be as insightful as it is entertaining and will showcase the musical and dramatic talents of members of our Maynooth University community and specially invited guest alumni performers, including our much-celebrated Maynooth University Chamber Choir, conducted by Dr Michael Dawson, and sean-nós singing sisters Étáin and Máire Ní Churraoin performing in their greatly admired duo, An Chéad Ghlúin Eile.
The concert will feature dramatic readings from the work of authors including WB Yeats, Augusta Gregory, JM Synge, Francis Ledwidge, Vera Brittain, TS Eliot, Muriel Spark, Seán O’Casey, James Joyce, Pádraic Ó Conaire, Peadar Ó Laoghaire, Máire Mhac an tSaoi, Elizabeth Bowen and Eva Gore-Booth. It will also feature performances of songs including “She Moved Through the Fair”, “Fáinne Geal an Lae”, “Óró Sé do Bheatha Abhaile”, “It’s A Long Way to Tipperary”, “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag”, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, “The Foggy Dew”, “Grace”, “Casadh an tSúgáin”, “Siúil, a Rúin” and “Love’s Old Sweet Song”.

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We have a new blog post! The Teaching and Learning of Practical Chemistry a Century on from the First National Programme Conference was celebrated in an evening meeting held at Maynooth University on October 26th 2022. The event, hosted by the Chemistry Department, supported by the Virtual Labs project and the Royal Society of Chemistry, was generously funded by Maynooth University through the Decade of Commemorations Committee. Read more about it here:

Practical Chemistry in our Schools a Century on from the First National Programme Conference The Teaching and Learning of Practical Chemistry a Century on from the First National Programme Conference was celebrated in an evening meeting held at Maynooth University on October 26th 2022. The…

We are delighted to have a part in supporting this event Celebrating the Teaching and Learning of Practical Chemistry which includes some reflections on the historical teaching of Chemistry in Ireland. Click on the link below to learn more and to register.

Celebrating the Teaching and Learning of Practical Chemistry An Evening Meeting Celebrating the Teaching and Learning of Practical Chemistry A Century On from the First National Programme Conference

The Maynooth University Sexualities and Gender Network recently held a symposium supported by the Decade of Commemorations funds and here is a reflection on how the day went.

Congratulations to all involved!

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The Dublin Festival of History is full of great events including this one which is free and open to all. Two of Maynooth's academics who work on the revolutionary period, Prof Linda Connolly and Dr Jennifer Redmond, will participate in this event held at Trinity College Dublin on 1st October 2022. Check out the link below to find out more details. All welcome!

https://dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/gender-identity-during-irelands-revolutionary-period-irc-supported-research-at-the-dublin-festival-of-history/

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Congratulations to all in the Maynooth University Sexualities and Gender Network who have created a fantastic conference happening this Friday 9th September 2022. With a keynote by noted historian Dr Mary McAuliffe, the line up includes contributions from a range of scholars reflecting on gender and the new Irish Free State.

https://mucommemorations.wordpress.com/2022/09/03/free-for-whom-a-multi-disciplinary-symposium-on-gender-sexuality-and-the-irish-free-state-1922-1937/?preview_id=179&preview_nonce=02e44645a8&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=186

’Free for Whom?’: A Multi-Disciplinary Symposium on Gender, Sexuality and the Irish Free State 1922-1937” As part of the Decade of Commemorations 1912-1922, Maynooth University is reflecting on this revolutionary decade which shaped the course of Ireland’s development as an independent country, as well…

We have a new blog post from one of our Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations awardees, Dr Donal Coffey, who recently brought an international conference to campus reflecting on the interaction between law and history in the age of empires.

Congratulations to all involved!

https://mucommemorations.wordpress.com/2022/08/17/beyond-the-pale-legal-histories-on-the-edges-of-empires/

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