THEATRE
Ciclo de leituras e debates: Peças inéditas de George Bernard Shaw
A peça "O Fantástico Reparador de Feridas", de Brian Friel, dirigida por Domingos Nunez, aclamada pela crítica, está agora em nova temporada no Teatro Next, às segundas e terças, às 21hs.
WILLIAM B. YEATS CHAIR OF IRISH STUDIES
On 29th September 2009, the UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (USP), Brazil,
represented by its Vice-President, Franco Maria Lajolo and by the Dean of the Faculty
of Humanities (FFLCH), Sandra Margarida Nitrini, and the EMBASSY OF IRELAND,
in Brazil, represented by the Ambassador Michael Hoey, signed the Agreement for the
establishment of the William B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies to promote further
cooperation between the Embassy of Ireland and the University of São Paulo.
The Chair is coordinated by Professor Laura P. Z. Izarra; Professor Honoris Causa by
the National University of Ireland/Maynooth Munira H. Mutran will be its guest Director.
(Photograph by Ernani Coimbra)
HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
In gratitude for his contribution in the consolidation of Irish Studies in Brazil with the
establishment of the Chair of Irish Studies William Butler Yeats in the Faculty of
Philosophy, Languages and Human Sciences at the University of São Paulo, ABEI
granted an
Honorary Membership to Ambassador Michael Hoey
on September 29th, 2009.
(Photograph by Ernani Coimbra)
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR OF IRISH STUDIES AT USP
The fourth International Seminar of Irish Studies was held at the
on September 14th, 2009. It was sponsored by the Postgraduate Programme of Linguistic
and Literary Studies in English at the Department of Modern Languages, the Brazilian
Association of Irish Studies (ABEI) and Culture
The guest speakers were Fintan O’Toole (journalist and cultural critic of The Irish Times),
Maureen Murphy (
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Fintan O’Toole. "Irish Society and Culture in the 21st. Century"
Maureen Murphy. "Emigration in the 1950s and Colm Tóibín's BROOKLYN"
Wolfgang Zach. "Jonathan Swift : English, Irish and the Anglicisation of Ireland"
Adriana Bebiano.“Notorious: Emma Donoghue’s Women”
Marisol Morales Ladrón. “Between tradition and innovation
in the writings of Deirdre Madden and Emma Donoghue”
Chris Ackerley. “‘Despised for their obviousness’: Samuel Beckett's Dogs.”
Fintan O’Toole interacting with the lecturers
(All photographs of the Seminar are credited to Peter O’Neill)
Teatro
O Fantástico Reparador de Feridas de Brian Friel
Obrigada a todos que participaram...
Palestras sobre Cultura Irlandesa- 2009
O Programa de Pós-Graduação de Estudos Lingüísticos e Literários em Inglês e a Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses os convida a participar do ciclo de palestras e debate:
Quinta-feira 28 de maio - Prédio de Letras- Sala 161:
19h30 Dr. Lance Pettitt (Leeds Metropolitan University). "Screening Ireland 2000-2010".
Sexta-feira 29 de maio- Prédio de Letras- Sala 102:
14:00-15:00 Dr. Luke Gibbons (National University Ireland/Maynooth & Notre Dame University).
"From National to World Literature: How the Irish Revival becomes Modern".
15:00-16:00 Debate with Luke Gibbons and Lance Pettitt.
Lançamento ABEI Journal
Edição Especial de Aniversário
Associação Brasileira de Estudos Irlandeses (ABEI) agradece a participação de todos no lançamento do ABEI Journal em seu 10º. ano de publicação. O evento foi parte do Festival de Cultura Irlandesa, e contou com uma breve apresentação da Profa. Laura Izarra, a que se seguiu a abertura da exposição “Imagens e Palavras”.
Irish Theatre in Brazil
Um Grito no Céu by Vincent Woods - 2008
Cia Ludens, a professional Theatre company founded in 2002 with the sole purpose of translating and staging Irish plays in Brazil was recently granted with financial support to make viable some of its projects.
The company won the ProAC para Incentivos de Festivais de Arte Award by Secretaria Estadual de Cultura to produce a staged reading entitled "Terceiro Ciclo de Leitura: Quatro Textos Curtos e Inéditos de Bernard Shaw". The four texts will be published by Musa Editora, with an introduction by Rosalie Rahal Haddad. Both events will occur in the first semester of 2009.
The company also had its project "O Fantástico Reparador de Feridas" selected for the 13th Cultura Inglesa Festival. Translated from Friel´s original "Faith Healer", it was performed from May 7 to May 10 at Teatro da Cultura Inglesa.
For the second semester, with the facilities of Lei Roaunet and private resources the Company will produce its major project for this year; "Um Grito do Céu", a translation from Vincent Wood's "A Cry From Heaven".
Domingos Nunez is the artistic director of the Company.