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Sunday MiscellanyMeeting Wham, and a Christmas AngelStories of the revolution and the Irish revival, and heroes and heroines of every hue, with Declan Kiberd, Jim Maguire, Mary Hassett, Síobhra Aiken, Ger Fitzgibbon and James Harpur2024-12-1540 min
Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James JoyceBLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEADOur Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyce’s Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". Leaning heavily as always on the wisdom of honorary Bloomcasters Declan Kiberd and Colm Toibin, they cover orchestrated dinner parties, ego death, the circularity of human life, the music of words, and much more.Carrying forth a Bloomcast tradition, they also play a festive game, populating competing dinner parties with characters from Dubliners and Ulysses.Happy New Year (a...2024-01-061h 40
The Shakespeare and Company InterviewBLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEADOur Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyce’s Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". Leaning heavily as always on the wisdom of honorary Bloomcasters Declan Kiberd and Colm Toibin, they cover orchestrated dinner parties, ego death, the circularity of human life, the music of words, and much more.Carrying forth a Bloomcast tradition, they also play a festive game, populating competing dinner parties with characters from Dubliners and Ulysses.Happy New Year (a...2024-01-061h 40The Shakespeare and Company InterviewBLOOMCAST | HOLIDAY SPECIAL | THE DEADOur Bloomcasters reconvene on January 6th, “Joycension Day”, to discuss The Dead : the final piece in Joyce’s Dubliners, described by T. S. Eliot as "one of the greatest short stories ever written". Leaning heavily as always on the wisdom of honorary Bloomcasters Declan Kiberd and Colm Toibin, they cover orchestrated dinner parties, ego death, the circularity of human life, the music of words, and much more.Carrying forth a Bloomcast tradition, they also play a festive game, populating competing dinner parties with characters from Dubliners and Ulysses.Happy New Year (a...2024-01-061h 40
Speeches by President of Ireland, Michael D. HigginsLead paper from Professor Declan Kiberd - Machnamh 100 Seminar VI "Memory, History and Imagination"Broadcast of the sixth in the series of Machnamh 100 seminars, entitled "Memory, History and Imagination"
https://president.ie/en/diary/details/broadcast-of-the-final-in-the-series-of-machnamh-100-seminars-entitled-memory-history-and-imagination2022-11-1829 min
Victorian LegaciesEpisode 33- Dr Richard Jorge Fernandez - Irish Gothic, Galician Literature, and the Problem of LanguageIn this episode I'm joined by Dr Richard Jorge Fernández, who researches into the nineteenth-century Irish Gothic, especially the short story. We talk about how his interest in Irish literature began, and also about his current project which compares Galician literature and Irish literature, due to his own roots, and the similarities in these regions. We think about the issues colonial countries face, as well as immigrants and second-generation immigrants. Specifically, we consider how language comes into play, such as conflicting feelings about parent languages, how people react to hearing different accents, all of which play into the Othering c...2022-08-2048 min
Friends of Shakespeare and Company read Ulysses by James JoyceBonus Bloomcast: Declan Kiberd, author of Ulysses and UsIn this special episode Alice, Lex and Adam geek out with the man who—Joyce aside—has probably been cited more than any other in our podcast: Professor Declan Kiberd. Professor Kiberd is the author of Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living, as well as the introduction to the Penguin Classics official partner edition.Buy Ulysses and Us: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9780571242559/ulysses-and-us-the-art-of-everyday-living*In Ulysses and Us, Declan Kiberd argues that James Joyce's Ulysses offers a humane vision of a more tolerant and decent life under the...2022-06-111h 09
The International Anthony Burgess Foundation PodcastNinety-Nine Novels: Finnegans Wake by James JoyceIn 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess's interest in fiction. This podcast, by the International Anthony Burgess Foundation, explores the novels on Burgess's list with the help of writers, critics and other special guests. For the first episode in our new series, Graham Foster of the Burgess Foundation talks to Enrico Terrinoni about James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, one of the first novels on Burgess's list. Finnegans Wake has a dreamlike, circular narrative, which ostensibly...2022-01-2633 min
The Colophon11. Bloomsyear Centennial Reading Episode 4: CalypsoWe are pleased to present Episode 4 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring Declan Kiberd, Winsome Brown, and Stephen Fry reading Episode IV, CALYPSO of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show2022-01-1949 min
Documentary on NewstalkEvil Literature and CensorshipThis weekend on Documentary on Newstalk, producer Regan Hutchins tells the story of how thousands of books by Irish and International authors were banned in Ireland in the 20th Century.
This documentary assesses the impact of a strict regime of censorship on writers and readers over a 40 year period, leading up to the 1970s and it hears how censorship and self-censorship is not a thing of the past.
Evil Literature and Censorship is presented and produced by award winning producer Regan Hutchins who is joined by Declan Kiberd, Aoife Bhreatnach, Jana Fischerova, Julia Carlson, Andrea Nagle, Noelle Dowling, James Kelly a...2021-05-3048 min
Myths, Mysteries, & MonstersThe Cleary Changeling of IrelandSend us a textIn 1895, 26 year old Bridget Cleary was accused of being a monster by her own husband. Days later, she was missing. Find out what events transpired, why her own family refused to help her, and learn about the monster she was accused of being on today's episode of Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters.If you have a myth, mystery, or monster you'd like us to cover, send an email to MythsMysteriesMonsters@gmail.comAnd if you enjoyed the episode, please subscribe, rate, and review the show!Sources2021-03-2619 min
The ThinkND PodcastUnderstanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 4: The Body and Creative ExpressionEpisode Topic: The Body and Creative ExpressionIn this final week, we return to the dance form as we consider the body in free expression. We will look at W.B. Yeats’ obsession with dancers before discussing the groundbreaking contemporary dance performances by Teaċ Daṁsa. Declan will be joined in the live session by director and choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan.Featured Speakers: Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English and Irish Language and LiteratureMichael Keegan-Dolan, founder of Teaċ DaṁsaRead thi...2021-01-1454 minThe ThinkND PodcastUnderstanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 2: Blindness and InsightEpisode Topic: Blindness and InsightIn week 2 of Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Professor Declan Kiberd explores the theme of Blindness & Insight. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions and listen to the live discussion. In preparation, participants are encouraged (but not required) to read and watch the week 2 excerpts and videos.Featured Speakers: Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English and Irish Language and LiteratureBriona Ni Dhiarmada, Thomas J. & Kathleen M. O’Donnell Professor of Irish Stud...2021-01-1448 minThe ThinkND PodcastUnderstanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 3: The Body in Irish HistoryEpisode Topic: The Body in Irish HistoryThis week, we consider how the body has been represented in Irish culture and society throughout history. From the Great Famine, through the revolutionary period, and into the censored society of the independent state, the body has been starved, threatened, weaponized, and repressed. We look at how W.B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Eavan Boland reassess the body in Irish history. Professor Declan Kiberd will be joined by art historian Dr. Eimear O’Connor during the live discussion.Featured Speakers: Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Mari...2021-01-1453 minThe ThinkND PodcastUnderstanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Part 1: The Body & MindEpisode Topic: The Body & MindIn this segment, Professor Declan Kiberd will situate the series within our current collective experience of the coronavirus pandemic as daily attention is drawn to the vulnerability of our bodies. Introducing readers to two major Irish authors, James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, Kiberd will explain how their work invites readers to interrogate the body and its relationship to the mind, to pain, to history, and to creative expression.Featured Speakers: Declan Kiberd, Emeritus Donald and Marilyn Keough Professor of Irish Studies and Professor of English and Ir...2021-01-1451 min
Comics' BooksS2E1 - Stuart GoldsmithThe podcast about what funny people read...Comics Books returns for Season 2. In this episode, podcasting legend and stand-up Stuart Goldsmith joins Lucy Danser to discuss some of his favourite books.At the beginning of the pandemic Stuart invented an online chat show format called The Infinite Sofa that's really fun and atmospheric. Since then he's hosted 50 of these online shows, and now he's offering it to businesses to solve your online xmas party problem! Go to www.virtualofficeparty.co.uk to find out more!...2020-10-3134 min
Davis Now LecturesDeclan Kiberd on librariesDeclan Kiberd on how writers Catherine Cookson, Thomas McCarthy and Frank O'Connor began their love of books in their local libraries and the once stultifying moral censorship of the Irish library system - from 'The University of the People' 2002 series marking the 100th anniversary of Carnegie Libraries in Ireland.2020-06-0300 min
Your Gateway to Endless Possibilities to get Full AudiobookUlysses: Penguin Classics Audiobook by James JoyceListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 382191
Title: Ulysses: Penguin Classics
Author: James Joyce
Narrator: Patrick Gibson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 32:43:02
Language: English
Release date: 09-26-19
Publisher: Penguin Books LTD
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Literary Fiction, Classics
Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin.
This Penguin Classic is performed by Patrick Gibson, known for his roles in The OA, The Tudors and The Passing Bells. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Declan Kiberd
'Everybody knows now that Ulysses is the greatest novel of the century' Anthony Burgess, Observer
Following the events of one single day in...2019-09-268h 43
AnalysisIrish QuestionsVoters and politicians in Britain claim to be perplexed that economic and political relations between the UK and the Republic of Ireland seem to be decisive in determining the course of Brexit. They shouldn't be, argues Edward Stourton. A glance at the history of the countries' relations since the Acts of Union in 1800 helps to explain the situation.
From at least the time of Catholic Emancipation in the 1820s, political, social, cultural and economic issues on the island of Ireland have influenced and shaped politics at Westminster. The point is that MPs and others at Westminster have seldom appreciated...2019-02-2528 min
Top 5 BooksDeclan Kiberd on his Top 5 Books2018-06-1300 min
Documentary on One PodcastDocArchive (1997): Mexican JournalJohn S Doyle describes life in Mexico as he travels through Mexico City and Oaxaca encountering different people and hearing their stories. John also speaks to UCD's Declan Kiberd on his unusual meeting with former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. (1997)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2016-09-1038 min
Top 5 BooksDeclan Kiberd on his Top 5 Books2016-04-1734 min
AbbeyTheatreThe Theatre of Memory Symposium - Prof. Declan Kiberd on 'Disappearing Ireland?'Prof. Declan Kiberd on 'Disappearing Ireland?' at The Theatre of Memory Symposium at the Abbey Theatre.
[18 January 2014]2014-02-141h 10
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County LibraryHugo HamiltonHugo Hamilton's novel 'Hand in the Fire' offers a compelling and original view of contemporary Ireland through the harrowing experience of a Serbian immigrant entangled in a web of violence and deceit. In this programme, excerpts are read by the author and he is interviewed by Professor Declan Kiberd before an audience at County Hall, Dún Laoghaire. The podcast was recorded on 30 March 2010.2010-12-2000 min
UCDscholarcastScholarcast 13: Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday LivingIn this episode Declan Kiberd reads the closing chapter of his latest book Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living published by Faber and Faber. Kiberd shows that Ulysses, far from being the epitome of elitism, was always intended as a book for the common people. It was rooted in their experience and offers a humane vision of a decent life under the dreadful pressures of the modern world. Leopold Bloom, the book’s hero, shows the young Stephen Dedalus how he can grow and mature as an artist and as a tolerant, adult human being. Bloom has learned to...2009-06-0529 minUCDscholarcastScholarcast 13: Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday LivingIn this episode Declan Kiberd reads the closing chapter of his latest book Ulysses and Us: The Art of Everyday Living published by Faber and Faber. Kiberd shows that Ulysses, far from being the epitome of elitism, was always intended as a book for the common people. It was rooted in their experience and offers a humane vision of a decent life under the dreadful pressures of the modern world. Leopold Bloom, the book’s hero, shows the young Stephen Dedalus how he can grow and mature as an artist and as a tolerant, adult human being. Bloom has learned to...2009-06-0500 min