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Lecture: Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the Deterioration in UK-Irish relations

UC Berkeley, 201 Moses Hall 201 Moses Hall - UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, CA, United States

The vote by the electorate of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in 2016 came after a campaign in which the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland hardly figured. Within months, however, the 'Irish border problem' was center stage. The deterioration in UK-Irish relations in the…

Bloomsday Celebration: A Reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses

David Brower Center, Tamalpais Room 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA, United States

Irish Studies at Berkeley presents a Bloomsday Celebration To celebrate Bloomsday, the day on which Ulysses is set, Professors from UC Berkeley’s English Department will read passages from James Joyce's famous novel. Introduced by Catherine Flynn and also featuring Dan Blanton, Joshua Gang, Mark Goble, Donna Jones, Katie Synder, and…

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Douglas Hyde in California

UC Berkeley, Wheeler Hall 322 Wheeler Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States

To mark the release of the new edition of "Douglas Hyde: My American Journey," the editors of Douglas Hyde's newly published diary and travelogue across North America shed light on his time and experiences at Berkeley and San Francisco and what they tell us about the local Irish community before…

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