Fifth Leverhulme Public Lecture
 Dr Alison Younger, University of Sunderland gave the fifth in the 2009/10 Sunderland
Leverhulme Lecture Series on Wednesday 3rd June 2009.
The topic was 'To Buy or Not to Buy or As You Hype It: Advertising on the Dublin Stage from 1742 to 1898'. You can see the video of the lecture on the ‘Consumer Culture, Advertising and Literature in Ireland, 1848-1921’ web site. See video. |
Fourth Leverhulme Public Lecture
Dr Stephanie Rains, NUI Maynooth delivered the fourth in the 2009/10 Sunderland
Leverhulme Lecture Series on Wednesday 29th April 2009.
Her topic was: 'The development of
Modern Consumer Culture in Dublin: Department Stores and the Irish industrial Exhibition of
1853'.
See project Details. |
St Patrick's Day Celebrations
On March 17th NEICN provided a day of events beginning in Sunderland Central Library. There was storytelling, Irish dancing from Inchigeelagh, a display of posters from the Leverhulme project and a poetry reading by Professor Willy Maley.
In the evening, Prof Maley gave the third Leverhulme public lecture and Aos Dana provided musical entertainment in Varsity. Click here for the gallery. |
Third Leverhulme Public Lecture
Professor Willy Maley (University of Glasgow) delivered the third public lecture on 17th March 2009.
It was entitled: 'Look
Back in Hunger: Ireland in Famine's Wake from Munster to The Maze, or The Faerie Queene to Steve McQueen ' |
Second Leverhulme Public Lecture
Dr Helen O’Connell (University of Durham) delivered the second public lecture on 3rd December 2008.
It was entitled: 'The Irish Novel and
Consumer Culture in the Nineteenth Century' |
