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Aspects of the supernatural in medieval Irish and Welsh Tradition

Professor Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Maynooth University will deliver the annual public lecture of the Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts (ILLCA) at Aberystwyth University on Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 6pm. The lecture entitled, ‘Strange people, strange places: aspects of the supernatural in medieval Irish and Welsh tradition’ will draw on Professor Ó hUiginn’s extensive expertise in medieval Irish and Welsh literature. Professor Ó hUiginn is a graduate of University College Dublin where he studied Welsh alongside Modern and Medieval Irish, and Queens University Belfast where he obtained his doctorate. No stranger to Aberystwyth, Ó hUiginn previously served the university as external examiner in Welsh and Celtic Studies. He is the current Chair of Modern Irish at Maynooth University, where he is also Head of the School of Celtic Studies, and a member of the Royal Irish Academy. He is Chair of the Royal Irish Academy’s Foclóir Stairiúil na Nua-Ghaeilge (Historical Dictionary o...

‘The Politics of Spirit: Bringing the Arts to bear on the world at large’

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‘The Politics of Spirit: Bringing the Arts to bear on the world at large’. That's the title of a public lecture by award winning poet and playwright Damian Gorman at Aberystwyth University. The second annual public lecture for the Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts (ILLCA) will be hosted by Aberystwyth Arts Centre in Theatr y Werin on Monday 20th April 2015 at 7.00pm. ‘The Politics of Spirit: Bringing the Arts to bear on the world at large’, will be presented by Northern Irish poet and playwright Damian Gorman who has been described as "Ireland's best-kept secret". Damian Gorman’s work has garnered many awards over the past 25 years, from a Better Ireland Award to an MBE; a Golden Harp to a BAFTA. His verse documentary for BBC 2 Devices of Detachment - which explored the role of non-combatants in the Troubles - was hailed in the national press as "a television masterpiece", and his innovative recent series of online poems Considerat...