'MICHAEL LONGLEY IN CONTEXT' IS A CELEBRATION AND CRITICAL APPRAISAL
OF THE POETRY OF MICHAEL LONGLEY IN HIS 80TH YEAR. Registration is
free and all events will take place in the Canada Room at QUEEN'S
UNIVERSITY BELFAST unless otherwise noted. A sandwich lunch will be
provided with plenty of vegetarian options. If you have any other
dietary requirements, please contact Dr. Alison Garden. Bursaries are
available for PhDs/ECRs; please contact the organisers for more
information. ‘MICHAEL LONGLEY IN CONTEXT' | PROGRAMME 9.00-9.30AM:
Registration, coffee and welcome
9.30 - 11.00AM: Panel 1 chaired by Fran Brearton.
Florence Impens (University of Manchester): ‘The Interconnectedness
of All Things: Michael Longley's Classical Poems';
Peter McDonald (University of Oxford): 'Michael Longley: "The Linen
Industry"'.
11.00-11.15AM: Coffee break
11.15AM-1.15PM: Panel 2 chaired by Stephen Sexton
Lucy McDiarmid (Montclair State University): ‘Longley Reclining’;
Jack Quin (Trinity College Dublin): ‘Longley, the visual arts and
the Arts Council’;
Adam Hanna (University College Cork): ‘On Carrigskeewaun'.
1.15-2.00PM: Lunch
2.00-3.30PM: Panel 3 chaired by Tara McEvoy
Maria Johnston (Independent Scholar): ‘Longley’s Angels: Michael
Longley’s American Women Poets’;
Alan Gillis (University of Edinburgh): ‘Michael Longley and the
Poetics of “Flora”’.
6PM: Wine reception and poetry reading in the Senate Room: Peter
McDonald, Alan Gillis, Leontia Flynn and Gail McConnell chaired by
Seán Hewitt.
This event is part of a project that has received funding from the
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 797433. The
organisers also gratefully acknowledge funding from the School of
Arts, English & Laguages and the Seamus Heaney Centre, QUEEN'S
UNIVERSITY BELFAST.
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