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Victorian Values: What’s The Obsession?

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Since the bulk of my summer reading has revolved around the early Victorian period, I have come across the idea of ‘Victorian Values’ a lot and thus it has forced me to reflect on their appeal in a time of terrorism, twitter trolls and a turbulent economy in the 21st Century.

When David Cameron became PM of the coalition in 2010, the white paper drafted shortly after expressed his desire to ”dismantle big government and build the big society in its place”. Many people understood this as a throwback to 19th Century civic culture that emphasised home-grown industry, laissez-faire and the promotion of self-reliance. This perhaps over-ambitious nostalgia caused controversy among many critics who argued it was simply not possible, and even dangerous to look to the past in order to solve a list of growing problems. However, what is interesting is why people are obsessed with the era enough…

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Thoor Ballylee opens for Yeats’s birthday!

Thoor Ballylee

The Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society is delighted to announce that Thoor Ballylee will open as promised for Yeats 150^th birthday celebration on Saturday 13^th June. Visitors, scholars, and the local community will be able to view that winding gyring stair once again, thanks to all your support, eagerness and goodwill.

Our official opening will take place in Thoor Ballylee, Gort Co.Galway from 16.00-18.00, 13th June. Minister Jimmy Deenihan, Joseph Hassett and Senator Healy Eames, Chair of the Yeats Thoor Ballylee Society will open the event. This is a public event to which you are very welcome. You can also view it on facebook.

You are also welcome to join other Yeats Celebrations taking place in the vicinity on the same day:

1. Kiltartan Gregory Cultural Society Picnic Enjoy a recital by Coole Music Ensemble, poetry reading by local school children, face painting for the younger generation and a Trad session with Gaillimh…

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‘Ranks’ – A New Exhibition by Limerick City Archives

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Ranks – A Limerick Industry (Exhibition)

The Limerick City Archives in collaboration with the Hunt Museum has launched a unique exhibition this evening (Tuesday) on the former Ranks Flour Mills titled RanksA Limerick Industry.  This exhibition is a collaboration between Limerick City Archives and the Hunt Museum and is based on the stories, memories and contributions of former Ranks workers and their families.

Ranks Flour Mills and grain ships were a crucial part of Limerick life over a span of several decades and it’s legacy provides an excellent example of life and work in Limerick’s recent past.

Through interpretative panels, installations, photographs, documents, industrial equipment and memorabilia the story of the working and social life of the Ranks workers is told. The exhibition will run from 13^th March – 31^st May 2012 at the Hunt Museum on Rutland St.

The acquisition of the Limerick Mills by Ranks…

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Arts and Human Rights Summer School NUI Galway | 9-11 July 2015

alway International Summer School
on the Arts and Human Rights

 

“Belonging”

 

Exploring the intersection between the arts and human rights

The first Galway International Summer School on the Arts and Human Rights will take place from 9–11 July 2015 in National University of Ireland, Galway.  Co-directed by Prof. Michael O’Flaherty, Director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights and Dominique Bouchard, Curator at the Hunt Museum, it will bring together arts practitioners with human rights activists and scholars to explore their shared space.  Events will take the form of panel discussions, exhibitions and performances.

The global theme for 2015 will be “Belonging”.  The Summer School will consist of keynote addresses, plenary discussions, and themed discussions on three parallel tracks – literature and human rights; the visual arts and human rights; and music and human rights.  The opening speaker will be the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Cultural Rights, Farida Shaheed.

For further information contact the following email address : artsandhumanrights@gmail.com.  You can follow this Twitter account  @AHRGalway for further updates.

The summer School is also featured on the Irish Centre for Human Rights Facebook page.