Dr Frances McCormack appointed director of the Graham Greene International Festival 2014

Dr Frances McCormack appointed director of the Graham Greene International Festival 2014
The Graham Greene International Festival is an annual four-day event of conference papers, informal talks, question and answer sessions, films, dramatised readings, music, creative writing workshops and social events. It is organised by the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust, and takes place in the writer’s home town of Berkhamsted, on dates as close as possible to the anniversary of his birth. Its purpose is to promote interest in and study of the works of Graham Greene.

Dr Frances McCormack became a trustee of the Graham Greene Birthplace Trust last October and will deliver a paper at this years’ Festival.

 

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Gerard Quinn

Gerard Quinn is the Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at the NUI Galway School of Law. Called to the Irish Bar in 1983, he holds a masters (LL.M.) and doctorate in law (S.J.D.) from Harvard Law School.

His specialization is international and comparative disability law and policy.

He is a member of the Irish Human Rights Commission and helps co-ordinate the work of National Human Rights Institutions worldwide on disability issues. He led the delegation of Rehabilitation International (RI) during the UN Working Group that elaborated the basis for the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

He has worked in the European Commission (as a civil servant), and held a number of posts such as Director of Research for the Irish Government’s Law Reform Commission and Vice President of the European Committee of Social Rights (Council of Europe). He sits on various advisory boards dealing with disability law and policy issues such as the Commonwealth Secretariat, SOROS-OSI (Washington, DC), Disability Rights Fund (Boston, MA), European Foundation Centre Consortium on Disability(Brussels), European Coalition for Community Living (London), Interights (London).

In January 2012 President Michael D. Higgins appointed Professor Quinn to the Republic of Ireland’s Council of State.

Teaching Interests
Disability law & policy
Comparative disability law
Judicial activism

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2011/2012 The focus of this course is on international, regional and national law reform of legal capacity laws. Key issues include supported decision making and the assessment of legal capacity.: Legal Capacity Law and Policy
2011/2012 : Foundational Theoretical Framework in Disability Law and Policy
2011/2012 An overview of various regional approaches to disability law and policy as a way of transposing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and as a way of stimulating region-wide reform. : Regional Disability Law and Policy

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Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh

Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh is Professor Emeritus in History and former Dean of Arts and Vice-President of the National University of Ireland, Galway. A former member of the Senate of the NUI and of the Irish-US Fulbright Commission, and a former Cathaoirleach of Údarás na Gaeltachta, Professor Ó Tuathaigh has published widely – in Irish and English – on many aspects of modern Irish history.

Teaching

HI263 Government policy and economic development since 1922
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One unit of the First Year History course

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19th-and 20th-c. Irish and British history; 20th-c. and contemporary European history; modern imperialism; the history of ideas

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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS.

Do you have a passion for the Arts? Are you a theatre lover? Do you like meeting new people? Would you like to learn the in’s and out’s of Festival Management? Maybe you have some free time and would like to meet like-minded people. If so, we at Scripts would LOVE to have you join our scripts-family! Whether you have some time to offer in the run up to the event or would like to get involved in the event itself, we can find a role that will match your availibility, interest and abilities.
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We also welcome theatre and writing students, or students of marketing & event management to come onboard and get some hands-on experience.
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To get involved, email us as scriptsireland@gmail.com outlining your availibility and telling us a little about yourself. It promises to be a fun-filled week, and we value greatly the contribution of all members of our team. As a token of appreciation, volunteers will recieve tickets to a festival event as well as festival staff discounts on all workshops and events. Look forward to hearing from you and close with some wise words….

” The best way to find yourself, is to lose yourself in service to others”.

—Mahatma Gandhi

Bath Novel Award

http://bathnovelaward.co.uk/ New international novel contest with £1000 1st prize. C/d 28 Feb ’14 Shortlist Judge: Juliet Mushens, Literary Agent at The Agency Group. 5000 words + synopsis

ACTORS WANTED!! by Scripts Ireland’s Playwriting Festival

Scripts

Ireland’s Playwriting Festival

http://www.scriptsireland.com

 

ACTORS WANTED!!

♦ AUDITIONS AT BIRR THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE ON:

Thursday, August 1st 7:00-9:30pm

 

♦ AUDITIONS OPEN TO ALL AGES. C.V. & HEADSHOTS WELCOMED,

BUT NOT REQUIRED. PREPARED PIECE OPTIONAL.

 

♦ SCRIPTS DEBUTS AT BIRR THEATRE & ARTS CENTRE,

CO. OFFALY FROM SEPTEMBER 8th – 14th

 

♦ ACTORS TO PERFORM IN A REHEARSED READING OF NEW

15 MINUTE PLAYS ON SATURDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER AT 8PM.

 

 

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Scripts is a festival dedicated to new Irish plays—the writing of them, the development and nurturing of them. 4 selected plays will benefit from a professional development process where they will be mentored by professional playwright Eugene O’ Brien in an exciting workshopping process. They will then be rehearsed and performed as Staged Readings on Saturday the 14th of September.

 

Scripts will be casting an ensemble of actors to bring our exciting new works from page to stage. We are looking for men and women of all ages, to get involved in this unique acting process. The new plays will be presented as Staged Readings at the headline event of the festival ” Scripts New Plays:The Performance” on Saturday September 14th 2013. The performance will be judged on the night by a panel of professional playwrights and guests on the night will include directors and producers from leading Irish theatre companies.

 

Rehearsals will take place in Birr Co. Offaly between Sunday, September 8th and Saturday September 14th. Rehearsal schedules will be organized around actor/director availability where possible, with day and evening rehearsal slots available for all plays.

 

For more info check out our website at http://www.scriptsireland.com and our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/scriptsireland

 

Please email scriptsireland@gmail.com with cv’s, headshots, or any questions.

 

We look forward to seeing you on the the 1st of August!!!
Look forward to hearing from you,
The Scripts Team
http://www.scriptsireland.com

An exciting opportunity for a theatre director to join the team at the Abbey Theatre with their Resident Assistant Director Scheme! http://ow.ly/nqgtt

Juliet Mushens

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“Without new writers we have no business. Today’s slushpile author could be next year’s number one bestseller. Every successful writer started out where you are now – and if they can do it, so can you.” – Juliet Mushens, Literary Agent at The Agency Group Ltd and Judge of The Bath Novel Award 2014
Before becoming a literary agent, Juliet worked in fiction marketing and editorial at HarperCollins, after reading history at Cambridge. She is always looking for new voices and earlier this year conducted an eleven-publisher auction, resulting in a six figure deal, for ‘The Miniaturist’, a debut novel she picked off the slush pile and which she has sold in 30 territories since April.

Another slushpile find for Mushens was THE FIRE SERMON by Francesca Haig which just sold to HarperVoyager for 6 figures at 6 way auction. The film rights have been pre-empted by Dreamworks and the rights have also sold in Turkey with auctions in Spain and Italy, all within a fortnight of Mushens submitting the novel to publishers.
Juliet was shortlisted for the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2013 and was one of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars of 2012. Juliet also regularly fields up to 500 questions in her @mushenska #askagent sessions on Twitter

Booktrust feature: A typical day in the life of agent Juliet Mushens

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Barry O’Leary was appointed Chief Executive Designate of IDA Ireland in October 2007. He took over the role of CEO from Sean Dorgan on January 1st 2008. Prior to this appointment he was Divisional Manager of the IDA’s LifeSciences and Information and Communications Technology business units. Mr. O’Leary has worked in IDA for over 30 years in most of its business areas including two periods, 1983-1991 and 1995-2002 in Germany, latterly as Director of Europe.

On his return to Germany in 1995 he was responsible for running IDA’s offices in Stuttgart and Düsseldorf which covered Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. He subsequently became Director of Europe and centralised IDA’s German offices into Frankfurt. During this period he was closely associated with winning major projects from companies such as Bertelsmann, SAP, Deutsche Bank, Lufthansa, Kostal, Allianz and a number of key Italian financial services Institutions.

On his return to Ireland in late 2002 Mr. O’Leary was initially appointed Divisional Manager Pharmaceuticals and Biopharmaceuticals and a member of the IDA’s Executive Committee. His responsibilities were increased in 2004 to include the LifeSciences and
Information and Communications Technology areas.

He has been deeply involved in changing the profile and raising the value of Ireland’s
inward investments over the past ten years, focusing on building capability in strategic sectors such as lifesciences and information and communications technology.

Mr. O’Leary led IDA teams in winning significant investments from a number of key clients such as Lilly, Pfizer, Centocor, Boston Scientific, Cordis, IBM, Kelloggs, Merck, Citi, Cisco Systems and Facebook among others.

Under his leadership in 2010, IDA launched its strategy blueprint, Horizon 2020. The strategy document articulates how IDA will attract the next wave of sophisticated FDI
over the coming decade. It highlights the importance of global mega-trends, economic geopolitical changes and technology roadmaps which will influence where IDA can capitalise on the opportunities that they present.

Barry O’Leary held a number of different positions in industrial companies prior to joining
IDA Ireland, including Nestle and the Smurfit Group. He is a Board Member of Forfás.