Origin Theatre Company Artistic Director George C Heslin Glucksman Ireland House NYU ire house door Presents "Who Do We Think We Are?: Ireland and Irish America" Saturday, April 17th, 9am to 4:30pm
...at Glucksman Ireland House NYU
and NYU's Jurow Lecture Hall in the Silver Center,
100 Washington Square East
Join a day-long program exploring Irish and Irish-American genealogy, literature, language, history, and science.
Participants include:
William Kennedy,
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist (Ironweed)
Alice McDermott,
National Book Award-winning novelist (Charming Billy)
John Patrick Shanley,
Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and director (Doubt); Academy Award-winning screenwriter
Professor Dan Bradley of Trinity College Dublin
, foremost scientist in discovering Irish genetic history; established Professor Henry Louis Gates's Irish genes for PBS' African-American Lives documentary series
· Brian Donovan,
Dublin-based heritage research specialist; CEO of Eneclann
Niall Burgess, Consul General of Ireland
in New York
&
Loretta Brennan Glucksman,
Chair of Glucksman Ireland House Advisory Board
· Faculty of NYU Irish and Irish-American Studies Program
Tickets:
Day Pass: $75
Includes all talks 9am-4:30pm. Does not include VIP reception.
Premium Pass: $100
Includes all talks and the VIP reception with the presenters and faculty of NYU Irish and Irish-American Studies.
Members of Glucksman Ireland House receive a 25% discount.
Please contact Glucksman Ireland House for the discount code via ireland.house@nyu.edu or (212) 998-3950 (option zero). Become a member today.
To purchase tickets, click on SmartTix.com or call SmartTix at (212) 868-4444.
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Board of Directors
Cassis S Farrelly, Tina Santi Flaherty, Brendan Gilmartin, George C Heslin, John Lyons, Aisling Reidy, Antonia Reilly and Aisling Ryan.
Advisory Board
Eva Brune, Robert Dunn, Sharon Fogarty, Sheenagh Gillen and Colette Morris