Theme: Innovation and the Humanities

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Andrews Auditorium
Geddes Hall
422 FlannerHall
Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
United States

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill

Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill is one of the most popular Irish poets writing today. Her work draws upon themes of ancient Irish folklore and mythology, combined with contemporary themes of femininity, sexuality, and culture. Born in Lancashire, England in 1952 to Irish physicians, Ní Dhomhnaill was sent to live with relatives in the Irish speaking areas of Counties Kerry and Tipperary at the age of five. She studied English and Irish at UCC in 1969 and became part of the 'Innti' school of poets. In 1973, she married Turkish geologist Dogan Leflef and lived abroad in Turkey and Holland for seven years. One year after her return to Co. Kerry in 1980, she published her first collection of poetry in Irish, An Dealg Droighin (1981). She subsequently became a member of Aosdána. Her works include Féar Suaithinseach (1984); Rogha Dánta/Selected Poems (selected translations with parallel text 1986, 1988, 1990); Pharaoh's Daughter (selected translations with parallel text 1990); Feis (1991); The Astrakhan Cloak (selected translations with parallel text 1992), The Water Horse (selected translations with parallel text 1991) and The Fifty Minute Mermaid (2007). Selected Essays appeared in 2005.

Patrick McCabe

McCabe is one of Ireland’s foremost contemporary writers. He is the recipient of numerous literary awards and he was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction (one of the most prestigous international awards for literature in English) in 1992 and 1998. Out of the dark comedy characteristic of much of Irish literature, McCabe has carved out a unique genre he calls “bog gothic.” His novels The Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto have been adapted into sucessful major motion pictures. His recent novel Winterwood has received wide critical acclaim.

Chris Clark

Chris Clark works in the Learning Technology Lab at Notre Dame, helping faculty integrate technology into courses. He also edits the blog "NspireD2" and teaches Applied Multimedia. A few years he facilitated the Faculty Learning Community on Virtual Worlds, and ever since then he has been trying to build interest in serious games at Notre Dame. Chris holds degrees from Cornell and the University of Rochester