Dear Colleagues

As part of the Craig Dobbin Legacy Programme, and in collaboration with schools and centres across UCD, the Centre for Canadian Studies is pleased to host the Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholars Seminar Series. As scholars from UCD and Canada will be visiting until the end of June 2026, seminars will be announced in several instalments.

Our first set of seminars is now confirmed and you will find the details below.

Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholars Seminar Series

Round 1, Spring 2025

Prof. Danielle Clarke, UCD School of English, Drama & Film
Editing Old Texts for New Readers:
The Poetry of Anne, Lady Southwell (1574-1636)
Wednesday, 19th of February @ 5pm in C218 Newman Building
In association with UCD School of English Drama and Film and Dalhousie University

Zoom Link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/63232950977?pwd=NpsEIEtvit1fht4SuH8Ot9PLDa8jSd.1
Meeting ID: 632 3295 0977 Passcode: 070257

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Prof. Philip Branigan, Department of Linguistics
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Lecture 1
Interrupted Synthesis and Head-movement in Ahtna (Dene)
Tuesday, 4th of March @ 5pm in B210, Newman Building

Zoom Link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/63235430244?pwd=9bnrfXnvliBEegS2kr6xGONDgLHtWi.1
Meeting ID: 632 3543 0244 Passcode: 972921

Lecture 2

Are Old Irish Verbs Templatic?
Thursday 6th of March @ 4 pm in B210, Newman Building
In association with UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore

Zoom Link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/66137832988pwd=uW55WQLPFizJUITgZqvvm4pK8QWu5b.1
Meeting ID: 661 3783 2988 Passcode: 929051

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Dr. Lindsay Thistle, Wilfrid Laurier University
'Canada Connecting the Past to the Present: Myths and Memory in Canadian Plays about World War II’
Wednesday, 24th of April @ 12pm in K114
In association with UCD Centre for War Studies

Zoom Link: https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/63016570591?pwd=lZerHO5qlKdDJqRAt37SX8X8dTOB2H.1
Meeting ID: 630 1657 0591 Passcode: 938217

We look forward to seeing you at these exciting talks.

Best wishes,
Paul Halferty,
Director,
UCD Centre for Canadian Studies

Tiber Falzett,
Deputy Director,
UCD Centre for Canadian Studies