W.B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies Opening Events 2016

W.B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies Opening Events 2016
"Roger Casement and the 1916 Centenary" Seminar & II  Colloquium of Post-Graduates in Irish Studies
Venue: University of São Paulo
Date: 21 and 22 March 2016

The 2016 W.B. Yeats Chair of Irish Studies Opening Events will comprise the Seminar on Roger Casement and 1916 Centenary as the II Post-Graduate Colloquium of Irish Studies.

Lectures will be delivered by some of the main specialists in the Easter Rising, the historical figure Roger Casement and its relation with Brazil, and other topics related to Irish Studies. Among the guest speakers are:
- Angus Mitchell (University of Limerick), 
- Prof. Luke Gibbons (National University of Ireland - Maynooth),
- Prof. Tina O'Toole (University of Limerick), 
- Prof. Carlos Páramo (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), 
- Prof. Antonio Dimas (Brazilian Institute - USP), 
- Prof. Guilherme de Almeida (Law Faculty - USP), 
- Prof. Leopoldo Bernucci (University of California, Davis), 
- Prof. Maria Helena P. T. Machado (Faculty of History - USP),
- Prof. Dominique Santos (Faculty of History - FURB)
- Prof. Vitor Alevato do Amaral (English\Translation - UFRJ)
- Prof. Elisa Abrantes (English\ UFRRJ)
- Aurélio Michelis (film-maker), 
- Jamie Vásquez Valcárcel (editor of Album de Silvino Santos, Iquitos),
- Claudio Quintino Crow (musician) 

The complete program of the event with all the lectures will be announced soon.

​The Call fo Papers for the II Colloquium of Post-Graduates in Irish Studies, which will take place concomitantly to the Seminar, is now open until March 4. For more information, click here.