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Irish-themed night at MUN
Dr. Christopher Loomis, vice-president (research and international relations),
is hosting an event titled Ireland: Past, Present and Future on Thursday,
March 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Reid Theatre, main floor, Arts and Administration
Building. The evening will feature presentations by Dr. Peter Hart, Canada
Research Chair in Irish Studies, and Dr. David Stewart, Vector Aerospace
Chair in Irish Business Studies.
Dr. Hart studied at Queen's, Yale and Trinity College, Dublin and, before
coming home to Newfoundland to teach in Memorial’s Department of
History, taught at Queen's University Belfast. He is the author of The
I.R.A. and Its Enemies (awarded the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial
Prize) and British Intelligence in Ireland. He is currently completing
a biography of Michael Collins.
Dr. David Stewart is a professor of marketing in the Faculty of Business,
specializing in international marketing and exporting. He has taught at
the University of Westminster (England); University of Paisley (Scotland);
Strathclyde University (Scotland); Athabasca University (Canada) and the
University of Regina (Canada).
Dr. Hart’s talk is titled What Michael Collins Learned at Business
School and Dr. Stewart will present Ireland: Celtic Tiger or Mouse that
Roared?
The event is open to the public and there will be a reception following
the presentations. For more information, contact Deborah Inkpen at 737-4073
or e-mail inkpend@mun.ca.
English undergrads host conference
For the first time in its 23 year history, the Annual Atlantic Undergraduate
English Conference was held at Memorial University last weekend. Over
50 delegates from across Atlantic Canada presented academic and creative
works during the three-day conference. Conference participants also had
the opportunity to partake in panel discussions relating to the field
of English, creative workshops offered by local writers Bernice Morgan
and Lisa Moore and various social activities, including a pot luck banquet
to be hosted by the School of Graduate Studies. Details are available
at www.ucs.mun.ca/~d85jrs.
Books sought for scholarship sale
The Canadian Federation of University Women is now accepting donations
of books for their annual book sale in April. Proceeds go to scholarships
for MUN. For information or to arrange pick up of books, please call 368-5062
or e-mail graceh@roadrunner.nf.net
Harvey lecture features archaeologist
Memorial University will host archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Cooney, from University
College Dublin, for its Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecture Series
2003. Dr. Cooney’s lecture is titled, Lambay, the Archaeology of
an Irish Sea Island. This is a public lecture, and all are welcome to
attend. It will take place on Thursday, April 3, at 8 p.m. in A-1046 of
Memorial University’s Arts Building.
Dr. Cooney is a lively and informative speaker whose research is well-known
in Ireland in both academic and public circles. He has been involved in
a number of significant research projects. In recent years he has excavated
Neolithic (early farming) sites on Lambay, a small island off the coast
of Dublin. In particular he has focussed on Lambay’s role as a quarry
for ground stone axes, which were important items of material and ritual
significance in Ireland during the Neolithic.
In addition, his Irish Landscape Project traced the evolution of the Irish
landscape from Mesolithic hunting and gathering times to the Neolithic
with its highly visible monumental architecture. Dr. Cooney is founding
editor of the popular glossy magazine Archaeology Ireland and
has authored several books on Irish archaeology. Recently Dr. Cooney spent
several weeks in Newfoundland studying the organization of community archaeology
projects in this province. This research, done in collaboration with Memorial
University, was funded by the Ireland Newfoundland Partnership.
Festival 500 is coming
The choral legacy that began in 1997 lives on this year. Choirs from 10
countries will be in St. John's to perform at Festival 500 Sharing the
Voices June 29-July 6. Organizers are looking for volunteers willing to
help out and home stay hosts willing to open their home to out of town
choristers. For information please contact Adele Petten, Coordinator Festival
Programs at 709-738-6029 or e-mail information@festival500.com.
VP search committees being formed
Advisory committees are being recruited to search for successors to Vice-President
(Academic) Evan Simpson and Vice-President (Administration and Finance)
Wayne Thistle, both of whom have announced their decisions to retire later
this year. The details of the two processes, the composition guidelines
for each of the committees, and information on how to nominate committee
members – including staff, students, faculty and community members
– will be posted on the Web at www.mun.ca/president
shortly. Interested persons are invited to submit nominations by the respective
deadlines.
