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SUMMARY:Frederick Douglass and His Songs of Resistance Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, January 14\, 2021\n7:00 p.m. | Free\nCelticMKE YouTube Channel \nSpeaker: Dr. Christine Kinealy\, Professor of History and Founding Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University\, CT\nTopic: Frederick Douglass and His Songs of Resistance \nIn addition to CelticMKE’s January 16 Virtual Symposium: Connections in Irish and African American Experiences\, CelticMKE and the UWM Center for Celtic Studies proudly present their annual Chuck Ward Memorial Lecture. \nDr. Christine Kinealy explores a little known fact about Frederick Douglass – his love of music\, with opening remarks from the Irish Consulate General of Chicago\, Kevin Byrne \nSince completing her PhD at Trinity College in Dublin\, Christine Kinealy has worked in educational and research institutes in Ireland\, England and\, more recently\, in the U.S. In September 2013\, Professor Kinealy was appointed the founding Director of Ireland’s Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Professor Kinealy has published extensively on modern Ireland\, her books include This Great Calamity. The Great Famine in Ireland (1995 and 2007)\, Frederick Douglass and Ireland. In his own words (2018) and Black Abolitionists in Ireland (2020). In 2017\, she received an Emmy for her contribution to the documentary\, “The Great Hunger and the Irish Diaspora.” \nThe Chuck Ward Memorial Lecture is a collaboration between CelticMKE\, home of Milwaukee Irish Fest\, and the Center for Celtic Studies at University of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee\, in honor of Chuck Ward’s contributions to the Irish community in Milwaukee. The event is also sponsored by Associated Bank.
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SUMMARY:Connections Between African & Irish American Experiences Symposium
DESCRIPTION:CelticMKE presents a virtual program that will showcase the similarities between African & Irish American experiences through four presentations from leading experts. The event is free to tune-in and sponsored by Associated Bank. \nThe program is FREE to tune into and will premiere on our CelticMKE YouTube Channel. Subscribe here:\nhttps://bit.ly/CMKEYT \nTopics:\nTen Abolitionists Who Visited Ireland – Dr. Christine Kinealy\nLeaving Home in Search for a Better Life – Gerard Moran and Robert Smith\nEqual Rights Heroes – David Greenberg and Tim McMahon\nTwo Roads Diverged: Irish and African American Common Grounds through Music\, Dance\, & Humor – Leni Sloan & Mick Moloney \nSchedule & Descriptions of Presentations:\nhttps://celticmke.com/CelticM…/Irish-African-Symposium.htm \nIn addition to the January 16 Virtual Symposium\, CelticMKE and the UWM Center for Celtic Studies proudly present their annual Chuck Ward Memorial Lecture. The lecture will premiere on January 14 at 7:00 p.m. Central on our YouTube channel and will be available to watch for free. The topic is “Frederick Douglass and His Songs of Resistance” with Dr. Christine Kinealy. \nThis virtual program is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. The program is also in collaboration with the African American Irish Network Diaspora\, the UWM Center for Celtic Studies. The presenting partner is Associated Bank.
URL:https://urbanmilwaukee.com/event/connections-between-african-irish-american-experiences-symposium/
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CATEGORIES:Arts & Entertainment,History,Virtual
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