February 2015 Cork branch activities resume in February 2015 and we are looking forward to an exciting Spring programme, details of which can be found on the right. We are always looking for new members and all up to date notices can be found on the Classical Association website (www.classicalassociation.ie) and the Facebook page. Jennifer O’Donoghue
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION OF IRELAND
Spring 2015: Cork *Tuesday, 3 March, 7.30pm, Room 2.02 in the O’Rahilly Building, UCC Colmán Ó Clabaigh OSB (Glenstal Abbey) ‘Monks and their books in late medieval Ireland: with reference to a recently re-discovered 14th century copy of Aristotle’s On the Nature of Animals and other texts from St Mary’s Cistercian Abbey, Dublin.’ *PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE AND DAY
CAI DUBLIN The Dublin Branch programme for the academic year 2014-15 started in September with the branch AGM and the annual keynote lecture, entitled ‘Viewing Ireland through Rome-tinted Spectacles in Renaissance Italy’ by Dr Eric Haywood from the UCD School of Languages and Literatures. It was a fascinating talk which highlighted Ireland’s ‘Otherness’ for Renaissance Italians schooled in the prejudices of classical authors. Members who could not attend the lecture can read up on the topic in Dr Haywood’s new book, Fabulous Ireland - Ibernia Fabulosa: Imagining Ireland in Renaissance Italy (Peter Lang, 2014). In October, the branch hosted the Presidential Address of Peter Fallon, CAI President for 2014, who used his lecture, ‘Inscribing Ages: On the Arts of Translation’, to discuss his work as a poet, publisher, and translator, in particular his translation of Virgil’s Georgics for the Oxford World’s Classics series (Oxford 2009). In November, there was a branch lecture by Dr Eoghan Moloney from the Department of Ancient Classics at Maynooth on ‘Heroes and History: Homer, Heracles, and Alexander the Great’, an excellent exposition of the scholarly myths which surround the early history of Macedonia. In December, there was a branch lecture by Dr Rob Sands from the UCD School of Archaeology on ‘The Wooden Small Finds from Vindolanda’, a meticulous survey and analysis of various wooden items, from wheel spokes to barrel fragments, found at the wellknown site on Hadrian’s Wall.
Monday, 13 April, 7.30pm, Cork Educational Support Centre (opposite the main gates of UCC) Dr Máire Geaney ‘Things we did not know about carpentry in Roman Britain and Ireland.’ Monday, 11 May, 7.30pm, Cork Educational Support Centre (opposite the main gates of UCC) Members’ Papers: a diverse range of ten-minute papers given by five branch members on topics of their choice.
Branch lectures have been well attended, and for one talk we had the enviable problem of having too many people for the chairs in the room. But at present we do not have a full Branch committee, and we really do need help from one or two more people. In particular, we are looking for a Minutes Secretary, a Public Relations Officer, and an Education Officer to liaise with CAI-T. If you would like to join the committee to contribute to the smooth running of the branch, please make contact with our President Brian O’Connell (01-848 0957), Vice-President Isabella Bolger (isabella.bolger@gmail.com), or the Treasurer Liam Bairéad (liambairead@gmail.com). Dr Alexander Thein
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