First Thought Talks
First Thought Talks
All Change? Ireland’s Identity 2016
Rewriting a National Identity - Can Iceland Teach Ireland?
‘The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor. He takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them.’
‘Of my nation? What ish my nation? Ish a villain and a basterd and a knave and a rascal. What ish my nation? Who talks of my nation?’
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
HENRY V ACT 3, SCENE 2
How far have we come and where do we think we’re going? Rory O’ Neill /Panti Bliss, Blessings Moyo and Professor Mary Corcoran [NUI Maynooth]. Chair: Orlaith Mac Bride [Director, Arts Council of Ireland].
What is it like to write a new constitution for your country? Iceland, following a period of great upheaval, have just done it. Join one of the authors of the new constitution, Katrín Oddsdottir [Member of Constitution Committee, Iceland] and former Irish Government Minister Alex White [Labour] who discuss this huge challenge.
BAILEY ALLEN HALL, NUI Galway Saturday 16 July, 2.30pm Tickets €8 giaf.ie/firstthought
AULA MAXIMA, NUI Galway Saturday 16 July, 10am Tickets €8 giaf.ie/firstthought
It’s My Party…? ‘Any object, intensely regarded, may be a gate of access to the incorruptible eon of the gods.’
‘The fastest growing political party is No Party.’ CHUCK TODD
A discussion with Mary O’Rourke [Former FF Minister], Mark Mortell [FG Advistor/ Fleishman Hillard PR], Alex White [Labour] about what lessons will be learned from Election 2016. Chair: Dave O’Connell [Editor, Connacht Tribune].
BAILEY ALLEN HALL, NUI Galway Saturday 16 July, 4pm Tickets €8 giaf.ie/firstthought 50 G A L W A Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L A R T S F E S T I V A L
JA M E S J OYC E
Ireland’s Physical Identity - Our lived Environment
Material Identity Telling Our Story Through Objects
A discussion on how bricks and mortar, light and shade of Ireland inform our national identity. With Gary Boyd [Making Ireland Modern], artist Ailbhe Ní Bhriain and artist John Gerrard.
Caitriona Crowe [National Archive of Ireland], Lisa Godson [NCAD], Varvara Shavrova [Russian/ Irish artist] talk about how the ‘things’ we see around us form our identity. Chair: Caroline McGee [Royal Irish Academy for the Digital Repository of Ireland].
AULA MAXIMA, NUI Galway Sunday 17 July, 5pm Tickets €8 giaf.ie/firstthought
AULA MAXIMA, NUI Galway Sunday 17 July, 2pm Tickets €8 giaf.ie/firstthought #GIAF16
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