Oral Tradition Topic of Irish Renaissance Lecture

The University of New Mexico's 2003-04 Irish Renaissance lecture series will close on April 5 with, “ The Island of the Poets: Irish Oral Tradition in the Writings of J.M. Synge and Sean O'Casey .” Colbert Kearney, University College, Cork, Ireland, will discuss the influence of the Irish oral tradition upon the plays and politics of Synge and O'Casey.

Kearney was born in Dublin, Ireland and attended University College, Dublin and Cambridge University. He has held teaching positions at Harvard University, the University of California at Irvine and the University of Padua. He is published as both scholar and novelist.

This final lecture is scheduled Monday, April 5 at 7 p.m. in Dane Smith Hall Rm. 125 on the UNM main campus. It is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Mary Power or Hugh Witemeyer in the Department of English at 277-6347.

Contact: Carolyn Gonzales (505) 277-5920