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A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome – Hell’s Vineyard (Inferno 13)
Dante and Virgil are in the seventh circle of Hell where violence is punished. In the second section, those who had been violent to themselves have been transformed into trees....
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A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome – Paolo and Francesca: Words of Desire (Inferno 5)
Dante and his guide Virgil are in the second circle of Hell, where lust, one of the sins of incontinence, is eternally punished in the 'hellish squall.' Here, the two poets meet...
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A Hell of a City: Dante’s Inferno on the Road to Rome – From the dark wood to Rome
When Dante is lost in the dark wood of sin, the soul of the Roman poet Virgil is sent from Heaven to rescue him and guide him on his way to salvation through Hell and Purgatory....
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London Book Club – London in Song: “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square”
In the final week of London in Song, we focus on one of the most successful London songs of the twentieth-century. Written in 1939, with words by Eric Maschwitz and music by...
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London Book Club – London in Song: “Jerusalem”
This week we focus on what has become the national anthem for England (as opposed to Great Britain): the song known as "Jerusalem." With words by the poet William Blake and music...
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London Book Club – London in Song: “The Jolly Young Waterman”
In week 2 of our book club, we will discuss the song "The Jolly Young Waterman," which was originally written by Charles Dibdin for his ballad opera The Waterman: Or The First of...
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London Book Club – London in Song: “Jack Hall”
We begin with "Jack Hall," an old ballad that has its origins in the early eighteenth century. It begins as a narrative of the life of a convicted criminal who was executed at...
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Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce – The Body in Irish History
This week, we consider how the body has been represented in Irish culture and society throughout history. From the Great Famine, through the revolutionary period, and into the...
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Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce – Blindness and Insight
In week 2 of Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce, Professor Declan Kiberd explores the theme of Blindness & Insight. Participants are encouraged to bring their...
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Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce – The Body & Mind
In this segment, Professor Declan Kiberd will situate the series within our current collective experience of the coronavirus pandemic as daily attention is drawn to the...
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Understanding the Body with W.B. Yeats & James Joyce – The Body and Creative Expression
In this final week, we return to the dance form as we consider the body in free expression. We will look at W.B. Yeats’ obsession with dancers before discussing the...
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An Irish Christmas at Kylemore – Sacred Music for Advent and Christmas: From Gregorian Chant to Jazz Improvisation
Join Professor Mark Doerries, Director of the Notre Dame Children's Choir and Director of Graduate Studies for Sacred Music at Notre Dame, a graduate degree program that trains...
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