The Douglas Hyde is very pleased to announce an In Conversation event where critic and curator, Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith will talk to Uri Aran about his practice and his exhibition Take This Dog for Example. The talk will take place on Saturday, 1 April at 2 pm at the Robert Emmet Lecture Theatre, Arts Block, […]

Dr Anne Byrne
Objects and Subjects: How Ancestor Stories Find Us
The Douglas Hyde is pleased to share details of this upcoming talk by sociologist Dr Anne Byrne, titled Objects and Subjects: How Ancestor Stories Find Us. Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Sociology in National University of Ireland, Galway, Dr Byrne has an enduring interest in the obscure and everyday stories, individual and community biographies of early 20th century Ireland as held in objects and artefacts.
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