Tower Museum, Derry 27th September to 22nd November 2012 Island Voices Glórtha na nOileán Voyces Frae Tha Isles ‘Velvet Sea’ by artist Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh. “Rich velvet sea of salty amniotic sweetness, deep black, royal blue...“ from ‘Creation’ by Kathryn Daily Derry City Council Autumn Lecture Series Exploring how the languages of English, Irish and Ulster-Scots shape our sense of place and cultural identity This document is available upon request in a number of formats including large print, Braille, PDF, audiocassette and minority languages. For further information on alternative formats please contact: Telephone (028) 71365151 Textphone: (028) 71376646 or Email: [email protected]Dr Frank Ferguson Between the Laggan and the Foyle: The Ulster-Scots Literary Tradition in North-West Ulster Thursday 22nd November 2012 From the early eighteenth century onwards, Derry and Donegal poets are featured among the most accomplished writers in the Ulster-Scots literary tradition on the island of Ireland. In this talk he will argue that what ties these writers together is their inspired awareness of the power of everyday language to articulate the deepest of human concerns and emotions. Dr. Frank Ferguson is a lecturer in the School of English and History at the University of Ulster. He is the editor of Ulster-Scots Writing an Anthology, and co-editor and contributor to Revising Robert Burns and Ulster: Literature, Religion and Politics c. 1770–1920 and to the forthcoming Ulster-Scots and America Diaspora Literature, History and Migration, 1750–2000. He is the project manager of the MAGUS Ulster-Scots Poetry Project which aims to digitise key texts in the Ulster Scots poetry tradition and to make them accessible to schools and the public. Island Voices is funded by Derry City Council’s Good Relations Programme. Please book your place by contacting the Tower Museum on (028) 7137 2411 or email [email protected]
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Tower Museum, Derry
27th September to22nd November 2012
Island VoicesGlórtha na nOileánVoyces Frae Tha Isles
‘Velvet Sea’ by artist Seoirse Ó Dochartaigh.
“Rich velvet sea of salty amniotic sweetness,
deep black, royal blue...“
from ‘Creation’ by Kathryn Daily
Derry City Council
Autumn Lecture SeriesExploring how the languages of English,
Irish and Ulster-Scots shape our sense
of place and cultural identity
This document is available upon request in a number of
formats including large print, Braille, PDF, audiocassette and
minority languages. For further information on alternative