ACIS 2021 Public Sessions

NOTE: TIMES ARE BST

Wednesday 2 June 2021

1.30PM - 2.00PM

Conference Opening from Professor Malachy Ó Néill

Chair of ACIS 2021 Organising Committee, Provost, Ulster University's Magee Campus

6.00PM – 6.50PM

Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin (UCC) and Dr Anne Marie O’Brien (DIAS) with Barbara McCormack (RIA) and Prof. Ruairí Ó hUiginn (Maynooth, DIAS)

6.50PM – 7.30PM

INVITED PANEL DISCUSSION: Library Collections and Irish Studies: the ineluctable modality of contemporary collecting

Chaired by Clíona Ní Ríordáin (Sorbonne)

Panellists include:

Crónán Ó Doibhlin, University College Cork
Barbara McCormack, Royal Irish Academy

Thursday 3 June 2021

5:00pm-5:45pm

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

Conference address from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins

9:15pm-10:30pm

FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Healing

Susan McKay – “Northern Protestants - On Shifting Ground” with Sara Canning and Dawn Purvis
Ulster University Choral Celebration & Traditional Music Showcase

Friday 4 June 2021

5:30pm-6:00pm

CONGRESSIONAL ADDRESS

Conference address from Congressman Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania’s 2nd District

6:00pm-7:00pm

KEYNOTE PLENARY SESSION

Maurice Fitzpatrick on Home

8:45pm-9:15pm

FIRESIDE CONVERSATION: Heritage

“Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan: Life and afterlife of a Donegal Saint” by Dr Brian Lacey with Professor Nollaig Ó Muraíle and Professor Máirín Ní Dhonnchadha

9:15pm-10:30pm

DISCOVER SLÍ CHOLMCILLE: The Columban Heritage Trail

Produced by Líonra Leitir Ceanainn Documentary spotlighting key locations of Slí Cholmcille, the Columban heritage trail.

Featuring traditional music showcase from Ireland’s Northwest.

Saturday 5 June 2021

4:30pm-5:30pm

KEYNOTE PLENARY PANEL:

Colmcille – An Icon of Shared Heritage Professor Máire Ní Annracháin, Dr Brian Lacey and Professor Máiréad Nic Craith

Chaired by Professor Elizabeth Crooke

5:30pm-6:30pm

AMBASSADORIAL ADDRESSES

Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce (UK Ambassador to US) at 5:30pm GMT / 12:30pm EST
Ambassador Dan Mulhall (Irish Ambassador to US) at 6:00pm GMT / 1:00pm EST

9:15pm-9:45pm

FIRESIDE CONVERSATIONS: Home

Dr Liam Campbell with Joe Mahon and Bernadette McAliskey

Chaired by Paul Mullan