Rare Books and Special Collections regularly presents exhibits of materials from its holdings in our Exhibit Room (102 Hesburgh Library, at the west end of the 1st floor concourse).
All exhibits are free and open to the public during our regular hours.
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Exhibit: February 12- April 28, 2016
The Easter Rising of 1916 was one of the most important events in Irish history. Though the rebellion lasted only six days, it led to the formation of an independent Irish State.
When most of the leaders were executed, sympathy for the rebellion spread throughout the world. The poem by W. B. Yeats, Easter, 1916, written in the aftermath, describes how a military failure carried out by unlikely people became transformative.
The Hesburgh Libraries Rare Books and Special Collections includes a rare copy of this poem, in addition to documents and books by and about the leaders of the Rising. The exhibit features items from our Easter Rising Ephemera collection, from our Irish Manuscript collection, and from our book and newspaper collections. In addition, material from the Notre Dame Archives helps us to see the international aspect of the Easter Rising.
This exhibit is curated by Aedín Clements (Irish Studies Librarian).
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Guided Tours
Every Wednesday at NOON
Every other Thursday at 5 pm (April 21)
Guided tours will be offered regularly by the Hesburgh Librarian Irish Studies Librarian, Aedín Clements. Tours will meet by the entrance to the Rare Books and Special Collections Department (102 Hesburgh Library, first floor). Reservations are not necessary. If you are planning to bring a group or would like to schedule a special tour, please email rarebook @ nd.edu or call 574-631-0290.
Conference
2016 National Meeting of the American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS)
March 30-April 3, 2016
"The Worlding of Irish Studies" provides a theme for the 2016 American Conference for Irish Studies' annual gathering. With Irish Studies increasingly seen through multinational eyes, this meeting will address the current placement of Ireland and Irish Studies.
Is Ireland transnational? With seventy million people of Irish extraction all over the world, the diaspora was more wildly successful—and more demographically complex—than scholars have yet imagined. This reexamination will weigh whether Ireland might be most productively understood as a post-colonial nation or a fully integrated European country. [More... ]