7th Seamus Heaney Memorial Lecture
The Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts
cordially invites you to join the 7th
SEAMUS HEANEY Memorial Lecture
via Zoom video conferencing by
Seamus Heaney’s official biographer,
political and cultural commentator, literary critics, author, columnist of The Irish Times
Winner of the European Press Prize (2017)
NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards Broadsheet Columnist of the Year (2018)
Recipient of Honorary Doctorate in Letters by Queen’s University, Belfast and Trinitiy College Dublin
6.00pm, Thursday, 1st October 2020
Programme:
6.00 pm The speaker and the registered guests join the online lecture
6.15 Győző Ferencz
Executive President of the Széchenyi Academy
says greeting words from the Lecture Hall at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
6.20 H.E. Ronan Gargan
Ambassador of Ireland to Hungary says greeting words
6.30-7.10 Fintan O'Toole’s online lecture: Heaney, Time and History
7.10-7.40 Questions and comments
The event also features the opening of the National Library of Ireland (Dublin) exhibition of Seamus Heaney ‘Listen Now Again’
The event has been supported by The Embassy of Ireland, Hungary
Please register your participation at this link for the invitation by 27th September.
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/seamus-heaney-memorial-lecture-2020-registration-121161556477
This is an English language programme
Zoom details will be sent to those who had registered closer to the event.