Wednesday 19th October at 6pm at Alliance Franҫaise de Cork 

Samuel Beckett was born on a Good Friday, the day of the crucifixion and his awareness of it haunted him all his life. This comes up frequently in his work and underlies his vision of human life as a long crucifixion where the end might almost be a relief. Brought up in a Protestant family, educated in Portora Royal in Ulster, a Calvinist school, and Trinity College Dublin, Beckett pondered long on the mysteries, not just of Christianity but of all religions. He was able in his writings not only to extract much comic material but to extend theology into new imaginative areas of literary creation. (more…)

Alliance française de Cork and University College Cork

present

International Workshop

Littérature-monde: Now?

University College Cork

October 14 and 15 2011

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Proposé par Selim Rauer,
dans le cadre de la Mission Stendhal 2011

Followed by the screening of
Une autre solitude by Stéphane Metge (subtitled in English)

Thursday 6th October 2011 at 7pm
At Alliance Franҫaise de Cork

Admission free
Conference held in French, film subtitled in English (more…)

An illustrated lecture by Dr. Alicia St. Leger

Tuesday 8th November 2011 , 7pm at Alliance Franҫaise de Cork 

This lecture will look at the history of the Huguenots and how they made an important contribution to the life of Cork since they first arrived in the late seventeenth century.  Huguenots were French Protestants whose number and power grew in the sixteenth century.  Religious persecution led to many of them fleeing France, seeking refuge in many countries including Ireland.  Some settled in Cork city and county where over the years the community were active in business, crafts and civic life.