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University Series Lectures
Terry Boyle
Civil
Rights: A Sign of Civility
Growing up during the Troubles in Northern
Ireland
Tuesday,
February 8, 2011, 5:30-8:30pm
19 South Wabash, Second floor
The formation of the Northern Irish State in 1922 inevitably
favored the Protestant Unionist population of the new
established
constituency. For nearly 50 years the government of Northern
Ireland operated to actively discriminate against the Catholic
minority, economically, culturally and politically. With the
advent of Civil Rights in the late 60s, the plight of Catholics
became an issue that would not go away. The emphasis of my talk
will provide a personal reflection of these times, when
Catholics were seeking a just and civil end to discrimination.
As a Catholic growing up in a country divided on religious and
political grounds I would like to bring a human face to the
plight of a minority group struggling for fair access to
employment, housing and constitutional politics.
Terry
Boyle, originally from Derry, Northern Ireland, came to
Chicago from the University of Ulster in 2005 to teach Irish and
British Literature at Loyola. He is one of the editors for
Chicago Quarterly, a magazine that attracts writers of short
fiction across the U.S, and he writes reviews and articles for
the Irish American News, Chicago and Ohio. Terry is also a
playwright and has written three plays dealing with the
'Troubles' in Northern Ireland. His most recent work, 'oh what a
bloody good friday' is a re-working of the old religious Mystery
Cycle, placing the death and resurrection of Christ in
contemporary times. All of the plays have had readings in
Loyola, and at academic conferences in L.A.
Cocktails
at 5:30, presentation 6:00-6:30 followed by discussion.
$40 includes drinks, two cigars, and sandwiches. Jacket
and tie recommended.
Reservations are required.
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Coming up
Tuesday, Feb 22
Rick Kogan and Charles Osgood,
On Leadership.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, March 8
Allen Frantzen, Taking the Sting out of the Ring:
Masculinity and White-collar boxing.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, March 22
Augustus Higginson, The Rise of the Skyscraper in
Chicago: 1955 to the present.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, April 5
Tony Grosch,
The Ideal of Brotherhood in Four
Classic Chicago Novels in the '30s and '40s.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, April 12
Lauren Viera,
New Cocktails for Spring: A Lesson in
Mixology.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, April 26
Michael Turner,
God, the Multiverse, and Cosmic
Arrogance.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, May 10
Robert Wallace,
Why did the Athenians Kill
Socrates?
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
Tuesday, May 24
Alfred Rasho,
Making Short Documentary Films.
19 S. Wabash, 2d floor.
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About
the Cigar Society of Chicago
ONE OF THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city clubs of Chicago is the discussion of
intellectual, social, legal, artistic, historical, scientific,
musical, theatrical, and philosophical issues in the company of
educated, bright, and appropriately provocative individuals, all
under the beneficent influence of substantial amounts of tobacco
and spirits. The
Cigar Society of Chicago embraces this tradition and
extends it with its Informal Smokers,
University Series lectures, and Cigar Society Dinners,
in which cigars, and from time to time pipes and cigarettes,
appear as an important component of our version of the classical
symposium. To be included in the Cigar Society's
mailing list, write to the Secretary at
CigarSociety@logicophilosophicus.org.
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