Literature Master Classes & Workshops

The Irish Famine in a Contemporary Global Context (Spring 2027)

With Dr. Christine Kinealy

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Details

$41 (inclusive of fees)

90 minutes

Date(s)

Thu, Jan 28, 2027

4:00pm - 5:30pm

Contact

boxoffice@irishartscenter.org
888-616-0274

Location

Irish Arts Center Library
726 11th Avenue
Hell's Kitchen, NYC

Overview

The Great Famine (1845–52) was the most transformative event in modern Irish history, yet it also looms large in the global history of hunger with resonances up to the present day. This interactive visual lecture will be led by famine scholar Dr. Christine Kinealy, the founding director of Ireland's Great Hunger Institute at Quinnipiac University.

Entitled A Labor of Love: Charitable Responses to Ireland’s Great Hunger, the presentation will examine the role of private philanthropy in providing relief to the starving Irish. What motivated people to give, and how were the funds distributed?. A Labor of Love will explore these and other questions and will ask: Who should bear responsibility for saving the lives of famine victims?

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