Exercise in memory: Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses at UFSC – 10 years

Abstract

Volume 16 of ARES celebrates the 10th anniversary of Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses (NEI) at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). It opens with a foreword by the Irish diplomats currently serving in Brazil, a foreword by Professor Margaret Kelleher of UCD, an introductory essay by filmmaker Alan Gilsenan, and an introduction by the organizers.

The volume brings together articles by former speakers at NEI's in-person and online events, as well as contributions by translators and creative writers who have also participated in NEI's activities. Exercise in memory: Núcleo de Estudos Irlandeses at UFSC – 10 years invites readers to look back at the seeds from which NEI grew, tracing the encounters, friendships, and circumstances that allowed those seeds to take root and flourish.