Posted 24.07.12
PUGIN AT MAYNOOTH
Maynooth celebration of A.W.N. Pugin bicentenary
12 September 2012 Renehan Hall, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth
PROGRAMME
9.30am Registration & Tea/Coffee (Renehan Hall, South campus)
10.10am Welcome by Dr Thomas O’Connor (Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Celtic
Studies & Philosophy) and Professor James Walsh (Deputy President & Vice President for Innovation)
10.20am Pugin, Maynooth and Revival: the exhibition
(Ms Penny Woods, Librarian, Russell Library)
10.40am Address by Monsignor Hugh Connolly (President, St Patrick’s College,
Maynooth) and Professor Philip Nolan (President, NUI Maynooth)
11.00am Address by Mr Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht
Launch of Pugin at Maynooth (Maynooth 2012)
11.30am Conference Session 1
Chair: Professor Enda McDonagh (St Patrick’s College, Maynooth)
From the Houses of Parliament to Maynooth: A.W.N. Pugin, a biographical portrait
(Ms Jeanne Meldon, planning consultant)
A.W.N. Pugin’s Ireland
(Professor Terence Dooley, Department of History, NUIM)
A.W.N. Pugin and Maynooth
(Dr Frederick O’Dwyer, architect & architectural historian)
12.45–1.30pm Lunch in Pugin Hall
1.30–2.30pm Walking tours of A.W.N. Pugin’s Maynooth led by Dr Frederick O’Dwyer
2.30pm Conference Session 2
Chair: Dr Alison FitzGerald (Department of History, NUIM)
From Gothic to Tudor: the origins of A.W.N. Pugin’s decorative art
(Dr Megan Aldrich, academic director, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London)
A.W.N. Pugin, ritual and design, and his work at Maynooth
(Dr John Maiben Gilmartin, art historian)
Pugin’s entrances and exits: how A.W.N. Pugin came to Ireland
(Dr Roderick O’Donnell, FSA, former inspector of Ancient monuments &
historic buildings at English Heritage)
Plenary discussion
4.30pm Close of formal proceedings (Professor Marian Lyons, Department of
History, NUIM)
Visit to College chapel led by Dominic McNamara (St Patrick’s College,
Maynooth)
Advanced registration required. Logon to www.nuim.ie or contact the History
Department, NUI Maynooth (tel. +353–1–7083729 Email history.department@nuim.ie)
Registration fee 25 euro (including lunch).
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