Duration: 9:45 am to 4:30 pm
Registration: Eventbrite
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is delighted to be running a one-day symposium ‘Literary Dublin in the Digital Archive’ sponsored by Dublin UNESCO City of Literature and Dublin City Council. This event will feature a range of multi-disciplinary experts who work on Dublin including writers, geographers, historians and archivists. It will focus on what digital literary collections are out there and how they can be used. The event takes place from 9.45 am 4.30pm.
The event will explore literary collections held by Dublin City Library and Archive (DCLA), Dublin City University (DCU), Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and DRI. The day will feature practitioners who have used digital archives to build literary-themed repositories and narratives around Dublin’s literary heritage including Charles Travis from the Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland, 1922-1948 and Emma Clarke from Dublin Ghost Signs. We will also look at what digital sources are available to writers of historical fiction to assist them in building up a picture of who lived in Dublin in the past. Zoe Reid from the National Archives of Ireland (NAI) will speak about how we can use Irish Census Data to build up detailed pictures of people’s lives, while Niav Gallagher from the Dictionary of Irish Biography (DIB) will uncover the lives of famous Dubliners and show how the DIB can be used for literary research. Kelly Fitzgerald from the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore School in University College Dublin will discuss how the National Folklore Collection can be used to find authentic voices from the past. There will be a round table discussion with authors Martina Devlin, Emily Hourican and Eoghan Smith that will explore what sources fiction writers use when they set their novels in the past. The day will finish with a wrap-up by Niamh Cullen of Queen’s University Belfast.
This event is free and you can book through the Eventbrite registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/literary-dublin-in-the-digital-archive-tickets-392983352787
Event Programme: Literary Dublin in the Digital Archives
Register from 9.30am
Introduction and welcome (9.45am)
Anne-Marie Kelly, Director, Dublin UNESCO City of Literature
Dublin’s literary collections in digital repositories (10.00-11.15am)
Padraic Stack (Dublin City Library and Archives): ‘The city in flux’
Liam O’Dwyer (Dublin City University): Literary Collections at Dublin City University.
Lisa Griffith (Digital Repository of Ireland): The literary collections held in the DRI
Chair: Meadhbh Murphy, Deputy Librarian, Royal Irish Academy
Coffee Break 11.15-11.45 (coffee provided)
Building a literary digital resource (11.45 am-12.45 pm)
Emma Clarke (Dublin Ghost Signs): Ghost Signs of Joyce’s Dublin
Charles Travis (Trinity College Dublin): An accidental pioneer or lab rat? Creating the Digital Literary Atlas of Ireland, 1922–1949
Chair: Kathryn Cassidy, Software Engineer, Digital Repository of Ireland
Lunch-12.45-1.45pm
Creative writing and the archive- part 1 (1.45-3.15pm)
Kelly Fitzgerald (Head of the School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore & Chairperson of ANU Productions): Folklore archives and the creative process
Zoë Reid (National Archives of Ireland): Archive stories – exploring collections in the National Archives
Niav Gallagher (Dictionary of Irish Biography): In Ulysses’ wake: an exploration of the real people in Joyce’s novels
Chair: Ruth Hegarty, Managing Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Publishing House
Break 3.15-3.30pm
Creative writing and the archive- part 2 (3.30-4.15pm)
Round table discussion with historical fiction authors Martina Devlin (author of the historical novels Edith, Ship of Dreams andThe House Where it Happened) and Emily Hourican (author of historical novel ‘Guiness Girls’ series), facilitated by author Eoghan Smith.
Closing words (4.15-4.45pm)
Niamh Cullen, Queen’s University Belfast.
4.45pm- closing thanks.
The running order may be subject to small amendments.
This event takes place as part of Dublin Festival of History 2022. Dublin Festival of History is brought to you by Dublin City Council and organised by Dublin City Libraries, in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company. For the full programme please visit www.dublinfestivalofhistory.ie
[Image: Fáilte Ireland. (2020) Joyce Tower, Digital Repository of Ireland [Distributor], Dublin City Library and Archive [Depositing Institution], https://doi.org/10.7486/DRI.xw431s684]
