Events
In Conversation: Susannah Dickey & Glenn Patterson
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 3/09/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Online
Regular Events
Write Night
*POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE*
Tuesday evenings, 6.30-9.00pm (during term)
Seminar Room, 48 University Road
Write Night brings together writers of any genre to write silently for two hours every Tuesday during term. It is a space for ideas and exploration, first drafts or final edits, and a time dedicated to your writing each week.
Seamus Heaney Centre Presents...
*LIVE EVENTS POSTPONED*
Monthly (approx), 7.00pm
Crescent Arts Centre, FREE / BYO
Poetry, prose, drama, criticism, show-and-tell, original work, or something revisited. Each night features special guests from the Heaney Centre's diverse network. An object, a story or a song in seven minutes.
Ekphrasis: Writing & Art
Annual publishing project with readings and workshops throughout the year
in collaboration with the Ulster Museum
This collaboration builds on the long history of interdisciplinary dialogue between writers and artists in Belfast. Students develop new work in response to artworks from the Ulster Museum's Collection. These poems sit permanently in the corresponding collection file, contributing to the story of the artwork.
Past Events
The Lifeboat: Two Readings
Film
Date: 29/07/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:40PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player
https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-The-Lifeboat
Seamus Heaney and the music of what happens
Film
Dates: 24/07/2020 - 26/07/2020
Time: 1:00AM - 11:59PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player
https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-Seamus-Heaney
Poetry Prize 2020 - Virtual Award Night
Film
Date: 2/07/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:30PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre Online Player
https://queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/QFT-Player-Seamus-Heaney-First-Collection-Poetry-Prize
Changing Views: Virtual Pamphlet Launch
Film
Date: 26/06/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 7:45PM
Location: Queen's Film Theatre, Online Player
https://qft.vhx.tv/free/videos/changing-views
SHC Fellow Jed Mercurio: in conversation
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 18/05/2020
Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Masterclass with Lucy Caldwell: Fun with Form
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 29/04/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
Beginners Guide to Podcasting with Conor McCafferty
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 30/04/2020
Time: 10:00AM - 11:00AM
Location: Microsoft Teams Meeting
The Seamus Heaney Centre Presents… HELP
Performance
Date: 1/05/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: https://queensfilmtheatre.com/QFT-Player
*Postponed* The Honest Ulsterman Revisited: with Professor Frank Ormsby
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 18/03/2020
Time: 8:00PM - 9:30PM
Location: Canada Room, 1st floor Lanyon Building, Queen's University Belfast
*Postponed* Looking at the Woman in a Bomb Blast, with Daniel Jewesbury
Performance
Date: 20/03/2020
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Lecture Room, Ulster Museum, Belfast
*Postponed* The Live Read: New Script from the Seamus Heaney Centre
Performance
Dates: 24/04/2020 - 4/03/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 8:00PM
Location: Brian Friel Theatre, 20 University Square
*Postponed* The Magic of Reading, with Cressida Cowell and Kelly McCaughrain
Lecture / Talk / Discussion
Date: 28/04/2020
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Great Hall, Queen's University Belfast
Changing Views with SHC Fellow Vahni Capildeo
Date: 6/03/2020
Time: 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast
The Weekend of Stuff
Workshop / Seminar / Course
Dates: 28/11/2019 - 2/12/2019
Time: 12:00PM - 11:00PM
Location: Various locations.
Debates on Europe: Belfast 2019
Dates: 13/09/2019 - 15/09/2019
Time: 6:00PM - 2:00PM
Location: Queen's University Belfast and the Ulster Museum
An Evening with the Seamus Heaney Centre Fellows
Date: 5/03/2019
Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Location: Ground floor lecture room, Ulster Museum
Sebastian Barry, Laureate for Irish Fiction
Date: 9/05/2019
Time: 7:00PM - 9:00PM
Location: The Great Hall at Queen's