Books at War: The IBBY Ireland Annual Lecture and Symposium - Feb. 9-10 2024
Presented in 2024 in memory of
Michael O’Brien and Sue Miller
DCU IoE, St Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra
9-10 February 2024
Friday, 9 February
Seamus Heaney Theatre, Cregan Library
6.00pm
Opening remarks
Presentation of the
IBBY Ireland Award 2024
6.15pm
IBBY Ireland Annual Lecture
Hare Joins the Home Guard: Children’s Books and War
Andrew Pettegree FBA
Professor of Modern History at University of Saint Andrews
Andrew Pettegree, the author of The Book at War: Libraries and Readers in a Time of Conflict, addresses the theme of war in children’s books
Followed by a reception
Saturday, 10 February
Room SPC.F218
Symposium
on the theme of war in children’s books
10.00am Registration and coffee
10.30am Valerie Coghlan on Jella Lepman (founder of IBBY): War and Peace
11.30am Liz Page on the international work of IBBY: Making Peace with
Children’s Books
12.30pm Lunch break (Lunch not provided)
1.30pm Rebecca Long: Cúchulainn as a Child Warrior in Irish Children’s Literature
2.30pm Alan Titley, author of a new children’s translation of The Táin
3.30pm Closing remarks
Each one-hour slot includes time for audience Q&A
No charge for attendance, register at EVENTBRITE:
We encourage donations to unicef.ie
UNGERER EXHIBITION AND RELATED EVENTS
‘In Memory of the Future’ is an exhibition running from 3 August to 30 September at dIr LexIcon. Over 50 artists will participate by sharing their interpretations of Ungerer’s work and responses to his influence. The show will run 3 August through 30 September at the dIr LexIcon Dún Laoghaire and it is free to the public.
The official opening of ‘In Memory of the Future’ will be at dIr LexIcon, on Thursday, 3 August at 6 pm, with Aria Ungerer. The event is free and all are welcome.
Later, in September, IBBY Ireland will host a lecture by Professor Emer O’Sullivan and other events exploring Ungerer’s life and work. These will take place at Alliance Française on Kildare Street, Dublin. Look out for further details regarding this event.
Tomi Ungerer was an artist and writer, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen medal in 1998, and in 2003 the first Ambassador for Childhood and Education appointed by the Council of Europe. Well-known for a visually stunning, witty, as well as subversive style, he produced over 140 children’s books, and was equally lauded for his adult and political books and artwork. From 1976 until his death in 2019, Ungerer resided in Ireland, dividing his time between West Cork and Strasbourg. His open and friendly presence resulted in his work influencing many of the illustrators, artists and writers who have emerged from Ireland over the last three decades.
Illustrators Ireland is curating this celebration of Tomi Ungerer’s life and work with support from IBBY Ireland, Alliance Française, Centre Culturel Irlandais, the French Embassy in Ireland, the Tomi Ungerer Museum, and Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown County Council. We are grateful for the support of Aria and the Ungerer Family.