Book of Kells
Summer School 2003
Kells Heritage Centre. 27th-28th June
A series of lectures over 2 days on the Book of Kells, by leading authorities, is one of this years main events taking place durning Kells Heritage Festival.
Each days lecture includes Coffee, Lunch & Seminar Literature.
Day 1 €40. Day 2 €40. Both Days €70
Indivdual Lectures can be booked at €10
Booking: Kells Heritage Centre. Tel: 046-40731. Fax: 046-49316
email: kellsheritagecentre@eircom.net
Programme
| Friday, 27th
June 9.00am Registration 10.00am (Lecture 1) Dr. Geraldine Carville Monastic Kells 11.15am Coffee Break 11.45am (Lecture 2) Dr. Michael Telford The Influences of Tradition in the Book of Kells 1.15pm Lunch 2.30pm (Lecture 3) Dr. Peter Harbison The High Crosses of Kells 3.45pm Coffee Break 4.15pm (Lecture 4) Cormac Bourke The Crozier in Irish History |
Saturday, 28th
June 9.30am Registration 10.00am (Lecture 5) Prof. George Eogan Kells in North Brega 6th-12th Centuries AD 11.15am Coffee Break 11.45am (Lecture 6) Prof. Etienne Rynne The Drolleries in the Book of Kells; Laugh with the Artist 1.15pm Lunch 2.30pm (Lecture 7) Dr. Bernard Meehan The Decoration of the Book of Kells 4.00pm General Discussion 5.00pm Guided Tour of Monastic Kells |
Dr. Geraldine Carville Formerly of Queens University Belfast has a long record of writing and lecturing on Irish monasticism. Her books range from early 600AD to 1SOOAD her latest of sixteen books details the impact of the Cistercians on Ireland. She lectures on monastic Ireland at many conferences and summer schools and was very well received at our own conference on "The Synod of Kells" during Kells Heritage Festival 2002. She is well known in Ireland and the United Kingdom and in America where she is associated with the Cistercian Centre of Historical Studies in Kalamazoo.
Dr Michael Telford is a well-known scholar who specializes in The Book of Kells. He is making a very welcome return visit to Kells. His previous illustrated talks at the Heritage Festival were very well received.
Dr.Peter Harbison worked for many years as archaeologist with Bord Fáilte and in retirement is Honorary Academic Editor of The Royal Irish Academy. He is author of the comprehensive three- volume High Crosses of Ireland. His classic Guide to the National Monuments of Ireland has remained in print for over 30 years. His next book on the whole Boyne Valley is due to be published by Gill and Macmillan in the autumn.
Cormac Bourke specialises in the archaeology of the early medieval church. He has edited From the Isles of the North (Belfast 1955) and Studies in the Cult of Saint Columba (Dublin 1997). He is Curator of Medieval Antiquities at the Ulster
Museum since 1983 and is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.
Professor George Eogan is a patron of Meath Archaeological and Historical Society. He was honoured as 2003 Meath Person of the Year by the Royal Meath Association. This was in recognition of his scholarship and research and in particular, the extensive excavations that he had undertaken at Knowth and Townley Hall
Professor Etienne Rynne a distinguished archaeologist for almost 40 years in University College Galway. He has excavated several historical sites and has published his findings. He has contributed to numerous academic publications over the years. His interest in art goes back a long time, especially his work on the more humourous aspects of the Book of Kells (drolleries).
Bernard Meehan, Keeper of Manuscripts, Trinity College Dublin Bernard Meehan is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a graduate in history from the University of Edinburgh - MA (Honors); Ph.D.:
He has been Keeper of manuscripts at Trinity College Dublin since 1983, with curatorial responsibility for the college’s wide ranging Manuscript and archive collections.