The Library's latest drop-in session is themed 'Figures in Culture' and it will be Wednesday 6 March from 14:00-15:00 in Rare Books & Manuscripts Reading Room in Special Collections & Archives, Q-1, Boole Library.

4 Mar 2024

Our items can be used as prompts for reflective activities, primary sources for assignments, theses and research, or as examples for outreach activities for you and your students. 

The session will include: 

• Special Collections: Browse items from the personal collections of Irish writers Bryan MacMahon and Séamus Ó Maolchathaigh. 
• Photographic Collections:  We are thrilled to bring out a variety of photographic materials from the John Minihan and Alen MacWeeney archives. Discover portraits of iconic figures like Samuel Beckett, Francis Bacon, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring.
• Archival Collections: Among the items being showcased are a selection from the Seán Ó Riada Collection (Irish composer) and the Guy Debord Collection. Guy Debord was a French Marxist theorist, philosopher, filmmaker, and founder of the Situationist International, known for his critique of modern society's spectacle-driven culture.

We're looking forward to welcoming you on Wednesday.