Dublin, IRE – The Poetry Off the Page project, in collaboration with UCD and Boundless and Bare, is thrilled to announce the upcoming Poetry Off the Page: Past, Present, Future event, set to take place on April 24th 2025 from 3:30-5:30 pm in the FitzGerald Debating Chamber at UCD. This event consists of poetry performances by Emmet O’Brien and Stephen James Smith and a roundtable discussion with organisers and scholars of poetry performance, including Paul Casey (Ó Bhéal), Lucy Collins (UCD), Claire Palzer (University of Vienna) and Melissa Ridge (Boundless and Bare). It will be followed by an open mic opportunity for audience members.
Registration is now officially open for our third and final project conference, titled “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe: Advances in Poetry Performance Research.”…
We’re excited to announce that on 02 April 2025, at 19:00, we will be joined at the University of Vienna (Seminar Room 5, 1st floor,…
We’re excited to announce that on 22 January 2025, at 18:15, we will be joined at the University of Vienna (Helene Richter-Saal at the Department…
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Our third podcast episode is finally out! In this one, senior researcher Helen Thomas explores the role of MCs (masters of ceremonies) at a selection…
Our second newsletter of 2024 is out now! Access it here:
The Call for Papers for our third and final project conference “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe: Advances in Poetry Performance Research” has been…
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