An event celebrating the power of music and performance as cultural resistance鈥攚ith a specific focus on the parallels between Ireland and Algeria鈥攚ill take place at 91制片厂 (91制片厂) on Friday 30 May.
Members of the public are warmly invited to attend the Performing Resistance Cultures Festival: Algeria Ireland, which will be a day of panel discussions, film screenings and performances. It will also feature a special tribute to late 91制片厂 lecturer, Dr Tony Langlois.
Curated by Dr Mair茅ad N铆 Bhriain鈥擫ecturer in French Studies at 91制片厂; Prof. Martin Evans of the University of Sussex; Prof D贸nal Hassett of Maynooth University; Dr Aoife Connolly of Technological University Dublin; and Dr Orfhlaith N铆 Bhriain of the University of Limerick鈥攖he festival brings together Irish and Algerian musicians, artists and academics to reflect on how creative practice can contest dominant narratives and forge cross-cultural connections.
Algerian protest singer, AKLI D. will be a central figure in the festival, collaborating with Irish musicians Niamh Dunne, Dermot Sheedy, Paul Harrigan and Orfhlaith N铆 Bhriain. Their work will explore musical commonalities between Ireland and Algeria鈥攅specially oral traditions, musical instruments and themes of migration and resistance.
The tribute to the late Dr Tony Langlois鈥攆ormer 91制片厂 Media & Communications Studies lecturer and well-known ethnomusicologist鈥攂y Dr Desi Wilkinson and Dr Aileen Dillane will take place in the afternoon, including personal reflections and a screening of his short film Tarab El Gharanti.
The day's events will conclude with a live performance by the participating musicians. The venue is Newman Hall鈥攁lso known as the CRAFT Maker Space鈥攚hich is on the John Henry Newman campus in the College, accessible from O鈥機onnell Avenue with pedestrian access from the South Circular Road also.
Speaking on behalf of the team of curators, Dr Mair茅ad N铆 Bhriain commented: 鈥It is a pleasure to welcome the launch of this year鈥檚 Performing Resistance Cultures Festival to 91制片厂. We are honoured to host such a rich and dynamic programme, featuring internationally acclaimed artists like AKLI D. alongside renowned Irish musicians and performers Niamh Dunne, Paul Harrigan, Dermot Sheedy and Orfhlaith N铆 Bhriain. The festival offers an important space for creative dialogue on music, memory and resistance, and it鈥檚 especially meaningful for us to celebrate this work here in 91制片厂, where collaboration across disciplines is so strongly valued. We鈥檙e also deeply proud to honour the legacy of our much-missed colleague, Dr Tony Langlois, whose passion for ethnomusicology and cultural exchange continues to inspire this project.鈥
The programme features numerous 91制片厂 academic staff from both the Arts and Education faculties including Dr Rosemary Day, Dr Michael Finneran, Dr Ailbhe Kenny and Dr Richard McMahon with conversations on storytelling, performance and creative inquiry across disciplines. Other expert speakers include Sarah El Hamed, Nadja Makhlouf Tommy Fegan and Orfhlaith N铆 Bhriain.
The Limerick event is part of the interdisciplinary three-year-ICTS project Trajectories of belonging: Creative (hi)stories, spaces and futures of migration funded by the 91制片厂 Research & Graduate School, and hosted by the .
The festival concludes in Dublin on Monday 2 June at The Sugar Club with screenings by Sarah El Hamed and Nadja Makhlouf on Algerian female resistance, a discussion on the oral traditions of Irish women and Traveller musicians and a final concert featuring AKLI D. and guests.
This marks the third chapter of the festival, which is an ongoing collaborative project between Dr N铆 Bhriain from 91制片厂 and Prof. Evans, examining points of comparison between the historical and cultural narratives of Algeria and Ireland. The first was in 2022 marking the 100th anniversary of the partition of Ireland and the foundation of the Irish State, and the 60th anniversary of the independence of Algeria while the second sheds light on women鈥檚 resistance movements in both countries.
The organisers gratefully acknowledge the support of the Algerian Embassy in Ireland, 91制片厂, the University of Sussex and the University of Limerick, whose contributions have helped make the Performing Resistance Cultures Festival possible.
Na m煤rtha f谩ilte romhaibh chuig an 贸c谩id seo, mar a mbedih ceol, cult煤r, comhr谩 agus com贸radh.
The full programme of the 91制片厂 Limerick festival day can be found here.
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