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"Joyce and the Jesuits", Saturday 16 June 2007
Newman College, University of Melbourne, 887 Swanston Street, Parkville
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12 Noon Tour of Walter Burley Griffin's Newman College

Tour of Newman College by Professor Jeff Turnbull, highlighting the College’s architectural significance.

1.00pm Jejune Jesuit (Matinée)

Performed in various locations around the College, this arcade-style show is based on A Portrait of the Artist, and focuses on Stephen Dedalus and the Jesuits.

Director: Karen Corbett

3.00pm Afternoon Tea: Coffee and Cakes

Venue: Oratory

4.00–6.00pm Seminar

  • Prof. Greg Dening: 'Joyce and the Soul of Irish Jesuitry'

    An ethnographic account of Jesuit Spirituality in the early twentieth century.

  • A./Prof. Richard O'Sullivan: 'Alluding to James Joyce – not as a Catholic but as a Jesuit'

    Drawing upon paradoxes in Jesuit ethos and practice and in the life of John Conmee, the Jesuit who played the enabling role in Joyce's education.

  • Prof. Peter Steele: 'A Poem and its Pendant'

    Reflections on Belvedere and Joyce.

Venue: Oratory

6.00–8.00pm Dinner Break

8.00–10.00pm Jejune Jesuit (Evening Show, reprise of Matinée)

Director
Frances Devlin-Glass

Secretary/Publicist
Deirdre Gillespie

Treasurer
Bob Glass

Committee
Sian Tanner
Renée Huish
Greg Rochlin (website)

Writers, Jejune Jesuit
Frances Devlin-Glass, Graeme Anderson, Greg Rochlin and Sian Tanner, with suggestions and editorial assistance from Karen Corbett, Di Silber, Juliette Hughes, Brenda Addie and committee

 

Cast and Crew, Jejune Jesuit
Director: Karen Corbett
Stage Manager: Deborah Woolley
Lighting: Adric Gardner
Stage Hand: Kaela Johnson

David Adamson
Deirdre Gillespie
Liam Gillespie
Claire Haywood
Renée Huish
Bill Johnston
Niall McCann
Roisin Murphy
Jimmy Shaw
Patsy Gall
Joan Molony
Nora Sheehan
Sian Tanner
Francesca Mountford (Cello)