 Exhibits
Troubled Images:
Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict
February 5 - March 20, 2005
About the Exhibit
This exhibit displays political posters from both sides that chronicle
"the Troubles," the conflict that flared-up over three decades, until
the historic Good Friday Peace Accord of 1998. The Linen Hall Library
in Belfast assembled this traveling exhibition that the Alvin Sherman
Library is hosting through March 20, 2005.
The seventy posters on view are part of the Linen Hall Library's collection
of over 3,000 acquired by the Library from 1969 to the present. They
represent a wide range of opinions on major events and individuals involved
in the arduous years of struggle and the burgeoning peace process, in
which Senator George Mitchell played a significant role as chairman
of the peace talks that brought about the Good Friday agreement.
During the exhibit, the Alvin Sherman Library will be conducting many
programs to explore the conflict and peace process in Northern Ireland
as well as other global conflicts. Our line up includes an Irish Studies
Symposium, film screenings, author events for adults and children, a
series about the historical perspective of the conflict in Northern
Ireland and gallery talks throughout the six-week period.
As part of the opening weekend's events, distinguished speakers and
scholars from Ireland and the United States will present Irish Studies/Peace
Studies symposia. The opening weekend's events at the Alvin Sherman
Library will also include a public reception and special film screenings.
Throughout the six-week period, public lectures on the history of the
conflict in Northern Ireland will be presented. On Saturday, March 12,
the Broward Public Library Foundation's BYBLOS organization, along with
NSU and the Sun-Sentinel as presenting sponsors, will hold the "Day
of Literary Lectures" at the Alvin Sherman Library with approximately
20 authors. Among the presenters, we anticipate having a noted Irish
author who will meet with underwriters and distinguished guests prior
to the public program. Also in March, children's authors Patricia Riley
Giff and Susan Bartolotti will present their program "Ireland for Kids."
For complete details of events, see Program
Schedule.
Exhibit sponsors include:
Posters and Images of the Northern Ireland Conflict—from The
Linen Hall Library, Belfast—is presented in North America in collaboration
with Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C.
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