{"id":771,"date":"2019-08-30T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T11:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucd.emarkable.ie\/?post_type=events&#038;p=771"},"modified":"2020-08-31T11:59:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T10:59:49","slug":"the-ulysses-medal","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/events\/the-ulysses-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a UCD Literary Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Frank McGuinness was awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal in April 2019, the highest honour the University can bestow. He received the award at a special ceremony in front of an audience of over 135 alumni and friends, marking his retirement from the UCD School of English, Drama and Film. A playwright, poet and novelist, McGuinness was UCD\u2019s first Chair in Creative Writing. A new exhibition of his archive is open at UCD Library Special Collections.<\/p>\n<p>A symposium in the FitzGerald Chamber followed the medal presentation, introduced by Head of School of English, Drama and Film, Professor Danielle Clarke. It featured panel discussions, musical performances and a reading from the play <em>Carthaginians <\/em>performed by the Ad Astra Performing Arts Scholars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ucd-gallery\"><div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_1-1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_3-1-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" class=\"ucd-gallery-thumb\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t  <\/div>\t \r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t  <div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_4-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" 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class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-holder\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider-before\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><i class=\"fal fa-search-plus\"><\/i> Click to enlarge<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-gallery-slider\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_1-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_1-1-1024x717.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"448\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Frank McGuinness. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_3-1.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_3-1-1024x742.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"464\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Kellie Hughes,\nAd Astra Performing Arts Director, Frank McGuinness and Emmet Farrell.<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_4.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_4-1024x783.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">Professor Danielle Clarke, Head of School, Professor Frank McGuinness and Professor Margaret Kelleher, Chair of Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div 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class=\"typewriter\">Carla Fusciardi Wallace and Rachel O\u2019Sullivan, Ad Astra Performing Arts Scholars. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ucd-item\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_7.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/FMcG_7-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\"><div class=\"typewriter\">        1. Graham Butler Breen, Ad Astra Performing\nArts Scholar. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Frank McGuinness was awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal in April 2019, the highest honour the University can bestow. He received the award at a special ceremony in front of an audience of over 135 alumni and friends, marking his retirement from the UCD School of English, Drama and Film. 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