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Poetry and Conflict: Pádraig Ó Tuama
a public lecture presented by WashU & the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
March 3 @ 7:00 pm
This reading will be held in-person at Emerson Auditorium in Knight Hall at Washington University in St. Louis.
Join us for a public lecture with Pádraig Ó Tuama, poet and theologian whose work centers around themes of language, power, conflict, and religion.
EVENT INFO
- Presented by WashU & the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
- Books available from Left Bank Books
- Emerson Auditorium offers open seating
- Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
- Reception with speaker immediately following his talk
- RSVP / reservation is encouraged
RSVP / RESERVATION INFO
- Tickets are not required
- Seating will be “first come, first served”
- Registration does not guarantee a seat
- Please register at rap@wustl.edu or 314-935-9345
ABOUT THE PUBLIC LECTURE
POETRY AND CONFLICT
Poetry is an art that has always concerned itself with the questions of life: what’s growing, what’s not, what’s thriving, what’s not, what’s being stifled, what’s being fed. The John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics is delighted to host Pádraig Ó Tuama as he explores dynamics of conflict, language, rhyme, description, and resolution for this engaging evening at Washington University in St. Louis.
ABOUT THE POET
PÁDRAIG Ó TUAMA is a poet, theologian, conflict resolution mediator, and the author of Poetry Unbound: 44 Poems On Being Together (2025), Kitchen Hymns (2025), Being Here: Prayers for Curiosity, Justice, and Love (2024), Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World (2022), Feed the Beast (2022), Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community (2017), In the Shelter (2015), Sorry for your Troubles (2013), and Readings from the Books of Exile (2012), which was longlisted for the 2013 Polari First Book Prize.
A freelance artist, one of Ó Tuama’s projects is poet in residence with the Cooperation and Conflict Resolution Center at Columbia University. Pádraig Ó Tuama holds a BA Div validated by the Pontifical College of Maynooth, an MTh from Queen’s University Belfast and recently received a PhD in Theology through Creative Practice at the University of Glasgow exploring poetry, Irishness, and religion.
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Visitor parking is available on the fourth level of Millbrook Garage or in the Danforth University Center (DUC) underground garage. Pull a ticket at the gate when you enter. Parking is free in yellow spaces (you will be ticketed if in a red space) weekdays between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. and on weekends. For more information on parking, visit parking.wustl.edu/parking/visitor.
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