Modern Irish History seminars
The Modern Irish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.
Time and location
As a result of COVID-19 the Modern Irish History Seminar will take place online on Tuesdays at 5pm. If you are interested in attending please email j.o.bright@sms.ed.ac.uk
Events schedule
Semester 2 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 19 Jan | Tim Wilson (University of St Andrews) | 'The Belfast Troubles of 1922: A most restrained conflict?' |
| Tuesday 2 Mar | Linda Connolly (Maynooth University) | 'Women, violence and the Irish Revolution 1919-23' |
| Tuesday 23 Mar | Lindsey Earner-Byrne (University College Cork) | 'The unmarried mother and the sexual politics of a nation' |
| Tuesday 20 Apr | Ida Milne and Patricia Marsh (Carlow College and the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland) | 'The pandemic of 1918 and 1919' |
Semester 1 2020/21
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
|
Tuesday 6 Oct |
Tommy Dolan (University of York) |
‘Unity in the thought of John Hume’ |
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Tuesday 27 Oct |
Niamh Gallagher (St Catharine’s College, Cambridge) |
‘Greater Ireland and Catholic Loyalism’ |
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Tuesday 10 Nov |
Eunan O’Halpin (Trinity College Dublin) |
'Missing memories?: The dead of the Irish Revolution's Ulster problem’ |
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Tuesday 1 Dec |
Peter Leary (Oxford Brooks University) |
‘Partition and the border’ |
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