Friday, 4 October 2013

Institute of Irish Studies, QUB: Autumn lecture series

The Institute of Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast has announced its Autumn term seminar programme, and it looks superb!

All the lectures are free and there's no booking required. Details.

Thursday 10 October: Wolfe Tone: The Making of a Republican, with Professor Marianne Elliott, Director of the Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. Venue: Lecture Theatre, Elmwod Learning & Teaching Centre, Elmwood Avenue. Belfast BT7 1NN. 4pm

Monday 14 October: Roscommon to New Jersey: Chain Migration and the Irish Diaspora, with Thomas Callahan, History Department, Rider University, USA. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

Monday 21 October: Representations of Edwardian Working Class Belfast, with Michael Pierse, Research Fellow, Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

Monday 28 October: The Ulster Covenant and the Proclamation of an Irish Republic, with Emeritus Professor Liam Kennedy, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

Monday 4 November: Sport, Commemoration and the Decade of Centenaries, with Donal McAnallen from the Gaelic Athletic Association. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

Monday 11 November: Charles Johnston and Ireland, with Daniel Roberts, School of English and Fellow in the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities, QUB. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

Monday 25 November: Why can’t you all just get along? Unpacking politics and emotion in conflict transformation?, with Adrian Lyttle and Juliet Rogers, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Venue: Room 03/006B, Peter Froggatt Centre, QUB. 1:00pm–2:00pm.

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