Trinity Centre for Contemporary Irish History Seminars
Attendance is open to all with relevant interests inside and outside TCD. Proposals for papers can be directed to any of the convenors: Dr Carole Holohan (TCD, holohac@tcd.ie), Dr Michael Kennedy (RIA, difp@iol.ie), Dr Deirdre McMahon (Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, mcmahon_deirdre@yahoo.co.uk), Professor Eunan O'Halpin (TCD, eunan.ohalpin@tcd.ie), and Dr Anne Dolan (TCD, adolan@tcd.ie). Presenters speak for a maximum of 45 minutes, and a general discussion follows.
Seminars take place at 4.00p.m. each Wednesday in the Neill Hoey Seminar Room, Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute
September - December 2017 |
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| 27th September | '..and that created terror': I.R.A. violence, British reprisals, and the role of civilians
in County Kerry 1918-1923 Thomas Earls Fitzgerald, Trinity College Dublin, IRC Scholar 2014-17 |
| 4th October | Whither twentieth century Irish history? Dr Deirdre McMahon, Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History Respondents: Dr Jennifer, Maynooth University, Dr William Murphy, DCU, Dr Fionnuala Walsh UCD |
| 11th October | Who was 'out' in 1916? Assessing military service in the Easter Rising Dr Marie Coleman, Queen’s University Belfast |
| 18th October | Britain's bloody mistake: representations of abortion in 1960s Irish women's
magazines Dr Ciara Meehan, University of Hertfordshire |
| 25th October | Interrogation, intelligence and security in Northern Ireland, 1971-8 Dr Samantha Newberry, University of Salford |
| 1st November | The Balfour declaration and Ireland: centenary reflections
Professor Rory Miller, Georgetown University |
| 8th November | Defending Trinity College: New Zealanders in the 1916 Rising
Dr Rory Sweetman, Trinity Research Centre for Contemporary Irish History |
| 15th November | Towards a new history of Ireland, 1922-1939?
Dr Anne Dolan, Trinity College Dublin |
| 22nd November | 'The fearful object': The heritage of culpability and blame
Professor Elizabeth Crooke, Ulster University |
| 29th November | Civil or proxy war: how should we understand military operations in Ireland 1922-
23?
Dr Barry Sheehan, Gleneagle Group |
| 6th December | 'The government wants a terrible lot of light.' Slum clearance in Irish towns, 1932-
1945
Dr Peter Connell, Trinity College Dublin |
| 13th December | Provincial recruitment in the First World War: the Glynns of Kilrush, County Clare Dr Paul O’Brien, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick |