The Arts Council (Ireland) has just announced the nine projects that will be its 1916 Arts Programme. Department of Geography postgraduate, Fearghus Ó Conchúir, has been commissioned to produce his Casement Project. This dance project about the queer body of Roger Casement asks questions about who owns and who defines the national body. The project includes collaborations with other artists and academics and these will take place both in Ireland and in Britain.
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Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Votes for Women
Maynooth University commemorated the 100th anniversary of female suffrage on 3 May with a lively panel discussion introduced by Senator Mary Alice Higgins
Date: Tuesday, 08 May 2018
The (re)birth of Marx(ism): haunting the future?
This major international conference explored Marx and Engels’ contributions to analysis and political practice, how their life and work helped shape history and culture around the world, the many different strands and meanings of “Marxism”, and how we can understand their legacy and ongoing relevance today.
Date: Saturday, 05 May 2018
Irish Times features Claire McGing on voting practice in Ireland
Quotas boost women in Dáil but let’s smash all barriers to honour suffragettes
Date: Friday, 04 May 2018
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Votes for Women
Maynooth University commemorated the 100th anniversary of female suffrage on 3 May 2018 with an excellent panel discussion featuring contributions from Dr Margaret Ward (QUB), Prof Louise Ryan (University of Sheffield) and Dr Caitriona Beaumont (London South Bank University).
Date: Thursday, 03 May 2018
Commemorating the Conscription Crisis and General Strike (1918)
Dr Emmet O’Connor, University of Ulster, explores whether the Conscription Crisis and General Strike lead to the subordination of class to nation.
Date: Thursday, 12 April 2018
Commemorating the Irish Revolution
Maynooth University commemorated the Irish Revolution with a lecture on Tuesday, 13 February by Catherine Marshall
Date: Tuesday, 13 February 2018
Commemorating the influenza pandemic of 1918-19
Dr Ida Milne explained how the 1918-19 influenza pandemic killed at least 23,000 Irish people, and probably infected about 800,000 people on the island, about one fifth of the population.
Date: Thursday, 08 February 2018
Contested Memories: Revisiting the Battle of Mount Street Bridge, 1916 - Journal Article
The Battle of Mount Street Bridge, 26 April 1916, was the most successful rebel military engagement of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.
Date: Friday, 03 November 2017
Southern Irish Loyalism in Context - Conference Proceedings
The full conference proceedings of the recent 'Southern Irish Loyalism in Context' are now available via iTunes, download and subscribe to listen to the papers delivered.
Date: Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Dr. Aileen O'Carroll Publishes New Book The Dublin Docker: Working Lives of Dublin's Deep-Sea Port
New book on the social occupational history of Dublin Dockers
Date: Thursday, 12 October 2017