Friday, March 8, 2019 - 11:30 to 17:30
MUSSI Seminar Room 2nd Floor
From the ‘long war’ to the ‘long peace’:
Northern Ireland a generation after the Good Friday Agreement
A day of informal discussion and debate on
Northern Ireland Past, Present & Future
(see programme below)
Organised with the support of the MU Conference & Workshop Fund, Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute, the Maynooth Centre for European and Eurasian Studies and the Dean of Social Sciences.
Conference Programme
| 10.45 | Coffee available |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Opening remarks: Seán Ó Riain & Colin Coulter (MU Sociology Department) |
| 11.15 – 12.45 | Session One, Northern Ireland: Past |
| Chair: Niall Gilmartin (TCD) | |
| Contributors: Peter Shirlow (Liverpool), Etain Tannam (TCD), Maria Deiana (QUB) |
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| 12.45 – 13.30 | Lunch (provided) |
| 13.30 – 14.45 | Session Two, Northern Ireland: Present |
| Chair: Peter Shirlow (Liverpool) | |
| Contributors: Claire Pierson (Liverpool), John O’Brennan (Maynooth) Chris Gilligan (West of Scotland), Colin Coulter (Maynooth) | |
| 14.45 – 15.15 | Coffee |
| 15.15 – 16.30 | Session Three, Northern Ireland: Future |
| Chair: Colin Coulter (Maynooth) | |
| Contributors: Katy Hayward (QUB), Colin Graham (Maynooth), Cathal McManus (QUB) | |
| 16.30 – 17.30 | Drinks reception and launch by Gerry Carroll MLA of a special edition of Capital & Class on Northern Ireland (Colin Coulter & Peter Shirlow, editors). |