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- Comemmorating Civil War
- Irish Political and Cultural Identities
- Regions of the EU in Shadow of Brexit
- Commemoration and Conflict
- Japan, Far East and Ireland
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- Moving Statues
- David Lloyd Lecture
- Bunting Festival
- Guy Beiner Workshop 25.1.19
- Irish Identities at Home and Abroad
- 1971 Conference
- Autumn 2021 Seminars
- Eucharistic Conngress Symposium
- Gender and Political Imprisonment 22
- Previous Seminars 2025-
Previous Seminars 2016-25
Spring 2025 Seminars
Margaret Ward (QUB) , (20/1/25)
Ida Milne (Carlow College) and Paul Donnelly, '(27/1/25)
Aisling Reid (QUB) ‘(3/2/25)
Adrian Frazier (Galway) with Fran Brearton (QUB), (10/2/25)
Paddy Hillyard (QUB), ‘' (17/2/25)
Tiffany Thompson (BC), (3/3/25)
Felix Larkin, (10/3/25)
Frank Rynne (CY Cergy Paris), '’ (24/3/25)
Colleen Taylor (Boston College), ' (31/3/25)
Rob Savage (Boston College), 'The death of an informer: London, 1974' (7/4/25)
Booklaunch of Shannon Devlin (Galway), (28/4/25)
Sean Farrell (Northern Illinois), 1/5/25)
Ciaran O'Neill (TCD), (6/5/25)
IRISH STUDIES LECTURE: David Wilson (Toronto), ’ (20/5/25)
Mark McGowan (Toronto), (27/5/25)
Autumn 2024 Seminars
David Hayton (QUB), (23/9/24)
Anne Jamison (Western Sydney), '' (30/9/24)
Colin Armstrong (QUB), . (14/10/24)
Finola O'Kane (UCD), 'Sharp gradients: comparing the landscape design of 18th-century Haiti (St Domingue), Jamaica and Ireland, 1730-1830 (21/10/24)
Ruth Duffy (QUB), (4/11/24)
Patrick Joyce (Manchester), (11/11/24)
Peter O'Neill (Georgia), (18/11/24)
Gordon Gillespie (QUB), (25/11/24)
Máire McCafferty (UCD), (2/12/24)
Eithne O'Neill (Paris), (9/12/24)
Spring 2024 Seminars
Red Washburn (CUNY),’. (22/01/24)
Booklaunch of Liz DeYoung (Pennsylvania), , with Marianne Elliott (Liverpool). (29/01/24)
Juliane Röleke (Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam), (12/02/24)
Crawford Gribben (QUB), (20/02/24)
James Quinn (DIB), (26/02/24)
Molly Quinn-Leitch (QUB) and Emer McHugh (QUB), ' (4/3/24)
Pauline Collombier (Strasbourg), (11/03/24)
Andrew Holmes (QUB), (08/04/24)
Karl O'Hanlon (Maynooth), (15/04/24)
Aidan Enright (Leeds Beckett), (22 /04/24)
Brian Gurrin (TCD): (29/04/24)
Rachael Young (Boston College): (7/5/24)
Huw Bennett (Cardiff) (co-hosted with Mitchell Institute, 13/5/24)
Autumn 2023 Seminars
Anna Johnston (Queensland), (18/9/23) [Anna Johnston Slides]
Michelle McGoff-McCann (Indep.), ' (2/10/23)
Luca Crispi (UCD), (16/10/23)
Peter Gray (QUB), (23/10/23)
Martin Doyle (Irish Times), (1/11/23)
Keith Lilley (QUB), (6/11/23)
Kathryn Carter (Wilfred Laurier University), (5/12/23)
Booklaunch (11/12/23)
Spring 2023 Seminars
Prof Graham Walker and Dr James Greer (QUB),
Dr Emmet O’Connor (UU), (6/3/23) Youtube
Dr Dieter Reinisch (University of Galway),
Dr Marilynn Richtarik (Georgia State University),
Prof Bernadette Whelan (University of Limerick),
Dr Catherine Flynn (University of California, Berkeley), 'Loose Ties: The Paris Commune, Aesthetics, & Popular Revolution in Ulysses'
Dr Karina Bénazech Wendling (Sorbonne University), '
Dr Niall Carson (University of Liverpool),
Autumn 2022 Seminars
by Sean Connolly, with Dr Sophie Cooper (QUB) (10/10/22)
Dr Briony Widdis (QUB),''. (17/10/22)
Prof Joe Nugent (Boston College), (24/10/22)
Dr Shonagh Hill (QUB), (26/10/22)
Dr Andrew Newby (University of Jyväskylä): (7/11/22)
Prof Cóilín Parsons (Georgetown University): (14/11/22)
Dr Roisín Higgins (Teeside University):(21.11.22)
Dr Richard Fitzpatrick (QUB): (28.11.22)
Dr Jay Roszman (UCC): (5.12.22)
Launch of (Irish Academic Press, 2002) (12.12.22)
Spring 2022 Seminars
Prof Fearghal McGarry (QUB) and Dr Darragh Gannon (UCD) (7 Feb. 2022)
Prof Bryan Fanning (UCD), (23 Feb. 2022)
Dr Robbie Turner (St Andrews), (14 Mar. 2022)
Prof Rob Savage (Boston College), '' (4 April 2022).
Prof Eugenio Biagini (Cambridge): (2 May 2022)
Dr Ruth Coon (QUB): (9 May 2022)
Autumn 2021 Seminars
| Booklaunch of Crawford Gribben, 4 Oct. 2021 (Youtube) | |
| Katrina Goldstone, ''. 11 Oct. 2021 (Youtube) | |
| Dr Gail McConnell (QUB), (18 Oct. 2021) (Youtube) | |
| Dr Clíona Ó Gallchoir (UCC)(25 Oct. 2021) | |
| Dr Shahmima Akhtar (RHUL), (1 Nov. 2021) (youtube) |
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| Dr Sophie Cooper (QUB), (8 Nov. 2021) (youtube) | |
| Dr Amy Prendergast (QUB),(15 Nov. 2021) (youtube) | |
| Dr Siobhra Aiken (QUB), '(22 Nov. 2021, Youtube) |
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| Prof. Frank Shovlin (Liverpool): (29 Nov. 2021). | |
| Dr Gordon Gilleslpie (QUB): (6/12/21) | |
| Prof Colin Harvey (QUB): (13/12/21) |
Spring 2021 Seminars
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Nicholas Allen: (1/2/21) [Youtube] |
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Kathryn Milligan: ' |
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| Daragh Curran: (15/2/21) [Youtube] | |
| Noel McLaughlin and Joanna Braniff, (22/2/21) [Youtube] | |
| Victoria Pearson, (8/3/21) [Youtube] | |
| Feargal Cochrane, (22/3/21) [Youtube] | |
| Emilie Pine, '’ (19/4/21) [Youtube] |
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| Sean O'Connell and Leanne McCormick, '' (26/4/21) [Youtube] | |
| Ruud van den Beuken, 'S' (10/5/21) |
Autumn 2020 Seminars
| James Bruce, '' (5/10/20) [Youtube] |  |
| Liam Kennedy, (19/10/20) [youtube] | |
| Booklaunch of Alice Johnson, (26/10/20) [Youtube] | |
| Pádraig McGonagle, (2/11/20) [Youtube] | |
| Emer Nolan, ' (9/11/20) [Youtube] | |
| Mary O'Dowd, ' (16/11/20) [Youtube] | |
| Michael Doorley, (7/12/20) [Youtube] |
Spring 2020 Seminars
Listen again to Dr Laurence Cooley (Birmingham/QUB): ¡®No status ¨C no census!¡¯ The causes and consequences of the 1971 and 1981 Northern Ireland census boycotts (27 Jan. 2020):
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Listen again to Dr Breand¨¢n Mac Suibhne: '"Of men long dead and trivial little stories"; or, making a history of the homeplace: problems and possibilities in the social and cultural history of mid-nineteenth century Ireland' (3 Feb. 2020) MacSuibhne 3.2.20 (MP3 File) | |
| Listen again to Prof Wang Zhenpeng (Beijing Foreign Studies University) speak on 'Brexit, evolving Irish identity, and Irish Studies in China' (10 Feb. 2020): Wang 10.2.20 (MP3 file) |
Autumn 2019 Seminars
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| Listen again to Dr Peter McLoughlin, 'War of words: American media and the NI conflict (30 Sept. 2019) McLoughlin 30.9.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Prof Colin Harvey, 'Sharing the Land: Brexit and Constitutional Futures' (14 Oct. 2019) Colin Harvey 14.10.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Prof Brian Walker, 'Who are the Irish: Identity in Ireland and the Irish Diaspora' (7 Oct. 19) Brian Walker 7.10.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Richard O'Leary, 'The faithful underground: Gay Christian activism in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s' (21 Oct. 2019) O'Leary1 21.10.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Sara Dybris McQuaid, 'Remembering the 1916 Easter Rising and the end of empire: transnational templates of Irish and Indian freedom struggles¡¯ (28 Oct. 2019) Sara McQuaid 28.10.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Mary Hatfield, 'Growing up in nineteenth-century Ireland' (11 Nov. 2019) Mary Hatfield 11.11.19 (MP3 file) | |
| Listen again to Caroline Magennis,. (18 Nov. 2019) |
Spring 2019 Seminars
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Listen Again to Dr Marie Coleman:
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Listen again to Dr Sarah Jankowitz:
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Listen again to our (Dr Tim Watt and Dr Chris Loughlin) (11 Feb. 2019) |
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Listen again to Dr Heather Laird:
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Listen again to Dr Gordon Gillespie:
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Listen again to Dr Edward Burke:
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Listen again to Dr Alan de Bromhead and Dr Alan Fernihough:
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Listen again to Dr Órla McGrory:
(29 April 2019) |
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Listen again to Colleen Taylor: ' (7 May 2019) |
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Listen again to Dr Peter Hession:
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Listen again to Dr Massimiliano Nastri:
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Autumn 2018 Seminars
| Listen again to Dr Emma Reisz,
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Listen again to Dr Eddie Molloy: (22 Oct. 2018) |
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Listen again to Prof. Anna Teekell:
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Listen again to Dr Rena Maguire: (5 Nov. 2018) |
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Listen again to Dr Hugh Turpin: Powerpoint slides Turpin slides (12 Nov. 2018) |
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Listen again to Dr Darragh Gannon: ' Powerpoint slides: Gannon slides |
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Listen again to Dr Peter Gardner: (26 Nov. 2018) |
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Listen again to Stephen O'Neill:
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Listen again to Andrew Newby:
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Spring 2018 Seminars
| Listen again to Liam Kennedy on(22 Jan. 2018) | |
| Listen again to Chris Colvin (QUB), Matthias Blum (QUB) and Eoin McLaughlin (St Andrews), on (29 January 2018) | |
| Listen again to Paddy Gleeson (QUB): ’ (5 Feb. 2018) | |
| Listen again to Muiris Mac Carthaigh (QUB) on ' (12 Feb. 2018) | |
| Listen again to Bridget Brownlow (St Mary's University, NS) on (19 Feb. 2018) |
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| Listen again to David Bell (QUB) on ‘ (20 March 2018) | |
| Listen again to Conor Lucey (UCD) on (30 April 2018) | |
| Listen again to the (14 May 2018) | |
| Listen again to Kathryn McNeilly (QUB) and Mairead Enright (Birmingham) on 'Abortion law reform in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland' (8 May 2018) |
Autumn 2017 Seminars
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Listen to Justin Dolan Stover on (2 Oct. 2017) Listen to Ken Dawson on (9 Oct. 2017) Listen to Marguerite Corporaal on (23 Oct. 2017) Listen to Alice Johnson on (30 Oct. 2017) Listen to Daniel Roberts on (6 Nov. 2017) Listen to Rob Savage on (13 Nov. 2017) Listen to Margaret Ward on (20 Nov. 2017) Listen to Connal Parr on (27 Nov. 2017) Listen to Peter Gray on (4 Dec. 2017) Listen to Jon Evershed on (11 Dec. 2017)
Spring 2017 Seminars
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Autumn 2016 Seminars
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Listen to Dominic Bryan on .
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Listen to Peter Gray on ''.
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| Listen to Erin Hinson on '' |
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| Listen to Liam Kennedy on . | |
| Listen to Mark Phelan on | |
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Listen to Conor Caldwell speak (and fiddle!) on . The Irish Song website is at: |
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| Listen to Richard English on ’. | |
| Listen to Andrew Holmes on ''. | |
| Listen to Elena Bergia on | |
| Download the Seminar Poster Autumn 2016 |