TrinityCentreforContemporaryIrishHistoryResearchSeminar

SeptemberDecember2017

27September ..andthatcreatedterror:I.R.A.violence,Britishreprisals,andtheroleofcivilians
inCountyKerry19181923
ThomasEarlsFitzgerald,TrinityCollegeDublin,IRCScholar201417

4October WhithertwentiethcenturyIrishhistory?
DrDeirdreMcMahon,TrinityResearchCentreforContemporaryIrishHistory
Respondents:DrJennifer,MaynoothUniversity,DrWilliamMurphy,DCU,
DrFionnualaWalshUCD

11October Whowasoutin1916?AssessingmilitaryserviceintheEasterRising
DrMarieColeman,QueensUniversityBelfast

18October Britain'sbloodymistake:representationsofabortionin1960sIrishwomen's
magazines
DrCiaraMeehan,UniversityofHertfordshire

25October Interrogation,intelligenceandsecurityinNorthernIreland,19718
DrSamanthaNewberry,UniversityofSalford

1November TheBalfourdeclarationandIreland:centenaryreflections
ProfessorRoryMiller,GeorgetownUniversity

8November DefendingTrinityCollege:NewZealandersinthe1916Rising
DrRorySweetman,TrinityResearchCentreforContemporaryIrishHistory

15November TowardsanewhistoryofIreland,19221939?
DrAnneDolan,TrinityCollegeDublin

22November Thefearfulobject:Theheritageofculpabilityandblame
ProfessorElizabethCrooke,UlsterUniversity

29November Civilorproxywar:howshouldweunderstandmilitaryoperationsinIreland1922
23?
DrBarrySheehan,GleneagleGroup

6December Thegovernmentwantsaterriblelotoflight.'SlumclearanceinIrishtowns,1932
1945
DrPeterConnell,TrinityCollegeDublin

13December ProvincialrecruitmentintheFirstWorldWar:theGlynnsofKilrush,CountyClare
DrPaulOBrien,MaryImmaculateCollege,Limerick

AttendanceisopentoallwithrelevantinterestsinsideandoutsideTCD.Proposalsforpaperscanbe
directedtoanyoftheconvenors:DrAnneDolan(TCD,adolan@tcd.ie),DrCaroleHolohan(TCD,
holohac@tcd.ie),DrMichaelKennedy(RIA,difp@iol.ie),DrDeirdreMcMahon
(mcmahon_deirdre@yahoo.co.uk),andProfessorEunanOHalpin(TCD,eunan.ohalpin@tcd.ie).

Presentersspeakforamaximumof45minutes,followedbyageneraldiscussion.
Seminarstakeplaceat4.00p.m.eachWednesdayintheNeillHoeySeminarRoom,
TrinityLongRoomHubArts&HumanitiesResearchInstitute