Limerick History Research Seminar, 2024-25
Organised by the School of History and Geography, University of Limerick and Department of History Mary Immaculate College
Tuesday, 4 March 2025, 5.15pm
* Professor Bridget Heal (University of St Andrews), ‘News and Narration during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648).’ Online via MS Teams
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 2.15pm
Dr Niamh Wycherley (Maynooth University), ‘Power and Patronage in Medieval Ireland: The Role of Women Benefactors in the Irish Church and the Importance of Studying Medieval History.’ Live in-person event, Kate O’Brien Room, UL
Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 2.15pm
Dr Joel Herman (Trinity College Dublin), ‘The Imperial Public Sphere: The Press, Publicity, and the Destabilisation of the Eighteenth-Century British Empire.’ Live in-person event,
Kate O’Brien Room, UL
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 6pm
Máire Ní Chrualaoich Public Lecture in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
** Professor Tríona Ní Shíocháin (University of Galway), ‘From Thomond to Muskerry: An Exploration of Munster Women’s Song-making and Poetic Practices from the 17th to the 19th Century.’ Live in-person event, People's Museum, No. 2 Pery Square, Limerick City Centre
Tuesday, 22 April 2025, 1.15pm
Dr Patrick Doyle (University of Limerick), ‘Catholicism, Social Reconstruction, and the Irish Diaspora, 1890-1930.’ Live in-person event, Kate O’Brien Room, UL
* Co-hosted with the Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS)
** Co-hosted with the Limerick Centre for Early Modern Studies (CEMS), and Limerick Civic Trust
All very welcome
For further information and MS Teams links please contact:
Dr Aaron Donaghy (aaron.donaghy@ul.ie) or Website: https://www.ul.ie/artsoc/history-geography
