Limerick History Research Seminar, 2024-5

Limerick History Research Seminar, 2024-25

Organised by the School of History and Geography, University of Limerick and Department of History, Mary Immaculate College

Autumn semester

Thursday, 3 October, 5.15pm

Dr Ruan O’Donnell (University of Limerick), ‘The public and secret campaigns of Saor Uladh (Free Ulster), 1951-1960.’ Live in-person event, 5.15pm, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Wednesday, 9 October, 4.00pm

* Prof. Brendan Dooley (UCC), ‘Renaissance News between astonishment and doubt.’ Live in-person event, 4pm, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Wednesday, 23 October, 5.15pm

Dr Colin Donnelly (Virginia Theological Seminary), ‘Shifting conceptions of the afterlife in 17th century England: the case of Hester Pulter.’ Online via MS Teams

Thursday, 7 November, 5.15pm

Dr Jay Roszman (UCC), ‘Irish “Outrages” and British Politics: Irish Agrarian Violence and its Multiplicity of Meanings.’ Live in-person event, 5.15pm, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Thursday, 14 November, 5.15pm

Dr Ciaran O'Neill and Dr Patrick Walsh (TCD), ‘Trinity’s Colonial Legacies: Instrumentality and Agency in a Public History Project.’ Live in-person event, 5.15pm, Kate O’Brien Room, UL

Tuesday, 19 November, 6.00pm

*Bolton-King Lecture

Dr Máire Kennedy (Centre for Early Modern History, TCD), ‘Women in the eighteenth-century Munster book trade.’ Live in-person event, 6pm, in the Captain’s Room, Hunt Museum, Limerick City Centre

* Co-hosted with the Centre for Early Modern Studies, Limerick (CEMS)

All very welcome

For further information please contact:

Dr Aaron Donaghy (aaron.donaghy@ul.ie) or

Website: https://www.ul.ie/ULH