Limerick History Research Seminar, autumn 2024

Limerick History Research Seminar, 2024–5

Organised by the School of History and Geography, University of Limerick and the 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