Public Symposium: 1916 in Context

1916 in Context A Public Symposium organised by Dr Daithi O Corrain

Location: St Patrick’s Campus, Dublin City University,

Date: Saturday 23 January 2016

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

This public symposium will make accessible to a general audience scholarship of the various aspects of life in Ireland a century ago. Invited speakers will explain the key political, cultural and military developments during this pivotal period in Irish history and place 1916 in context. The session and their contributors are:

SESSION 1: THE POLITICAL CONTEXT

Dermot Meleady (Independent scholar); Dr Mel Farrell (DCU); Dr Úna Ní Bhroiméil (Mary Immaculate College, UL); Dr Gearóid Barry (NUI Galway)

SESSION 2: NEW DIRECTIONS & INFLUENCES

Dr Leeann Lane (DCU); Dr Regina Uí Chollatáin (UCD); Dr Eugene McNulty (DCU); Professor Michael Laffan (UCD)

SESSION 3: MILITARY CONTEXT

Dr Marnie Hay (DCU); Dr Brian Hanley (Independent scholar); Dr Daithí Ó Corráin (DCU); Dr Pat McCarthy (Military History Society of Ireland)

CLOSING SESSION:

Impact and legacy of 1916 Dr Martin Mansergh