Description
Leading historians from the 10 Irish and Northern Irish universities (including the Open University in Ireland, which became UI’s 10th member in 2011) came together in 2012 to launch a 12 year programme of activities to reflect on the 1912-1923 period in Irish history. This started last year with a bursary programme for PhD students studying the period (two bursaries awarded) and a major conference attended by 320 people in Dublin entitled ‘Reflecting on a decade of War and Revolution in Ireland 1912-1923: Historians and Public History’ (keynote speaker: Prof. Jay Winter from Yale University, one of the US’s most eminent historians of the 20th century). This year an archival project has started, more bursaries have been advertised, and a conference will be held on 15th June in Dublin entitled ‘Reflecting on a decade of War and Revolution in Ireland 1912-1923: the Cause of Labour’ (keynote speaker: President Michael D.Higgins). The 2014 conference will be on the origins of the First World War in Ireland.| Period | 2012 → … |
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| Work for | Universities Ireland, Ireland |