The 1916 Rising: Views from Near and Far

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Celtic Studies Conference – The 1916 Rising: Views from Near and Far Schedule of events: 9:45 am – Welcome and Opening Remarks 10:00 am – Fearghal McGarry, Queen’s University Belfast, “Staging revolution. The Abbey Rebels of 1916″ 10:45 am – Coffee Break 11:00 am – Shane Lynn, PhD Candidate, Dept. of History, University of Toronto, “1916: the view from the Pacific” 11:45am – Patrick Mannion, Postdoctoral Scholar, Boston Colleg, “A Paradigm of Loyalty: The Great War, the “Sinn Fein Revolt”, and the Intergenerational Irish of St John’s, Newfoundland, and Halifax, Nova Scotia” 12:30pm – 2 p.m – Lunch break – make own arrangements 2:00pm – Ann Dooley, Professor Emerita, Celtic Studies, St Michael’s College, “Easter 1916: Yeats and the view from Parnassus” 2:45 pm – Break 3:00pm – Robert Schmuhl, Walter H. Annenberg-Edmund P. Joyce Chair in American Studies and Journalism, University of Notre Dame, “Across the Atlantic: American Inspiration and the Easter Rising” 3:45pm – 4:30pm – Round Table Discussion 4:30pm – 6:00pm – Reception in Charbonnel Lounge, Elmsley Hall, 81 St Mary Street

Period	24 Sep 2016
Event type	Conference
Location	Toronto, Canada