Royal Historical Society Symposium
Political Thought in Revolutionary Ireland, c1912-23
Teesside University 8-9 September 2016
Middlesbrough
TG.02, the Curve
Thursday 8th September
5.00 – 5.45: Tour of Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima)
6.00- 7.30: Reception (with music, poetry and prose) in the Curve, Middlesbrough Campus.
Friday 9th September
9.00-9.15: Registration in the foyer of the Curve.
9.15-10.00 Prof Senia Paseta (University of Oxford)
‘Feminist Political Thought’
10.00-11.00 Dr Colin Reid (Northumbria University)
‘Unionist Political Thought’
Dr James McConnel (Northumbria University)
‘The Political Thought of the Irish Parliamentary Party’
Tea and Coffee
11.20-11.50 His Excellency Dan Mulhall, Irish Ambassador to Britain
11.50-1.10: Dr Ultán Gillen (Teesside University)
‘Empire and Irish Political Thought’
Dr Charlie McGuire (Teesside University)
‘Socialism in Ireland’
Dr Roisín Higgins (Teesside University)
‘The Politics of Patrick Pearse’
Lunch
2.00-3.00: Dr Lauren Arrington (Liverpool University)
‘The Political Ideology of Countess Markievicz’
Dr Emmet O’Connor (Ulster University)
‘The 1919 Democratic Programme’
3.00-4.00: Dr Caoimhe Nic Dháibhéid (Sheffield University)
‘Republican Political Thought after 1916’
Dr Marc Mulholland (Oxford University)
‘The Counter-Revolution’
Tea and Coffee
4.30-5.30: Keynote Address: Prof Richard Bourke (Queen Mary, University of London)
‘Reflections on the Political Thought of the Irish Revolution’
The event is free. To register contact arts@tees.ac.uk.
The organisers are grateful for the support of the Royal Historical Society
from HistoryatTeesside