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"Radical Cities: Dublin and Belfast", a minisymposium on Labour history in the 1913 Lockout centenary year, on Friday 25 October 2013 at QUB.
Co-hosted by the School of History and Anthropology and the Institute for Collaborative Research in the Humanities. Speakers will include Emmett O'Connor on Labour politics in Belfast 1880-1950; Peter Bunting on Left politics beyond nationalism; John Gray on contextualising the Lockout; Brian Kelly on Irish Labour in a global context; Michael Pierse on class, culture, Dublin and Belfast; Christopher J.V.Loughlin on religion and the roots of Belfast Labour; Sean Mitchell on class, sectarianism and the outdoor relief riots of 1932; and others.
This event will include a book launch by David Convey; Locked Out: A Century of Irish Working-class Life
Booking for this event is essential. Enquiries to Michael Pierse (m.pierse@qub.ac.uk)