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Irish Political and Cultural Identities

Irish Political and Cultural Identities: 1650-1850

 

Monday 22 May 2017

Irish Studies Seminar Room, 6-8 Fitzwilliam St

 

9:45-10:30: Welcome

10:00– 11:00: Music Papers

 

Name

Paper Title

Email

Dr Conor Caldwell

Beyond the Irish Song Project: Reimagining the Edward Bunting Manuscripts

ccaldwell09@qub.ac.uk

Ciara Conway

A Musical Dublin: John O’Keeffe’s Musical Exposure in 1770s Dublin.

cconway22@qub.ac.uk

 

11:00 – 11:15: Break

11:15 – 12:45: History Papers

 

Name

Paper Title

Email

Dr Leonie Hannan

'The Home as a Site of Cultural Activity in Eighteenth-Century Ireland and England'

l.hannan@qub.ac.uk

 

Dr John Cunningham

'Medical Practice and Cultural Identities in Ireland, c. 1650- c. 1730' 

 john.cunningham@qub.ac.uk

Professor Peter Gray

‘William Sharman and the Politics of Volunteering in Ulster, c.1780-93’

p.h.gray@qub.ac.uk

 

Lunch: 12:45-1:30

 

1:30-3:00: English Papers

 

Name

Paper Title

Email

Dr Joe Lines

 

 '“The Voice of Toleration”: Irish Religion in a 1780s “Minor” Novel'

 

jlines01@qub.ac.uk

Prayag Ray

A “New Light” on Hinduism? Irish Influences on Elizabeth Hamilton’s View of Hinduism in Letters of a Hindoo Rajah (1796)

 

pray02@qub.ac.uk

 

Dr Daniel Roberts

‘“Ireland is [not] to be looked upon only as a Colony”: Patriotism and imperialism in eighteenth-century Irish fiction’ 

 d.s.roberts@qub.ac.uk

 

3:00 – 3:15: Coffee

 

3:15 – 5:00: Roundtable Session

Archival Collections and Irish Identities

 

Name

Title

Email

Eilís Lavelle

The Characteristics of Edward Bunting's Collection

elavelle01@qub.ac.uk

Lorraine Bourke (PRONI)

Estate Records in PRONI

lorraine.bourke@communities-ni.gov.uk

Michael O’Connor

QUB Special Collections and Irish Identity.

michael.oconnor@qub.ac.uk

 

Nollaig Casey

The O’Neill Collection ncaseymcglynn01@qub.ac.uk

 

 This is a free event, but if you are intending to come, please email Ciara Conway (cconway22@qub.ac.uk) by Wednesday 17 May