Value of Medieval Studies and Humanities
The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics invited you to a 2-day public event:
DAY 1: PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON THE VALUE OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES
Council Chamber & Canada Room, QUB
Thursday 3rd November 2016
This one-day symposium will explore the challenges, opportunities and future for medieval history and medieval studies at QUB and beyond.
All are welcome to some or all of the day – no pre-registration required.
1.00pm Toute la mémoire du monde/All the Memory of the World (1956, b&w, 22 mins)
Screening in QFT2, introduced by Des O’Rawe (QUB), followed by discussion.
3pm: Medieval Afterlives (Chair: Sinead O’Sullivan)
Alex Wolf (St Andrews); Andrew Holmes (QUB); Sarah James (Kent); Stephen Kelly (QUB)
4.40pm: Wine Reception (all welcome)
5.30pm: Dill Lecture – Professor Dame Averil Cameron (Oxford) – ‘Samuel Dill, the end of the Roman empire and learning from history’
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For further details please contact: Dr James Davis
DAY 2: PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM ON THE VALUE OF THE HUMANITIES
Council Chamber & Canada Room, QUB
Friday 4th November 2016
This one-day symposium will explore the challenges, opportunities and future for the humanities at QUB and beyond.
All are welcome to some or all of the day – no pre-registration required.
9.15am – Introduction
9.30am Roundtable - Humanities and the Public
Panel: Peter Osborne (Community Relations Council); Todd Hughes (Vanderbilt); William Blair (Ulster Museum); Fiona Murphy (Mitchell Institute); James Dillon (QUB)
11.45am Keynote Lecture: Gerardine Meaney (Chair of the Irish Humanities Alliance)
1.30pm Roundtable - Humanities and the Universities
Panel: Sean Connolly (QUB); Thomas Docherty (Warwick); Gerardine Meaney (UCD); Nigel Rapport (St Andrews); Richard English (QUB); John Wilson Foster (QUB)
3.50pm Roundtable - Northern Ireland and the Humanities
Panel: Sean O’Connell (QUB); Dominic Bryan (QUB); Michael Pierse (QUB)
5.20pm Finish
For further details please contact: Dr James Davis