Féile an Earraigh Perspectives on 1916 – The Easter Rising Talks Programme – 21 -25 March 2016
Ireland, India and Easter 1916
Falls Library, Mon 21st March, 1pm
Monday 21 March
Dr Kate O’Malley isa Research Associate of the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College, Dublin, an Assistant Editor of the Royal Irish Academy’s Documentson Irish Foreign Policy, and the author of Ireland, India and Empire. She will speak about the impact the Easter Rising had on the Indian nationalist movement, how it influenced radicals and inspired the Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930, but also taught Britain certain lessons about its decolonisation process which informed its attitude towards Indian independence.Chair – Jessica Blomkvist. Swedish-born Dr Jessica Blomkvist is Policy & Administration Officer with the Belfast Conflict Resolution Consortium whose PhD was titled Transforming Conflict in Divided Societies: The Role of Faith-Based Actors in Northern Ireland.
Ireland’s Forgotten Few- The Unionists Left Behind
St Mary’s University College, Mon 21st March, 7pm
Quincey Dougan is a historian, historical consultant and weekly columnist with the News Letter. He is the author of Leitrim -A County at War and The Armagh Brigade- The Formation and Sacrifice of the Ulster Volunteer Force in the Orchard County. Quincey will speak about the impact of partition on the ‘abandoned’ unionists of Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan when the Ulster Unionists decided to pursue a Six-County state within the union. Stranded in the Free State, Quincey looks at the reactions and experiences of those Unionists who found themselves ‘stranded’ in a Free State, a scenario that challenged their very identity, and in some cases their physical existence.Chair – Jessica Blomkvist.
Might poke into both since both locations are very close to where I live. Thanks Jude.
Also, tomorrow night in the Black Box is the Belfast launch of the latest issue of New York based Jacobin Magazine. A special 1916 edition no less! Here’s the blurb –
‘As Ireland prepares to commemorate the Easter Rising, the American socialist publication Jacobin is marking the occasion with a special 1916 edition.
The Belfast launch of #Jacobin1916 will involve a panel discussion on ‘The legacy of the Easter Rising and contemporary relevance of the socialist republic’. Participants include:
Cllr. Gerry Carroll, People Before Profit Alliance representative on Belfast City Council.
Kerry Fleck, Communist Party of Ireland northern organiser.
Tommy McKearney, veteran republican and author of The Provisional IRA: From Insurrection to Parliament.
Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of Jacobin Magazine.’
https://www.facebook.com/events/1659980840932784/
The Dublin launch was held at Liberty Hall yesterday (Saturday) and was by all accounts quite a day, with Bernadette Devlin coming in for high praise – see #Jacobin1916 on Twitter for insights.
Our friends at The Irish Times even previewed the Dublin launch –
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/from-james-connolly-to-bernie-sanders-1.2578792
Anyway, Black Box at 7pm – Monday 21st March. It clashes with the talk at St Mary’s University College detailed above unfortunately, but hopefully there will be enough interest to fill both 🙂