This online conference will explore the uses of anniversaries in historical research and public interpretation, thinking critically about the politics of commemoration, the wide variety of tools and approaches for public engagement, and the challenge
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Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute are hosting two fantastic online events with an array of excellent speakers on Friday, May 7, 2021.
This special centenary joint symposium will address the cultural, political and social legacies of the Irish partition in 1921. The symposium consists of two panels: the first, from Trinity College, Dublin, will discuss the cultural and literary legacies of partition; the second, from Queen’s University, Belfast, will cover the political and social consequences.
Each speaker will present for ten minutes and each, followed by audience Q and A
The first panel titled Partition and its Legacies: Cultural and Literary Legacies will be chaired by Ciaran O Neill and speakers include Stephen O’Neill, Guy Woodward, and Eve Patten.