Call for Papers: Society for the Study of 19th Century Ireland - Philanthropy in 19th Century Ireland
27 Oct 2009
Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
First Call for Papers
An International Conference on Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
University College Cork, June 17th and 18th, 2010
The Sixteenth Annual Conference of the Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland will take place at University College Cork in 2010. This conference will address the theme of ‘philanthropy’, broadly defined, and examine the manner in which philanthropic endeavour underpinned State initiatives for the poor and vulnerable, but also provided opportunities for special interest groups in Ireland. Charitable and voluntary organisations provided a wide range of services for the disadvantaged, the sick, and those in need of temporary assistance. But the poor were not helpless: philanthropic history shows a high level of active engagement with a range of charities, and evidence that individuals employed a sophisticated knowledge of charitable ambitions to secure advantages for themselves. It is hoped that the conference papers will address some of these complex and wide-ranging factors in nineteenth-century Irish history.
Themes might include:
- The politics of philanthropy
- Individual charitable initiatives
- Philanthropy and medicine
- Religion and philanthropy
- The uses of charity by the poor
- Gender and philanthropy
Organisers: Dr Larry Geary and Dr Oonagh Walsh, Dept. of History, University College Cork, Ireland.
The organisers welcome proposals, and suggestions for panels, on additional themes. Please send your proposals as attachments to both Larry Geary at l.geary@ucc.ie, and Oonagh Walsh at o.walsh@ucc.ie Please also note that selected proceedings from this conference will be published
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