2018-2019

9:00 AM, 08 Dec 2018 - , Boole II lecture Theatre, UCC

A woman shall not be disqualified’: Ireland and the cause of female suffrage

To commemorate the centenary of the 1918 general election, which marked the first occasion on which women were both allowed to vote in a general election (albeit on a more restricted franchise than men), and also to stand as candidates for election, the School of History is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a conference, in association with Cork city and county councils and with assistance from the Creative Ireland Fund, entitled “‘A woman shall not be disqualified’: Ireland and the cause of female suffrage’” on Saturday 8 December – with the draft programme detailed below. It is likely that details of this programme may change between now and the event (most particularly with the addition of a sixth speaker), and further details will be provided closer to the date.

The conference is the latest in its ‘Cork Studies in the Irish Revolution’ series, and, as with all previous such events, is free to all those who wish to attend, with a particular welcome extended to members of the public who would not be part of the traditional UCC community.

Please feel free to make contact with any questions.

Gabriel Doherty

History

UCC

Cork Studies in the Irish revolution

‘A woman shall not be disqualified’:

Ireland and the cause of female suffrage

Boole II Lecture Theatre, University College Cork

Saturday 8 December 2018

20am	Opening remarks Gabriel Doherty, School of History, University College Cork
30am	Nationalism and suffrage Liz Gillis, independent scholar
20am	Ulster women: the Union and the vote Dr Myrtle Hill, visiting research fellow, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast
10am	The force in force feeding Meadhbh Murphy, University College Dublin Archives
00pm	Lunch break
40pm	Rosamund Jacob Leeane Lane, Department of History and Geography, Dublin City University
30pm	TOPIC AN Other
20pm	Politicising the Private: the Irish Citizen newspaper and feminism in early twentieth century Ireland Professor Louise Ryan, University of Sheffield
10pm	Conference closes

Conference organised by the School of History University College Cork, with assistance from Cork City Council, Cork County Council and the Creative Ireland programme.

For further information please telephone 021-4902783, email g.doherty@ucc.ie. Please address any correspondence to: ‘Suffrage conference’, School of History, University College Cork.

Organiser: Gabriel Doherty, School of History, University College Cork.

Free - all welcome. Organised by School of History, UCC

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