Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
14.06.2010
The
School of History, UCC will host the annual Society for the Study of Nineteenth
Century Ireland (SSNCI) conference on Thursday, 17th and Friday, 18th
June. Organised by Dr Larry Geary and Dr Oonagh Walsh, the conference theme is
‘Philanthropy in Nineteenth Century Ireland’.
A wide range of new research in the field will be presented
at the event.
Themes
to be addressed include the role of medicine in charitable relief; voluntary work
amongst disadvantaged groups and state-funded initiatives through agencies such
as the Poor Law. Speakers from across the Irish university system will be
joined by colleagues from North America, Australia and continental Europe. The
latest book in the SSNCI series, edited by Dr Ciara Breathnach and Dr Catherine
Lawless, will be launched at the School of History, Tyrconnell, on the evening
of June 17th.
The
keynote speakers are Professor Maria Luddy of Warwick University, and Professor
John Wilson Foster of Queen’s University Belfast/University of British Columbia.
Please contact Oonagh Walsh on o.walsh@ucc.ie
for further information, or click here http://www.ucc.ie/en/history// to access
the conference programme.
The
event will take place West Wing 5 and 6, UCC.
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