2011 Press Releases
UCC hosts Metahistory Symposium
03.05.2011
On May 6th-7th, UCC will host a symposium by leading historians on patterns of historical thought and practice in nineteenth century Ireland, looking at views on Pre-history, Medical History, Art History, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Civil Wars and Cromwellian confiscations, Edmund Spenser and Gaelic Chiefs.
03.05.2011
On May 6th-7th, UCC will host a symposium by leading historians on patterns of historical thought and practice in nineteenth century Ireland, looking at views on Pre-history, Medical History, Art History, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, Civil Wars and Cromwellian confiscations, Edmund Spenser and Gaelic Chiefs.
Keynote
lectures will be delivered by Shlomo Sand (Tel Aviv) on the writing of Jewish
and Israeli History (May 6th, 5pm, Boole II Lecture Theatre) and Tom
Bartlett (Aberdeen) on the writing of his recent history of Ireland. Shlomo
Sand, is author of “The Invention of the Jewish People”, a historical tour de
force which explodes the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first
century at the hands of the Romans.
Israeli historian, Sand argues that most modern Jews descend from
converts, whose native lands were scattered across the Middle East and Eastern
Europe. In this iconoclastic work,
which spent nineteen weeks on the Israeli bestseller list and won the coveted
Aujourd'hui Award in France, Sand provides the intellectual foundations for a
new vision of Israel’s future. See video-link at
http://www.ucc.ie/en/history/home/text-120821-en.html
In his keynote lecture on May 7th at 2pm, Boole II Lecture Theatre, Tom Bartlett, University of Aberdeen will discuss “How to write a history of Ireland in 45 minutes”.
Among the speakers on May 7th are Peter Woodman, Clare O’Halloran, UCC; Jim McGeachie, University of Ulster, Brian Jackson, UCD and Alan Ford, University of Nottingham. For full programme see http://www.ucc.ie/en/humanitiesprtli4/metahistory
The event is organised under the auspices of the Irish National Institute of Historical Research and funded by PRLTI4. Contact h.morgan@ucc.ie or o.walsh@ucc.ie
Admission is free – all are welcome.