Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland
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Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland
03.02.2012

Violence has probably always been an integral part of human affairs. Brutal regimes of punishment have featured in many political settings. These culturally-determined acts have motivations beyond the destruction of individuals and these often centre on the maintenance and extension of power.  In the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series titled: “Bodies and Souls: Performative Violence in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland”, Dr Barra O Donnabháin will review of the use of violence in medieval and early modern Ireland. He suggests that regimes of punishment also have potential to reveal changing attitudes to bodies and to souls.

Dr Barra Ó Donnabháin is a lecturer in Archaeology at UCC. He specialises in the analysis of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites and is the co-editor of the forthcoming volume ‘The Dead Tell Tales’ to be published by the University of California.

The lecture will be delivered on Wednesday, February 8th 2012 at 8pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre. The lecture series is organised by Emeritus Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS and will continue until March 14th.

Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/Lecture2012.pdf

Admission is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.

Picture:  Dr Barra Ó Donnabháin

 



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