IRISH HISTORICAL STUDIES 2005 PROGRAMME

The Irish Historical Society has announced its programme for 2005. Following the publication of the New History of Ireland vol.1 in early 2005 which will bring to completion one of the most significant scholarly enterprises undertaken by Irish history specialists in the twentieth century, the IHS will mark this achievement, by taking the New History of Ireland as the theme of its seven sessions for the forthcoming year. Each session will focus on a specific volume in the collection. The aim is to provide a forum for scholars to reflect on the impact of this seminal publication on Irish historical endeavour in the past and today.

In order to encourage as many historians as possible to engage in this process of assessment, a panel of specialists, comprising a chairperson, two discussants and a respondent, will lead the discussion in each of the seven sessions. At the outset of each meeting, two discussants will speak for twenty-five minutes each, outlining their views on the significance of the specific volume of the New History.

The respondent will then speak for fifteenth minutes and the discussion will then be opened up to those in attendance. Details of the times, locations, venues, and participants in each of the seven sessions are provided in the attached programme.

The following meetings will be those of more particular relevance to those interested in medieval Dublin.
(All meetings are on Tuesdays at 7 pm)

11 January: A New History of Ireland: II: Medieval Ireland, 1169-1534
Location: IIIS Room, 6th Floor, Arts Building, TCD (access by 'B' stairwell).
Chair: Dr Art Cosgrove, University College Dublin.
Discussants: Dr Seán Duffy, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr David Ditchburn, University of Aberdeen.
Respondent: Professor Howard Clarke, University College Dublin.

8 February: A New History of Ireland: III: Early Modern Ireland, 1534-1691
Location: Room 2026, TCD.
Chair: Professor Aidan Clarke, Trinity College Dublin.
Discussants: Dr Ciaran Brady, Trinity College Dublin.
Dr Micheál Ó Siochrú, University of Aberdeen.
Respondent: Professor Nicholas Canny, NUI Galway.

8 November: A New History of Ireland: I: Prehistoric and Early Ireland
Location: NUI Galway.
Chair: Professor Donnchadh Ó Corráin, University College Cork.
Discussants: Dr Elva Johnston, University College Dublin.
Dr Colman Etchingham, NUI Maynooth.
Respondent: Dr Dáibhí Ó Cróinín, NUI Galway.

In addition, the Irish Historical Society is also pleased to continue its new initiative, the
POSTGRADUATE FORUM, in 2005.
(Meetings are on Tuesdays at 6 pm, at the locations listed above for the same date)

11 January:
Phil Gorey, UCD: The art of midwifery in Ireland, c. 1600-1800.
Niav Gallagher, TCD: Racialism and the Franciscan Order in Ireland.

8 February:
Mark Empey, UCD: The quest for a uniform church: the evolution of Wentworth's religious policy and the implications for the Catholic and Protestant Church, c. 1622-1634.
Charlene McCoy, TCD: Fermanagh and the 1643 cessation.

N.B. All meetings are at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesdays. The meetings will be held in Room 2026, Arts Building, Trinity College, unless otherwise notified. Apart from the occasion of the AGM, all meetings will be preceded at 6 p.m. by the Society's Postgraduate Forum. All are welcome to attend both events. Inquiries can be directed to Dr Charles Ivar McGrath (charles.mcgrath@ucd.ie)