‘Historians and the Memory of the Irish Revolution’
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Channel: Trinity College Dublin · 2015 · Education
‘Historians and the Memory of the Irish Revolution’ The challenges of commemorating the Irish revolutionary decade was explored by Professor Roy Foster at a public lecture in Trinity College Dublin, in the Edmund Burke Lecture Theatre on Thursday, October 20, 2015. In his lecture, Professor Foster focused on the agendas, omissions and implications of commemorating events in Irish history that are at once inspirational and divisive. One of Ireland’s best-known historians, Professor Roy Foster is Carroll Chair of Irish History, University of Oxford, and is the author of the recent and widely-acclaimed Vivid Faces: the Irish revolutionary generation 1890-1923. His lecture “An Inheritance From Our Forefathers”? Historians and the Memory of the Irish Revolution is the 2015 Annual Edmund Burke Lecture. This lecture series, instituted by the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute in 2014, marks Trinity’s strong connection with the 18th-century philosopher, historian and politician Edmund Burke. SPEAKERS: Professor Roy Foster, Carroll Chair of Irish History, University of Oxford Jane Ohlmeyer, Professor of Modern History, and Director of Trinity Long Room Hub
