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Department of History Research Seminar
‘A peaceful conquest? German and Irish immigration to the Midwestern United States, 1850-1900’
When: Thursday, 11 October 2018
Research Week
Maynooth researchers are taking on some of the most pressing challenges facing society today. From 8-12 October 2018, the University invites the public in – to hear about and engage with the rich body of multi-disciplinary research being undertaken right here in Maynooth, and the impact those discoveries are having across the globe.
When: Monday, 08 October 2018
Maynooth Studies in Local History - launch of new volumes
Launch of six new volumes in the Maynooth Studies in Local History series
When: Thursday, 06 September 2018
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Votes for Women
A Panel Discussion commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Votes for Women. With speakers such as ; Dr. Margaret Ward, QUB, Prof Louise Ryan, University of Sheffield, Dr Caitríona Beaumont, London South Bank University, Professor Marian Lyons, Chair Maynooth University Decade of Commemorations Committee
When: Thursday, 03 May 2018
Bethania of the Good Shepherd (Heitersheim): A girls’ reformatory of the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul (motherhouse Freiburg, Germany) during the Third Reich, 1933 to 1945
Presentation to History Research Seminar by Angelika Hansert, PhD candidate, Maynooth University Department of History. All are welcome.
When: Thursday, 26 April 2018
Exhibition and book Launch: The Country House Revived Exhibition and ‘Women and the Country House in Ireland and Britain'
Public are invited to the The Country House Revived Exhibition and launch of ‘Women and the Country House in Ireland and Britain.’
When: Thursday, 19 April 2018
'On Active Service’: Maynooth College, Chaplains & the Anti-Conscription Crisis
Launch: ‘On Active Service’: Maynooth College, Chaplains & the Anti-Conscription Crisis Exhibition. Public welcome to attend.
When: Wednesday, 18 April 2018
‘Labour and the conscription crisis’
Dr Emmet O'Connor is one of Ireland's most eminent historians of labour, and author of the new biography Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?, is giving this timely lecture.
When: Thursday, 12 April 2018
Consuming slaves: commodification and non-labor roles of enslaved Africans in the American South, 1800-1860
Lecture to History Research Seminar by Dr John Patrick Daly (State University of New York, Brockport College)
When: Thursday, 05 April 2018
The cultural history of color – power and identity in the Enlightenment Age
Lecture to the History Research Seminar by Monika Barget (Project manager, An Foras Feasa, Maynooth University)
When: Thursday, 08 March 2018