The Irish Committee of Historical Societies, in association with NUI Galway, is hosting the 33rd Irish Conference of Historians: Borders and Boundaries, Historical Perspectives. The event takes place on 20-21 May 2021.
The Irish Committee of Historical Sciences is the national committee for history in Ireland representing historians in Irish universities, schools, archives and societies.
The theme of the Conference is Borders and Boundaries.
The 33rd Irish Conference will feature 45 speakers covering a range of topics, including ‘Re-discovering St. Willibrord, the Irish Border, Medieval Borders, Boundaries in Irish Society, Partition Perspectives, Beyond the Pale, Boundaries in the Irish Free State, Women Writing History, North American Borders, eighteenth (and nineteenth century borders, Transnational Borders, All History in Local and Troubles.
The keynote speakers are Professor Raingard Esser of the University of Groningen and Professor Jim Livesey of NUI Galway.
Irish History Online is the national bibliography of Irish history. It is part of a European network of national historical bibliographies from fourteen countries. Irish History Online is an authoritative listing (in progress) of what has been written about Irish history from earliest times to the present.
The database can be found here: https://www.ria.ie/research-projects/irish-history-online
