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SHH! MAY 2012
Newsletter for the School of Histories and Humanities Published Monthly
Please send items for inclusion to Jill Walsh ([email protected])
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
The Oxford Medieval Geographies Research Group will be hosting a conference on the subject of
'There and Back Again: Writing Spaces, Mapping Places in
the Medieval World'
22 June 2012
REGISTRATION OPEN: Visit our website at
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~omgrg
The Oxford Medieval Geographies Conference Organising Committee
-- http://users.ox.ac.uk/~omgrg/
Talking History is an award-‐winning weekly programme on Newstalk 106-108 FM which looks at everything from the ancient world to the present time. Presented by Patrick Geoghegan of the School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College Dublin, it is on Sunday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. and can be downloaded on iTunes. ~~~~~~~~~~~
The History Show, RTE Radio 1, 6-7p.m. on Sundays,
presented by Myles Dungan, PhD candidate in the School of Histories and Humanities in TCD.
The Woolf Institute is delighted to announce that, together with the Center for the Study of Jews,
Christians, Muslims at The Open University of Israel, it is hosting a conference;
Tradition and Transition in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Cultures. The conference will begin on the evening of Sunday 24 June and run through to 26 June 2012. It takes place at Lucy Cavendish College (Cambridge). The conference assembles a range of international scholars and will focus on the following broad themes: Space, Family, Art & Music, and Exile. We are delighted that Hagit Messer-‐Yaron, President of The Open University of Israel, and Kamel Abu Jaber, Director of the Royal Institute of Inter-‐Faith Studies (Jordan), will be joining us, together with the patron of the Woolf Institute and the Chancellor of the Open University of Israel, the Right Honourable the Lord Woolf. Conference highlights will include Keynote Lecture given by Ada Rapoport-‐Albert (UCL) and a lecture given by UCL’s Hilary Pomeroy with musical illustrations from Lucie Skeaping and Jon Banks (of The Burning Bush, http://www.theburningbush.co.uk/). Full details of the programme, together with the registration form, can be found at http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/events/details?year=2012&month=6&day=24#ID359
2 boxers and blood
Colloquium Sport and competition in Greece and Rome
Thursday 14 & Friday 15 June 2012
BP Lecture Theatre British Museum
£80, students and Members £60 Includes refreshment and buffet lunch
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The British Museum Annual Classical Colloquium in collaboration with University
College London
The colloquium will feature 20 papers by international speakers on imaging athletics, ideas and ideology, risk and reward, locations, status, revivals and receptions.
Conference organisers:
Dr Judith Swaddling, Department of Greece and Rome, British Museum, [email protected]
Prof. Chris Carey, Department of Classics, University College London, [email protected]
Book through the British Museum Ticket Desk +44 (0)20 7323 8181
[email protected] britishmuseum.org
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
Please see: http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/events_calendar/june_2012/sport_and_competition.a
spx for further details.
Contested histories and the parameters of resistance
University of York, Tuesday 3rd July 2012
Confirmed Keynotes: Dr. Alan Rice (University of Central Lancashire) and Dr.Richard Benjamin (International Slavery Museum, Liverpool)
Contested Histories and the Parameters of Resistance is a one-day interdisciplinary conference which will take place at the University of York on Tuesday 3rd July 2012 in
the Berrick Saul Building.
Throughout the day, we aim to explore the different ways in which narratives, cultural artefacts, spaces and places are creatively used and reused to perform acts of
resistance which contest authoritative versions of history. In line with this we hope to raise questions about the different kinds of impact these processes may have on
people, stories and understandings of the past and indeed the present.
Conference presentations will be followed by a discussion, led by Dr Zoë Norridge (University of York), which will explore both the theory and the practice of resisting
official histories and interrogate the parameters of resistance.
Please see our conference website for a full programme and further information on presents and papers, and the registration form:
http://contestedhistories.blogspot.co.uk/.
Due to generous funding from the Humanities Research Centre and the Centre for Modern Studies at the University of York, attendance is FREE and lunch and coffee/tea will be provided but places are limited, so please register by sending the registration
form to [email protected] by 15th June 2012.
Locating Revolution: Place, Voice, Community
Aberystwyth 9–12 July 2012
Confirmed Speakers: Professor John Barrell (University of York); Professor Nigel Leask (University of Glasgow); Professor Pierre Serna (Institut de l'histoire de la révolution
française, Paris)
A conference jointly hosted by the Wales and the French Revolution Project at the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies; the Centre for Romantic Studies, Aberystwyth University; and the Department of English, Swansea University.
This multi-‐disciplinary conference which engages with local, regional, national, European and transatlantic responses to the Age of Revolutions. In what local forms did the upheavals of the age manifest themselves? What was the relationship between social, religious and political loyalties and people’s landscapes and environments? What forms did loyalism and opposition take in particular rural, regional, urban and metropolitan communities? Papers may focus on any aspect of history, science, literature, song, visual arts and material culture.
• local/regional/national/European identities • readings of ‘place’ and ‘space’
• cartographies of loyalism and opposition • Romanticism
• connections between different experiences of revolution • transmission of ideas
• four Nations criticism: refining the ‘British’ response • neglected /silenced voices
• oral traditions
Dr Angharad Elias Swyddog Gweinyddol / Administrative Officer
Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales Aberystwyth Ceredigion SY23 3HH
T: 01970 636543 F: 01970 639090
[email protected] www.cymru.ac.uk/canolfan
Genealogies of Colonial Violence Conference
1 -‐ 2 June 2012 , University of Cambridge*
This two-‐day conference seeks to move past the standard
debates that continue to dominate both public discourse and much scholarly research
regarding violence and colonialism. This conference aims to bring together interdisciplinary researchers to suggest
alternative interpretations, theoretical approaches, and future avenues of research
relating to violence and colonialism. Proposals are welcome from established academics, early-‐career researchers and graduate students in the humanities and social sciences that work on colonialism and its postcolonial legacies in Africa, Asia and the Americas. The conference
will feature a keynote address by Professor Achille Mbembe (University of Witwatersrand).
. For more information and updates, please visit us at:
http://www.hist.cam.ac.uk/research/conferences/genealogies-‐colonial-‐violence
Regarding the Other in Modern Jewish Thought.
A CJCR Colloquium -‐ 27 June 2012
The Centre for the Study of Jewish-‐Christian Relations (Woolf Institute, Cambridge) is delighted to announce that it is hosting a colloquium, Regarding the Other in Modern Jewish Thought. The colloquium will be held on Wednesday, 27 June 2012 and take place at Lucy
Cavendish College (Cambridge).
The speakers at the colloquium will be CJCR Visiting Fellow, Aaron Rosen (KCL), Agata Bielik-‐Robson (Nottingham), and Melissa Raphael (Gloucestershire).
Full details of the colloquium, together with the registration form, can be found at http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/events/details?year=2012&month=6&day=27#ID449.
Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages 2012 Register either at
http://spaceandsettlement2012.eventbrite.com or by emailing us at [email protected]
Conference registration is €20 (€10 for students) and is payable at the door (sorry, but we can only accept cash)
The preliminary speaker's programme is below.
Space and Settlement in the Middle Ages 2012
Preliminary Speaker's Programme
Friday 1 June 2012
Session One: Space and Structures 11:30 am
Cherie Peters TCD "What's In A Name? Terminology for Lower Class Housing in Early Medieval
Ireland"
Alison Lennon “Roche Castle: an argument for excavation”
Geraldine Stout National Monuments Service “Filling In The Spaces: St. Mary's Abbey and precinct,
Dublin"
Vanessa Ryan "The Archaeology of Conflict and Ethnicity on the South Armagh Border"
Questions 12:50pm – 1:15pm
Lunch 1:15pm – 2:30pm
Session Two: Agriculture and Land Use in Medieval Ireland 2:30pm
Colin Rynne UCC “An Archaeological Perspective on Romano-British Influences on Agricultural
Change in Early Medieval Ireland”
Finbar McCormick QUB “Agricultural and Settlement Change in Early Medieval Ireland”
Ingelise Stujits The Discovery Programme "A Bluffer's Guide to Medieval Woodland Management in
Ireland"
Questions 3:30pm – 4pm
Keynote Speech: Benjamin Hudson Pennsylvania State University 6pm - 7pm
“Space, Settlement and Medieval Atlanticism”
Informal Pub Reception 7pm
Saturday 2 June 2012
Session Three: Rings and Things: circular earthworks and settlement patterns 10am
Emma Arbuthnot TCD “Reconsidering the Castles of the Conquest: an analysis of the form and
nature of Anglo-Norman fortification, 1169-1175”
Thomas Kerr QUB “Population Decline, Regional Variation or Chronological Construct - problems
with rural settlement patterns in 11th/12th century Ireland” continued on next
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Space and Settlement in the Middle Age
Thomas Kerr QUB “Population Decline, Regional Variation or Chronological Construct - problems
with rural settlement patterns in 11th/12th century Ireland” continued on next page....
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2012...continued
Matthew Stout St. Patrick's College Drumcondra “The Distribution of Irish Early Medieval
Ecclesiastical Sites”
Questions 11am – 11:30am
Coffee 11:30am – 12 noon
Coffee will be provided in the Trinity Long Room Hub Building
Session Four: Territories and Control 12 noon
Linda Shine Meath Partnership “Granny Castle and its Dependent Manors: a case study of later
medieval manorial organisation”
Patrick Gleeson UCC “Kingship, Landscape and Territory: examining scales of community and
assembly in early medieval Ireland”
Terry Barry TCD “Settlement in Medieval Ireland: analysing their new complexities”
Questions 1pm – 1:30pm
Lunch 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Session Five: Networks and Influence 2:30pm
Vicky McAlister TCD “Identifying Regional Commerce: interactions between tower houses,
settlements and commercial networks”
Michael Potterton Four Courts Press “Verging On A Renaissance? Contact between Ireland and the
Continent in the sixteenth century”
Rebecca Wall-Forrestal TCD “Natural Resources and Political Geography: reconstructing
Waterford's late Viking Age hinterland”
Questions 3:30pm – 4pm
Conference Closing Remarks: 4pm
Copyright © 2012 Space and Settlement conference, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Space and Settlement conference
School of Histories and Humanities Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Dublin 2 Ireland
CALL FOR PAPERS
The 2012 International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy
ICD Young Leaders’ Forums
- Call for Applications -
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ICD Young Leaders’ Forums (Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Brussels, London, Helsinki – June-September 2012) www.icd-ylf.org The ICD Young Leaders Forums are international networks of like-minded young individuals with an interest in developing, supporting and sustaining intercultural relations. The first Young Leaders Forum was developed in 2003 and we have since developed and launched a variety of different bilateral and multilateral forums that focus on a diverse range of relationships across the world. Over the past decade the ICD Young Leaders Forum has grown to become one of Europe’s largest independent cultural exchange organizations, hosting programs that facilitate interaction among young individuals of all cultural, academic, and professional backgrounds, from across the world. To apply see link: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.de/index.php?en_application-form_weeklong-seminars The 2012 International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy (Berlin, Geneva, Washington D.C., June 1st - June 28th, 2012) Symposia Brochure – The Symposia Brochure can be found at this link: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/academy/content/articles/events/2012-symposium/symposia-2012_brochure.pdf www.i-s-c-d.org The International Symposia on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 is the world’s leading and largest event in the field of cultural diplomacy. The Symposia 2012 will include five large-scale events incorporating the fields of cultural diplomacy, international politics and economics, and international human rights. The events will take place in three different countries throughout the entire month of June and will include over 200 high level speakers and over 2000 participants. In addition to the main five events of the symposia, additional events will take place around the world in all 5 continents simultaneously during the month of June. Symposia Participants > The symposia is open to applications from governmental and diplomatic officials, economists, artists, civil society practitioners, young professionals, students and scholars, journalists, and other interested stakeholders from across the world. Symposia Speakers > The speakers during the conference will include leading figures and experts from international politics, academia, the diplomatic community, civil society and the private sector, from across the world. These speakers will include a number of individuals from the ICD Advisory Board. To learn more about the ICD Advisory Board please visit: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?en_advisoryboard
Speakers for the Symposia include:
• President Alfred Moisiu – Former President of Albania • President Alfredo Palacio - Former President of Ecuador • Cecile Molinier - Director, UNDP Office in Geneva • David Smith - Africa Correspondent, The Guardian • President Emil Constantinescu - Former President of Romania
• Prof. Joseph Nye - Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University (tbc) • Secretary Michael Chertoff - Former United States Secretary of Homeland Security • President Pierre Nkurunziza – President of the Republic of Burundi • Amb. Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) • The Hon. Said Musa – Former Prime minister of Belize • The Hon. Theo-Ben Gurirab - Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia,
Former President of the UN General Assembly, Former Prime minister of Namibia We are accepting applications for the following events: To apply please visit: http://www.culturaldiplomacy.org/index.php?Application-Forms
• The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy 2012 – “Social & Cultural Inequality: Innovative Strategies to Promote Access to Human Rights and Equalize Globalization” (Berlin, June 1st - 4th, 2012) www.icd-internationalsymposium.org
• The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Africa 2012 - "Cultural Diplomacy & Sustainable Development in Africa" (Berlin, June 10th - 12th, 2012) www.icd-international-symposium-africa.org
• The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in Geneva 2012 – "Cultural Diplomacy & Sustainable Development" (Geneva, June 13th -15th, 2012) www.icd-international-symposium-geneva.org
• The 2012 International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy & International Economics – "Political & Economic Inequalities: Bridging the Gap between Civil Society and the Public & Private Sectors" (Berlin, June 20th - 22nd, 2012) www.iscdie.org
• The International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA 2012 – "Cultural Diplomacy, National Security, and Global Risks" (Washington D.C, June 26th - 28th, 2012) www.icd-international-symposium-usa.org
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In addition, we are very pleased to inform you that the ICD is now able to develop additional projects, in order to further promote the fascinating field of cultural diplomacy. If you would be interested in developing projects together with us, please contact me through my direct email: [email protected]. We also warmly encourage you to join and contribute to the development of the ICD Networks. Please stay informed about the activities of the ICD and join our community by “Liking” our official organization profile, “Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD)”, which you can access by following the link www.icd-on-facebook.org
Mark Donfried Director & Founder
Institute for Cultural Diplomacy (ICD) Ku´damm Karree (3rd Floor/Hochhaus)
Kurfürstendamm 207-8 Berlin, Germany-10719 Phone: 00.49(0)30.2360-7680
www.culturaldiplomacy.org [email protected]
The Catholic Historical Society of Ireland Centenary Conference 2-‐3 November 2012
Call for papers
Theme: Ireland, empire and Christian civilization
2012 marks the centenary of Archivium Hibernicum, the journal of the Catholic Historical Society of Ireland. To celebrate this landmark in Irish ecclesiastical history, the Society will hold a special conference dedicated to the theme of ‘Ireland, empire and Christian civilization’. The conference which will take place on Friday 2 and Saturday 3 November 2012 will be hosted by St Patrick’s College & the History Department, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, County Kildare.
ORAL HISTORY TRAINING PROGRAMME
TCD PRESS RELEASE - ORAL HISTORY TRAINING PROGRAMME Trinity College Students Acquire New Skills To Help Understand The Past
A new programme of oral history training has begun to help local communities in border areas tell the stories of their past and sometimes troubled histories. The oral history training is being offered as part of the Peace Process: Layers of Meaning Project; an ambitious collaboration between Queen Mary, University of London, Trinity College Dublin, and Dundalk Institute of Technology. The programme is supported with €1.1 million from the EU’s PEACE III programme. Trinity graduate students in history, law and sociology are enrolled in this programme, together with a truly diverse range of community leaders from Northern Ireland and the border counties. Three LLM students - Alex Layden, Christina O’Byrne and Beatrice Vance - are part of a group of forty-five participants, twenty-seven of whom flew to Queen Mary College, University of London, last week to undertake four days of specialist training. Located in the heart of multi-cultural East London, Queen Mary provided the idea base from which to explore communities in conflict and to learn from oral history projects that have been undertaken with a wide range of ethnic groups. Field trips included a visit to the Imperial War Museum and to Toynbee Hall, a world-renowned pioneer in the identification and resolution of community stresses and conflicts. Alex Layden explained why he got involved in the project: “Oral history opens a window into the human side of past events. It engages the listener in a personal way and provides the public with a record of history seen through the eyes of those who were there.” He hopes that the skills acquired will be a valuable tool in future research into post-conflict societies and added: ‘Hopefully a greater dialogue will develop within TCD which promotes the benefits of oral history’. Christine added that the programme had underscored to her the value of oral testimonies. She feels that ‘living history can have a much great impact, emotionally and intellectually’. She added that she will now ‘have a greater interest in listening to members of my own family and community and in learning of times gone by.’ Highlighting the transferability of the skills she gained she stated: ‘I will try and incorporate more oral history testimonies into further research I conduct, rather than relying on simple written case law - facts and evidence.’ Beatrice Vance is already planning how she would use her skills, saying: “While in London I have been thinking about Irish history and that the Irish nuns could be extremely interesting in relation to why they became nuns - the educational roles they undertook and the Magdalene laundries, although it is a sensitive issue.”
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Further training will take place at Altnaveigh House in Newry and at Dundalk Institute of Technology. The programme aims to equip teachers, students and community leaders with the skills and knowledge to carry out their own oral history projects; recording the recollections and stories about their communities, their shared and divided pasts, and the steps taken by local people towards peace and reconciliation. The Programme Director, Dr Anna Bryson, from the Centre for Contemporary Irish History, Trinity College Dublin, explained: “The aim of the training programme is to demystify the academic process involved in oral history and social enquiry interviewing. We want to equip community leaders and students, interested or already involved in oral history projects, with the necessary skills and self-confidence to engage with the past in a professional and ethical manner. In the spirit of the settlement movement this course demonstrates the immense value of combining academic research with community engagement. It provides an opportunity for our students to work alongside those who have been deeply affected by conflict and to consider new approaches to cross-community research.” The training programme will act as the foundation for three border-region oral history projects due to be announced shortly. The project is also in the process of collecting and archiving one hundred ‘heritage interviews’ with senior political figures, civil servants, and community and religious leaders involved in attempts to achieve peace over the last forty years. The project is described in full at: www.peaceprocesshistory.org.