Friday 15 April 2016

LSHG forum: 100 Years since the 1916 Easter Rising

100 years since the 1916 Easter Rising

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Saturday 30th April, Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London, Malet St, London WC1 - lower ground floor conference area

Admission free, donations towards costs welcome, no advance registration necessary

1916 Agenda

Midday: registration

12.30pm Start & introduction, Keith Flett

Keynotes: 

Chris Bambery: Was the Easter Rising doomed from the start?

Catherine Bergin: ‘The Irish fight for liberty is the greatest Epic of Modern History’ : The Irish revolution and African American radicals.'

James Heartfield: '1916: The Rising and the British Empire'

John Newsinger: 'Sylvia Pankhurst, the Easter Rising and the Women’s Dreadnought'

Discussion

Close: 4pm

Organised by the London Socialist Historians Group

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