THE IRISH AND WAR
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
14-15 NOVEMBER 2008
THE IRISH AND WAR
TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN
14-15 NOVEMBER 2008
Storytellers and writers in all genres have represented a variety of Irish responses to the military and conflict at home and abroad; soldiers have used both letters and memoirs to record their opinion of military life; filmmakers and artists have provided visual explorations of the war experience. What do these reports and representations reveal about Irish attitudes to the military and warfare? What do they tell us about Ireland’s relationship with other countries, and the role that warfare played in helping to shape notions of personal, regional and national identity?
This conference aims to address such questions, by gathering together scholars from various disciplines to explore how the Irish have represented war from the late 1600s to the present. Topics may include but are not limited to: accounts of warfare by participants and witnesses; fictional representations of soldiers and warfare; neutrality and resistance to war; war journalism; propaganda; war poets and poetry; cinematic representations of the fighting Irish.
Please send proposals of no more than 250 words to the organizers, Dr. Anne Markey, Dr. Sharon Murphy, and Dr. David Murphy, at theirishandwar@tcd.ie by 3oth June.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Dr. Mark Rawlinson (Leicester)
This conference is being generously sponsored by the School of English, Trinity College