About

'Fighting at Nelson's Pillar during the Civil War'.

Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.

Irish Revolution 1912-1923 as Viewed from Outside is a two day symposium jointly hosted by the School of History and the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University College Cork.

This postgraduate symposium, aimed at Masters and PhD students, will look at how some of the following events were viewed from outside Ireland

• The Home Rule Crisis, 1912-1914
• The Dublin Lockout, 1913
• The First World War, 1914-1918
• The Easter Rising, 1916
• The Conscription Crisis, 1918
• The "Khaki" general election, 1918
• The First Dáil (Parliament), 1919
• The War of Independence, 1919-1921
• The Irish Free State, 1922
• The Civil War, 1922-1923

This interdisciplinary symposium seeks to explore reactions to these key events in modern Irish history through the mediums of media, journalism, art, photography, literature (not limited to these groups).

Keynote Speaker
Dr Maurice Walsh, Lecturer in Journalism, Kingston University, London will deliver a keynote address at the symposium. Dr Walsh has previously worked as a journalist for The Irish Times, the Guardian and the BBC. He is also author of The News from Ireland: Foreign Correspondents and the Irish Revolution.

Organisers
The symposium is organised by Oliver O'Hanlon (PhD student, UCC) and Dr Jérôme aan de Wiel (School of History, UCC).

Venue
The venue for the symposium is University College Cork. See more: http://www.ucc.ie/en/

Contact
You can contact the symposium organisers at ireland19121923@gmail.com with any questions or comments.