Social Thought and the Irish Question in the Nineteenth Century
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Headfort House, Kells, Co. Meath
Friday-Saturday, 18-19 th March 2005
The conference addressed in comparative perspective the way in which Ireland was analysed by selected major nineteenth-century thinkers from outside the island; included were the two themes of Celticism and Race.
Click here for the Full Timetable for the conference (Word format).
Programme:
Historical Context: Professor David Fitzpatrick, Modern History, TCD
Gustave de Beaumont (1802-1866): Professor Tom Garvin, Politics, UCD
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873): Dr. Graham Finlay, Politics, UCD
Sir Henry Maine (1822-1888): Dr. Séamas Ó Síocháin, Anthropology, NUI Maynooth
Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) Dr. Chandana Mathur, Anthropology, NUI Maynooth, & Dermot Dix, Headfort School, Kells, Co. Meath
James Anthony Froude (1818-1894): Dr. Ciaran Brady, Modern History, TCD
Race: Professor Peter Bowler, School of Anthropological Studies, Queen's University Belfast
Celticism: Professor George Watson, Research Institute of Irish and Scottish Studies, University of Aberdeen
Overview: Dr. Peter Gray, History, University of Southampton
Click here for a copy of the Conference Poster (size 2.5MB, pdf format - you will need Adobe Acrobat to access the poster).
Enquiries to: Department of Anthropology, NUI Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Tel. + 353 1 7083984; Fax: +353 1 708 3570; E-mail: anthropology.office@may.ie