This interdisciplinary lecture series, sponsored jointly by the Irish Studies program and the African and African Diaspora Studies program, examines the complex intersections between people of African and people of Irish descent. Historically, both groups have been defined in important ways by experiences of migration (voluntary and involuntary) and diaspora. They have encountered one another throughout the Atlantic world. Interactions between them have left their marks on cultural forms, political structures, intellectual traditions, social histories, and urban environments.
September 24
Lecture: Irish memory and modern multiculturalism
Tom Hayden, political activist and author of the Port Huron Statement
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
October 15
Lecture: Black Irish, Irish whiteness, and Atlantic state formation
David Lloyd, University of Southern California
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
November 12
Lecture: Remembering slavery in the postcolonial state:
Frederick Douglass and Ireland
Fionnghuala Sweeney, University of Liverpool
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
February 4
Lecture: Race and rights: the view from Irish-America,
at the turn of the twentieth century and the turn of the twenty-first
Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University
***CANCELLED***
Connolly House 4:00 pm
February 25
Lecture: The United Irishmen and the fight to end slavery
David Brundage, University of California--Santa Cruz
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
April 14
Lecture: Irish America and the abolitionist movement
Maurice Bric, University College Dublin
Connolly House, 4:00 pm
Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the BC community and the public. Please note that events are subject to change. We will update this page with any changes.