cfp. Irish Conference of Historians, xxxii, University College Cork, 26-28 April 2018

The xxxii Irish Conference of Historians will take place at University College Cork, on 26-28 April 2018. The theme of the conference is sex, sexuality and reproduction: historical perspectives. Papers/panels are invited that address topics relating to the history of sex, sexuality and reproduction, in Ireland and across the world, from antiquity to the 1990s. As well as papers/panels that address the historiography of sex, sexuality and reproduction, and the historical/theoretical debates that have enlivened the field.

Both panel and individual proposals are welcome. Please send individual paper proposals (a 200- to 300-word abstract) and panel proposals (300-word overview + 200- to 300-word abstracts for the papers) to the conference email: irishch32@gmail.com or c/o Donal Ó Drisceoil, School of History, University College Cork, Ireland.

DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 31 JANUARY 2018

Further details can be found at the following link: Irish Conference of Historians – Call for Papers

IIS at QUB Spring Seminar Series

The Institute of Irish Studies has launched its Spring 2017 Seminar Series. Lectures take place on Mondays at 4:30 pm in the Seminar Room, Institute of Irish Studies, 8 Fitzwilliam Street, Belfast.

The next lecture is on Monday, 13 February 2017 and is given by Aglaia De Angeli (History) on ‘A republic for China and Ireland: a new beginning, 1911-22’.

The full programme can be found here.