11. Juni 2024 19:00
Professor Fearghal McGarry
Die Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft lädt Sie herzlich ein zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache von Professor Fearghal McGarry (Queen’s University Belfast).
In a recent article on the dangers of bad history, the celebrated British historian Simon Schama identified Ireland and Germany as the most successful examples of countries that had managed to liberate themselves ‘from the blood sacrifices demanded by remembrance’. Between 2012 and 2023 Ireland experienced a ‘Decade of Centenaries’ as it marked the anniversaries of the Home Rule crisis, First World War, War of Independence, partition and Civil War – a revolutionary decade whose legacy continues to shape the geography and politics of Ireland. Fearghal McGarry will explore why Irish commemoration of these contested events largely succeeded in recasting the Irish story from one of nationalist grievance to pluralist inclusivity. But this talk will also consider how, in the wake of Brexit, historical memory, centring on the legacy of British imperialism and the continued partition of Ireland, returned to haunt Anglo-Irish politics.
Fearghal McGarry is professor of modern Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. A member of the Royal Irish Academy, he has written widely on modern Ireland, particularly revolutionary and independent Ireland. He is the author of The Abbey Rebels of 1916: A Lost Revolution (2015) and The Rising.Ireland Easter 1916 (2016) and is currently writing a book on inter-war Irish anxieties about modernity. His most recent co-edited publications are Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition and Civil War (2022) and The Irish Revolution: A Global History (2022). Ferghal is also interested in historical memory and public history. He advised on the development of the GPO Witness History Interpretive Centre and the redevelopment of the Troubles Gallery at the Ulster Museum and currently advising the National Museum of Ireland’s 20th Century History Galleries.
After the talk you are invited to drink.
11. Juni 2024 19:00
Professor Fearghal McGarry
Veranstaltungsort
Goethe-Museum
Jacobistraße 2
40211 Düsseldorf
Die Deutsch-Britische Gesellschaft lädt Sie herzlich ein zu einem Vortrag in englischer Sprache von Professor Fearghal McGarry (Queen’s University Belfast).
In a recent article on the dangers of bad history, the celebrated British historian Simon Schama identified Ireland and Germany as the most successful examples of countries that had managed to liberate themselves ‘from the blood sacrifices demanded by remembrance’. Between 2012 and 2023 Ireland experienced a ‘Decade of Centenaries’ as it marked the anniversaries of the Home Rule crisis, First World War, War of Independence, partition and Civil War – a revolutionary decade whose legacy continues to shape the geography and politics of Ireland. Fearghal McGarry will explore why Irish commemoration of these contested events largely succeeded in recasting the Irish story from one of nationalist grievance to pluralist inclusivity. But this talk will also consider how, in the wake of Brexit, historical memory, centring on the legacy of British imperialism and the continued partition of Ireland, returned to haunt Anglo-Irish politics.
Fearghal McGarry is professor of modern Irish History at Queen’s University Belfast. A member of the Royal Irish Academy, he has written widely on modern Ireland, particularly revolutionary and independent Ireland. He is the author of The Abbey Rebels of 1916: A Lost Revolution (2015) and The Rising.Ireland Easter 1916 (2016) and is currently writing a book on inter-war Irish anxieties about modernity. His most recent co-edited publications are Ireland 1922: Independence, Partition and Civil War (2022) and The Irish Revolution: A Global History (2022). Ferghal is also interested in historical memory and public history. He advised on the development of the GPO Witness History Interpretive Centre and the redevelopment of the Troubles Gallery at the Ulster Museum and currently advising the National Museum of Ireland’s 20th Century History Galleries.
After the talk you are invited to drink.