Ireland, Museums, Empire, Colonialism
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Ireland, Museums, Empire, Colonialism conference
8-9 April 2022
This inter-disciplinary conference (IMEC) will interrogate the complexities of Ireland’s relationship with the British Empire, and of Irish involvement in colonialism. It will connect researchers and practitioners interested in objects, archives, buildings, and landscapes in both public and private spaces and throughout the island of Ireland; and will inform current debates surrounding collections from formerly colonised regions.
IMEC is part of an ESRC-funded project on Museums, Empire and Northern Irish Identity at Queen’s University ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, taking place within the Institute of Irish Studies and Centre for Public History. The partners in the project are , the , and the
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(University of Chichester), (University of Leicester), (Trinity College Dublin), (National Museum of Ireland), (National Museum of Ireland and Irish Museums Association).
Venue: Ulster Museum and Queen’s University ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ.
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Contact: imec@qub.ac.uk
All those attending in person must adhere to the Covid guidelines as outlined here and the Event Admissions policy outlined here.
