Globalization, Landscape, and Environment in Modern Ireland, 1922-2022

Globalization, Landscape, and Environment in Modern Ireland, 1922-2022

University of Galway

Room G010 (Ground Floor)

Hardiman Research Building

Moore Institute for the Humanities and Social Studies

 

Workshop Programme

29 June 2023

11.00    Tea/Coffee and Arrival

11.30     Panel 1

Eric Sandweiss (Indiana University)

‘However picturesque a survival…’ Remaking Claddagh in post-independence Ireland

Mo Moulton (University of Birmingham)

The global politics of bringing the milk to the creamery: Irish co-operative dairy societies and mobility in the Irish landscape, 1922-1972

13.00    Lunch

14.00   Panel 2

Conor McCabe (Queen’s University, Belfast)

Comprador Ireland and globalised capitalism: a theoretical framework

Trisha Kessler (University of Cambridge)

Modern factories for a modern nation: Jewish refugees, 1930s protectionism and the performance of modernity

Patrick Bresnihan (Maynooth University) & Patrick Brodie (University College Dublin)

From toxic industries to green extractivism: rural environmental struggles, multinational corporations, and Ireland’s postcolonial ecological regime

16.00   Break

16.15   Panel 3

Deirdre Foley (University College Cork)

Addressing gender-based violence and marital breakdown in the Republic, c.1977-1981

Erika Hanna (University of Bristol)

Damp, Condensation, and Acid rain in Ireland, 1970-1990

 17.45    End of Day 1

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30 June 2023

09.00  Panel 4

Aoife O’Leary McNeice (University of Exeter)

A social and environmental history of the River Lee Hydro Electric Scheme 1952-1957

Lily Toomey (Trinity College Dublin)

Ireland’s peatlands in global perspective

Sinéad Mercier (University College Dublin)

Tracing the development of Irish energy law in the Anthropocene

11.00    Break

11.15     Industrial Galway tour at Galway City Museum

12.30    Lunch

13.15    Panel 5

Maeve McGandy (University of Galway)

Tracing landscapes of climate adaptation across scales

Kevin O’Sullivan (University of Galway)

Living the future? Cloughjordan ecovillage and islands of sustainability

14.45   Roundtable – Where to Next?

15.30    Close of Workshop

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Organisers

If you are interested in attending, please contact the organisers at:

Dr Erika Hanna (University of Bristol) erika.hanna@bristol.ac.uk

Dr Kevin O’Sullivan (University of Galway) kevin.k.osullivan@universityofgalway.ie

Thanks

This workshop is generously funded by University of Galway College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies Strategic Research Development Scheme and the International Strategic Fund, University of Bristol, with additional support from the Department of History, University of Galway.