History Research Seminar Series: “Liberty from Empire? The Irish and the Hispanic Atlantic during the Age of Revolutions”

This seminar will be given by José Brownrigg-Gleeson.  José is an IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow at the Moore Institute and History Dept. He holds a PhD in History from the University of Salamanca (Spain) and previously worked at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies (USA) and at the University of Winchester (UK). He is currently working on a monograph examining the role of Latin America in the development of Irish perceptions of imperialism, decolonization and modernity during the Age of Revolutions (1776–1848). His paper draws on this project and is entitled “Liberty from Empire? The Irish and the Hispanic Atlantic during the Age of Revolutions”.

Book Launch: Prof. Niamh Reilly will launch The Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 (Liverpool University Press, 2019) by Martin O’Donoghue immediately after the seminar.

Martin O’Donoghue is Lecturer in Irish and British History at the University of Northumbria. He graduated with a PhD in History from NUI Galway in 2016 funded by scholarships from the Irish Research Council and the College of Arts. He subsequently held positions at the National Library of Ireland and the University of Limerick. Martin’s research examines the dynamics of political activism in modern Ireland, the relationship with British rule, key developments in the Irish revolution, and the memory of Irish Party leaders in politics and culture. Prof. Niamh Reilly, established professor of Political Science and Sociology at NUI Galway, will launch his book, The Legacy of the Irish Parliamentary Party in Independent Ireland, 1922-1949 (Liverpool University Press, 2019).