Making England Irish? John Locke and the English Atlantic Empire

Inaugural Nicholas Canny Lecture @ the Moore Institute, University of Galway

David Armitage
Blankfein Professor of History
(Harvard University)

Making England Irish? John Locke and the English Atlantic Empire

This distinguished lecture series honours the career and contribution of Professor Nicholas Canny, emeritus chair of history and founding Director of the Moore Institute at the University of Galway, and the country’s leading interpreter of early modern Irish history and the Atlantic World.

Professor David Armitage is Lloyd C. Blankfein Professor of History at Harvard University. His many books include Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (2017), Foundations of Modern International Thought (2013), and The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (2000). He is completing an edition of John Locke’s colonial writings for the Clarendon Edition of his works.

Registration

This is a hybrid event. To attend in person, please register via Eventbrite. If you wish to join online, please email mooreinstitute@universityofgalway.ie for a Zoom link.