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Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)

October 21, 2015 @ 5:00 pm

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Date:
October 21, 2015
Time:
5:00 pm

All colleagues are cordially invited to the

Presentation of the Scott Bills Memorial Prize to GearÌ_id Barry (History)

On Wednesday 21 October 2015, 5.00pm.

Awarded by the Peace History Society (U.S.A.) in recognition of his book

The Disarmament of Hatred: Marc Sangnier, French Catholicism and the Legacy of the First World War, 1914-45 (2012)

Venue : Room 1001 (The Bridge), Hardiman Research Building, NUI Galway

The Prize will be presented by Prof. Michael Clinton (Gwynned Mercy College, Penn.),

Peace History Society Board Member.

An informal reception with refreshments will follow brief speeches at 5.00 pm.

FÌÁilte roimh chÌÁch : All very welcome.

Please note: a video recording may be made: Prof Clinton is giving a Research Seminar in the same venue at 4p.m. on ‰Û÷French pacifism and the First World War’

The Scott Bills Memorial Prize remembers American diplomatic historian and alumnus of Kent State University Scott Bills (1948-2001). Awarded biennially by the Peace History Society, an international network of historians, it recognises a first book in peace history published within a two year timeframe. http://www.peacehistorysociety.org/bills.php

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Scott Bills Memorial Prize. The Peace History Society will award the Scott Bills Memorial Prize bi-annually (in odd years) for an outstanding English-language work in …

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