I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Against Remembrance: Seminar and Book by David Rieff.’ It includes my reflections on Rieff’s seminar, given last week at Trinity College Dublin. … Read more...
Category: Irish politics
Ecumenical Matters: Talk at Queen’s on Thursday 20 October and Visioning 21st Century Ecumenism Seminar Series Starts Sat 22 October
As regular readers of this blog may know, I’m giving a lecture at Queen’s University Belfast on Thursday 20 October titled, ‘The End of Irish Catholicism?: Exploring Extra-Institutional Spaces for Faith.’ The talk kicks off at 5.15 pm in the … Read more...
Learning from 1798: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations – New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Learning from 1798: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations.’ It is commentary based on a review of Tom Dunne’s controversial book, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798. … Read more...
From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘From Crisis to Hope: Can Churches Contribute to Northern Ireland’s Election Debate?’ It examines the issues raised at a discussion today at Springfield Road Methodist Church/Forthspring Community Centre on a document … Read more...
Defending What Doesn’t Work?: Catholic Education–New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Defending What Doesn’t Work?: Catholic Education.’ It’s a response to plans to transfer the patronage of 50% of all primary schools in the Republic of Ireland from church control to … Read more...
Is Irish Catholicism an Irrelevant Minority Culture? New Post on Slugger O’Toole
I have a new post called, ‘Is Irish Catholicism and Irrelevant Minority Culture? Archbishop Diarmuid Martin’s Cambridge Speech,’ on the Slugger O’Toole blog. … Read more...
Continuing Education Course on Ethical Remembering: Acknowledging the Decade of Change & Violence, 1912-1922 Begins 19 January
A six-week continuing education course on ‘Ethical Remembering: Acknowledging the Decade of Change & Violence, 1912-1922,’ begins next week at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin at Belfast. More information can be found in my post on the … Read more...
How Many People Will be Left in Ireland at This Time Next Year?
You can read my post about the latest polls on Irish people intending to emigrate on the Slugger O’Toole blog. One of the more shocking figures is a poll by TCD’s student newspaper, Trinity News, that claims 85% of … Read more...
Nuala O’Loan Launches New Master’s in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation at TCD at Belfast
Baroness Nuala O’Loan spoke on the importance of studying conflict resolution and reconciliation at yesterday’s launch of my School’s – Trinity College Dublin at Belfast’s (the Irish School of Ecumenics) – new master’s (M.Phil.) programme in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation.… Read more...
Nuala O’Loan to Launch New Master’s in Conflict Resolution & Reconciliation
Baronness Nuala O’Loan, DBE, will launch my school’s new Master’s (M.Phil.) programme in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation on Thursday 21 October 2010 from 4.45-6.00 p.m. at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast, located at 683 Antrim Road.
We are excited about … Read more...
McCluskey Civil Rights Summer School: Was the ‘Armed Struggle’ Justified?
How might the civil rights campaign in Northern Ireland have developed, had there been no ‘armed struggle?’
That was the theme of the first session of the McCluskey Civil Rights Summer School, held on Saturday 28 August at the Heritage … Read more...