Browsing Glucksman Memorial Symposium Posters 2007 by Title
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The Land War in County Westmeath
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)In 2003, Trinity College Library acquired the papers of the Smythe family of Barbavilla, Collinstown, Co Westmeath (MS 11198). The collection traces the family's long connection with Westmeath, from their acquisition of ... -
Merchants and Mobility: Dublin 1760-1800
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The aim of this project is to examine the fluidity between social classes and to assess the 'openness' of Dublin society in the eighteenth century. It will determine the ability of merchants, in particular, to enter the ... -
Migration and Cultural Identity in Ulster and Southwest Scotland, 1690-1715
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The 1690s probably saw the largest migration from Scotland to Ulster in any single decade. Fifty thousand is a conservative estimate that is frequently quoted. The movement of such a number of people reshaped both places ... -
"A mosaic of movements": The Joycean Rigmarole
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Moving Histories: Discourses on Irish Women's Emigration to England Examined, 1922-1948
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)This thesis looks at the public and private discourses on Irish women's emigration to England in the post-independence, pre-Republic era. -
Neither Here nor There: Liminal Space in Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)This project is concerned with the relationship between Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence and older texts which explore the idea of the border between the world of consensual reality and that of magic and fantasty. ... -
Parliament, power and patronage, the career of Speaker William Conolly, 1662-1729
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The aim of this project is not to write a biography of Conolly but rather to examine particular facets of his career. His political career has previously been outlined in the political histories of the period and does not ... -
Philosophy, Psychiatry and the Schreber Case
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)Daniel Paul Schreber (1842-1911) was a lawyer and judge, who wrote and published an account of his experiences in an asylum. This account was analysed by Freud, who believed that Schreber's dementia paranoides was the ... -
Policing and the Roman Empire
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The Roman Empire, from the beginning of the Principate (28 BC onwards), had no full-time dedicated police force as we understand the concept. However the state had to deal with individuals and groups who were intent on ... -
Religion in contemporary German-language theatre and drama
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)In the apparently secular late twentieth century, questions of politics, postmodernity, gender or ethnicity seemed to dominate German theatre. But since the turn of the new millennium, observers of the German theatre scene ... -
The Return of the Broad University Curriculum
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)How should the modern university resolve the conflict of whether to meet the demands of the economy or student preferences? Circumstances of economic prosperity, coupled with individual liberty as well as social justice ... -
Risteard O Glaisne (1927-2003): Scribhneoir, beathaisneisi, iriseoir, craoltoir, muinteoir agus gaeilgeoir
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)Born in Bandon, Co. Cork in 1927, Risteard O Glaisne was educated at Bandon Grammar School and Trinity College, Dublin. He is best known in Irish-speaking circles for his books on such diverse subjects as Dr Ian Paisley, ... -
Sacrifice in the Bronze Age Aegean and Near East: A Poststructuralist Approach
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)This project will provide a theoretical comparative analysis of the archaeological, iconographic and literary evidence concerning sacrifice in the civilisations of the Aegean and Near East in the Bronze Age. It will offer ... -
The Spanish Flu in Leinster
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The 'Spanish' Influenza pandemic killed 40 to 100 million people during 1918 and 1919, and probably infected about one fifth of the world's population. It disrupted society and economies, debilitated all the armed forces ... -
Streets of the Ancient Near East: Design and Decoration
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The cities of the Near East display some of the best archaeological evidence for urban design and decoration in the Roman Empire. The plans of Apamea (Syria), Palmyra (Syria) and Jerash (Jordan) are perfect examples of ... -
Theodore de Mayerne (Part I)
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)Theodore de Mayerne was one of Europe's foremost physicians in the early seventeenth century. A Hugenot educated at Montpellier, he moved to Paris upon receiving his doctorate, but soon became embroiled in controversy with ... -
Theodore de Mayerne (Part II)
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Trinity College Dublin 1914-1918: Sources from the College Archives
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The Dublin University Officers Training Corps was founded in 1910, shortly before many staff and students departed to fight in the First World War. The OTC also took an active role in the defence of Trinity College and the ... -
Trinity College Dublin Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The Manuscripts Department in Trinity College Library houses an internationally-renowned body of medieval manuscripts. At the heart of the Collection are the early Christian manuscripts dating from the seventh to ninth ... -
Trinity College Library: Manuscript sources for the study of the First World War
(Trinity College Dublin, 2007-06-13)The Manuscripts Department in Trinity College Library provides access to research materials relating to many key events in modern Irish history; this includes records of the involvement of Irish men and women, from varying ...
