Modern Irish History seminars

The Modern Irish History research seminars take place throughout the academic year and are open to all.

Time and location

All events take place at 5pm in room 0.10 Edinburgh Futures Institute, Lauriston Place, and on Teams, except the first event which will be held in room 3.00, Edinburgh Futures Institute, 1 Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh EH3 9EF. You can link to a map below.

To join our mailing list and receive invitations to join events online please contact Enda Delaney (enda.delaney@ed.ac.uk) or Davide Lamparelli (Davide.Lamparelli@ed.ac.uk)

Convenors: Maud Belair, Enda Delaney, Roseanna Doughty and Davide Lamparelli.

Events schedule

Semester 1 2026/27

DateSpeakerTopic
Tue 22 Sep

Niri Cath - 'Skeleton tours: Itineraries in 19th Century Britain and Ireland'

Ronan Kennedy - 'Post-punk, Polarisation and participation: Alternative music in divided Belfast'

PhD Researcher Showcase
Tue 3 Nov

Dr Roseanna Doughty (Edinburgh)

Dr Jack Hepworth (Newcastle)

Dr Lucy (Kate) Newby (Manchester Metropolitan)

Other panellists to be confirmed

Early Career Researchers Panel

'New directions in the history of the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland'

Tue 17 NovDr George Evans (Edinburgh)                                              'Elite Irishness in the British Officer Corps, 1900-1945'
Tue 8 Dec

Filippo Barsi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

Dr Rút Nic Foirbeis (Independent)

Jim Slaven (James Connolly Society)

Panel Discussion 

James Connolly, Edinburgh and Scotland

Find out what else is on

The School of History, Classics and Archaeology offers an exciting programme of seminars across many subjects areas. Visit the research seminars website to find out what else is happening.

This article was published on