Co-ordinators

Dr Alison Garden (QUB) and Dr Ruth Duffy (QUB)

Registration

Day 1 - Plenary and Reception   

Day 2 - Symposium Panels 

Day 2 - Curator's Tour

Day 3 - Symposium Panels

The Symposium has been organised with the support of the School of Arts, English and Languages, the Mitchell Institute, the Institute of Irish Studies and the Ulster Museum.

This event is free to attend (with lunch and refreshments) but booking is essential.

Dates and Times

Wednesday 15 May 2024 from 5:30pm - 9:00pm

• Symposium Plenary and Reception - 5:30pm - 9:00pm

Opening Lecture with Professor Fran Brearton (QUB), ‘“Noli timere, frater”: Love, Letters and War’. Chaired by Professor Edna Longley (QUB)

Thursday 16 May 2024 from 9:15am - 7:30pm

• Registration and coffee - 9:15am - 9:45am
• Welcoming remarks and Symposium Panels - 9:45am - 1:30pm
• Lunch - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
• Curator's tour of 'The Troubles and Beyond' followed by academic presentations / 2:30pm - 7:30pm

The Curator's tour will be held in the Belfast Room at The Ulster Museum.

Friday 17 May 2024 from 9:30am - 6:15pm

• Welcome refreshments - 9:30am - 10:00am
• Symposium Panels - 10:00am - 1:30pm
• Lunch - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
• Symposium Panels - 2:30pm - 5:30pm
• Roundtable and final thoughts - 5:30pm - 6:15pm

The Symposium Programme can be downloaded here.

The Symposium Pack can be downloaded here.

If you are a wheelchair user or have limited mobility please contact us in advance of the event at Mitchell.Institute@qub.ac.uk.