ROBERT EMMETT, THOMAS RUSSELL AND THE 1803 REBELLION

antrim | miscellaneous | event notice Friday November 07, 2003 11:40 by pat c info at linenhall dot com 028 9032 1707

ROBERT EMMETT, THOMAS RUSSELL
AND THE 1803 REBELLION

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER in the LINEN HALL LIBRARY, Belfast

BOX OFFICE Tel 028 9032 1707 or email info@linenhall.com BOOKING ESSENTIAL

CONFERENCE

Tickets £10/£7 conc (conc applies to members of the Linen Hall Library and
the UICS)

9.45am REGISTRATION

10am OPENING BY LORD MAYOR COUNCILLOR MARTIN MORGAN

10.15-11.30am TOM BARTLETT (UCD) 1803 AN OVERVIEW
DAVID DICKSON (TCD) THE DUBLIN OF 1803

11.30-12 coffee

12-12.30pm SYLVIE KLEINMAN (DCU) EMMET AND FRANCE

12.30-1.15pm KEVIN WHELAN, KEOUGH-UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME CENTRE, DUBLIN
EMMET, A POLTERGEIST IN POLITICS: BETWEEN HISTORY AND MEMORY

1.15-2.30pm lunch

2.30-3.45pm JOHN GRAY (UICS), PHILIP ORR (Hearts of Down), JAMES QUINN
(Royal Irish Academy)
ASPECTS OF THOMAS RUSSELL

3.45-4.15pm coffee

PERFORMANCE

Tickets £5/£4 conc

5.00-5.45pm EMMET AND RUSSELL:THE REPUBLIC OF LETTERS

READINGS AND MUSIC BY
STEPHEN REA
MEDBH MCGUCKIAN
KEVIN WHELAN
NEIL MARTIN

5.45 – 6.30pm Book Launch by Four Courts Press of
1798 A BICENTENARY PERSPECTIVE
Drinks and light refreshment

6.30 – 7.30pm SCREENING OF NEW TV PROGRAMME ON EMMET

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Linen Hall Library
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Belfast BT1 5GB
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