14.10.2016
A new research centre focussing on Irish and European history and culture was launched in Limerick.
Pictured at the event were back left to right, Carrie Griffin, School of Culture and Communications UL, Michael Griffin, School of Culture and Communications UL, David Fleming, Dept. History UL, Edel Semple, Dept English UCD, Carol Mullane Dignam, Dept. History UL. front left to right, Liam Chambers, Dept. History mary Immaculate College, Dr. Richard Kirwan, Dept. History UL, Prof. Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith’s Chair of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, and Chair of the Irish Research Council and Ken Bergin, Head Special Collections, Glucksman Library UL.
The Centre for Early Modern Studies brings together experts from University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate College to further the study of the history and culture of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
The Centre for Early Modern Studies was launched with an inaugural lecture by Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith’s Chair of Modern History, Trinity College Dublin, Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub, and Chair of the Irish Research Council. Professor Ohlmeyer spoke on the topic of ‘Early Modern Ireland and the Wider World’.
Picture: Alan Place