Six high profile public lectures are to be held in Newman House in 2015/2016 to underline the global repercussions of, and responses to, the Easter Rising of 1916. 1916 is often seen primarily in a national context, but it was an event that drew global attention and inspired other decolonisation movements. Guest speakers will include some of the international leading authorities on the period. There … Continue reading 1916 as a Global Event