Annual Conferences
Since its founding, the Irish Studies Program has held an annual conference based on a theme relevant to Irish history and culture. There have been eight conferences to date:
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Irish Politics: An Inside View, March 2019
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The Great Irish Famine: April 13, 2018
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The Irish and the American Civil War – April 6 and 7, 2017
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Western New York and the Fenian Raids of 1866 – April 15, 2016
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W. B. Yeats at 150: A Celebration – November 19 and 20, 2015
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Eire on the Erie: The Irish and the Erie Canal – October 17, 2014
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Frederick Douglass in Ireland – February 22, 2013
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Ireland Today: History & Heritage in an Ever-Changing World – March 16, 2012
2019 conference featured speaker Eamon O Cuiv, a member of the Irish Dail.