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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=4 color=white face="Times New Roman"><span
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<h4><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Director: Professor Anthony McElligott, B.A., Ph.D., FRHistS </span></font></b></h4>
<h4><b><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-IE style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Deputy Director: Dr <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Liam Chambers</st1:PersonName>,
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. </span></font></b></h4>
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<h2 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Research Seminar 2009-2010</span></font></b></h2>
<p class=MsoHeading7><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Autumn Semester</span></font></i></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Thursday,
26 November 2009<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dr Catherine
O’Connor (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Limerick</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>‘“We were
always full and plenty thank god”: Interpreting conflicting narratives of
1950s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Ireland</st1:country-region></st1:place>’</span></font></p>
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<h1 style='text-align:justify'><b><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:normal'>Dr Catherine
O’Connor </span></font></i></b><span style='font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'>specialises in gender and oral history. She</span><span
style='font-style:normal'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'>is a</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-style:normal'> </span><span
style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>post-doctoral Research Assistant
on the IVRLA project ‘</span><span style='font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'>Changing Ireland: Migration and Cultural Heritage’ </span><span
style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>at UCD. She is also engaged in
the conduct and digitisation of interviews for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Limerick
Oral History Project</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, initiated in September
2008. Dr O’Connor was previously a post-doctoral researcher on the
IRCHSS project ‘Inventing and Re-Inventing the Irish Woman, External
Influences on Gender Construction, 1760-2005’ at UL (2007-08). Her most
recent publications include ‘“The smell of her apron”:
issues of gender and religious identity in the oral testimonies of Church of
Ireland women in Ferns 1945-‘65’ in Cronin, N., Crosson, S. and
Eastlake, J. (eds.) </span><span style='font-weight:normal'>Anail and Bheil
Bheo Orality and Modern Irish Culture </span><span style='font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'>(Newcastle upon Tyne, 2009), pp.127-136; ‘Mixed
marriage, “a grave injury to our church” : an account of the 1957
Fethard-on-Sea Boycott’ in </span><span style='font-weight:normal'>The
History of the Family</span><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>,</span><span
style='font-weight:normal'> </span><span style='font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal'>vol.13, no.4 (2008), pp. 395-401 and ‘The Church of
Ireland Diocese of Ferns, 1945-‘65’ in Busteed, M., Neal, F. and
Tonge, J.(eds.) </span><span style='font-weight:normal'>Irish Protestant
Identities</span><span style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'> </span><span
style='font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Manchester</st1:City></st1:place>, 2008), pp.113-125. <o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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Seminar will take place at 5.30 p.m. in <u>Room SG1 (Summerville House)</u> at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mary</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Immaculate</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font></b><font
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WELCOME<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></b></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>For further information
contact Dr <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Liam Chambers</st1:PersonName>, Department
of History, Mary Immaculate College, +353-61-204534; Email <a
href="mailto:Liam.Chambers@mic.ul.ie">Liam.Chambers@mic.ul.ie</a> or Professor
Anthony McElligott: Department of History, University of Limerick, Limerick
Tel. +353-61-213524 Fax +353-61-202569; Email: <a
href="mailto:Anthony.McElligott@ul.ie">Anthony.McElligott@ul.ie</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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