Seminars, Workshops & Conferences at which I will give papers (downloadable if underlined) :
* Appearance at Listowel Writers Festival, Co. Kerry, 30 May 2008
Previous Events:
- ‘From Loyalty to Resistance: The Orange Order in a Changing Ulster, 1969-2007’, seminar at Queen’s University Belfast, 13 December, 4pm, Institute of Irish Studies
- Appearance on BBC Northern Ireland ‘Sunday Sequence’ radio programme
- Appearance at Belfast Literary Festival, seminar on Unionism, with Steve Bruce and Paul Bew, chaired by William Crawley, BBC Northern Ireland, 25 October 2007, Elmwood Hall, Belfast
- ‘The Orange Order and ‘No’ Unionism since 1998′, Conference on ‘Reviewing the Good Friday Agreement: Effects, impact and prospects’, University of Wolverhampton, UK 27-28 June 2007
conference programme
- ‘The Storm Behind Lodge Doors: The Orange Order in Northern Ireland, 1995-2005′, Political Studies Association Conference, Reading, UK 3-6 April, 2006 (programme)
- Final Northern Ireland Seminar of the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change Programme University of Ulster 21 March 2006 (programme)
- ‘A Secret History of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland, 1963-2005’, LSE Irish Studies Seminar, 22 February 2006
- The Orange Order in Toronto, University of Toronto/Institute for Ulster-Scots Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 5-6 November 2005. Speakers will include: Don MacRaild, Cecil Houston, Seamus Smyth, Brian Clarke, Mark McGowan, Ian Radforth, Willie Jenkins, Eric Kaufmann, David Wilson
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- Irish Protestant Identities, University of Salford, 16-18 September, 2005
EUROPEAN STUDIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Irish Studies Centre, University of Salford and the British Association for Irish Studies. Link: http://www.esri.salford.ac.uk/seminars/forthcoming/index.shtml
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- Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland : Past, Present and Future, A Seminar at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown, 9 June 2005
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- Unionism panel organised by Graham Walker at Political Studies Association conference, 6-8 April, 2004, University of Lincoln (UK)
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- ‘Unionism & Protestant Politics,’ University of Ulster at Jordanstown (Belfast), 19 March 2004. (Focus on Ulster Unionism in comparative perspective)
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- ‘Orangeism and Protestant Politics,’ University of Ulster at Jordanstown (Belfast), 8 November 2002
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Papers and Conference Presentations:
‘A Secret History of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland, 1963-2005’, LSE Irish Studies Seminar, 22 February 2006 (POWERPOINT FILE)
‘The Orange Order in Ontario, Newfoundland, Scotland and Northern Ireland: A Macro-Social Analysis’, The Orange Order in Toronto, University of Toronto/Institute for Ulster-Scots Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 5-6 November 2005. (POWERPOINT FILE)
‘From Respectability to Violence?: The Transformation of the Orange Order in Northern Ireland since 1950’, at conference on Irish Protestant Identities, University of Salford, Manchester, 16-18 September, 2005 – POWERPOINT FILE
‘Revenge of the Grassroots: The Transformation of the Orange Order since 1950’ for ESRC/University of Ulster conference on ‘Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland : Past , Present and Future’ , University of Ulster at Jordanstown , 9 June 2005 POWERPOINT FILE
‘From Deference to Defiance: the Transformation of the Orange Order since 1950,’ for conference on ‘Northern Ireland: A Civil or Uncivil Society’, University of the West of England, Bristol, 25 September 2004. POWERPOINT FILE
‘The Orange Order in Newfoundland in the 20th Century: A Comparative Analysis’, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, 19 May, 2004 – POWERPOINT FILE
‘Orangeism in Northern Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Ontario: A Comparative Perspective,’ Renvall Institute for Area and Cultural Studies, ‘The Celtic Connection in North America,’ University of Helsinki, 5-7 May 2004. POWERPOINT FILE
‘The Decline of the UUP: an Electoral Analysis’, Political Studies Association Meetings, Lincoln, 6-8 April, 2004 – POWERPOINT FILE
‘The Dynamics of Intra-Party Support for the Good Friday Agreement in the Ulster Unionist Party,’ ESRC/University of Ulster ‘ “Simply British?”: The Ulster Unionist Party and Devolution from Craig to Trimble,’ Belfast, Northern Ireland, 19 March 2004. POWERPOINT FILE
19 February, 2004 – ‘The Dynamics of Intra-Party Support for the Good Friday Agreement in the Ulster Unionist Party’, for conference on ‘New Representations: the use of Geodemographic Classifications in Research and Public Service Delivery, joint ESRC/NERC/EPSRC Transdisciplinary Seminar Series and ESRC Research Methods Seminar Series, UCL, London, England. POWERPOINT FILE
19 February, 2004 – ‘The Orange Order and Politics in Northern Ireland and Canada: A Comparative Perspective,’ Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, England. POWERPOINT FILE
‘Twentieth Century Orangeism in Comparative Perspective,’ ESRC/University of Ulster at Jordanstown, ‘Orangeism and Popular Unionism,’ November 8, 2002, Belfast, Northern Ireland. POWERPOINT FILE
‘The Orange Order in the Twentieth Century: A Comparative Analysis of N. Ireland, Scotland, Newfoundland and Ontario,’ (Presented at Canadian Political Science Association, May 29-31, 2002, Toronto, Canada) POWERPOINT FILE
5 March 2002 – ‘The Dynamics of Orangeism in Northern Ireland,’ Department of Politics and International Relations, University of the West of England, Bristol. POWERPOINT FILE
