"Stoor" [Stoor] Meaning: Dust
17 September 2010, 12:00, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
Runs to 18 September 2010
2010 marks the 400th anniversary of the official Plantation of Ulster, a seminal event in Irish history. A series of conferences organised by the international research network of the Institute of Ulster Scots Studies at the University of Ulster have been held since 2006 marking the 1606 Hamilton-Montgomery Plantation (2006), an unofficial Scottish plantation; the 1607 Flight of the Earls (2007); and the Plantation itself with three conferences in 2009 on the theme of ‘The Plantation of Ulster: a laboratory for empire’. The University of Strathclyde is the Scottish partner in this international research network and this conference marks the Scottish contribution to examination of the Plantation and its impact. It does so in a comparative transatlantic context as well as looking at comparative European plantations. Building on earlier migration links, thousands of Scots went to Ulster in waves during the seventeenth century, and Ulster was an important part of the Scottish diaspora. As such, it needs to be rehabilitated further into contemporary Scotland’s understanding of its past and history.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 17th SEPTEMBER 2010
GRAHAM HILLS BUILDING, GH514
12.00 - 13.00 Conference Registration
13.00 - 14.00 Opening Lecture
Professor Nicholas Canny, National University of Ireland, Galway and President Royal Irish Academy: The Plantation of Ulster
14.15 - 15.45 Session 1
Dr John Sherry, University of Guelph, Canada: Scottish
Planters and their impact in Ireland, 1603 - 1714
Dr Aonghas MacCoinnich, University of Glasgow: They have a good land, and are ill people…” Plans for an English colony on the Isle of Lewis in the 1630s
15.45 - 16.00 Refreshment Break
16.00 - 17.30 Session 2
Dr Kirsteen Mackenzie, independent scholar: The Cromwellian Protectorate and the politics of the Scottish interest in Ulster
Dr Karen Cullen, The Centre for History, UHI Millennium Institute: The economic and demographic context of Scottish migration to
Ulster in the 1690s
17.30 - 18.30 Drinks Reception / Book Launch
Scotland and the Ulster Plantations: Explorations in the British Settlements of Stuart Ireland (Four Courts Press, Dublin, 2009),
edited by Dr William P. Kelly, University of Ulster and Dr John R. Young, University of Strathclyde.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 18th SEPTEMBER 2010
GRAHAM HILLS BUILDING, GH514
09.00 - 09.15 Conference Registration
09.15 - 10.15 Plenary Lecture
Professor Karen Kupperman, New York University: The transatlantic dimension of plantations by land and sea
10.30 - 12.30 Session 1
Dr Sarah Barber, University of Lancaster
Professor Arthur Williamson, California State University,
Empire and Anti-Empire: Scotland and British Anti-Imperialism
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch Break
14.00 - 16.00 Session 2
Dr David Worthington, The Centre of History, UHI Millennium Institute: Arrivistes at ‘the navel centre of Europe’? Scottish and Irish newcomers in mid-seventeenth century Bohemia
Dr Steffen Heiberg, Former Head of Research, The Museum of
National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark: The Swedification of the lost Danish provinces
16.00 - 17.00 Plenary Round Table Discussion
Chair Professor Allan Macinnes, University of Strathclyde.
Discussants: Professor Nicholas Canny, Professor Karen
Kupperman, Professor Art Williamson
18.00 - 19.00 Civic Reception
Held at Glasgow City Council, The City Chambers, George Square, Glasgow
Download an application form here
For further information contact:
Ashley Jackson
Professional Development Unit,
University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow, G13 1PP
Tel: +44 (0)141 950 3033
Fax: +44 (0)141 950 3210
Email: ashley.jackson@strath.ac.uk
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