Realists and Idealists: Women of the Easter Rising, 1916

Public Lecture by Dr Mary McAuliffe

April 7th, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

SFU Harbour Centre
Segal Rooms, Vancouver Campus, Harbour Centre
Simon Fraser University
515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC  

We are currently at capacity for the event on April 7.  Please e-mail irishwomensnetwork@gmail.com if you would like to be placed on a waiting list.  Thank you for your interest.   

Reception following.

There is space available at the April 8th event.

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Radical Politics, Radical Choices, Radical Lives: the Women of 1916

Seminar by Dr Mary McAuliffe

Friday, April 8, 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Diamond Alumni Centre, Fraser Thompson Room
Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC

For registration and catering purposes, please sign up via this link for April 8th event

http://websurvey.sfu.ca/survey/232744826

Dr. Mary McAuliffe is a Lecturer in Women’s Studies at University College Dublin. She is a specialist in women’s radicalism in early twentieth-century Ireland and has published her work widely in four books, seven edited/co-edited books, and numerous scholarly journals. She was also co-producer/historical consultant/script-writer for the documentary Cumann na mBan 100 (Broadcasting Authority of Ireland) and a key contributor to Dublin’s artistic and legacy project titled 1916: Richmond Barracks. On the eve of her visit to Vancouver, she and co-author Liz Gillis will launch a new book with Four Courts entitled Realists and Idealists: 77 Women of the Easter Rising.

Co-sponsored by SFU FASS Dean's Speaker Series, Irish Women's Network of BC, Embassy of Ireland, SFU Departments of Sociology / Anthropology, History, and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies,  and Café Minerva

FREE: Both events free and open to the public, but registration required.