Call for Papers

Canada, Ireland, and Transatlantic Colonialism: Historical Perspectives.

Extended Deadline

From May 28 to May 30, 2024, St. Michael’s College, in the University of Toronto, in partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs of Ireland, will be hosting a conference titled: “Canada, Ireland, and Transatlantic Colonialism: Historical Perspectives.” The themes of the conference include– Ireland and the Colonial Apparatus of British North America; Irish Religious Mission and Colonization; Transatlantic Technology and Migrant Communities; and Post-Colonial Nationalism in Canada and Ireland. There will also be a special session on Indigenous-Irish Settler Engagement. Keynotes include Christopher Morash (Trinity College Dublin), Deirdre Raftery (UCD), Donald H Akenson (Queen’s University, Kingston), Heidi Bohaker (University of Toronto), and S. Karly Kehoe (St. Mary’s University, Halifax).

Proposals for papers can be sent to Professor Mark G McGowan, Program Chair, at [email protected], by Friday, January 19, 2024, at 4pm.


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