Northern Ireland remains one of the most researched places on earth, and following the Good Friday Agreement has provided a template for the transition to a post-conflict society that has been exported globally. For a place so small it provides a diversiform political and social environment wherein identity and culture have an unusual salience. Overarching and unresolved questions of cultural, political, and historical legitimacy contour societal engagement to the extent it can create an existential threat to the structures of the state, and the individual.
Led by post-graduate research students, representing a range of disciplines at Queen's University Belfast, this symposium will discuss Northern Irish identity, its characteristics, history, problems, and future direction. This symposium is open to all, and will seek to build inter-disciplinary collaboration between participants for future impact and engagement on the importance of identity in modern Northern Ireland.
Thematic areas of exploration include but are not limited to the following:
Identities, Lifestyle and Social Change
Arts, Theatre, Performance and Media
Creative Writing, Speech and Language
Representations, Gender and Equality
Society, Space and Governance
Urban, Public and Political Histories
Culture, Social Division, and Memory
Shared Education, and Social Cohesion
For further enquiries please contact Conference Organizer: Owen Fenton