This plenary lecture, by Professor Michael Keating (University of Aberdeen), is being delivered as the finale to a half day conference, organised by the TCD Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies, entitled: Scotland’s Past and Futures: Exploring the Bigger Picture, which is being held in the TCD Long Room Hub and in association with the Royal Irish Academy.
Professor Michael Keating is Professor of Politics at the University of Aberdeen and is the author of over thirty books on Scottish Politics, European Politics, Nationalism and Regionalism. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh and has recently completed a large project ‘Rescaling Europe’ and is currently working on the issue of Scottish independence. He has also been working to improve the interface between academics and practitioners in the field of public policy in Scotland. His two most recent books are ‘The Independence of Scotland’ (2009), and ‘Rescaling the European State’ (2013).
Reserving a free place for the plenary lecture also guarantees entry to the conference in TCD.
Programme
1.45 pm (Neill Hoey Theatre, TCD Long Room Hub) Panel Session 1:
Two species? Comparing the history of Scottish and Irish nationalism
Speakers: Professor Graeme Morton (University of Dundee); Professor Vincent Comerford (NUI Maynooth); Professor Ewen Cameron (University of Edinburgh)
3.15 pm Coffee Break
3.30 pm (Neill Hoey Theatre,TCD Long Room Hub) Panel Session 2:
Cui bono? The Referendum campaign and the implications of possible outcomes – for Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Republic and the EU
Speakers: Professor Graham Walker (Queen’s University Belfast); Professor Jennifer Todd (University College Dublin); Professor Bob Morris (University of Edinburgh)
5.00 pm (Neill Hoey Theatre, TCD Long Room Hub) Poetry Reading TBC
6.00 pm (Royal Irish Academy, Dawson St) Reception and Plenary Lecture
Prof. Michael Keating, MRSE (Chair of Scottish Politics, University of Aberdeen)
The Scottish Referendum - Different roads to the same place: The Conference is being organized by the TCD Centre for Irish-Scottish and Comparative Studies, the Royal Irish Academy, the Trinity Long Room Hub and the ‘Making Ireland’ TCD Research Strand consortium.