Conference on Ireland and the Spanish Civil War : Press and Politics – Friday 11th September 2026
A one day conference ‘Ireland and the Spanish Civil War: Press and Politics’ is taking place in the Ulster University, Belfast on Friday 11th September.
Poster and full agenda available through this link Ireland and the Spanish Civil War conference
The conference programme includes keynote speaker Mark
- ‘The Irish media and the Spanish Civil War’ – Mark O’Brien (Keynote speaker, Dublin City University)
- ‘The provincial press and the Spanish Civil War’ – Will Burton (Ulster University)
- ‘Irish women writers and the Spanish Civil War’ – Deirdre Brady (University of Limerick)
- ‘In Spanish eyes: imagining Ireland in 1930s Spain’ – Daniela Vidal Begines (Carlow College)
- ‘The radical press and the Spanish Civil War’ – Emmet O’Connor (Ulster University)
- Panel discussion and Questions and Answers.