Veranstaltungen
Event Series: Monday Lectures
Vortrag
Ireland's Unmarried Fathers
Appointment
Wed., May 31, 20235:00pm - 7:00pm
Venue
Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin-MitteAdmission
free The scandal surrounding Ireland's Mother and Baby Homes has focused, for obvious reasons, on the women and children involved. But what of Ireland's unmarried fathers? What sources can we use to uncover the stories of men involved in unwanted pregnancies, and how and where are they represented?
Clair Wills arrived in Cambridge in 2018 to take up the post of King Edward VII Professor of English Literature, having previously taught at Princeton, Queen Mary University of London, and the University of Essex. Clair maintains a strong interest in Irish literature and history, including research on Irish feminism and women's writing, the history of Ireland during WWII, and post-war Irish emigration to England. Recent work has looked at the cultural history of post-war immigration to Britain, and of psychiatric hospitals and carceral institutions in Britain and Ireland.
Clair Wills research interests are Irish literature and history; twentieth and twenty-first century poetry, fiction and memoir; gender and sexuality; migration; embodiment. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy and writes regularly for the London Review of Books and New York Review of Books.
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Further information
Organizer: Centre for British Studies / Großbritannien-Zentrum der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Speakers: Professor Clair Wills
Scientific director: Professor Gisela Holfter
Further information on the event's website
Contact
Catherine Smith
Phone: 030 2093-99040
catherine.smith@rz.hu-berlin.de
Address
Mohrenstr. 60, 10117 Berlin
Room: Room 105, 1st floor