Ireland and Empire: Seafaring, Slavery and Salvation in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World

Saint Mary's University will host the "Ireland and Empire: Seafaring, Slavery and Salvation in the Nineteenth-Century Atlantic World" conference, 7-9 June 2012.

Keynote speakers:

• Nini Rodgers, Senior Research Fellow, School of History and Anthropology, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Angela McCarthy, Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand

Visit the Gorsebrook Research Institute website for the conference program and registration information.